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A must read about SIA and its phantom CEO. To this day not many employees have seen his face in person, much less met him, or even heard him speak, or even read any letter he has written addressed to employees. Most can barely remember his name. This article should resonates very strongly with...

"......This part essentially says that the justice system has avenues within itself to correct its own faults. This is a solution only when a justice system has enough integrity to correct itself. However, it is entirely possible, within the realm of imagination surely, that a system may have...

YAWNING BREAD- http://yawningbread.wordpress.com/2012/07/15/using-power-to-give-immunity-to-the-powerful/#more-7720 “In any case, the best defence there is is for judges to deliver well-reasoned decisions. Not to issue sloppy decisions and then hide behind a purdah.” “Shouldn’t respect for...

Hahaha what a screw up. Really bad omen. Its gonna go the way of Tiger Airways for sure….you dare to fly? A rocky maiden flight for Scoot Updated 09:19 AM Jun 05, 2012 SINGAPORE - Scoot, the new local budget carrier which is a subsidiary of Singapore Airlines, suffered a slight hiccup...

The G550 business jet is the very top of line private jet built by Gulfstream USA. It costs USD50 million to buy and is chartered out at about USD10,000 per hr, minimum. Based on the itinerary shown below from Berlin to Singapore via Africa, New Zealand, Korea etc I think it must have flown...

PART 2 (Contiuation) Now for a four-way tie-up? A three-way (or even four-way) tie-up between Qantas/Jetsar/AirAsia/MAS, albeit apparently unlikely at this stage, could really be a killer combination, with major benefits for all concerned. So it would be risky to rule out any such deal...

This is an analytical piece by the Centre for Asia Pacific Aviation. It shows how vulnerable the Singapore avation hub has become, CAAS need to pull their fingers put of their backsides and better do something fast. These bunch of administrators in CAAS have no clue.. Resting on laurels for...

OMG....while Singaporeons are paying thru their noses for their HDB pigeonholes , if they can get one, the FTrash being given HDB on a silver platter..THE ULTIMATE INSULT TO ALL SINGAPOREONS HDB flats for IR workers By Tessa Wong Two blocks of Housing Board flats in Toa Payoh have been...

Ex-Bangladesh PM's son faces new corruption charges Tue, Oct 27, 2009 AFP DHAKA - Bangladesh's top anti-corruption body has charged the eldest son of ex-premier Khaleda Zia with laundering three million dollars to bank accounts in Singapore, police said Tuesday. Dhaka police chief...

By Costas Paris and P.R. Venkat Of DOW JONES NEWSWIRES SINGAPORE (Dow Jones)--Government of Singapore Investment Corp. suffered a loss around S$59 billion in the fiscal year ended March, making it one of the worst years for the sovereign wealth fund since it was established in 1981, a...

This Hongkong Business man is saying openly what most Singaporeons , except the goverment, already knows. Hang Lung Properties’ Chan Says Singapore’s Casinos Will ‘Flop’ 2009-09-10 05:20:36.882 GMT By Chia-Peck Wong and Bernard Lo Sept. 10 (Bloomberg) -- Ronnie Chan, chairman of Hang...

May 15, 2009, 11.30 am (Singapore time) Update: Temasek sold BOA shares * Shares offloaded by end-March * BOA shares sold at between US$2.53 and US$14.81 * May have lost over US$1b: Reuters calculations * Had converted 13.7% stake in Merrill Lynch into BOA SINGAPORE - Singapore...

'We will ensure Mas Selamat does not escape' Fr NST Malaysia 09 May 2009/05/09 PUTRAJAYA: Home Minister Datuk Seri Hishammuddin Hussein yesterday confirmed that alleged militant, Mas Selamat Kastari, who escaped detention in Singapore last year, is being held under the Internal Security...

CPG consultant is a Singapore goverment related company which will build Burma's new airport. CPG was formerly PWD, Singapore 's Public Works Department. Now you know why orchid was named after the dictator the dictator during visist to Singapore...

Saturday April 18, 2009 JB’s son steps up to do battle Insight: Down South By SEAH CHIANG NEE More young professionals with good credentials are trickling towards the opposition camp, auguring well for the growth of democracy in Singapore. SINGAPOREANS have long had an insipid sense of...

S'pore fares worst in SE Asia BANGKOK - SINGAPORE will be Southeast Asia's weakest economy, shrinking nearly 5 per cent this year, while Thailand faces its worst recession in 11 years, reflecting a collapse in exports across Asia, a Reuters poll shows. The Philippines and Indonesia will...

Better buy USD….. sin dollar gonna go down.. S'pore, HK on tax blacklist They are on OECD’s list of non-cooperative tax centres, reported a French newspaper. -Reuters Wed, Mar 11, 2009 Reuters PARIS, March 11 (Reuters) - Switzerland, Luxembourg, Austria, Singapore and Hong Kong...

International Herald Tribune For East Asia, crisis prompts a rethinking of dependence on exports By Keith Bradsher Thursday, March 5, 2009 SINGAPORE: As trade withers around the world and freighters sit empty, some of the most vulnerable economies are proving to be small, international...

Saturday February 28, 2009 It’s a race against bad news Insight: Down South By SEAH CHIANG NEE-The Star Indications are that the government will call a snap polls this year, although the PAP still holds the mandate till 2010. HOW do Singaporeans, who have been raised to expect the best...

Saturday February 7, 2009 Unease over nation’s assets Insight Down South By SEAH CHIANG NEE-THe STAR The need to dip into foreign reserves for part of a S$20.4bil (RM49.1bil) stimulus package raises questions on the government’s global investment policy. AS RECESSION deepens and foreign...