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Could the CPF board explain why did our CPF Minimum Sum jumped 50% in a mere 7 years period from $80,000 in 2003 to $123,000 in 2010? On the CPF website, http://mycpf.cpf.gov.sg/CPF/my-cpf/reach-55/Reach55-2.htm , it says: Click to enlarge “The Minimum Sum was set at $80,000 in 2003 and will be raised gradually until... 

A nighttime curfew has begun in the Egyptian cities of Cairo, Alexandria and Suez, after a day where thousands of protesters took the streets, demanding an end to Husni Mubarak’s 30-year presidency. The curfew was implemented on Friday on the orders of the president, along with an order that the military take... 

新加坡是个法制的社会，国民一般都奉公守法。但近几年来，色情按摩院都十分猖狂。除了在红灯区营业，它们也蔓延到新加坡各个角落，如百货商场，政府组屋或是年轻人常去的场所，如网络游戏场所。 最令人发指的是，这些色情按摩院，不但在大庭广众公然拉客 - 对象还包括年轻在籍学生，它们也在不该出现的地方营业，并“挂着羊头卖狗肉”地提供性服务。 它们都自称是美容”SPA”，以便不成为警方监视中。像在新加坡的最高法院，你可以想象在一步之遥内，会有变相的妓院吗？ 在Adelphi... 

The Government, through the Hindu Endowments Board, declared that Thaipusam participants, after a few decades of traditional practice, cannot play musical instruments, including beating drums, gongs and cymbals during the procession. The police promptly stepped in and ensured that the policy was strictly enforced. The usual... 

MEDIA STATEMENT AMP Responds to Comments by Minister Mentor Lee Kuan Yew in ‘Hard Truths to Keep Singapore Going’ The Association of Muslim Professionals (AMP) deeply regrets certain comments made by Minister Mentor (MM) Mr Lee Kuan Yew in his book Hard Truths to Keep Singapore Going. These comments are in... 

The Pertubuhan Kebangsaan Melayu Singapura (PKMS) aka Singapore Malay National Organisation has condemned Mr Lee Kuan Yew’s statements in the book ‘HARD TRUTH’.  In a press statement forwarded to Temasek Review (TR), the PKMS “expressed its disappointment with Mr Lee Kuan Yew’s many statements... 

(Reuters) – Islamists, leftists and trade unionists gathered in central Amman Friday for the latest protest to demand political change and wider freedoms. A crowd of at least 3,000 chanted: “We want change.” Banners and chants showed a wider range of grievances than the high food prices that fueled earlier protests,... 

THOUSANDS of Yemenis took to the streets of Sanaa to demand a change of government, inspired by the unrest that has ousted Tunisia’s leader and spread to Egypt this week. Reuters witnesses estimated that around 16,000 Yemenis demonstrated in four parts of Sanaa in the largest rally since a wave of protests rocked... 

Demonstrations are taking place around the world in a show of unity with protesters fighting for political change in Egypt. In Turkey between 200 and 400 protesters held a demonstration outside the Fatih Mosque in central Istanbul after Friday prayers to lend their voices to the Egyptian cause. Anita McNaught, Al Jazeera’s... 

About half-hour past midnight on Friday in Egypt, the internet went dead. Almost simultaneously, the handful of companies that pipe the internet into and out of Egypt went dark as protesters were gearing up for a fresh round of demonstrations calling for the end of president Hosni Mubarak’s nearly 30-year rule, experts...