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Temasek throws lavish party in New York, announces plan to dabble in bitcoin
Coindesk, 27 Jun 2014
Temasek Holdings has a $172bn portfolio and had a net income of $12.1bn in 2013. According to the news report, the firm launched its first office in New York City yesterday, throwing a lavish party and promising that it will “seize opportunities in the entire American continent”.
The most surprising part of the launch came in Chairman Lim Boon Heng’s speech, in which he said the company had recently conducted a company-wide “bitcoin experiment”, with all staff at the company – from drivers to board members – taking part.
The experiment involved everyone getting their own bitcoin wallet and practicing by using it to donate to charity, Mr. Lim said. Full story
Snapshot: Medishield Life premiums can be changed anytime by the government depending on medical inflation and claims experience
Comment: From past experience, promises made before the General Election have no bearing on what comes after the poll.
Straits Times, 27 Jun 2014
Straits Times, 27 Jun 2014
OPINION: Medishield Life Bites Hard
Singapore Notes, 27 Jun 2014
Last year, Medishield premiums were quietly increased without much fanfare. Han Fook Kwang himself woke up to discover that his MediShield premium had jumped to $1,589, double what was deducted ($800) from his Medisave account previously. Before you could even contemplate bailing out of the scam, they introduced the compulsory Medishield Life to skim you off for perpetuity.
As expected, leopards never change their spots. Medisave, one component of the Central Provident Fund (CPF), is also supposed to be our money, but that never stopped the grubby greedy hands from helping themselves to the loot. Discounting the placebo of the subsidies, valid only for a temporal grace period, the numbers are higher than present (already inflated) Medishield premiums. The only important table is the set of before and after numbers.
Other than per capita household income, the determining factor for entitlement to a "discount" is the Annual Value (AV) of one's home. The retiree living in his old house with no source of income will still have to pay full rate. Ditto the sickly and handicapped, those in dire need of affordable medicare, will just have to downgrade to the void deck to qualify for a miserly handout. Full story
VIDEO: Lawlessness in China - passenger attacked bus driver in middle of expressway
Liveleak.com, 27 Jun 2014
A group of troublemakers from Indonesia create chaos and panic on SQ flight.
Stomp.com.sg, 26 Jun 2014
"Chaos was created by this group of Indonesian passengers on flight SQ863 from Hong Kong to Singapore on the afternoon of Jun 24.
"I was seated near the back of the plane.
"There was hot air blowing up from vents under the seats of the plane, making the air warm like a sauna. The air stewardess had explained that this would stop once the plane was in the air, and later I found she was right.
"The group of Indonesians complained about the heat and said that they had smelled gasoline at the back of the plane which I did not notice myself.
"They started to shout to all the passengers on board that the plane was unsafe to travel on and wanted everyone to disembark. Full story
Singapore's wussy NSF assaulted by foreign road bully in Sentosa
Comment: If our soldiers cannot even protect themselves from being bullied and assaulted by foreigners in Singapore, how can they protect the country from foreign invasion?
All Singapore Stuff, 26 Jun 2014
This happened at my residence in Sentosa this evening 25 June 2014. My son was driving back from his army camp and just after entering Sentosa, a car cut abruptly into my son's lane so my son horned at him to avoid any accident. As a result, the other driver horned back at my son. My son ignored this and continued driving not realizing that the other car driven by an angmo was following him.
Once my son reached our residence car park the other car tried to follow but was stopped by the security. So the angmo left the car outside and ran inside the carpark even though the security guards tried to stop him.
He ran towards my son who had parked his car and followed him. When my son entered the lift lobby using his access card, this ang mo barged into the lift and started shouting at my son accusing him of nearly causing an accident. My son denied this and then the ang mo pushed my son against the wall and strangled him while lifting him by the neck.
My son was shocked and then the angmo took a picture of my son and threatened him. The attacker then rushed off but was stopped by the security. We called the police who is investigating the matter. We managed to take a picture of the assailant. Full story
All Singapore Stuff, 26 Jun 2014
This happened at my residence in Sentosa this evening 25 June 2014. My son was driving back from his army camp and just after entering Sentosa, a car cut abruptly into my son's lane so my son horned at him to avoid any accident. As a result, the other driver horned back at my son. My son ignored this and continued driving not realizing that the other car driven by an angmo was following him.
