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Government “kiasu, kiasi, kiabo” over CPF Life?
Here is a comparison between the default CPF Life Standard Plan payout for the writer meeting the minimum sum of $155,000 and the example of Mr. Tan in the CPF Life Handbook, who has $100,000, below...
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Do you know whether or not your maid actually looks after your elderly...
*Photo for illustration onlyDear TRS,I was at white sand's Mcdonalds having a meal when I couldn't help but noticed an unusually odd-couple the table next to mine. It was a Filipino domestic helper and...
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Many Singaporeans have barely enough CPF for subsistence living
Editor at large Han Fook Kwang gave an interesting narrative of the Central Provident Fund (CPF) scheme, pointing out what got in the way of its core objective of providing for old age (“Wanted: A new...
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Payback Time: Eugene Tan not selected to renew NMP position
Payback can be a bitch. Eugene Tan had made it well known - online, offline and maybe kopi-tiam circuit - that he was seeking another term as Nominated Member of Parliament (NMP). He was not chosen....
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Teachers in Singapore not reading newspapers
From ‘Teachers should read newspapers’, 11 Aug 2014, ST Forum(Dr V Subramaniam): WHEN I had lunch with two secondary school teachers one recent weekend, I was taken aback when both admitted that they...
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Eugene Tan and Roy Ngerng not selected as NMP
This is the new talk of the town. For Roy Ngerng, the writing was on the wall and is a non event. For the effable professor, many have kind words for him and would consider him worthy of a second term....
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Our SPF: Shuffling Paper Force?
Many people, even criminal elements from abroad, have noticed the lack of active policing in a Singapore. This applies to both policing in urban areas, HDB estates and on our roads and expressways.This...
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PMET finds job ony after 8 months, 400 applications and 3 interviews
PMET jobless for 8 months received 3 interviews out of 400 applications and finally found a jobHi Johnson,I have the same degree as you and I am also working in a different industry (IT) for more than...
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孙喜：新加坡知天命否
孔子曰“五十而知天命”，意指人到了50岁时，对于自己的命运和天数就会自然明了，人生的态度也将变得泰然自若。新加坡明年即将步入50岁的建国金禧之年，它的天命又会是什么呢？50年前，在1965年独立建国时，新加坡的天命被普遍看衰，似乎是“山穷水尽疑无路”。因为，作为一个南洋小岛国，新加坡不仅自然资源匮乏，而且一直被大国虎视，能否独立生存下去的确是一个未知数。然而，就是这样一个被认定几乎“没有任何理由”能...
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How Much Interest Must We Earn On Our CPF To Be Able To Meet Minimum Sum?
Singaporeans need to set aside a CPF Minimum Sum of $155,000 inside our CPF before we are able to withdraw any access monies out to use. If we don’t have this Minimum Sum, our CPF monies will be...
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A tribute to Mr Lee Kuan Yew
Thank you Mr Lee Kuan Yew.I grew up during the hard times, a period of turmoil and civil unrest in the history of Singapore.Our people were poor, mainly uneducated and of migrant stock.I am a living...
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Why the Funniest People Are Sometimes the Saddest
Robin Williams and so many fellow comedians seem to struggle with self-hatred and self-destructionI always feel a more intense sense of loss when a fellow alcoholic or addict commits suicide. Possibly...
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Unsubsidized Robotic Surgery Remains Beyond the Reach of Poorer Patients
Dear TRS,I hope you can share with Singaporeans this weird anomaly in our healthcare system so that a wider population of Singaporeans is aware of this issue before they sign up for robotic surgery...
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When should one stop saving for retirement?
Theoretically one should never stop saving for retirement if one can afford to as no one can tell how long would a person live. For practical purposes, and with statistics available, it is reasonable...
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The Succession – After Lee, who?
There must be a potential PM around here…On this day, 12 august 2014, marks 10 years for Lee Hsien Loong’s tenure as Prime Minister. Naturally as in politics, the talk goes into who is going to succeed...
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Vicious Cycle Cause Malays To Be The ‘Pariahs of Singapore’
[Open letter forwarded to The Real Singapore]Dear Mr Prime Minister Sir,With all my respect Sir,I congratulate you and your government for the generous recognitions of the pioneer generations, however,...
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Posters: The Best of Lee Hsien Loong
As PM Lee Hsien Loong celebrates 10 years as the Prime Minister of Singapore, let's have a look back at some of his more memorable quotes.These snapshots show just how much the PM and the PAP lead by...
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PM Lee has not spent the last 10 years well
The Straits Times article kicked off by saying that Lee Hsien Loong's first decade as prime minister can be summed up in one word: Challenging. If someone else had written that piece, one could infer...
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How Much CPF Are Singaporeans Losing To The Government?
How much CPF are Singaporeans losing to the government?For a long time, the government has denied that they have taken our CPF to invest in the GIC (Lee Kuan Yew denied this in 2001 and 2006, and Ng...
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Cyber warriors – you’re being watched
Cyber warriors: Spyware is cheaply availableIn you cursing the PAP government this National Day, please remember that anonymity isn’t an option any more:Surveillance spyware has been found in the Gulf....
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