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Thursday, 8 December 2011

OPINION: Better protection for domestic workers in Singapore - Sri Ranjini Mei Hua

Thursday, 8 December 2011

The Jakarta Post, 8 Dec 2011With over 200,000 domestic workers employed and one in every six households, Singapore is one of the world’s top employers of maids. Hence, the role of domestic workers is crucial to the professional lives and careers of women in Singapore, who depend on them to care for the household and would otherwise have...

"It is very obvious that the fare hike will eventually result in pay raises and bonuses for senior management of ComfortDelgro."

inSing.com, 8 Dec 2011The grouses and complaints continue over the impending taxi fare hike, as many feel that the move is a blatant effort to jack up profits for ComfortDelgro.Many members of the public are unhappy that the taxi company chose to increase taxi fares at this time of economic uncertainty.Readers say, "But it is very obvious...

VIDEO: "Foreign talent" Norman Lu lambasts Singapore government over lastest property cooling meaures

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FAS President Zainudin Nordin: I rate myself as good

Yahoo! Singapore News, 8 Dec 2011Football Association of Singapore president Zainudin Nordin has given Singapore football a report card rating of C+ for this year.The Republic’s footballers could have performed much better in key competitions, he said on Thursday during a one-on-one interview with Yahoo! Singapore.When asked how Zainudin...

Lee Kuan Yew's "Hard Truth" Declared Haram By Malaysia's Islamic Authority

The Malaysian Insider, 8 Dec 2011KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 8 — Federal Islamic authorities have declared haram a book in which Singapore’s founding father Lee Kuan Yew urged Muslims in Singapore to be “less strict on Islamic observances.”Lee, who served in Singapore’s Cabinet as PM, senior minister and minister mentor for 52 years before retiring...

Ex-PAP MP charged for corruption

inSing.com, 8 Dec 2011A former Member of Parliament (MP) has been charged for corruption and criminal breach of trust.Former MP for Jalan Besar GRC, Choo Wee Khiang has been charged for three counts of corruption, and one count for criminal breach of trust totalling about $10,671.Choo, 57, is also the former president of the Singapore Table...

Monday, 5 December 2011

Singapore Syndicated Lending Surges 91% to Record $38 Billion

Monday, 5 December 2011

BusinessWeek, 6 Dec 2011Dec. 6 (Bloomberg) -- Syndicated lending in Singapore has almost doubled to a record this year, driven by demand from property developers and a surge in commodity trading.Loans surged 91 percent to $38.3 billion this year from the same period of 2010, beating the previous record of $30.7 billion in all of 2008, according...

India could be facing its worst financial crisis in decades as rupee retreats

The Times Of India, 5 Dec 2011MUMBAI: India may face its worst financial crisis in decades if it fails to stem a slide in the rupee, leaving the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) with a difficult choice over how to make best use of its limited reserves to maintain the confidence of foreign investors.Unlike most of its Asian peers, India has recently...

Singapore Syndicated Lending Surges 91% to Record $38 Billion

Social escorts losing business to casinos

inSing.com, 5 Dec 2011Social escort agencies are complaining that they are losing business to the local casinos.The agencies tell reporters that business had dropped 10% initially when the casinos opened.It has since dropped by 30%, and they are looking at ways to attract more customers. Full story...

India could be facing its worst financial crisis in decades as rupee retreats

Singapore reveal Malaysia Cup squad

ESPNSTAR.com, 5 Dec 2011The Football Association of Singapore (FAS) have announced the head coach and the Singapore team playing in the Malaysian domestic tournaments starting from 2012 to 2015.The team will be named the LIONSXII and have a specially designed logo by acclaimed advertising agency, DDB. Full storyRelated:Football: Sundram...

Another youth attack at Central Square Mall, 20-year-old beaten to death

Yahoo! Singapore News, 5 Dec 2011Days after a teen was stabbed by youths, another 20-year-old youth has been attacked and killed, according to Shin Min Daily News.Five youths beat the 20-year-old, Chen Zi Quan, to death in 15 minutes on 3 December, reported the paper.It was earlier reported on Saturday that five youths were arrested in connection...

Singapore PMI contracts for 5th month

Indian Express, 5 Dec 2011Singapore's manufacturing sector contracted for a fifth straight month in November as orders continued to shrink, a survey showed on Monday, adding to evidence of a deepening global economic slowdown even as Europe's debt crisis reaches a critical stage.The Purchasing Manager's Index (PMI) slipped to 48.7 points...

