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I believe he was in the SID (Security and Intelligence Dept in MINDEF, which deals with foreign matters), not ISD (Internal Security Dept) which deals with internal matters.

Re: X O fish soup What is X O fish soup, please?

Make me hungry early in the morning in Toronto. I recall the wan ton mee near the National Library, the food at Waterloo St near SJI, at Shenton Way near the Polytechnic, at Beach Road, Rendezvous at Bras Basah Road, the peranakan food at Joo Chiat and Katong, seafood on the east coast, Stay...

Re: Vancouver or Toronto I believe that Vancouver is more laid back, and has more varied outdoor recreational opportunities. Grooming children is huge responsibility. But depending on their age, and your personal preference, you may wish to evaluate other cities, besides Toronto and...

Re: OAS and GIS I believe that a senior who has no other income, besides OAS and GIS, then he or she will receive about $1,000 per month for OAS and GIS. That was years ago, when one of the bankrupts showed me her tax information slips. You can always check the govt websites, or phone the...

Re: OAS, GIS and subsidized apartment If a person is a Canadian, or at least a resident in Canada, he or she would have heard of GIS is for low income Canadians. I have posted about GIS in other discussions threads. It is not intended to create false hopes. Given the choice, no one wants to...

Re: Canada vs USA, Olympics Hockey Finals After mass, the priest implored my fellow parishioners to pray for Canada. Althoug I am not a hockey fan, I did watch the Canada vs Russia, and the Canada vs Slovakia games. I do hope that Canada will win the gold medal to end the Winter Olympics on...

Keep trying. May I suggest that you consider and evaluate thoroughly before buying a business, whether for $100,000 or $1 million. If you do not get any job, take the McDonald's for $18 per hour. Meet and talk to the customers, etc., that you are seeking work. Continue to learn the local and...

Although I do not have any statistics to support my submission, based on almost 30 years of observations in Toronto, I respectfully submit that Canada has accepted numerous immigrants who would not qualify to be immigrants to Singapore. Notwithstanding that, Canada's generous social programs...

Well said.

"When my mother was alive, my husband and I undertook the annual 'pilgrimage' to Singapore" She has clearly indicated that she was or is married. Accordingly, it appears unusual that she signed off as "Maureen Pollard (Ms)". What is the apparent reason that she does not prefer to be Mrs...

Re: Ang Pow Hello Brother, Although according to Toronto's Eastern Standard Time, we are about 2205 on Feb 13, 2010, you folks in Singapore and Australia are celebrating the Chinese Lunar New Year now. Wish you folks a Healthy, Happy and Prosperous New Year. 新年快樂 ! 恭喜發財 ! 年年有餘 ...

Re: Canada's medi-care Notwithstanding a few weaknesses, and waiting time for certain surgery, I believe that the free universal medi-care in Canada is very much appreciated (although, so far, I do not have to rely on it). The Canadian medi-care system does protect the average person from...

Re: NSP's Secretary General Goh Meng Seng said it intends to contest the General Elec I did not see any unusual post from you, not at least recently, to deserve a small lecture.

Re: Compassion In most western countries, there is compassion and discretion. Unfortunately, one of the developed countries in Asia, does not appear to consider it appropriate to provide its senior civil servants with the flexibility to exercise compassion and / or discretion.

I agree with you. The two older gentlemen may resort to that strategy to try to avoid losing several seats.

Re: annulment of marriage Pardon me for being ignorant. How does annulment of marriage in SG works. Is is similar to the Roman Catholics? I have heard RC getting their marriage annulled, which appears illogical because the 2 individuals have children, which is evidence that the marriage...

Re: Irene Pardon me for continuing with the digression from the subject matter of this discussion thread. Are you sure? I recalled that she claimed to be single, whereas to me, single means never married, and if an individual who was married and now single should be separated, divorced or...

Re: Reform Party: Ex SAF scholar joins Reform Party. During my days, I have seen SAFOS who are not excellent in SAF, but somehow they are deemed to be excellent, and their CO or Brigade Commander usually must write an excellent perdormance appraisal report, otherwise the CO or Bde Comd must...

Re: Reform Party: Ex SAF scholar joins Reform Party. With respect, although you have used "ejected" in several of your posts, I believe it should be rejected. Perhaps, if he is considered a failure, hopefully, he learned from his mistake(s).