Once my son reached our residence car park the other car tried to follow but was stopped by the security. So the angmo left the car outside and ran inside the carpark even though the security guards tried to stop him.
He ran towards my son who had parked his car and followed him. When my son entered the lift lobby using his access card, this ang mo barged into the lift and started shouting at my son accusing him of nearly causing an accident. My son denied this and then the ang mo pushed my son against the wall and strangled him while lifting him by the neck.
My son was shocked and then the angmo took a picture of my son and threatened him. The attacker then rushed off but was stopped by the security. We called the police who is investigating the matter. We managed to take a picture of the assailant. Full story
OPINION: Mr Lim Swee Say’s statements on CPF do not make any sense
Sgpolitics.net, 24 Jun 2014
Firstly, Mr Lim said that people should use less of their CPF money when they are young, and they should also try to defer drawing down their CPF when they reach the age of 55. These statements were made in BOTH the original press interview as well as the clarification that he later sent to the media (see here).
However, Mr Lim also asserts that the CPF is for housing, healthcare and education, in addition to serving retirement needs. He makes this assertion in the context of assuring Singaporeans that “CPF is your money“. Again, this point is repeated in BOTH the media interview as well as his subsequent clarification.
Why does this not make sense? If you want citizens to save more CPF money for retirement, then you should not be asking them to spend the CPF on so many needs including housing, healthcare and education simultaneously.
In other words, the CPF should NOT be turned into an escrow account to ensure that all Singaporeans pay for their expensive houses and medical bills from their own retirement savings, and in so doing relieve the state of the burden of caring for its citizen. Full story
SDCF officers managed to prevent elderly man from jumping off 17th storey high block in Clementi
Stomp.com.sg, 23 Jun 2014
Stomper Belle was about to get ready for work last Wednesday when she noticed an elderly man standing on a ledge between levels 16 and 17 at a block at Casa Clementi.
Belle describes how a police officer held onto the elderly man until the SCDF arrived and pulled him to safety. Full story
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Stomper Belle was about to get ready for work last Wednesday when she noticed an elderly man standing on a ledge between levels 16 and 17 at a block at Casa Clementi.
Belle describes how a police officer held onto the elderly man until the SCDF arrived and pulled him to safety. Full story
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Snapshot: Malay netizens outrage at racist comments found on a young woman's Instagram page
Rilek1corner.com, 23 Jun 2014
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Now she claims that her instagram account was hacked. Do you believe her?
On Facebook, Kim clarified that her Instagram account (@kimmeeoow) was hacked, and apparently the hacker had posted those racist remarks without her knowledge.
According to her boyfriend Ulrik Hillerlöv, she has already informed the police and Infocomm Development Authority of Singapore (IDA). Link
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Now she claims that her instagram account was hacked. Do you believe her?
On Facebook, Kim clarified that her Instagram account (@kimmeeoow) was hacked, and apparently the hacker had posted those racist remarks without her knowledge.
According to her boyfriend Ulrik Hillerlöv, she has already informed the police and Infocomm Development Authority of Singapore (IDA). Link
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Angry Jurong East commuters waited 45 mins at bus stop for feeder service no 335 before finding out that SBS Transit had change the bus route without any notification
巴士怎么还没来？裕廊举行裕廊湖竞跑活动，7条巴士路线改道，乘客申诉不知情，有的傻傻在车站等了45分钟，怨声载道。
本报读者吴小姐（30岁，书记）告诉记者，她昨天下午4时在裕廊东中心第134座组屋附近的巴士站等候335号巴士，发现巴士站人很多。
“我等了10分钟，巴士都没来，我就尝试通过手机应用程序查询巴士到站时间，这才发现巴士改道，不会在这个站停靠。”
吴小姐走到前一个站，刚好看到一名阿叔在埋怨，说乘客们都不知道巴士改道，他就傻傻等了45分钟。 Link
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OPINION: What does Ms Jean Ang Yee’s mocking of elderly S’porean tell us about the values of NTUC Income, PA, and PAP?
Atans1.wordpress.com, 20 Jun 2014
What does Ms Jean Ang Yee Mei Lin tell us of the values of NTUC Income, PA, PAP and Hri Kumar?
