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April 9, 2015 ‘Warm blob’ in Pacific Ocean linked to weird weather across the U.S.

Self-defeating culture - so the enemy is actually one of us?

The hole is interchangeable, you can enjoy different textures. I wonder if the cleaning and maintenance is easy or hygienic?

We should rename RI, RGS and RJC after Mr Lee. Raffles was more like a sea-faring pirate during his times.

Financial literacy in Singapore slumps April 14, 2015 http://www.cnbc.com/id/102583654 Is that why our debts got higher?

I wouldn't gauge a govt's performance based on FX strength. Malaysia is corrupted while Indonesia is in good leadership now but both FX collapsed hand-in-hand. Using Australia as an example, their interest rates fell to a record low (maybe further cuts next month) while our 3M-SIBOR surged...

Singapore dollar jumps after MAS refrained from more monetary easing http://www.straitstimes.com/news/business/economy/story/singapore-dollar-jumps-after-mas-stands-pat-monetary-policy-20150414 Singapore dollar spiked against Ringgit, spot rate hitting 2.72 this morning. Once again...

Perhaps we are truly intentionally bringing in weaker foreign teaching staff and students to create a more culturally-diversed image so that we can be ranked higher in university rankings. In some rankings, I am even shocked to find Peking, Tsing Hua, Fudan, Shanghai Jiaotong National Taiwan...

There is a concept in Taxation regarding the definition of where the revenue was generated. If you applied VAT or GST in the midst of reselling a product(be it you are a buyer or seller), or provision of a service, effectively it is implied that you cannot deny that your revenue and profits...

When I feel that my country is over-run by immigrants who imposed their values and way of life on me, I am told that I am "xenophobic". When I feel that my society is shoved with sexual-liberation, anti-family or homosexual agenda by feminists, I am told that I am "MCP". When I have an differing...

It is called inbreeding. It sounds like a cool word but it is biased against local. Avoiding-inbreeding is now the popular concept in the leadership local universities and hospitals. The weakest local teaching staff and student in our universities is certainly of much higher calibre than the...

Re: respectable profession are now morally corrupted Likewise... ... When I feel that my country is over-run by immigrants who imposed their values and way of life on me, I am told that I am "xenophobic". When I feel that my society is shoved with sexual-liberation, anti-family or homosexual...

Please kindly consider my 2 earlier replies. Paying franchise fees like paying royalties. So if you consider repatriating profits overseas as franchise fee payments, you are also liable for a high level of withholding tax in most legislations.

Please also allow me to sidetrack and also talk about jobs that require lower academic qualifications. I think most singaporeans have no objection to labour-intensive blue-collar jobs such as construction, shipbuilding, cleaning, warehousing, etc. These are physically tougher jobs that we wish...

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A friend bought a penthouse and shared with us his willingness to work hard to give his family a better living standard. However, in this world, many people are as hardworking but they might not reap the same rewards.

Could also be an self-directed marketing ploy

Foreign-sourced income of non-resident singapore-registered company can enjoy negligible tax-rates.

Royalties-payout or remittance from most countries, including Korea, Malaysia, Singapore, etc are imposed with 10-30% withholding tax. Therefore, using royalty fees to transfer profit overseas is not a good tax avoidance method in many countries.