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At first, it was the IT industry, then came the life science industry, but in the end, there was so much supply that people had problems finding jobs after graduating. For the IT sector, many companies were bringing programmers from India and China, who usually command a lower wage than most Singaporeans for the same ...
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Yes. After a really long wait, and much anticipation (of a ‘legal’ iphone) and anti-anticipation (of perhaps being a non 3G iphone), we finally have the good news that 3G iPhone will be available from SingTel later this year! Woohoo! Time to start saving, if your hands is itching for the 3G iPhone. Alternatively, it ...
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A strong aftershock hit China’s quake lake in southwest Sichuan - as predicted earlier on by authorities. There’s no known casualties and the scale of the quake was also not known yet. It’s rather sad that as China prepares for the Beijing Olympics that tragedy had to strike.Here in Taiwan, no shockwaves were felt, but ...
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I did not have access today’s paper in print, but a glance at the online version seemed to send a very (in fact, very, very, very… you get what I mean) strong message to all commuters - take public transport else you’d be paying a heavy premium to move around. The main factor in this ...
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Well, speculation that budget airlines will eventually rule over mainstream airlines is probably coming to an end soon, if the sentiments of passengers who were hit by the revised luggage rule were anything to go by. Passengers going by Tiger Airways will only be allowed to have a 7kg carry-in hand luggage and speculation will ...
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Of course, the Singapore government apparently has no control over fuel prices (well, some argue that the government does, if they intervene - but that’s of course, may result in anti-competitiveness) and this is not about our fuel prices vs. theirs because there’s definitely no fight. However, the Malaysia government rose the prices of fuel ...
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Yes, there is another change again. The postponed petrol ban on Singaporean within 50km from its borders is called off. This is party due to the repercussions on the businesses in Johor, and the strong oppostion voices from Johor businesses. So, with the ban cancelled, Singaporeans will be unlikely to cut down on trips to ...
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Oh, is Singapore growing smaller? No… it is… the size of studio apartment is growing smaller. The new Kent Residences in Kent Road is building studio that squeeze a kitchen, a bathroom, a bed room and a bay window into 312 sqft. So, how large or rather how small is 312 sqft? Imagine a squash ...
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Yes, our very own Alice (member of ping.sg) got onto the papers on her campaign against VueStar. I knew about the entire campaign from the beginning and I admire her courage to pull through with all of Bernard’s unwanted comments (sorry, Bernard, but if your comments is anything to go by, I think you are ...
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Malaysia has put off plans to ban sale of petrol to foreign-register vehicles within 50km of their north and south borders. This is partly because of the repercussions on the businesses around these petrol kiosks that thrives on the businesses of foreigners, particularly at the Singapore borders. In addition, Datuk Seri Najib cited that there ...
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With all the bad news going around on the opposition, there’s finally some good stuffs from the opposition. I’m really glad for them because this shows that the opposite can also live up to the promise. In fact, Chiam is probably one of the more well-respected opposition because his views and reason are real and ...
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According to Sentosa Leisure Group Director, Service Quality & Communications, an unforeseen technical malfunction yesterday (30 May 2008) forced the cancellation of the two nightly sh …
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So, Ms Chee Siok Chin, sister of Dr Chee Soon Juan, got charged and was found guilty of contempt of court yesterday. This was because the judge felt that their behavior in the cross-examination of PM Lee Hsien Loong and MM Lee Kuan Yew was grossly disgraceful and obstructed the delivery of justice.Dr Chee will ...
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An earlier article by a STOMPer says his experiences with several events organised during NUS’s admission exercise, and a recent encounter with a lecturer there, led him to the unive …
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Are you one of those respondents who are not aware that smoking can cause blindness? An article by Linda Kaspari states that cigarette smoking reduces levels of plasma antioxidant, a substance in the blood stream, which protects retinal cells. Smoking causes the protective layer between the retina and blood vessels to erode, resulting in poor ...
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Are you one of those respondents who are not aware that smoking can cause blindness? An article by Linda Kaspari states that cigarette smoking reduces levels of plasma antioxidant, a substance in the blood stream, which protects retinal cells. Smoking causes the protective layer between the retina and blood vessels to erode, resulting in poor ...
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Damn. I’m in the midst of fixing it now. Will be right back soon.
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Damn. I’m in the midst of fixing it now. Will be right back soon.
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It feels like life is so unfair. I mean… local graduates from business schools are being pursue with job offers a year before they graduate! While non-business school graduate have to search for a job and get it only a month after graduating.TALENT is so sought after for the financial sector that local and foreign ...
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It feels like life is so unfair. I mean… local graduates from business schools are being pursue with job offers a year before they graduate! While non-business school graduate have to search for a job and get it only a month after graduating.TALENT is so sought after for the financial sector that local and foreign ...
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