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there is no empirical evidence to support this false assumption. the vast majority of singaporeans will be sensible enough not to blow their entire savings. maybe 10 or even 20% might be foolish enough to do so, but the other 80-90% are being punished for the folly of the few.

you are just being an inconsiderate road user. you think your time is more precious than the next person's. you are so lazy that you cant be bothered to park properly and take a 3 or 5 minute walk to the 7-11 and instead choose to be an asshole that holds up traffic.

what utter rubbish. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Treasures_of_Japan

great trick. here's the solution. https://www.youtube.com/watch?gl=SG&hl=en-GB&v=Te9Axh6EBUo

and what if MAS or the GIC loses substantially in its investments? will there still be money to redeem the special government securities/bonds? of course not. its a heads-i-win-tails-you-lose situation for CPF members. its made to sound low risk, but in truth if there is a substantial...

having one party dominate parliament is running a country without a plan B. Who can guarantee the dominant party will remain above board for the next 50 years? it is unheard of in history CMIIW unless plan B involves the suspension of democracy.

temasek has one shareholder - Ministry of Finance. So technically it accounts to tharman who accounts to PM who accounts to...?

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please be careful when driving in Australia and New Zealand. Strong cross winds will catch many drivers unaware, and the effects of the cross winds are greater at high speeds. http://www.proven-driving-tips.com/windy_weather.html "Crosswinds are winds that cross your direction of travel...

The government gets its mandate from the people, and if the people demand welfare and its denied to them, the mandate will be withdrawn. Or we could simply give up democracy and revert to despotism.

Sounds like you have just described the 60%

Each stall pays about $1200 per month, assuming 20 stalls, that's $24000 per month. If each cleaner/ dish washer were paid $2000 per month, there would be 12 cleaners/ washers and there would be no problem. The problem arises when fat cat middle men grassroot leaders win the contracts and...

Re: Blackbox survey: Most singaporeans think the pap will win more votes than in 2011 the people are not daft. the only reason the PAP is scrambling to set things right is because of the crushing blow the people have dealt their egos through the power of the Vote. the people will keep...

that's rich, pinning the blame on the bad genes of the people for the failed policies of the government that got us into this mess in the first place. one man's huge ego got us into this mess, but he wont stand up and admit it but instead curses at the poor genes of the people who believed in...

im ashamed to be governed by a party that is more concerned with demolishing critics then doing right by the people. Dr Toh Chin Chye: Mr Speaker, I think fundamental principles are being breached. The fundamental principle is this. The CPF is really a fixed deposit or a loan to Government...

going to watch the waves or sunset won't help the kids to get an "A" in maths or science. :o its a pity we have devolved to this.

i greatly admire your excellent communication skills in building resentment towards the PAP.

this means we should time our car purchases with Election time. what a warped place we live in.

bump up for an excellent read. thanks for posting.

indeed we should be thankful for the grassroots feeding so much disinformation to the PAP that it resulted in the landmark loss of Aljunied GRC.