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Despite being the titular head of state, King Wilhem- Alexander of The Netherlands is paid an annual salary of 850,000 euros. Compared it with our Tricky Tan, titular head of Sinkieland. What is TT's annual compensation? More than S$2.5 million or....?

I have a feeling that I am sinking into the depths of a depression. I am becoming more suicidal by the minute, especially on May Day. LEEgime has been unable to bring inflation rate to 1% for as long as I can remember despite having the elite Admin Service to help in managing the city-state...

Important questions: * Which political party did recent graduates vote for at GE 2011? * In the past few years, our state-controlled media published news articles on how fresh graduates were able to command higher salaries compared to their previous cohorts. I don't know if The Straits Times...

Southeast Asia's 2015 unity dream collides with reality Source: http://news.yahoo.com/southeast-asias-2015-unity-dream-collides-reality-212216230.html Excerpts from the article Southeast Asian nations have quietly begun to row back on a deadline of forming an "economic community" by 2015...

From end 2015 when AEC is expected to come into force, local PMETs will be find themselves having to compete for jobs on their own turf with PMETs from other Asean countries. The situation will be similar to the one that is happening in the EU member states right now. Of course the full impact...

Many hypotheses have been put forward that LEEgime's lax immigration policies to convert more foreigners to naturalized citizens are but an attempt to ensure that LEEgime is voted into power at every GE. Some even likened them to a PPS (Population Ponzi Scheme). LEEgime's efforts can be turned...

In an article entitled "Singapore's biggest blessing: Safety" published in The Straits Times of April 13, 2013 (full article in the next post), he drew a parallel of Sinkies having trust in SMRT. I wasn't sure what he meant and emailed to his office asking for a clarification. A few days later...

The Singapore Totalisator Board donated S$400 million to help build the Gardens By The Bay (source: http://news.asiaone.com/print/News/Latest%2BNews/Singapore/Story/A1Story20130415-415979.html) LEEgime has lost its moral compass and should immediately stop organising President's Charity, NKF...

An in-depth report on global tax havens has made many wealthy individuals across the globe anxious due to the increasing possibility that their overseas fortunes will be exposed by journalists, reports the Guangzhou-based 21st Century Business Herald. Reports by the International Consortium of...

H7N9 rumored to have hit Beijing as warnings censored The deadly new strain of avian influenza is rumored to have spread to Beijing after a local hospital worker issued a cryptic warning to friends on his microblog account, reports citizen journalism website Boxun. A new subtype of the bird...

China's cancer rate has climbed to alarming new heights, with at least one person being diagnosed with a form of cancer every six minutes, according to the country's National Cancer Registration Center. There are 3.12 million new cancer cases reported in China annually, an average of 8,550...

Rice sales in parts of Hunan province in south-central China have plunged and local farmers are giving up planting following reports of rice being tainted by excessive levels of cadmium. The amount of rice sold in parts of the province is said to have dropped by 60%, resulting in a decline in...

Baby milk rationed in UK over China export fear Retailers in the UK are rationing sales of powdered baby milk because of a surge in demand in China. Danone, the manufacturer of Aptamil and Cow and Gate baby milk powder, said most supermarkets were introducing a restriction of two cans per...

IMHO I proffer the following: Lee Kuan Yew World's best paid politician taking into account of the volume and depth of work involved Most revered leader in a city-state of 700 square kilometres Credited for developing a pea-sized country into a developed nation Margaret Thatcher First and...

US authorities could use the renewed Foreign Intelligence and Surveillance Amendments Act (FISAA) to access data that European users have stored on US-based social media sites, an EU study cautions. Internet users love their freedom, and being able to access data from anywhere is part of that...

It will never be reported by Sink-a-pore's state-controlled media. A day after Pinky cracked the offensive jokes, Sink-a-pore's ambassador to China was summoned to the Chinese Foreign Ministry for a talkdown. Woody Goh had to make emergency phone calls to his Chinese counterparts to pacify...

The first two victims of the new H7N9 strain of avian influenza in China, a father surnamed Li and his youngest son, were given treatment for SARS, according to Hong Kong's Ta Kung Pao. Their family members reportedly did not know they had contracted the virus until they saw the news on...

Diseased pork eaten in Shanghai for years, says farmer The thousands of dead pigs fished out of Shanghai's Huangpu river last month have lifted the lid on the formerly hush-hush practice of selling diseased pig carcasses for human consumption, reports Hong Kong's Wen Wei Po. "You Shanghai...

The world's highest paid politician is currently on a state visit to pay tribute to the world's most powerful leader. Does the former dare to give interviews to the US media, especially extemporaneously? Or will he give the same excuse as when he refused to be interviewed by NZ media way back...

Diseased pork eaten in Shanghai for years, says farmer The thousands of dead pigs fished out of Shanghai's Huangpu river last month have lifted the lid on the formerly hush-hush practice of selling diseased pig carcasses for human consumption, reports Hong Kong's Wen Wei Po. "You Shanghai...