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  1. Rogue Trader

    Latest Exercise for the Sinkie Elderly - Dumpster Diving for Leftovers

    SEARCH: Dumpsters along an alley near Buffalo Road in Little India, a dumpster diver looking through unwanted vegetables at the wet market in Lorong 1, Toa Payoh, and another dumpster diver (above) rummaging through a dumpster outside the same wet market. TNP PHOTOS: ARIFFIN JAMAR SOME TAKING...
  2. bic_cherry

    Why Minimum wage legislation in Singapore isn't an unreasonable demand

    Why Minimum wage legislation in Singapore isn't an unreasonable demand. Hi TP, sometimes it is not about a number but a current state of affairs... If Singapore was a place like Timbucktoo, where there were not even a democracy because the state was still a tribal village and people traded...
  3. bic_cherry

    Champerty: An improvement in access to justice for the poor?

    Champerty: An improvement in access to justice for the poor? After reading the following article by Andy Ho, I believe that there is a place for champerty [legal dict.][Wikipedia] in Singapore... (I u'stand that this form of charging does not separate legal fees from damages sought: it is all...
  4. bic_cherry

    Money printing (/borrowing) by Singapore government- how much is too much?

    Money printing (/borrowing) by Singapore government- how much is too much? Briefly, M1= printed SGD in circulation + some more, M3= quasi money= everything including government bonds (treasuries) etc (people will pay U money for these at whatever is market rate(much is sold to CPF so Temasek...
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