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    Recommendation for a boutique hotel in Manila

    I will be going to Manila next month. Looking for a nice boutique hotel in either Makati or Pasay area. Can anynone here recommend one that is between $50-$80 price range? Thanks
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    Rapid population growth is straining public services to breaking point - Seah CN

    http://thestar.com.my/columnists/story.asp?col=insightdownsouth&file=/2011/12/24/columnists/insightdownsouth/10149582&sec=Insight%20Down%20South Saturday December 24, 2011 Transport system starts to malfunction INSIGHT DOWN SOUTH BY SEAH CHIANG NEE The latest crisis in Singapore is...
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    Eircom - another bad investment by Temasek

    http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/breaking/2011/1223/breaking14.html STT withdraws Eircom proposal Eircom’s Singapore-based shareholder ST Telemedia has withdrawn its debt restructuring proposal and resigned its representatives from the various boards and committees of the group’s...
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    Eircom - another bad investment by Temasek

    http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/12/23/eircom-stt-idUSL6E7NN11N20111223 STT withdraws from eircom after offer rejected DUBLIN, Dec 23 (Reuters) - Eircom's owner Singapore Technologies Telemedia has withdrawn from the board of the struggling Irish telecoms firm after lenders rejected its...
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    Potential windfall for Ang, thanks to Khaw, new scheme to milk HDB dwellers

    http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporelocalnews/view/1173017/1/.html HDB studying high-rise mechanised parking systems for older estates Posted: 23 December 2011 1514 hrs SINGAPORE: National Development Minister Khaw Boon Wan said he has asked the Housing and Development Board...
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    SMRT train drivers forced to work 18 hrs straight with only 1 hr break

    http://gintai.wordpress.com/2011/12/16/smrt-train-officer/ “For instance, every December is considered super peak for OT. We may work for the full month without off days. At times, we work 18 hours – no typo error here. 9 hours per shift including 1 hour meal break. We are exempted from the...
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    SMRT BreakUp Quandry

    They can always create a new position within SMRT and have Saw PH report to this new appointee. It happened to Tony Davis at Tiger Airways, and he resigned.
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    Too many extraneous portfolios may have caused Saw PH to lose focus on SMRT

    Besides being CEO and board member of SMRT Corp and its related companies, her extraneous portfolios include: Director of The Esplanade Co Ltd Director of Singapore Tourism Board Board member of National Environment Agency Board member of Health Promotion Board Member of Board of Trustees...
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    Changes to Employment Pass criteria may backfire on Singaporean workers

    Foreign workers are willing to downgrade to S-Pass at a lower pay scale. That will depress overall wages further, and make it even more attractive for company to employ foreigners in mid-level jobs on S-Pass, if their quota permits...
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    PSB Academy promises jobs for Malaysian students during recruitment drive in Sarawak

    http://www.theborneopost.com/2011/12/10/singapore’s-psb-academy-on-recruitment-drive-in-sarawak/ Singapore’s PSB Academy on recruitment drive in Sarawak Posted on December 10, 2011, Saturday SIBU: Productivity Standard Board (PSB) Academy Singapore is offering quality, yet affordable studies...
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    Certis Cisco's discriminatory job ad for "Project Engineer" - ONLY PRC NEED APPLY

    http://www.transitioning.org/2011/12/07/temasek-holdings-subsidiary-certis-cisco-only-wants-prc-for-project-engineer-position/ Temasek Holdings subsidiary Certis CISCO only wants PRC applicants for project engineer position! Certis CISCO Security Technology Pte Ltd via Jobstreet has...
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    Acer to raise pricess of new notebook, other brands expected to follow

    http://asia.cnet.com/crave/acer-to-raise-prices-of-new-notebooks-62212226.htm Acer to raise prices of new notebooks By Vincent Chang on Nov 25, 2011 If you're looking to get a notebook for the holiday season, you may have to look harder to get the best deal. According to a Digitimes report...
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    Teo Ser Luck repeats grandfather stories heard 20+ years ago

    Local companies must venture abroad for growth ..... companies can improve productivity by re-designing work processes...blah blah blah - haven't we heard all these since the 80s? Doesn't this newly appointed Minister of State Teo Ser Luck has anything new to say other than repeating the same...
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    [Must queue up overnite & buy] WW2 translator releases new book on multilingualism!!

    Re: [Must queue up overnite & buy] WW2 translator releases new book on multilingualis And I thought his son, Lee Hsien Loong, said that only former U.S. presidents are involved in writing books and lecture tours after they stepped down...
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    NTUC Chief warns of more layoffs, Contact S'pore give career talk to Indian PMETs

    The fate of Singaporean workers cannot be more clearer than this. On one hand, NTUC Chief Lim Swee Say warns Singaporeans to expect more layoffs. On the other hand, Contact Singapore has given a career talk to Indian PMETs on working in Singapore...
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    Patience wearing thin for residents affected by F1

    http://www.thenational.ae/sport/formula-one/profits-do-not-guarantee-race-future-for-singapore Profits do not guarantee race future for Singapore Gary Meenaghan The only thing as inescapable as Singapore's enervating humidity is its gridlocked traffic on grand prix weekend. Brake lights are...
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    LKY: I considered Taiwan to have been independent since 1989

    http://shanghaiist.com/2011/09/24/lee_kuan_yew_taiwans_been_independe.php Lee Kuan Yew: Taiwan's been independent since 1989 Singapore's founding father Lee Kuan Yew, who stepped down from the cabinet this year following the ruling People's Action Party's worst showing in...
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    GIC sitting on US$7.4 bln losses from UBS investment

    http://www.ft.com/intl/cms/s/0/2f91e7a2-e380-11e0-8f47-00144feabdc0.html Singapore investor hits at UBS ‘lapses’ By Patrick Jenkins in Singapore Published: September 20 2011 13:21 | Last updated: September 20 2011 13:21 The biggest shareholder of troubled Swiss bank UBS has broken...
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    Is Population Growth a Ponzi Scheme?

    http://www.theglobalist.com/storyid.aspx?StoryId=8321 Is Population Growth a Ponzi Scheme? By Joseph Chamie | Thursday, March 04, 2010 Bernie Madoff's recent Ponzi scheme has drifted out of the world’s headlines. However, there is another even more costly and widespread scheme —...
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    SPH's Asiaone edit out 50% of AFP's article on calls for abolishment of ISA

    This is AFP's article reproduced on Asiaone: http://news.asiaone.com/News/AsiaOne%2BNews/Singapore/Story/A1Story20110918-300068.html Singapore under pressure to abolish security law AFP Sunday, Sep 18, 2011 SINGAPORE - Singapore is coming under mounting pressure to ease political...
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