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Despite the recession, community hospitals are raising their charges sharply, putting more burden on the lower-income group needing medical care. That is why Khaw raise the medisave payout limit so that hospitals and polyclinics can start raising charges across the board. It is little wonder...

Upon conversion at US$3.25 per share, GIC's stake was estimated to be worth US$1.52 billion, down from US$6.88 billion. This is a staggering loss of US$5.36 billion from the conversion deal. That is not all. GIC share holdings is calculated at about 467,692, 000 shares (US$1.52...

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Opposition saboteur Loh Chee Kong, why don't you report this instead to show the people how "smart" your political masters are. :rolleyes: Abu Dhabi Investment Authority (ADIA) cleverly avoided being affected by Citigroup's deal to convert all preferred shares to common stocks. This is...

The state media reporters will do anything to please their political masters. Read the email exchanges between TODAY's reporter Loh Chee Kong and Chiam See Tong, and see how this govt's puppy from TODAY twisted Chiam's words to sabotage him. Chiam should never have agreed to such interview...

Despite the diplomatic tone, Yaw's bitterness clearly shows. Seems like WP has already marked their territories, and Chiam's intention is not going to go down well with them. Previously when SDP decide to contest in Sembawang, WP members were up in arms as they see it as an invasion on their...

Again we see another protest by foreigners. 100 foreign workers today held a protest at MOM. But there was no police in sight to arrest them. Isn't this considered illegal assembly? Why are opposition members arrested and charged when only 4 of them protested, while no action is taken by the...

Spore economic problems started when we have bureacrats paper scholars like Lim Hng Kiang being put in charge of managing the country's trade and industry. Then it is downhill all the way. And this fella feels very proud, bragging it to the news media. :mad...

When Jackie Chan announced that he intends to donate his antique houses and costumes to Singapore, our State Media were swooning all over about it. But now the truth is out. Jackie Chan is just making use of Singapore to pressure the Hong Kong Govt to allocate a site for his exhibition. He...

MIW Taleban Fighter Ace Kindred Cheong strikes again with another of his bootlicking letters to ST forum. :rolleyes: Focus on economy, not election...

While foreign students are given no-bond full scholarships & pocket money by the Spore govt, needy Singaporean students have to take study loan from banks. Now Temasek's DBS is sending O$P$ letter to local students even though they may not be able to get a job now. Without a job, how are...

The PAP state media is now trying to stir up trouble between the opposition parties by digging up past issues between Chiam & SDP. :mad: Why don't Loh Chee Kong dig up Ex-President Ong Teng Cheong past issues with the Spore Govt over Spore's reserve? Or Devan Nair with MM Lee? Why don't Loh Chee...

Page 2 of 2 While the ideologies are different, from Marxist ideals, religious commandments and government regulations to preserve economic stability, we can summarize all of them into the same category: "national security," to which the leaders from all these countries, no matter their...

http://asiasentinel.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1741&Itemid=159&limit=1&limitstart=1 The old Asian Way Excuse <table class="contentpaneopen"><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" align="left"...

Instead of promoting fiscal prudence for the lower income group, the govt is now encouraging them to go into debt spending. MAS had announced today that wef 1 Mar, the minimum annual income for credit card will be lowered from $30k to only $20k. This policy change by the PAP govt cannot come...

This story was narrated in YPAP forum, and posted in a blog. The story is like this - newbie grassroots leaders screw-up on block painting that led to Woodlands' residents raging against MP Khaw. Old bird grassroot leaders came to the rescue and manage to defuse the whole situation. I don't...

Shouldn't the DSP be charged for perjury? http://www.yoursdp.org/index.php/news/singapore/1967-police-testimony-crumbles-under-cross-examination Police testimony crumbles under cross-examination Monday, 23 February 2009 Singapore Democrats In what might very well be the...

<table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tbody><tr><td height="8"> </td></tr> <tr><td class="msgtxt">http://www.bloggingstocks.com/2009/02/23/u-s-to-citi-shareholders-drop-dead/ U.S. to Citi shareholders: Drop dead! Posted Feb 23rd 2009 9:15AM by Peter Cohan Filed...

<table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tbody><tr></tr><tr><td height="8"> </td></tr> <tr><td class="msgtxt">http://online.wsj.com/article/SB123538893059147345.html?mod=googlenews_wsj By COSTAS PARIS and NISHA GOPALAN SINGAPORE -- Talks over a bigger U.S. government...

Being President of Spore is certainly the best job in the world. Take $3million salary, can still bring wife and grandson for excursion on a weekday (Monday) during working hours, while Singapore is facing its worst recession with many retrenched and facing hardship. No wonder he readily hand...