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Lets say I sell my HDB flat for $500K and the flat is full paid off. But my CPF kosong, no minimum sum because I am self employed all these years. Also no medisave. Will part of that $500K kena stuck in CPF to fulfill that minimum sum. Thinking of upgrading to condo by using the $500K...

How long is a cheque valid for? From the date on the cheque is it 6 months or 1 year?

OK Folks, PM Lee is doing an "Extreme Makeover" for SIngapore. We have been promised a new, improved and more responsive Gov. As part of this "Extreme Makeover" what do you guys want to see. I am not talking about raze the house to the ground and build from start. This is "extreme makeover"...

Scroobal - what is your latest take on the elections. Aljunied? Bishan? Hougang? Any surprises?

Or anyone else got titbits on what is the feeling within PAP? How do they feel the campaign has been going for them?

Does the 1 day cooling of period mean that access to the various political sites be blocked? Or does the cooling period refer to public rallies. Also, hopefully authorities will monitor DOS type attacks on the websites of the political parties

Wah that thing flies! AP) BEIJING (AP) - China's prototype stealth fighter made its first-known test flight Tuesday, marking dramatic progress in the country's efforts to develop cutting-edge military technologies. The plane dubbed the J-20 flew for about 15 minutes over an airfield in...

Fed's QE2 has resulted in inflation in many of the Asia economies. Here is how 3 of the BRIC nations are dealing with it. The Chinese Central appear to be very active in combating inflation. Taming inflation in China, Brazil, and India January 5, 2011 11:47 am The Fed's quantitative...

Recently, China signed a $100B trade deal with India. My first thought was what could India sell to the Chinese? Probably lots and lots of commodities (iron ores) and low valued added products like cotton or dyed fabric. China on the other hand has a lot of valued added products to sell to...

Will work in temperate climates where no need for aircond. But in tropical climate, hard for the solar panels to keep up. But for the temperate climate it is very interesting concept to go off the grid. House and car powered by solar cells. Interesting points are the huge increase in oil...

Wah China bonds almost as safe as US treasuries! If 1st world nations are to go into double dip, they will need China's help. http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2010-10-10/default-swaps-show-hu-jintao-bonds-approaching-treasuries-china-credit.html Default Swaps Show Hu Jintao Bonds Approaching...

Judges had to wait up to 4 hours for transportation Long jump surface is bumpy Giant electronic signboard came crashing down. Lucky no one injured but perhaps due to low attendance. Failure of security device caused serious injury to 3 Ugandan officials. Games software failure...

Wonder why there is no public outrage over the killings? In my point of view, this Hindu/Muslim tension will break into the open within the next 10 years. May have huge repercussion on India given the large Muslim pop within India and the large hardline Hindus (BJP), lots of poor and...

Problem is the country can ill afford to host such games. But yet they went ahead and results are the rich and power feeding at the trough. The $7.8 billion could be used to built toilets and provide clean water for the teeming slums. The legacy rich and politically connected as usual get...

Very interesting case study on Geely-Volvo purchase. They mentioned about Chinese owned company selling Volvos to gov officials. That is their secret weapon. Remember that even in Singapore, only top officials get Mercedes. The colonels got Volvos/Audis. Probably the same case in China...

Wow - looks like even Jobs think that China is prime time for the Iphone. Huge uber cool store in Shanghai!! And 24 more stores to come. Reflects the growing middle class as well as the 3G infrastructure. Apple plants its flagship in Shanghai Posted by Philip Elmer-DeWitt July 10, 2010...

Unlike mfg where it it take billions to build up factories and supply chain, IT outsourcing work can easily be move with flip of switch. Take example of China, mfg think 3 times before outsourcing work out of China given the huge market potential. GM sold more cars in China then in the US and...

Another step towards reunification?? Read that 1 million Taiwanese live permanently in China. Top Taiwanese businessmen have large portions of their investments in China. This reminds of me EEC (European economic Community) - the precursor to the current EU. Except that in this case they...

Well well after all the talk of censorship - it all comes down to $$$. Guess Google does not want to miss out of huge market as well as preventing competitors from growing big in Chinese mkt. By Grace Wong, contributorJune 29, 2010: 11:53 AM ET LONDON (CNNMoney.com) -- Google slightly...

OK 3 rm flat is actually 2 rooms. 4rm flat is 3 room. what the heck is 3+1?? 3 room plus 1 toilet? Sometimes I see 2+1. So what is 3+1?