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1 semi-D + 1 cluster house = 1 flat and $700k loss By Melissa Tan IN 1995, Mr Zachary Tsai (not his real name) paid nearly $1.3 million for a second house. A general manager with a manufacturing company in his early 40s, he earned a five-figure salary and lived in a semi-detached house...

SAF doctor found dead was offered new post Mon, Mar 23, 2009 The Straits Times By Jermyn Chow THE Defence Ministry has come out for the first time to address the issues surrounding the sudden death of Captain (Dr) Allan Ooi in Melbourne, Australia, earlier this...

MM Lee on Chinese students By Ng Tze Yong HIS WORDS MM Lee: On Chinese students here I'll be upfront. Most of the bright Chinese students use us as a stepping stone to move on to American schools... So why are we so stupid? Because more than half of them will not make the...

S'poreans hardest to deal with: tour guide THE commentary, "My love-hate affair with my countrymen" (my paper,March 16), has again proven that Singapore's concerted efforts to drive home the paramount importance of graciousness have not achieved their desired results. Singaporeans...

'I changed my plan to stay here' I AM WRITING in response the article by Mr S Murali, 'Why pay to pit S'pore kids in islandwide tests?' (The New Paper on Sunday, 22 Feb). I am so glad to know someone shares my point of view on this. I am a Singaporean, but left Singapore when I was...

Singapore's GIC losses about $50 billion: sources Tue, Feb 17, 2009 AFP SINGAPORE - Government of Singapore Investment Corp, which has helped bail out troubled global financial institutions, suffered an investment loss of about 50 billion Singapore dollars (33 billion...

No money? No marry Local men, listen up. According to a survey conducted by the Shin Min Daily News, women in Singapore require that their prospective partners earn a minimum of $4,000 to $5,000, before they will consider marrying them. Local TV artiste and compere Quan Yifeng discussed...

Even the sweeper over at Korea earn more than our averg office staffs.:confused: Physicist applies to be sweeper Fri, Jan 09, 2009 AFP SEOUL, SOUTH KOREA - A JOBLESS scientist with a doctorate in physics has applied for a street sweeper's job, reflecting the severe...

Sun, Dec 21, 2008 The New Paper Worst 5 money predictions of '08 BY ZHEN MING HERE'S my pick : 1 Jan 2008 PREDICTION: ACCORDING to the Chief Executive magazine's annual poll, US CEOs expect the Dow Jones Industrial Average to sit at around 13,359, oil prices to be at US$96...

Retraining might not be best option I REFER to the Government's advocacy of skills upgrading for the unemployed so that they can find jobs. As Singapore prepares itself for more layoffs in the coming year, I wonder if asking the jobless to go for retraining is really the best solution...

US woes: S'pore may be worst hit Wed, Dec 03, 2008 The Straits Times By Alvin Foo SINGAPORE is likely to be the Asian economy that is worst affected by a United States recession, said economists. This is because it is one of the most open economies and has a large...

London's 'ERP' extension to go LONDON: The western extension to London's congestion charge zone, similar to Singapore's ERP, is to be scrapped after two-thirds of Londoners and businesses said they wanted it removed, Mayor Boris Johnson has said. A consultation on the future of the...

Can we make a change here ??? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jjXyqcx-mYY Beautiful speech !! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fe751kMBwms&feature=related

Amanda Yong Thu, Oct 30, 2008 The New Paper Ex-beauty queen hounded by loansharks meets tragic end THE Saturday morning began like any other. It ended with the horror of a husband watching his wife fall seven floors before his very eyes, his frantic efforts to revive her, and...

DBS: Most of Lehman-linked notes valued at zero Most of the $360 million of structured notes linked to Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc. sold in Hong Kong and Singapore - including DBS High Notes 5 in Singapore and the Constellation series in Hong Kong - has been given a value of zero by DBS...

Elysa Chen Mon, Oct 27, 2008 The New Paper He buys condo for a windfall but takes a big fall instead AMONG the legion of burnt investors is a buyer of a million-dollar condo apartment who should have known better. He jumped into a then hot property market without weighing the...

Read this post for other forum, just want to share it here.;) http://singaporealternatives.blogspot.com/2008/10/mis-sold-government.html A Mis-sold Government! The following is another comment from the same anonymous reader. My response is this: Ever since I get involved in helping...

Shoemaker to the world has big plans By Elizabeth Wilmot CHARLES Wong started selling shoes when he worked at his mother's small footwear shop in Ang Mo Kio during his national service days. That was the first small step in a dazzling career in footwear for Mr Wong, 34, one of two...

Singapore Published October 25, 2008 Is Singapore trying to excel in too many areas? WHY aspire to be a second Boston or second London and not a first-rate Singapore? PROF LIM S'pore's growth model may not be sustainable as it tries to do too much and achieves too little in...

Business Times - 25 Oct 2008 Storm over Sands in US hits local IR lenders Damaging ripple effects as parent company of Marina Bay Sands integrated resort struggles to raise funds By SIOW LI SEN AND CHEW XIANG THE Marina Bay Sands integrated resort (IR) has been visited by the desperate...