If Tan Tock Seng Hospital was right to fire Roy Ngerng* for breach of its values, err what does the continued silence and inaction of NTUC Income PA, PAP and Hri Kumar* tell us of their values when someone associated with them mocks an elderly sick lady.
Maybe she is upholding the values that NTUC Income, PA, PAP and Hri Kumar hold dear? Remember a PAP minister sneering at the elderly poor? (OK. OK. The Pioneer Package is the PAP’s way of using our money to repent for his sneers.)
Hence their silence and inaction over the appalling, sickening behaviour of an active, senior grasss-roots leader? Full story
What does Ms Jean Ang Yee Mei Lin tell us of the values of NTUC Income, PA, PAP and Hri Kumar?
If Tan Tock Seng Hospital was right to fire Roy Ngerng* for breach of its values, err what does the continued silence and inaction of NTUC Income PA, PAP and Hri Kumar* tell us of their values when someone associated with them mocks an elderly sick lady.
Maybe she is upholding the values that NTUC Income, PA, PAP and Hri Kumar hold dear? Remember a PAP minister sneering at the elderly poor? (OK. OK. The Pioneer Package is the PAP’s way of using our money to repent for his sneers.)
Hence their silence and inaction over the appalling, sickening behaviour of an active, senior grasss-roots leader? Full story
Video: PRC dog seller brutally tortures dog to the applause of onlookers in China
Liveleak, 21 Jun 2014
Two Singaporeans of Indian origin sentenced to five years imprisonment in UK for match-fixing
Three men have been jailed for their involvement in a plot to fix a football match in England.
Businessmen Chann Sankaran and Krishna Ganeshan were convicted of conspiracy to commit bribery at Birmingham Crown Court on Wednesday, and on Friday were sentenced to five years' imprisonment.
Former Whitehawk FC defender Michael Boateng - also found guilty earlier this week - was handed 16 months behind bars for his role, while Hakeem Adelakun was cleared of the same charge and fellow footballer Moses Swaibu awaits a re-trial. Full story
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- Businessmen and footballer jailed over match-fixing - BBC News
- Footballer and two businessmen jailed over match-fixing plot - Guardian UK
- Footballer jailed along with two Far Eastern businessmen for match-fixing plot - Dailymail.co.uk
- Businessmen jailed for five years over match fixing scandal - Telegraph.co.uk
- Michael Boateng, Chann Sankaran and Krishna Ganeshan found guilty of match fixing and bribery - itv.com
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OPINION: Singaporean Roy Ngerng vs Malaysian doctor Ivan Ngeow Ko Yen
Singaporean Roy Ngerng was sacked by TTSH for allegedly defaming PM Lee even before the court case has begun. On the other hand, CGH opted to retain the service of Ivan Ngeow, a Malaysian doctor, who was convicted for outraging the modesty of a 19-year-old girl.
Is there a double standard here - one for Singaporean and another for foreigners?
Isn't an outrage of modesty conviction more serious than a defamation lawsuit?
CGH STANDS BY 'PERVERT' DOCTOR IVAN NGEOW KO YEN, SAYS HE IS 'WELL-LIKED' - The Real Singapore
A doctor from the Department of Geriatric Medicine at Changi General Hospital, Ivan Ngeow Ko Yen pleaded guilty on Tuesday to cross-dressing as a junior college schoolgirl and exposing himself to a NUS undergraduate.
The court learnt that the 37 year old medical doctor was loitering at a lift lobby in Clementi while donning a school uniform of Victoria Junior College, comprising a top and a skirt.
When he caught the attention of the girl, he lifted his skirt in her direction and expose his genitals as the lift doors were closing. A police report was made and Dr Ngeow was arrested the following month.
Dr Ngeow was born in Malaysia and studied at Raffles Institution and Victoria Junior College. He obtained his medical degree from Australia’s University of Melborune.
Despite the negative publicity on one of its doctors being charged in court for outrage of modesty of a young female student from NUS, Changi General Hospital (CGH) continues to stand by the side of Malaysian doctor Ivan Ngeow Ko Yen.
In a statement released to the media, a CGH spokesperson praised Dr Ngeow for being an ‘excellent’ doctor loved by his colleagues and patients alike and he remained very much ‘part of the team’. Full story
Multi-talented white horse Chief of Singapore Army Perry Lim Cheng Yeow is director to several civilian organizations
升官发财!
