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All through the years, the government had been telling us how good and cheap our education system is. How they ("the govenment") had heavily subsidized our tertiary education, and how lucky we are, for paying for little, for quality university education.Well, we've all been had ! Forbes just published a list of most expensive universities around the world, and guess what ? …
I hate to say this, but we're probably looking at tax increases and upping of the retirement age in the coming years.Just when the financial crisis is brewing, Temasek went in and bought tonnes of Merrill Lynch stocks. I'm not a financial guru, but when you even have an inkling that the stock market is gonna get volatile, the most sensible thing is.... NOT to buy.....We are …
Its probably no longer just a financial crisis. This is now a full blown economic crisis. What ten years of crazy extravagance in the financial circles has brought about, is now impacting the larger economy as a whole. It probably began as a crisis of confidence, but now, that lack of confidence in the economy has translated into a real economic slowdown.When people start to …
As I edge closer to being one of the global-trotting worker, in search of a better life abroad, a sense of sadness grows as I'm set to leave this place where I have spent the better part of my 30 odd years of life.Apprehension of the new life ahead starts to grow. Sometimes, I look at my young daughter running around in blissful ignorance, and wonder to myself if this move is …
Yesterday, newspaper reported that the head coach of the Singapore table tennis team, Mr Liu Guodong is not renewing his contract and will be leaving the team by the end of the year. Many supporters of the table tennis team will be saddened by the news, especially when he is deemed to play a large part in getting us our 2nd (I would dispute that, when we got out "1st" medal, …
Last night, the Dow dropped 7.87%, the NASDAQ 8.47%, and the S&P 9.03%. This comes after Mon which jumps 10% and a week of tumbles and a stock market descent that saw the market lose more than 20% of its value. Of course, on the hindsight we could have all seen these coming, with the subprime problems surfacing last year and all the financial institutions losing their …
Singapore's economy contracted by 6.3% in the third quarter, following a 5.7% contraction in the second quarter. This means that Singapore is officially in recession. Good Luck.Source : CNA
The Agri-Food & Veterinary Authority (AVA) has found 3 more food products that contain melamine. These are :Cadbury Choclairs - Blueberry flavour Cadbury Choclairs - Chocolate flavour Panda Dairy Whole Milk Powder (industrial pack)
With so much confusion and more and more products detected with melamine due to the Chinese milk scandal, I've compiled a list products from different countries which have been detected wi …
COMMENTS OF SENIOR MINISTER GOH CHOK TONG IN RESPONSE TO MEDIA QUERIES ON THE DEMISE OF MR J B JEYARETNAM I was taken aback when I learnt this morning that Mr J B Jeyaretnam h …
Of course, this old news to everyone. Long time opposition leader, JB Jeyaretnam, has passed away. I think in the minds of many Singaporeans, JBJ is the symbol of persistence, having gone through numerous ups and downs, and yet still have tenacity to remain in politics and speak his mind. If what he has gone through happens to some other person, most surely, he would have …
According to CNN.com, a rescue bill to rescue Wall St from its current woes is unveiled. Luckily, the Congress, was not reckless and did not flush 700 billion down the toilet, which would be the case if they have gone with Paulson's initial plans. Some safety measures were put in to ensure that the money was well spent, or least not dumped into a shit hole with no returns.The …
As most would know by now, our population now stands at 4.84 million. This is a staggering 5.5% increase over 2007's estimate of 2.59 million, and a 16% increase over 2004's estimate of 4.17 million. If you have noticed that its more squeezy at shopping malls and MRTs, as I have, now you know the reason.I have blogged earlier about my concern about Singapore healthcare …
I would like to dedicate this post to a good friend of mine. She is a Stay At Home Mum (SAHM). Housewives like to call themselves such as it sounds sexier and more professional. Hard to imagine calling my mum a SAHM...Anyway, back to my friend, who's feeling kind of down lately. She was working for one year after giving birth, but finally threw in the towel when she found it …
After the Lehman Brothers filed for bankruptcy under Chapter 11, probably a lot of people don't exactly know what that is. Forbes has an article which tells you what exactly it is.What you need to know about Chapter 11
The New Zealand Herald - Unacceptably high levels of melamine have been found in a Chinese milk sweet on sale in New Zealand.The New Zealand Food Safety Authority has issued a warning about the White Rabbit sweets, which the New Zealand Herald discovered on sale in Chinese supermarkets.Testing found the presence of 180 ppm of melamine, the substance which has been implicated …
There's a list of food products to be taken off the shelves in Singapore, due to contamination by Chinese milk ingredients, floating around in the internet. I'm not sure how accurate it is as there are no official sources confirming this. I'm guessing they are trying to do this low profile so that it will not create panic among the public.I've managed to find one. This …
I think many of us have had enough of the crap that is coming out of China. Greedy and unscrupulous businesses in China have been putting toxic substances into food products all these years. The final straw is the milk powder. Now, even innocent babies are involved.Perhaps its extremely difficult to completely weed out made in China food, as many ingredients in many food …
The candy which many of us grew up with, the White Rabbit Creamy Candy (大白兔奶糖) has been found to be contaminated with melamine. This was announced by the Agri-Food & Veterinary Authori …
Zaobao - Sales of certain Nestle baby milk products have been stopped in HK after traces of melamine was detected in a baby milk powder product originating from China's Heilongjiang provin …
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