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World stock markets retreated Thursday after the U.S. Federal Reserve struck a note of caution in its latest assessment of the world’s No. 1 economy. The central bank’s statement, which accompanied a decision to leave interest rates at a record low, added to unease after weak housing figures suggested the U.S.... 

During the recent U.K. general election, about 80 percent of the new immigrants voted for the Labor Party which gave them British passports and citizenships. (Source: Daily Telegraph) Though Labor eventually lost to the Conservatives, the support of the immigrants enable Labor to retain some seats in tightly-fought contests. The... 

A new opposition party – the Socialist Front, is being set up by former Workers’ Party candidates Ng Teck Siong and Chia Ti Lik. An application was filed last month with the Registry of Societies, the Straits Times reports. It is not revealed who the other applicants are. Mr Ng stood as a candidate for the Workers’... 

Reuters, 24 June 2010 Australia’s ruling party dumped Kevin Rudd as prime minister today, handing power to the nation’s first female leader, former deputy premier Julia Gillard, in an effort to avoid election defeat later this year. Key points - Rudd has become the shortest-serving Australian prime minister since Billy... 

The public outrage over YPAP leader and new citizen from India Sinha Shekhar renting out his resale HDB flat took another twist yesterday when a Facebook group is set up by an irate Singaporean Aurora Long calling on HDB to “compulsorily acquire” Mr Sinha’s flat. (Join the group here.) The group has garnered... 

OPINION The recent public outcry over prominent YPAP leader Sinha Shekhar’s renting of his resale flat has cast a spotlight on HDB’s regulations regarding the subletting of HDB flats. In March this year, National Development Minister Mah Bow Tan announced in Parliament that the Minimum Occupation Period (MOP)... 

Meet Sinha, your friendly residential alien from India. He was granted a Permanent Residency status in the 1980s and is absolutely brilliant. Lets see what has he done right as a successful Foreign Talent.   1) Never convert to Citizenship Singapore citizenship is second class in meritocratic Singapore because Singaporeans... 

Dear Temasek Review, I like to share with your readers my recent visit to the Singapore Pavilion at the Expo 2010 in Shanghai. Like at all the major pavilions there, I had no plan to join in the long queue formed outside the music-box-like two-story structure, spending hours waiting to get in just for a few minutes of experience... 

22 June 2010 Bangkok Singaporeans for Democracy`s (SFD) will be submitting an independent report on Singapore’s electoral system to the UN’s Universal Periodic Review (UPR) process set up in 2006 to review member countries’ human rights record. Dr. James Gomez informed human rights officer Ms Hannah Wu... 

from Saw Kian NEO to BT Kojak date Wed, Jun 23, 2010 at 4:57 PM subject REPORT OF A PERSON FLOUTING HDB RULES – KOJAKBT mailed-by hdb.gov.sg hide details 4:57 PM (1 hour ago) HOUSING & DEVELOPMENT BOARD Your Ref : Our Ref : E/HG/8187-0082-6-28 Date : 22 Jun 2010 TEL : 68767406 FAX : 68543228 EMAIL : [email protected] Kojakbt Singapore Dear...