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Why use dramatic but misleading words like the Miniumum Medisave amount to be scrapped. It took me a while to realize that it has been replaced by the BHC whose ceiling is actually raised compared to the outgoing MMS. And to disguise it further, there will be no minimum levels to be held...

The cap on the medisave and RA keeps getting higher with every year. The semi retired are not spared. With my miserly pay working part time, they wrote to say I must top up. Besides our flat the CPF is already tying up a lot of our monies, yet they want more. Most of us wont get to see the...

Last night, I caught a programme on Biography channel, featuring Ma Ying Jeow. The producers managed to track his teachers, classmates, uni mates and working colleagues, providing a different perspective to the man. I was wondering, how come nothing like this ever come out of Singapore...

I curious.... shouldnt National Day Rally speeches be given at or around National Day ? Why is this year's speech 3 weeks late or are they gathering brownie points following the YOG to pad up the speech

The govt is proposing changes to the CPF Act. !!!!!! Those with $60,000 in their Retirement Account when the reach the draw down age will automatically be included in the annuity CPF Life - giving those who missed out on the first auto - inclusion a chance when they turn 55 in 2013 and have...

Ireland and France announce over the week that the government will guarantee customer's bank deposits in full. US of A is going to raise the guaranteed amount from USD 100,000 to USD 250,000. In the meantime MAS sees it fit to only apply guarantees of SGD 20,000 for each account. The reason...

I was just thinking.. The average Singaporean's wealth was or going to be decimated by their involvements with products from overseas, primarily the US. Why is it that home spun companies were not able to fill in this need. For example, if AIA sees it profitable to set up shop here, what are the...