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China is sending ship in case they need to evacuate their citizens. This ship can launch its own helicopter/hovercraft and land on shore to pick up its own citizens. I am sure they will observe US military action (if they can even see much). But they likely have thousands of citizens working...

And after that his family can sue the hospital for a few million $.

You know how water flows - it not only leaks into sea but into ground water and contaminate everything for the next 10,000 years. It is a catastrophe but people keep quiet to tamp down the fear. This plant could take another 20 years to cool down ......................

I agree with you. Strong HDB resale price are a good thing as it allows Singaporeans to cash out and perhaps buy another unit at a cheaper place. That 5 room unit in town could be exchanged for a smaller 3/4 room unit for empty nesters wanting to cash in for retirement. If you were to take a...

QKS - blast from the past. He reminds me of a period when in Singapore locals could achieve greatness. No need for FT, no need for super high minister pay. That we are all in this together. That we could compete and beat the Malaysian team. But yet we repected our brothers from up North...

No big deal. Just a reflection of size of country's economy and ensuing R&D requirements from indsutry and military

The true blue Singaporeans are the ones who went through NS or who came earlier and had their sons and grandchildren serve the army. After all, it is the ultimate sacrifice of time and opportunity. While our officers make it to become generals in command positions in the SAF without...

Re: Waste of coroner's time: Yankee Go Home! The whole idea that Huawei and Singapore Gov had some fantastic technology to murder the guy is nonsense. The guy is just one of the thousands of reseachers out there. He is not stellar or else he would have come from a top uni and would anyway...

Re: No logical reason why prices of 99-year leasehold properties will continue to go There is a huge difference between 10 and 99 years. With 99 years, timing does not come into play until you have less than 50 years. Look at it in percentage terms and you will understand. There are no HDB...

No idea why would Indonesia need MBT except to line pockets. The country share few borders. And around these borders we are talking about thick jungle, heavy rain, soft clay soil. The Leopard given its weight than would likely sink.

There should be better regulations regarding these charities. Also better metrics should be set. All these details including audited financials should be listed publically. Failure means loss of charity status and entity is taxed like corporation and donors get no tax deductions. How many...

Not only that, concrete and small drains very quickly direct water into the larger drains and canals very quickly and as a result cause the larger canals/drains to overflow. That is pretty much why we have flash floods. As they continued paving over Singapore, they failed to enlarge the drains.

Range Rover is not reliable. Best bet is a Toyota Land Cruiser. There are uber reliable and can easily be serviced in most 3rd world countries. Does not matter how well designed the RR is but if it breaks down 200km in middle of nowhere = death. Just look at Talibans/Somali terrorist - all...

Most Singaporeans can buy direct from HDB. Much as some complain about price, buying direct from HDB is a pretty good deal. To make it more affordable, Gov can ramp up the grants.

Of course we know that $100K in 30 years is only $30K in today's money based on 4% inflation. On the other hand that $300K flat will likely be worth $1.5M in 30 years. You go look at any property 30 years ago and compared to todays price easily a 10 fold increase so my example for a 5 fold...

Also, they send a few small warships - maybe total cost including fuel and sailors $10M. US comes in with the carrier group $200M. After awhile it makes a difference. After Iraq and Afghanistan - US citizen no longer interested in conflict. Especially with China over some claims by Vietnam.

In any negotiation must stake claim first so that there is something to negotiate. Fact of matter is that China is going to be giant gorrilla (economy wise) in this part of the world and they know that. US can have the strongest military but that is only useful in a shooting match and will not...

I fail to see why this is bad. All Singaporeans can buy direct from HDB and need not buy from resale market. So the people affected are non Singaporeans. The person selling the $1M flat is likely a Singaporeans selling to foreigner. What is wrong with that. With more available new flats and...

Lots on conspiracy theories out there lah. Firstly, why would a Chinese company kill someone. This is not some cold war spy thing. In commercial world, you headhunt talent, blindly copy, pay people for the technology but why kill. Much better to set up operations in US, and then legally...

This issue can be mitigated by rewarding NS men. Many former military officers use to carry their rank after leaving service - BG Lee, etc. So why not recognize the 2 years of service plus the 13 or more years of reservist training by rewarding them. Right now, many, like Melvyn can game the...