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Did GIC raid reserves to pay CPF members after 2011 due to very low returns?
In his reply to WP MP Gerald Giam’s and other MPs’ questions on CPF, DPM Tharman finally revealed GIC’s 5-year return in Singapore dollar was peanuts at 0.5%. It now appears our reserves had been used...
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Expats enjoying life in Singapore all thanks to EDB grants
The only time when we have a peace of mind is when he seriously addresses the mad immigration policy and start to de-populate selectively, especially the foreign PMETs.Even then, we have no more trust...
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Mainstream Media not interested in reporting Roy's defence to PM Lee's lawsuit
Wow. I filed my affidavit for the defamation suit by Lee Hsien Loong yesterday, with evidence on the discrepancies in how the government and the GIC manages the CPF of Singaporeans.However, none of the...
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I urge Singaporeans to fly our flag and be proud!
When I walk around my estate in Tampines, I find that many Singaporeans are not displaying our flag. Other than a few blocks decorated with flags by grassroots members, fewer blocks are adorned with...
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Foreign Talents are not Singaporeans no matter what good they bring
I refer to the 4 Aug 2014 TodayOnline letter “FTs may bring more good to SG than some may assume” by Mr Melvyn Chong.Singapore’s initial phase of experience didn’t happen after our independence. It...
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Why so few Singapore flags flying for National Day?
Some people, especially the old and patriotic Singaporeans, are lamenting why so few flags are seen on the flats? It used to be nearly the whole block of flats flying the Singapore flags. Now it is...
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Buying Gold Medals
There was once a father who had a son. There was a sporting event at his son's school. The father who was a smart man realized that his son would probably not win. Besides it detracted from the more...
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The Truth Behind the Tolls
Almost all reports state the obvious facts and figures. Comments, for or against, appear to be predetermined – solely depending on the commentator’s preference for free-flowing traffic or lower cost....
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The People should get to decide the ministers' salaries
I believe that one should not have a system where salaries are determined by oneself, or where a small group of selected individuals determine each others' salaries at the top. It will lead to the...
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Meritocracy versus Marriedtocracy
Since Professor Michael Hor Yew Meng assumed his Deanship in Hongkong University’s Law Faculty, after being by passed for the post in NUS when he was Number Two and first on the waiting list, there...
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Cheering On Singaporeans
Eight times Australian National Champion and Commonwealth Games Men’s Singles silver medalist (2006), William Henzell, lambasted Singapore for sending a “professional team” - the politically correct...
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Hong Kong man confesses to killing his parents and cooking their body parts
The trial of a man from Hong Kong accused of killing his parents with the help of a friend on Wednesday (Aug 6) pleaded not guilty to murder, as gruesome details of severed heads in fridges and body...
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How Can S'poreans Buy Other Annuity Plans When There Are No Other Plans?
(1) Tan Chuan-Jin did not answer the question – if Singaporeans could set aside more than $155,000 to get higher payoutsYesterday in Parliament, Ms Foo Mee Har asked the Manpower Minister Tan Chuan-Jin...
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Dealing with our differences – Till deaf do us part
Till Deaf Do Us PartProf Chan Heng Chee, Chair of the Lee Kuan Yew Centre for Innovative Cities, SUTD, writes another opinion piece for the ST, ‘Learning to talk through our differences’.In her own...
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Our love for our Mothers can never be eroded, so shall our love for our...
FIRST, seeing fewer State flags being flown at this time which is traditionally a period when Sporeans show off their pride as citizens, could be that there are now more non citizens staying in those...
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Abolish Permanent Residency in Singapore once and for all
Abolish PR by 2016. We should all make this appeal to MPs and Ministers to debate this in parliamentNO NEED FOR PRsIt was reported that“For former PRs who fail to serve NS, any immediate or future...
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First generation PRs no need to serve NS, but second generation...
Many people have raised the issue of first generation PRs not serving NS. Some even deliberately opt to become citizens after a certain age to avoid NS. But if I am not mistaken, the often repeated...
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Lest We Forget: Pioneers the PAP doesn’t want us to remember
With the 9th of August a few days away, the govt wants us to do the ‘right” things the “right” way to celebrate the day.I’m sure the PAP will not like S’poreans to remember that there are ISD detainees...
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PAP must disclose how much was paid to GIC/Temasek board of directors
GIC manages about US$ 320 billion of CPF monies and our reserves. Temasek’s portfolio is currently valued at S$ 223 billion.Although these 2 SWFs manage a total of S$623,000,000,000 of public funds,...
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Singaporeans must study, no time for sports lah
Hello everyone. I trust you have been enjoying the action from the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow. Here's a little something that I picked up on social media - many Singaporeans have been bitching about...
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