Sammyboy Forum, 20 Feb 2014
Beside drawing huge salary from army, he is also receiving good salary from Singapore Technologies Electronic Limited and various directorships below.In conclusion, Singapore army is very busy, they need to spend time to defend Singapore in the deep jungle and also need to spend time in CBD to work as board of directors.
http://investing.businessweek.com/re...NATIONAL%20LTD
Singapore Polytechnics Director
http://www.sp.edu.sg/resources/docs/...-Governors.pdf
Loving Heart Multi Service Center
http://www.lovingheartjc.org/organis...structure.html
http://cdn1.i3investor.com/my/files/...-611458256.pdf
Board of Directors in JTC
http://www.jtc.gov.sg/News/Press-Rel...91231(PR).aspx
IE Singapore Director
http://news.asiaone.com/news/singapo...-board-members
ST Electronics Director
http://www.stee.stengg.com/ourcompany/board.html
http://www.lead411.com/Perry_LimChengYeow_12451237.html
http://www.straitstimes.com/breaking...ch-21-20140220
this is the standard of our army, good at handling LIttle Indio Riot and also good at board room meeting!!!
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VIDEO: PRC tiger mom gave toddler a sharp kick to the head inside MRT station
Liveleak.com, 19 Jun 2014
Philippine government forced Google to take down "Blood Stained Singapore" blog over an anti-pinoy post
The Global Dispatch, 19 Jun 2014
In a follow-up to a story Tuesday, the Singaporean blog that contained a posting about all kinds of mean and rude things you can do to Filipinos in the country has been taken down.
“Blood Stained Singapore”, the blog on the Google platform, Blogger is now gone.
The Philippines Embassy in Singapore requested action with the host country authorities against the author/blog owner after a June 16 post caused a stir due to what some may consider- racist and dangerous actions Singaporeans should take against Filipinos working in the country.
Some Singaporeans have been expressing their discontent with what they consider “lax” immigration laws claiming foreigners are stealing away their jobs.
The investigation is ongoing. Link
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OPINION: The cause of growing anti-Filipino sentiments in Singapore
The Real Singapore, 19 Jun 2014Recently, a blog that has been circulating online caught my attention. It was about someone suggesting all forms of ways and means on how to ill treat Pinoys when the opportunity presents itself. Though I disagree with such childish and aggressive behavior, I Understand where the hate stems from.
I caught up with a friend and we were just exchanging stories about our careers. But what she shared with me about working with Pinoys made me reflect on my own experiences. But first, let me share her story.
My friend M is from the hotel industry with 3 years of experience. She had recovered from an accident and managed to apply for a supervisory position because of her experience and qualification. However the salary they offered her was ridiculously low for her position at $1700 in a reknowned 4 Star hotel. Due to financial pressure she took the offer, grateful for having a job. In her department, she was the only local. Her manager was Pinoy and her surbodinates were also Pinoys. Full story
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Why do the majority Filipinos so full of annoying "pinoy" pride - sg.answers.yahoo.com
Chinese smartphone comes predloaded with spyware, says German security firm
A cheap brand of Chinese-made smartphones carried by major online retailers comes preinstalled with espionage software, a German security firm said Tuesday.
G Data Software said it found malicious code hidden deep in the propriety software of the Star N9500 when it ordered the handset from a website late last month. The find is the latest in a series of incidents where smartphones have appeared preloaded with malicious software.
The Associated Press found the phone for sale on several major retail websites, offered by an array of companies listed in Shenzhen, in southern China. It could not immediately find a reference to the phone's manufacturer. Full story
Philippine embassy demands Singapore government take action against an anti-pinoy blog post
Philippine authorities in Singapore have asked the host government to take steps to hold accountable a blogger for allegedly encouraging acts of hate against Filipinos there.
In a statement, the Philippine embassy in Singapore also advised Filipinos there not to stoop to the level of the blogger whose entry remained live as of Tuesday afternoon. Full story
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Filipino infestation in Singapore-5 point guide to showing displeasure without breaking the law - Blood Stained Singapore
Should PRs Leaving Singapore be Allowed to Keep All of Their HDB Sales Proceeds? - Jeff Cuellar
Yahoo! Finance Singapore, 17 Jun 2014,
What enrages you more? The fact that you can’t cash out your Central Provident Fund (CPF) account unless you renounce your citizenship, or that Singapore Permanent Residents (PRs) can withdraw all of their CPF funds AND Housing and Development Board (HDB) sales proceeds with them when they leave Singapore?
