John Terry in sex scandal with team-mate’s wife
Soccernet Staff, 30 January 2010 Chelsea and England captain John Terry is at the centre of a storm of controversy surrounding his personal life after he allegedly had an affair with the former girlfriend of international team-mate Wayne Bridge, jeopardising his England captaincy and throwing Fabio Capello’s World...
PM Lee praises his “Resilience Package” for keeping Singapore’s unemployment rate low
Written by Our Correspondent Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong has lavished generous praise on his own policies to deal with the recession of last year which has helped keep Singapore’s unemployment rate low. “The most important help given to Singaporeans was the Resilience Package in the Budget, which included...
Gan Kim Yong wants Singapore workers to acquire new skills to be more “efficient”
Written by Our Correspondent Manpower Minister Gan Kim Yong now wants Singapore workers to focus on acquiring new skills, rather than working longer and harder, to be more efficient. His latest statement seems to contrast that of his colleague NTUC Secretary-General and Minister in Prime Minister’s Office Lim Swee...
China vows sanctions over US arms sales
By Minnie Chan from South China Morning Post Beijing will impose sanctions on US firms which sell weapons to Taiwan and suspend military exchange visits with the United States in protest over planned US arms sales to Taiwan worth US$6.4 billion. The announcements were made after the Obama administration notified the US...
MCYS: Increase in number of homeless people in Singapore not linked to financial crisis
Written by Our Correspondent More and more Singaporeans are becoming homeless, but there is no direct evidence to link this with the financial crisis, said the Ministry of Community Development, Youth and Sports. As of last year, 253 homeless people were picked up by MCYS officers, up from 123 in 2007 with more than half...
Mah Bow Tan says he believes he can do the “best” for Singaporeans and blasts opposition’s GE strategy
Written by Our Correspondent National Development Minister Mah Bow Tan has lambasted the opposition for “focusing” on him in the next general election and claimed that only he can do the “best” for Singaporeans. The Straits Times had earlier reported on a few opposition parties which have expressed...
Rebranding Temasek Review: agenda, resources and organization
By Lawrence Pek, Mark Chwee and Abdul Gafoor The Temasek Review would like to take an unprecedented step in asking to our readers regarding our future. Internally, the success of the site has prompted discussions about mission re-alignment as well as resource management. Simply, we would like to evolve from our current...
Construction cost of new Queenstown HDB flats at $120,000 per unit
Written by Our Correspondent According to business weekly, the Edge, Sim Lian Construction Co. has been awarded a contract worth $99.8 million by the Housing & Development Board for the building works at Queenstown Redevelopment Contract 30 with a total of 774 dwelling units. The contract is scheduled to start in March...
MHA says no delay in releasing info on CPIB probe to public
Misleading report by ST on inflation
PM Lee does not think his children will enter politics
How could HDB public housing for Singaporeans be so messed up?

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