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Tharman has a point, but Lawrence Wong missed the plot 27 Aug 2013 | 01:50 am
Speaking at the Network ASEAN forum on Friday morning, Singapore’s Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister Tharman Shanmugaratnam said there was never a realistic prospect of a smooth and easy exit...
Before going to court, test sincerity of govt 26 Aug 2013 | 01:51 am
”The government remains committed to explain any issues arising from this tragic incident and to do whatever it can to assist the family,”said a statement from the Ministry of Home Affairs. Well, Din...
A very high tech, inventive, low population country 25 Aug 2013 | 01:46 am
No, not us. We are none of these, though we got many of the u/m conveniences, sort of. Estonia (population 1.3m) is a world leader in technology. Estonian geeks developed the code behind Skype, Hotma...
Wheels coming off Thailand, Indonesia, M’sia & Vietnam 24 Aug 2013 | 02:04 am
Asean round-up: Bad news abounds (Update: Related post http://atans1.wordpress.com/2013/08/22/why-regional-mkts-are-tanking-why-its-a-risky-moment/) Indonesia’s benchmark Jakarta Composite Index – t...
Govt needed NatCon + survey to find these things out? 23 Aug 2013 | 01:45 am
The door-to-door survey of 4,000 Singaporeans was conducted by the Institute of Policy Studies (IPS) between November last year and February. It was carried out to validate the issues brought up in th...
Why regional mkts are tanking & why it’s a risky moment 22 Aug 2013 | 01:50 am
Thailand and S’pore have lost all its 2013 gains. Indonesia in now into bear territory, and M’sia is now being targeted. Why But first the good news.The sell-off isn’t Asean specific. It is affecting...
Shouldn’t telling Dinesh’s family more be part of the PM’s narrative of a caring PAP govt? 21 Aug 2013 | 01:51 am
(Or “How not to rebuild trust the PAP way”) “Iswaran says the police already spent 28 months and interviewed 130 on the case (compared to 13 months and over 60 witnesses for Shane Todd).” http://sing...
Temasek’s Chinese banks pay great dividends but there’s a catch 20 Aug 2013 | 02:01 am
ICBC pays 6.1%, while CCB and BoC pay 6%. If it had AgBank, it would get 6.4%. Contrast this with the dividend yield it gets from – DBS: 4.4% (UOB’s yield is 2.9% and OCBC’s is 3.2%) – Bank Danamon...
NOL underperforms Maersk again, as predicted 19 Aug 2013 | 06:17 am
(Or “Food for tot for PM as scholar, ex-SAF chief, & ex-Temasek MD again under-performs a shipping man?”) Skip right to the end if you want to read the political and financial implications of this pe...
What Palmer, Peter Lim, Boon Gay & Tey shld read 18 Aug 2013 | 10:36 am
And so should Yaw; and Howard Shaw, Spencer Gwee and all those adults found guilty of having sex with a minor. In fact for all horny men. 10 rules for keeping your penis out of trouble http://www.th...
