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Well, once again the hand of our gov is visible. I was struck by the news report in the ST today with regards to selling HDB flats purchased with CPF funds beneath valuation. If a hdb flat is resold beneath its valuation, the owner would have to top up the difference by paying into the...

Just make a short trip over to KL or JB, i was at the KL airport about a year back, and i bought some for my friend. They sold it in dried root format, or as a dark concentrated liquid. I spilled it over the plane flight back, so no idea if the dark concentrate was good for my friend...

Well this is just a few that i know of. I really wonder how sg will turn out in 2 decades, and or rather. Should i be a quitter...liberate my CPF savings and get a better standard of life some where else. sayn

I was in TTSH/CDC from Tuesday before getting the all clear and being released on Thursday. Individually, the nurse, doctors and others were all nice individuals, who was braving high risks whilst trying to keep all of us comfortable in this traumative period, so i thank them gratefully from...

This is incredible, only in Singapore, can such absurdities be reported in the press as media news. It goes against all sensibilties or common senses. Basically, for whatever reasons, there does not seem to be enough staff to handle the emergency and run the trains at normal...

Last week was a routine trip to the USA again, apart from a presentation that was still in progress, my main concerns were trying to avoid DVT on the 18 plus hour flights to and from SFO. Unfortunately, i came down with a bad case of flu, fever, shortness of breath and a racking cough on...

I am neither a gay nor a lesbian, but i defend the rights of others to be different, and to form their own associations. The takeover of aware by people fundamentally opposed to its activities and philosophy is disturbing in more cases than what appears on the surface. It is actually not the...

It seems that the control of the media is getting more and more difficult by the handlers. One article is published that says hiring foreign workers are cheaper. Then another apologetic article gets out that says more singaporeans are being hired as bus drivers. The divergence from those...

Well, the service on SIA is pretty good, they serve you the drinks, the meals pretty much on time, decent entertainment system and pretty good seats :) Nothing more you can ask for in economy class, it is true that the tickets are more expensive if you purchase em in singapore, but that is...

I feel that the state of financial planning in singapore is almost non existent for the average singaporean. We have insurance agents peddling policies that they barely understand, we have financial planners who always say, invest for the long run.. Look at what happened to the share price...

It is truly difficult for an average joe like me in singapore. To buy a car, to buy a house, to get an COE et al. Why is it so complicated, multiple rules and ad hoc rulings, all of which is basically the sign of a bloated and inefficient civil service. Take the mundane task of leasing...

This is really a sad story, as singaporeans we do ask for a lot from the government. As long as the yoke is bearable, and we are able to get on with our lives, i really do not care who or what animals even are in power, figuratively speaking. But the recent spate of murders, suicides, losses...

It is quite easy to predict the actions of the PAP. a. They are going to temporarily suspend part of the GST. "Perception that GST is a burden".. It is a burden no doubts about that. b. They are making people to go back to 5.5 days work week. So that we are more productive, more...

The school's management has an overinflated sense of importance, and does not take into account the facts of life. Imposing such a draconian rule, does nothing but to give a sense of importance to the managers of the school. The school does not have the right to control the activities of the...

What a gem, thanks for the posting this eye opener. I am very impressed by this sentence. "My advice to Sg men: Strive to be more romantic, be more ambitious, get that 5 figure paycheck, provide for your family, meet at least 50% of your wive's unreasonable demand and you should be ok. Don't go...

Actually if someone has more funds than 20k, and the main requirement is to keep them in cash. Well, the amount guranteed is 20k SGD per bank, so if you have 100k, deposit 20k in 5 banks. With effect from 1 April 2006, the Deposit Insurance Scheme administered by the Singapore Deposit...

This is a very important landmark issue for a number of reason. a. It will clarify how the existing singapore government treats its own citizens, through the action of MAS. b. If singapore citizens are denied redress, or compensation not given out by DBS in the same manner as that or the...

Yet again, a poor singapore citizen, who has gone under and cracked under the stress of attempting to survive. Singapore was built over the years with a cohesive law abiding citizenary, as such many of the precautionary systems and infrastruture that are in place commonly in other countries...

The problem now is that we as singapore citizens have been too shepple for too long. Until there is no longer any consideration of our welfare, in any decisions. AS we are so used to price increases, or rather plates of kway teo. What is the issue to impose X additonal number of plates to be...

The explanations given by EMA seem to differ, depening on whether you are reading the english version or the chinese version. http://www.ema.gov.sg/FAQ/sm041008.pdf Take a look at the answers in chinese. Unless my chinese is really bad, here is the translation. Q1: Crude Oil and Petrol...