Unhappy Tampines residents not convinced by MP Baey Yam Keng's explanation on no lift grading

inSing.com, 4 Dec 2011Some netizens are unhappy that some HDB blocks in Tampines have been dropped from the Lift Upgrading Programme (LUP).Member of Parliament (MP) Baey Yam Keng is trying to explain the situation to what seems to be disappointed residents affected by the drop.MP Baey said that the drop was due to cost issues and a result...

Unhappy Tampines residents not convinced by MP Baey Yam Keng's explanation for no lift grading

Well-known seafood restaurant allegedly exploiting students working as part-timers

inSing.com, 5 Dec 2011A father has exposed popular restaurant Fish & Co. for what he claims are exploitative practices.Mr Thomas had written to the Stomp website to explain how his daughter was supposedly exploited after applying to work for Fish & Co.His daughter had just finished her GCE 'O' Levels and is working part-time to earn...

Twenty-two-year-old dies after completing half marathon in Singapore

Xinhua, 5 Dec 2011SINGAPORE, Dec. 5 (Xinhua) -- A 22-year-old man collapsed after finishing 21.1 kilometer half marathon at the Standard Chartered Marathon in Singapore over the weekend,......Malcolm Sng Wei Ren, 22, collapsed at the finishing line on Sunday morning. He was rushed to hospital and died an hour later. Full storyRelated:22-year-old...

OPINION: Will AirAsia X fly into Sydney before Singapore's Scoot? - BK Sidhu

Malaysia Star, 5 Dec 2011PETALING JAYA: Singapore's new long-haul no-frills carrier Scoot has chosen Sydney as its first city to fly into in mid-2012, a city that rival AirAsia X (AAX) has failed to gain entry into despite fighting for the rights for more than two years.Scoot has also laid a direct challenge to Qantas and its unit Jetstar...

OPINION: Singapore-made Orastream app offers scalable, smooth music streaming - Alfred Siew

TechgoonduEvery once in a while, a technology emerges that makes you wonder why you haven’t thought about it before. The Singapore-made Orastream app is one such example.It enables music players to stream the songs at as high a quality as possible, depending on the network that is delivering the songs. This means you always enjoy the highest...

Due of lack of pump stations, owners of CNG cars can switch to petrol

Eco-business.com, 5 Dec 2011The Land Transport Authority (LTA) has issued notices to all car dealers that vehicles running on compressed natural gas (CNG) can switch to a petrol-only option starting from this month.Among the problems cited by drivers of CNG vehicles was the scarcity of pump stations. Full story...

Responses to offensive online posts should be ‘mature, calm’: Lee Hsien Loong

Yahoo! Singapore News, 4 Dec 2011Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong has called for calmness and maturity among Singaporeans when responding to racially or religiously-sensitive posts online, reported Today.Speaking for the first time on recent incidents that have pushed the issue into the spotlight on Sunday, Lee emphasised the need for Singaporeans...

Asean bourses link-up delayed

Malay Mail Online, 4 Dec 2011HANOI: Stock exchanges in Singapore, Malaysia and Thailand delayed a plan to set up electronic trading links to attract investment and raise liquidity, saying it would be done in 2012.The plan, set to be finalised this year, will be joined by exchanges in the Philippines, Indonesia and Vietnam at a later date....

Sunday, 4 December 2011

Hundreds gather for Singapore 'SlutWalk' protest at Speakers' Corner

Sunday, 4 December 2011

CBS News, 4 Dec 2011(AP) SINGAPORE — Hundreds of people gathered at a park in Singapore on Sunday to protest sexual violence against women as part of the global "SlutWalk" movement, in a rare public demonstration in the tightly controlled city state.The event featured live music, speeches and a women's Muay Thai martial arts exhibition...

Singapore To Implement Mandatory Settling-in Programme For Maids

Bernama.com, 4 Dec 2011SINGAPORE, Dec 4 (Bernama) -- The Ministry of Manpower will implement a new mandatory Settling-in-Programme (SIP) for first-time foreign domestic workers by middle of next year, replacing the current mandatory Entry Test.Announcing this, Minister of State for National Development and Manpower Tan Chuan-Jin said SIP...

Saturday, 3 December 2011

Singapore's longest-serving political detainee Chia Thye Poh receives award

Saturday, 3 December 2011

LLGCultural.com, 2 Dec 2011The longest-serving political prisoner in the Asian history, former Singapore member of parliament Chia Thye Poh, 70 years old, was awarded Lim Lian Geok Spirit Award today, which is announced by the LLG Cultural Development Centre at a press conference.The reason for his winning is upholding of his belief on democracy...

