More rainy days ahead in Singapore
Typically, the Northeast Monsoon comprises a wet phase between late November and January, followed by a drier phase in February. The wet phase has moderate to heavy thundery showers that are short duration, and occur mainly in the afternoon and .
PAP mis-AIMed, faces blowback, part 4 | Yawning Bread
Moreover, when Teo offered ���Having each of the 14 individual TCs hold the Intellectual Property (IP) rights to the software was cumbersome and inefficient��� as a reason, it is almost laughable. Here is.. The development of a new system was expected to take up to 24 months, but its been more than 24 months since AIM was awarded the tender, and no presentation by any vendor has actually been made yet.. In business, a golden rule is check and balance.
Vet-pet ratio in Singapore comparable with UK, US
Additionally, only four vets have obtained specialist recognition in the fields of small animal surgery, canine medicine and ophthalmology. Some vet centres in Singapore may on occasion invite visiting consultants to offer other specialised services.
Time may be right to tweak property curbs: CDL chief
Tweaks, or an entire roll-back of the additional buyers stamp duty (ABSD) and the total debt service ratio (TDSR) would be most welcomed by the sector.. Notably, the introduction of the ABSD as well as the sellers stamp duty saw sub-sales and foreigners participation rates in the Singapore property market hit new lows, while the TDSR framework has successfully slammed the brakes on skyrocketing. Balance between demand and supply is the stated objective.
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Residential market has achieved better balance between buyers and sellers: Khaw. TODAYonline. SINGAPORE ��� Singapores residential market has achieved a better balance between sellers and buyers, according to. Suit says��.
Residential market has achieved better balance between buyers and sellers: Khaw
SINGAPORE ��� Singapores residential market has achieved a better balance between sellers and buyers, according to a blog post by Minister for National Development Khaw Boon Wan today (Feb 20). As supply-demand rebalances, property prices are .
Latest BTO exercise shows flat buyers still want to live with or near their.
Announced last month, the enhanced MCPS introduced quotas to set aside up to 30 per cent of the flat supply for first-timer families and up to 15 per cent for second-timer families, starting from the Novembers Build-to-Order (BTO) and Sale of Balance.
catherinelim.sg �� An Open Letter to the Prime Minister
There are two clear signs that the present situation has reached crisis proportions, that it is not just an affective divide, not just an emotional estrangement between your PAP leadership and the people. Firstly, the... The Govt should set up a CPF Trust for CPF members to deposit their net balance [net of amount used by the members to buy residential property in Singapore, equity-linked policies of insurance company, equity shares on SGX, etc] to earn higher interest.
Yang Yins lawyers seek release of funds from his bank account
SINGAPORE ��� The lawyers of former tour guide Yang Yin have asked the High Court to order a release of S$3,000 weekly from his bank account, as permitted under the terms of the Mareva injunction freezing his assets that was granted last August.
Singapores stock market in for an uncertain year
���The Singapore stock market has two influencing forces: the performance of our gross domestic product and the US stock market. The GDP affects the stock market as the market tends to price and guess how the economy is doing, and the latter because the .
NEA advises motorists to switch off engines to minimise pollution
Such exercises will be conducted periodically to remind motorists to switch off their engines. The NEA encourages motorists to turn off their engines after parking their vehicles, ���achieve better air quality and safeguard public health���. Members of the.
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The spat between the Umno bigwig and Jaikishan, who claimed ownership of the land, saw the ghost of murdered Altantuya Shaariibuu and the second statutory declaration by the mysterious PI Bala being brought to live just as the general... It is left to Anwar to see how best to balance the demands of the big names in the PKR who are all for sacking Manikavasagam and satisfying the Makkal Sakthi grassroots who have adopted PKR as their new political home but��.
HDB resale prices fall 1.4% in Q4 2014
SINGAPORE ��� Property cooling measures continued to work their way through the public housing market, as resale prices registered another quarter of decline to end 2014 with the largest annual fall in 13 years. Latest flash estimates by the Housing and .
Groundwork, good candidates and consistent branding, part 2
If the readers out there felt that Singapore need a more robust parliament with a healthy numbers of alternative voices to act as check and balance (slap the drivers if they fell a sleep) than we should ask ourselves how willing are we to be a part... Im thinking if Holland-BT has a higher proportion of private housing, combined with the fact that they fielded better candidates there, then the margin between Holland-BT and Sembawang should be higher than a mere 3%.