Understandably, you’re pissed off because it’s not fair that someone from another country can take part in your social security program (CPF), use it as a glorified saving account, and withdraw all of it when he/she moves back home.
Let’s not forget the property issue as well. A PR flipping his/her property before leaving Singapore can easily make several hundred thousand dollars – more than enough to buy a huge landed property in 75% of the world.
These are issues that beg the question, “Should PRs be allowed to cash out whenever it’s convenient, or should they pay their fair share?” Full story
Understandably, you’re pissed off because it’s not fair that someone from another country can take part in your social security program (CPF), use it as a glorified saving account, and withdraw all of it when he/she moves back home.
Let’s not forget the property issue as well. A PR flipping his/her property before leaving Singapore can easily make several hundred thousand dollars – more than enough to buy a huge landed property in 75% of the world.
These are issues that beg the question, “Should PRs be allowed to cash out whenever it’s convenient, or should they pay their fair share?” Full story
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Tan Chuan-Jin: Former PRs are still allowed to return back to Singapore to work after withdrawing their entire CPF upon leaving
Singapore workers are an unhappy bunch - CNBC
CNBC.com,16 Jun 2014Singapore is synonymous with a first-rate quality of life with its low crime rates, superior infrastructure and impeccable cleanliness – but employees in Southeast Asia's wealthy island nation are among the region's least satisfied.
Almost half of employees in Singapore do not think they have the perfect job, with three-quarters viewing their job only as a way to make a living and nothing more, according to a survey by global recruitment firm Randstad Workmonitor published on Tuesday. Full story
76-year-old senior citizen who begged Hri Kumar for help on her CPF suffers from online harassment and cyber-lyncing by PAP Internet Brigade
The Online Citizen, 16 Jun 2014
When 76 year-old Ms Rene Yap brought up her financial woes at Mr Hri Kumar’s forum for Thompson-Toa Payoh residents about the Central Provident Fund, she had requested for Mr Hri Kumar’s help with “getting her money back”, or rather what she felt was due to her in her CPF account.
She might not have realised that it has started a cyber-lynching effort against her.
At the end of the forum, Mr Hri Kumar reportedly told The Sunday Times: “This is a resident who has an issue. I spoke with her personally after the dialogue and I’ll be doing my best to assist her. She’s a resident in one of the landed estates in Thomson.”
Unfortunately, this indication of where Ms Yap could be living might have led some online sleuths to “uncover” her residential address, in a bid to discredit her need for her CPF reserves.
In an image post titled “Feeling sorry for her? She stays in a bigger house than you”, Fabrications About the PAP (FAP), a Facebook page known for its support of the ruling People’s Action Party, published a picture of the front of Ms Yap’s home, including the street name of the property.
“Auntie chose not to withdraw her CPF at 55,” the post charged. “Auntie has been receiving monthly payouts; auntie is well to do. Auntie asked for some flexibility on her remaining CPF, but now used as a political tool by irresponsible opposition…” Full story
Why is PAP MP Hri Kumar silent about FAP webmaster Jason Chua Chin Seng's hateful conduct online?
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PAP TELLS NETIZENS TO STOP HARASSMENT BUT THEIR OWN SUPPORTERS DO THE SAME? - The Real Singapore
Lady who kept making rude gesture at 76-year-old speaker in Hri Kumer's CPF dialogue event has been identified as a PAP grassroots leader - report
The Real Singapore, 15 Jun 2014
PAP MP Hri Kumar's CPF dialogue event had drawn a lot of online attention, particularly since a video of a 76 year old's pleas to Hri Kumar was recorded and shared widely online.
However, netizens have also noticed one particularly rude lady in the audience, dressed in a white cheongsam, who kept trying to stop the 76 year old aunty from talking and was motioning to organisers to remove her from the microphone.
In the video, she can be seen gesturing at 5:33, shaking her head and moving her hands as if the outspoken lady is mad.
She was rudely interrupting and repeating "1 minute" "1 minute", apparently referring to the 1 minute time limit that was imposed on questions at the dialogue.