Longest-serving political detainee Chia Thye Poh receives award

Lenders to take over Temasek's Eircom as debt deal falls through

Independent.ie, 3 Dec 2011EIRCOM is certain to be taken over by its lenders after its owners shunned a second deadline to make an offer to stay in control of the business.ST Telemedia, Eircom's Singapore-based majority owner, and the Eircom employee shareholder trust failed to table an offer for the company after an extended deadline to...

Lenders to take over Temasek's Eircom as debt deal fails

Ex-political detainee Chia Thye Poh receives award

PAP MPs pushing for widening the smoking ban

inSing.com, 3 Dec 2011Many Members of Parliament (MPs) are supporting the proposed move to widen the smoking banPasir Ris-Punggol MP Gan Thiam Poh points out that not just Singapore, but the whole world is moving to encourage citizens to quit smoking.Tanjong Pagar MP Chia Shi-Lu feels that smoking is not just a health issue, but also an...

OPINION: Singapore has spent $1.5 billion to change its reputation - Dustin Roasa

Los Angeles Times, 4 Dec 2011Singapore, in an effort to alter its reputation as an oasis — or wasteland, depending on how you look at it — of tidy, soulless efficiency, began an enormous effort to reposition itself as an international arts hub in an effort to boost its international status and attract global capital and talent.To that end,...

NOL resumes talks to buy Hapag-Lloyd

Reuters, 3 Dec 2011Dec 3 (Reuters) - Singapore-based container shipping group Neptune Orient Lines (NOL) has resumed talks about buying German rival Hapag-Lloyd, German paper Die Welt reported on Saturday without identifying its sources. Full story...

Two-day Parent-care Leave for Civil Servants in Singapore

Digital Journal, 3 Dec 2011Beginning next year, some 76, 000 civil servants will get an additional two days off from work annually to care for their aged parents and in-laws.This new leave entitlement was announced on Thursday, 1 December 2011, by the Public Service Division and will be effective on 1 January 2012. Entitled the “parent-care...

Real wage increase just 0.1% for Singapore workers - Labour Economist

Malaysia Star, 4 Dec 2011THE monthly salaries of Singapore workers went up this year, for the second year in a row.Their median income - the mid-point in a range - was $2,633 (RM6,410.88) in June compared to $2,500 (RM6,087.05) a year ago, a 5.3% increase, led by economic growth and a tighter labour market.But for all workers, including...

Child abuse cases rise in 2010 - report

Yahoo! Singapore News, 3 Dec 2011The number of child abuse cases has risen yet again.Last year saw 192 cases of child abuse, up from 2009's 124 child abuse cases, according to figures cited by The Straits Times on Saturday.Most of the reports were of physical abuse, according to report. Some seven in 10 cases last year were of physical abuse,...

OPINION: Barriers to remaking the PAP - Alex Au

Yawningbread.wordpress.comI posit in this article, four major barriers to real change:1. A subservient relationship with the civil service2. Members of parliament who are not fulltime at the job3. Its cadre system and a lack of internal party democracy4. Stonewalled by the government’s refusal to share dataAs the reader will immediately...

Friday, 2 December 2011

OPINION: No more easy polls for PAP - Seah Chiang Nee

Friday, 2 December 2011

Malaysia Star, 3 Dec 2011The ruling PAP is facing an uphill task trying to attract quality candidates from the private sector to stand in elections.According to WikiLeaks, the leaked US diplomatic cables, PAP MP Charles Chong admitted that the party had to field “second and third-tier candidates” since the 2006 election.Unless PM Lee succeeds...

Singapore Developing Model Of Specialist Agency On Child Protection

Bernama.com, 2 Dec 2011SINGAPORE, Dec 2 (Bernama) -- As part of an initiative to intensify assistance to abused children, the Singapore Government, through the community development, youth and sports ministry, is developing the model of a specialist agency on child protection.Announcing this, the minister, Halimah Yaakob said, besides providing...

Singapore’s most advanced submarine now operational

Malaysia Star, 3 Dec 2011THE first of Singapore’s most advanced pair of submarines have been put into action. RSS Archer was declared operational yesterday, more than two years after it was launched in Sweden.The vessel and its submariners then underwent sea trials there before sailing back here in August. Full story...

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