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Lovely couple. Are they holding hands?

------------------- Financing is free so long as the stipulated amount is paid on time. Those are the rules. If the person cannot afford or pay promptly, then he should not be taking up credit card installment in the first place. To be fair, the banks are not wrong to impose penalties for...

Nothing wrong with paying using interest free instalments over 12-36 months. Assuming they can afford the goods in the first place, consumers are just taking advantage of the free financing from credit card companies.

---------------------- Do not be fooled. CPF is not a social security net or pension scheme. Its a scheme to force Singaporeans to lend to the govt at below market interest rates. Before the govt bond yields plunged, 10-year SGS were trading well over 3% yield for past few years. -...

How about having an ad showing recruits doing area cleaning, guard duty, clean arms, NDP fatigue.....

On the contrary. The author recognizes that it is nothing but an excuse to shift the blame of losing jobs to sinkees. The implicit message is: You are jobless because you did not go for retraining.

Is the million dollar prize still available? Should the phone lines be reopened so that the public can dial in to play "Who Wants to be a Millionaire?"

------------------------------------------ Dear Editor, I refer to the letter from Mdm Tay Boon Yong on 29-Nov-08 to the Straits Times. HDB would like to take this opportunity to explain the reasons behind the rental adjustment of her tenancy with HDB's Industrial Property department...

Question is whether Temasek bought puts to hedge their positions in the banks. If not then Temasek is toast.

Its pretty simple really. If HDB make losses of SGD350m a year, then SLA will be making at least that amount more since all HDB land plots are sold from SLA to HDB. Left pocket to right pocket. Of course HDB will always claim to be making losses to appear they have been giving "subsidies". The...

You missed the point all together. Its not about whether the Town Councils make money or whether their investments are risky. TC should not be allowed to make any investments. Period. Their only mandate and job is simply to maintain the HDB estate with the funds collected. If surpluses are...

Coffins that are cremated should be entitled to GST refunds, since the goods are not consumed in Singapore. :D

The project can be split into its components and managed/operated separately as Casino/Hotel/Theme park/Retail. As a manager/operator, it is not necessary to invest any equity. The operator gets management fee as a % of the revenue and GOP. Definitely there will be operators interested. I...

Its incredible that the town councils are trying to act like they are hedge funds without a mandate from the public. Why the hell are they allowed to accumulate so much surpluses in the first place?? Instead of called "sinking funds", these town councils should rename themselves to better...

This project is too big to fail. Impact will be severe if it does, especially on the banks' balance sheet. Note that this project is on a "white site". If Sands is unable to complete the project, I believe the govt is entitled to take back the land. Temasek will then simply nationalize the...

Correct me if I am wrong, under the Quran, 4 witnesses are required to prove rape.

---------------- Did MOM ever punish any company for firing pregnant Singaporean women anyway? Just show us 1 case.

------------------------------- You are all wrong. This is not a study trip. It’s a free all expense paid holiday to Hong Kong. Soon they will also be conducting field trips to New York and London..... need to study mother of all housing bubble right? On behalf of the PAP, Grace Fu and...

---------------------------- This new Baby Bonus is but a half-hearted attempt to pacify parents’ anger against the government for the rising costs. It is nothing but a cheapskate shot to score some political points with minimal costs. Most Singapore employers are stingy and pragmatic. The...

Bloomberg is incorrect. It is not necessary for Phelps to be born in Singapore. We just need to issue him a pink-IC and cut him a cheque.