It turns out that the disruptive lady is actually an active PAP grassroots member and netizens have shown their disgust for her rude actions. Full story
PAP MP Hri Kumar's CPF dialogue event had drawn a lot of online attention, particularly since a video of a 76 year old's pleas to Hri Kumar was recorded and shared widely online.
However, netizens have also noticed one particularly rude lady in the audience, dressed in a white cheongsam, who kept trying to stop the 76 year old aunty from talking and was motioning to organisers to remove her from the microphone.
In the video, she can be seen gesturing at 5:33, shaking her head and moving her hands as if the outspoken lady is mad.
She was rudely interrupting and repeating "1 minute" "1 minute", apparently referring to the 1 minute time limit that was imposed on questions at the dialogue.
It turns out that the disruptive lady is actually an active PAP grassroots member and netizens have shown their disgust for her rude actions. Full story
Brand new Mclaren 650S supercar crashes on the expressway while being test driven by customer
Gtspirit.com, 14 Jun 2014
This McLaren 650S was apparently taking part in customer test drives when some sort of incident occured causing damage to the front left side of the brand new supercar.
We are told that the accident happened late at night on a stretch of Singapore highway. The McLaren 650S appears to have been travelling in light traffic when the accident happened. Full story
This McLaren 650S was apparently taking part in customer test drives when some sort of incident occured causing damage to the front left side of the brand new supercar.
We are told that the accident happened late at night on a stretch of Singapore highway. The McLaren 650S appears to have been travelling in light traffic when the accident happened. Full story
Ministry of Manpower returned passports to 40 Thai students cheated by local HR companies after intervention by Thai government
The Singaporean government on Friday returned passports to some 40 Thai students who were cheated by manpower firms in that country, said Pravit Khiengpol, director-general of the Thai Labour Ministry’s Employment Department.
The return of confiscated passports came after nearly 30 Thai students lodged a complaint with the Crime Suppression Division in Bangkok that they were lured by recruitment agencies which had displayed advertisements on a website and on Facebook that Thai students could receive training at famous hotels, restaurants and clubhouses in Singapore.
After working in Singapore for a while, the Singaporean authorities made random inspections and found that the documents allowing them to be trainees were forged.
Their passports were confiscated by the Singaporean authorities while many were asked to become witnesses by Singapore’s Ministry of Manpower.
Officials of Thailand's Employment Department said later that about 40 Thai students were still stranded in Singapore. Full story
Victim in the luggage murder case is leader of 8-person beggar syndicate in Little India raking in $1000 daily by masquerading as tissue sellers - report
Omy.sg, 14 Jun 2014分尸案死者，是乞讨集团头目，手下至少有8男女同伙，一伙人日做12小时，假卖纸巾真讨钱，一日可“轻松”入账1000元。
本月11日在小印度赛阿威路发生的冷血分尸案，59岁巴基斯坦死者莫哈默·诺断腿尸被塞入行李箱。警过后逮捕两名巴基斯坦男子拉希德（43岁）和利兹旺（25岁），之后寻回死者双脚。
《新明日报》昨日报道，两嫌犯被逮捕的旅馆客房相信是案发现场和分尸地点，同时此案的动机相信是因为分账不均。记者今早向小印度一带店家询问，发现嫌犯和死者都是来自一个在小印度一带活跃的8人乞讨集团，而死者更是头目。
一知情者说：“他们通常会直接伸手讨钱，若有人注意就假假拿出纸巾来卖，不过一包纸巾要卖一两元。” Link
VIDEO: PAP MP Hri Kumar's response to 76-year-old retiree who wants her CPF - "You know the rules, you made your decision, then you have to live with the choices you made"
Comment: Did I just heard Hri Kumar says (@ 0:34) that most people prefer to keep their money in the CPF because it pays higher interest rate?
