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Mr Yeo Guat Kwang The Temasek Review Emeritus (TRE) received a note from the MP for Ang Mo Kio GRC, Mr MP Yeo Guat Kwang requesting for right of reply to an article contributed by its reader. Since it is the policy of TRE to GUARANTEE the right of reply to any individual or organization reported on its site, the comment... 

Dear readers, We have completed an iPhone and Android app for our site, available for download free of charge (for limited period testing purposes). This is for the iPhone and Android platform which can be installed online from http://tre.mjbapp.com Please note that this is a beta version and our tech’s first attempt... 

Saudi Arabia’s labor market is in sharp focus today following a report of a new policy that could serve as an expat time-bar in the kingdom. According to Pan-Arab newspaper al-Hayat, Saudi’s Labor Minister Adil Fakieh said that the kingdom will not renew the work permits of foreign workers who have spent six... 

Transitioning.Org, a website dedicated to helping the unemployed will be holding an event  on 4th June (Sat) at 1700 hours for displaced PMETs affected by re employment policies, at the Speaker’s Corner, Hong Lim Park [Link]. . Responding to queries by Temasek Review Emeritus (TRE), Mr Gilbert Goh who started the... 

Following its electoral setback on 7 May which saw a GRC lost to the opposition for the first time in the history of Singapore, the dictatorial PAP regime has directed its MPs and cronies to put up a more convincing ‘wayang’ to ‘engage’ Singaporeans. The PAP MPs and cronies are usually ‘deaf’... 

Recently, I was told that an Indian overseas trained doctor, who has got a temporarily registration with the Singapore Medical Council (SMC) between 20/12/2010 – 19/06/2011, is going to perform an operation on a Singaporean NS man next week, who had an urethral injury as a result falling from the army tonner during... 

Dear readers, Here’s a quick status updates on pending issues which we are working on or have already been completed. 1. Proposed TR Debit Card Our payment processing account on MoneyBookers was frozen in April 2011 following a frivilous complain by some agency and since then, the payment processor, MoneyBookers... 

If Mah Bow Tan knew it was so easy to solve the housing problems, he would have preached the same message Khaw Boon Wan delivered to avoid the ignominious spectacle of being booted out by the electorate. Build 25,000 instead of 22,000 new HDB flats, provide 45,000 rental flats for those who can’t afford to pay the... 

  Visa to Indian IT workers worries UK London (17 May): At a time when Britain residents with IT skills are struggling to find work, the Public Accounts Committee of the House of Commons on Tuesday expressed worry over immigration officials’ alleged “lack of control” over Indian and other non-European... 

The PAP regime has increased the CPF minimum sum (MS) from $123,000 to $131,000 from July onwards to prevent Singaporeans from withdrawing their hard-earned savings for their twilight years. The new MS will apply to unfortunate Singaporeans who turn 55 from July 1 2011 to June 30 2012. The Medisave Minimum Sum (MMS) will...