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It is no surprise that US will try and curb Chinese influence. After all it was the most powerful nation for the last 50 years. But with its economy in shambles it can no longer afford to maintain role of policeman to the world. Also the global economy has become closely linked. China has...

Soviet had a hopeless economy which eventually collapse on itself. China is totally different with a huge and growing economy. And it influence grows as US weakens.

Another thing to consider. Most of the $ flowing into China in terms of FDI has been in the form of capital investments. GM/BMW/VW building plants worth tens of billions. So while there are bubbles - and when you have 10% GDP growth there is bound to be bubbles. But the empty cities are not...

Please lah, disagree with his policies - that is fine. But lets not rejoice on issues with health, family misfortune for anyone. Perhaps medical service should use LKY and refocus on such maladies faced by everyday elder Singaporeans. Just as LKY is getting older and now faced with...

Forvendet - thanks for the succinct answer. Sam - howdy! Have you finally solved the various issues with your server?

How long is a cheque valid for? From the date on the cheque is it 6 months or 1 year?

Strange thing is US itself is devaluing its own currency too. So why talk so much

Lee and tunku did not outwit anyone. It was just that the Singapore and Malaysia economies grew, people got richer and communism went away. Global economy was growing and with more cars = more rubber and with more trade = more shipping. Communist idealogy work only in societies where there...

Aiyoh - there is no ulterior motive lah. It is all business. 1) Singapore was well situtated as a port and the global sea and trade power then - the Brits - knew this. As global trade increased, shipping transactions increased and our ports prospered - that alone generated lots of revenue...

With this type of attitude how can he be teaching our youth civics!!!!!!! I thot civics was all about being a good citizens.

Singapore has no ability to decimate enemy's capacity due to size of country. It takes 30 mins to reach KL. Furthermore their military assets are likely widely scattered. Finally country is covered with vegetation. Also, I seriously doubt if we can have much of a surprise. The cards...

All great to have first strike capability but irrelevant given the size of Malaysia or Indonesia. Just think about it will us 30 mins to hit KL - so they have a 30 min head start. They can reach almost anywhere in Singapore with 155 howitzers (low tech) placed in the plantations On the...

In a way our military is like how a bank is built. All bank HQ have this fortress like look of granite and steel and we have all seen their huge 4 3 ft thick steel doors to their safes. So it gives an impression of security - just like the SAF with the shiny weapons. But just give a...

Indonesia just needs to create a situation to send over 1M of their people from Batam in tiny sampans and we are in trouble. They could free their prisons and offer each prisioner, $100 and free sampan trip to Singapore (if they stayed in Indonesia they would continue their prision terms).

I think US $ continues to weaken because US has been printing more than market demand. Also sentiments are not good with potential of debt default so that brings down $.

However, unlike Germany and japan - both countries are even more reliant than the Chinese on US export market, the Chinese has an enormous domestic market just like the US. Japan-US and Germany all produce similar up market products are strong competitors. Chinese are not in the game for the...

Point now is whether they will give a transparent account of what went wrong. If they do then lesson learnt. I am impressed by that picture of a truck with huge Sat mounted for either TV or communication with HQ. Also the people around there all in uniform - seems professional. If they...

Just match rate of return to 1% above rate of inflation. Pretty sure that is not a difficult target for the brains at GIC. Better than offering us a rate below rate of inflation and have GIC skim off the profits to be held in reserves. They are giving us returns below rate of inflation and...

Re: due to the increasing rate of china chinese in singapore, i would like to gather. Communism is a sociopolitical movement that aims for a classless and stateless society structured upon common ownership of the means of production, free access to articles of consumption, and the end of wage...

I thot it was a 5 year rule vs a 2 year rule? Regardless, your knowledge is impressive. For all we know you are someone along the likes of Ngiam Tong Dow.