Youtube.com, 14 Jun 2014
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VIDEO: 76-year-old lady tearfully begged Hri Kumar in a public forum to help get her CPF money back as PAP grassroots volunteers tried to shut her up
Youtube.com, 14 Jun 2014
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VIDEO: 76-year-old lady tearfully begged Hri Kumar in a public forum to help get her CPF money back as PAP grassroots volunteers tried to shut her up
VIDEO: 76-year-old lady tearfully begged Hri Kumar in a public forum to help get her CPF money back as PAP grassroots volunteers tried to shut her up
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- 76 years old lady begged Hri Kumar to help her get CPF money back - The Online Citizen
- Old lady begs Hri Kumar to get her CPF money back - TR Emeritus
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Whistleblower reveals thriving PRC prostitution den operating at a condominium in Jurong East
Don't for a moment think about giving yourselves a pat on the back just because you nabbed 4 prostitutes and a sex starved male from block 716 of Ang Mo Kio Ave 6 on 2 June. It is a pretty pathetic haul in all honesty, if you don't mind us saying. So here is fresh reliable intel for you fellas to act upon and convince taxpayers they aren't wasting precious dollars paying your salaries: a PRC whore nest is currently operating out of condominium units at Parc Oasis, 55 Jurong East Ave 1, S(609784). Full story
Singapore government refutes SCMP report that Singaporeans no longer trust the PAP leaders
XIN MSN News, 13 Jun 2014
The Republic’s Consul-General in Hong Kong, Mr Jacky Foo, on Friday (June 13) rebutted the claims made in a South China Morning Post (SCMP) report on June 9 which said “Singaporeans no longer trust their leaders”.
In a forum letter to SCMP, Mr Foo said the report, titled “Writer Catherine Lim’s open letter to Singaporean PM fuels social media debate”, quoted author Ms Catherine Lim as saying that Singaporeans no longer trust their leaders.
Mr Fo point out that Ms Lim had first made the claim two decades ago in 1994, when the ruling (PAP) had won the 1991 general election with 61 per cent of the vote, a result which Ms Lim thought was a poor performance indicating a “great affective divide” between the Government and the people.
Since then, the ruling party has taken the country through a number of serious crises relatively unscathed and won four further general elections by healthy margins, Full story
Bulk of unemployed Singaporeans are older than 40
Singaporeans aged 40 and over made up the largest share among unemployed residents in Q1 2014, data from the Ministry of Manpower revealed today.
MoM’s Labor Market survey showed that there were 29,000 unemployed residents older than 40. This is equivalent to 49% of the 59,300 unemployed residents for March 2014.
There are also more older residents who suffer from long-term unemployment. MoM’s data showed that out of 12,900 residents who had been looking for work for more than 25 weeks, almost 8,700 were older than 40. Full story
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Why Are Singaporean PMETs Losing Their Jobs? Here’s Why - The Heart Truth
India Rape Shame: Indian woman gang-raped by 4 officers inside police station
Al Jazeera English, 12 Jun 2014
An Indian woman has alleged that she was gang-raped by four officers at a police station in the state of Uttar Pradesh state, barely two weeks after two teenage girls were gang-raped and hanged from a tree in another area of the state.
The woman said she had gone to the station overnight on Monday in the state's Hamirpur district to seek her husband's release when she was attacked.
"At 11:30pm when there was no one in the room the sub-inspector took me to his room and raped me inside the police station," the woman told local news channel CNN-IBN.
The woman filed a complaint with a senior officer on Wednesday over the attack, which allegedly occurred when she refused to pay a bribe to secure the release of her husband. Full story
OPINION: Simmering anger in overrcrowded city-state puts PAP government in a quandary
The Edge Malaysia, 12 Jun 2014
Singapore is confronting the perils of please-all economics. Ageing citizens are pushing the government for bigger nest eggs and more subsidised healthcare and housing. There is also popular resentment against letting more foreigners in, and not much appetite for increasing the 7 percent consumption tax. Squaring this fiscal circle will be a long-term challenge.
Already, there's simmering anger in the city-state about overcrowded trains and costly public housing. About 2,000 people gathered recently to demand that the state-run retirement plan raise its 4 percent annual interest rate. People protested last year, too, when the government unveiled a plan to boost the resident population by 30 percent to 6.9 million by 2030, with immigration compensating for a drooping birth rate.
The multifaceted discontent puts Singapore's fiscally conservative government in a quandary. Expanding the economy - and the tax base - with less foreign labour will mean improving the productivity of the local workforce. Full story
Tan Chuan-Jin spending millions to hire internet marketing companies to get more traffic for MOM website
Singapore’s Ministry of Manpower (MOM) is looking to hire internet marketing firms to boost visits to its websites and help it engage with citizens through social media, it emerged today.
The ministry will ask firms to shortlist at least 50 websites not owned by the government which it can advertise on, and wants a set of keywords to ensure that its material appears more prominently in search results.