Train students to think fast, rather than merely learn facts
How apt this is, in light of Singapores employment landscape, where savvy employers are beginning to differentiate between degrees that ���carry their full worth��� in knowledge and skills, as Manpower Minister Tan Chuan-Jin described, and those that are.
ECBs Weidmann says German 2015 growth may be better than expected
BERLIN - Growth in Germany, Europes biggest economy, could be better than expected next year and the situation in Europe is not as bad as many people think, the president of Germanys Bundesbank told a newspaper on Sunday. In an interview with the.
Theme of the Month: Population and Inclusive Society | Hwa.
The more people in Singapore, the greater the chance that one of them has an idea that can improve our lives. Innovation is a valuable asset in the 21st century that can only be in greater abundance when there is population��.
Prime Ministers 2012 New Year message | sghardtruth
http://www.todayonline.com/Singapore/EDC111231-0000099/Prime-Ministers-2012-New-Year-message. 2011 was a significant. In the private property market, the Additional Buyers Stamp Duty will moderate capital inflows and foreign demand, and help to stabilise prices.. We need to balance all these conflicting factors, make judicious compromises, and accept the unavoidable trade-offs. These are. The public debate has become more open and robust. This is��.
Hundreds pay last respects to Subhas Anandan
The funeral hearse of prominent Singaporean criminal lawyer Subhas Anandan in procession shortly after departing his residence. Photo: Wee Teck Hian. Eulogies highlight lawyers sympathy for the underdog, ability to overcome the odds. mail · print.
National Conversation goes on in a familiar circle.
I welcome the move to eliminate banding of secondary schools and the announcement to educate more students to university level (40%) from a below OECD average of 27%, so that more people have access to better education.. Importing labor to generate economic growth has numerous deleterious effects that Singaporeans are all too familiar with - the relentless rise in cost of living as the demand for necessities like housing and medical care shoots up, the��.
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Joceline Tan, a senior journalist of The Star at her jocular best even canonises the PM as such: There is no doubt the Western world has begun to take note of Najib as a Muslim leader of reason and moderation and the visit will certainly reinforce that. If Najib was.. He rightly distinguished between the eternal and immutable principles of the Quran on the one hand, and those laws, regulations, and practices that were the products of human interpretation. While he��.
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A Difficult Problem: Are you not smart enough to solve it ��� or have you just not solved it yet? Are you a. Residential market has achieved better balance between buyers and sellers: Khaw - TODAYonline February 20, 2015.
Into the minefield of ministerial salaries | Yawning Bread
More importantly, she noted that one key difference between a private-sector position and political office is that the latter comes with power, and a nexus between power and money is potentially dangerous. Now, I know the... (2) From housing, transport, security, gini-coefficiency etc��� at least the overall perception of their performance delivery has not kept up with their high pay... I appreciate that you would like people to be more balanced in their criticism. But may��.
Chinese stocks and dollar were stars, oil big loser in 2014
The index hit records in more than 50 sessions throughout the year. Markets put in a solid year in spite of significant headwinds that could have easily derailed a multi-year bull market, said Peter Kenny, chief market strategist at Clearpool Group.
2014 Budget ��� My wish list | tankoktim
Does higher productivity depend on only machines and better work systems? Have we not heard of man-management skills and how to get the best out of our workers? Instead of focusing on only machines, improving work��.
Driverless car trials in one-north to start in March
For instance, the autonomous vehicles (AV) must pass safety assessments and be installed with data recorders that keep track of information, such as the date and time of tests, speed and whether the driverless mode has been activated. The AVs will not.
Be grateful, Sporeans; do not seek unrealistic ideal
In ���Golden Jubilee also a time for soul-searching��� (Jan 14), the letter writer raised the question: Had the Peoples Action Party governed Timbuktu in Africa, would the outcome have been similar? I would say yes. It would have been easier, given.
2014 a turning point in Spore healthcare
Better Protection. For All. For Life is the tagline for MediShield Life. To be implemented at the end of next year, the scheme will cover all Singaporeans from cradle to grave, unlike the current MediShield, which excludes those with pre-existing.
Private home prices to fall 10 to 15%: OCBC
SINGAPORE ��� Private residential property prices in the Republic will dip 10 to 15 per cent over 2015 and 2016, while developer sales next year are likely to stay muted at between 8,000 and 10,000 units, OCBC analysts Eli Lee and Wong Teck Ching.