The campaign is intended to raise awareness of its existing social media channels, and boost visits to its workwise.sg website (pictured). Full story
OPINION: TTSH, MOH, PAP MP Hri Kumar....
In law, sub judice, classical Latin literally for "under judgment" (Latin sub iūdice : sub, beneath, before + iūdice, ablative of iūdex, judge.), means that a particular case or matter is under trial or being considered by a judge or court and therefore prohibited from public discussion elsewhere.
That's not stopping the Ministry of Health (MOH) from blabbing about it. Worse, as Ravi pointed out, MOH is not party to Mr Ngerng's contract of employment. Tan Tock Seng Hospital's (TTSH) sacking may be a case of jumping the gun, given the lawsuit - which neither involves TTSH and MOH - has yet to run its course. Having said that, we know that an opposition political leader did lose his job over taxi claims. Full story
OPINION: Suing blogger Roy Ngerng is ‘a PR disaster of their own making’ for Singapore government - Calvin Soh
Legal action taken against Singapore blogger Roy Ngerng by the country’s Prime Minister is a PR disaster of the government’s own making, a prominent former ad man has said.
Calvin Soh, the former vice chairman of Publicis Asia Pacific, wrote on his Facebook blog Future Singapore that “Whoever is advising the PAP [Singapore's ruling political party] needs to get their heads out of their own crevice.”
Calvin Soh commented: “Whoever is advising the pap needs to get their heads out of their own crevice. It is a PR disaster of their own making. What if Roy raises $500,000? It’s not just the sum; crowdfunding shows you market size. What if people don’t support Roy, but want this to go to court so the issue of CPF will be brought up?”
“What if you [Singapore's government] have turned Roy into a symbol of the ordinary guy being bullied because you’ve pushed too hard?,” Soh said. Full story
Roy Ngerng's father targeted
Facebook/gohmengseng.freedom, 11 Jun 2014
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Roy Ngerng's father is an award-winning fried carrot cake seller at Ang Mo Kio Coffee Shop - All Stuff Singapore
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Roy Ngerng's father is an award-winning fried carrot cake seller at Ang Mo Kio Coffee Shop - All Stuff Singapore
Snapshot: Starhub blocks RTM's TV1 to stop viewers from watching free World Cup broadcast
Hardwarezone Forum, 11 Jun 2014
Old lady who became a street vendor to pay for her medical bills has passed away
Facebook/ProjectAwarenessSG, 11 Jun 2014
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OPINION: Bloggers feel Singapore heat
A Singaporean blogger sued by Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong for libel has been fired from his job as a healthcare worker for “improper public conduct”, his employer said Tuesday.
It is the first time a Singaporean leader has taken legal action against an online critic and indicates that in the city state, blogger and online news sites are not immune to court action.
Local media in Singapore is tightly controlled, leaving amateur bloggers as the strongest critics of the long-ruling People’s Action Party.
Media firms like Bloomberg, The Economist and the Financial Times have previously paid damages and apologised to Singapore leaders including Lee and his father, former prime minister, Lee Kuan Yew, for publishing articles found to be defamatory.
International human rights groups have accused Singapore leaders of using financially ruinous libel actions to silence critics and political opponents.
The Lees and other ruling party leaders say the lawsuits are necessary to protect their reputations from unfounded attacks. Full story
OPINION: Dr Janil Puthucheary makes complete nonsense on Medishield
Janil Puthucheary made complete nonsense when he asserted that it is not valid to compare Medishield’s 63% loss ratio (payout) against American health insurance’s 80 to 85% loss ratio (payout) because Medishield is public and not-for-profit whereas US medical insurance is private and for-profit scheme. Any idiot will know that all else being equal, America’s for-profit scheme should end up with a lower payout while Singapore’s supposedly not-for-profit scheme should end up with a higher payout but the reality is the other way around.
Dr Puthucheary warned that Medishield will become insolvent if payouts are more than premiums collected. But that didn’t address Mr Gerald Giam’s concern about low Medishield payout when Medishield capital adequacy ratio was already 40% above MAS requirements. Does Dr Puthucheary know that the targeted capital adequacy ratio is 200%?
Both he and Health Minister Gan Kim Yong argued that it is very difficult to estimate health-care costs. In that case, how does Minister Gan come up with a Health Ministry budget every year? Full story
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