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Singapore condemns killing of Kenji Goto by ISIS
5. 12. Budget 2015: Grow economy and Govt revenue to balance future budgets, says Lim Swee.. Forgotten about how the Kempetai, beheaded hundreds of Singapore Chinese.. when MFA issued a statement.saying that Singapore stands in solidarity with.
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that rebutting Opposition MP Low Thia Khiangs suggestions that the gover-min was insincere in helping odd-job workers, Lim Swee Say Shee Shee took pains to explain why these workers needed to contribute to Medisave first in order to.. that U.S. stocks rebounded after 27-Feb-2007 from their biggest plunge in four years after Federal Reserve Chairman Ben S Bernanke Barnie said the economy will continue growing and the nations largest financial institutions��.
Pan Ling Ling shines brighter than ever
Settling back into full-time work after beating breast cancer, Pan Ling Ling is more radiant than ever. That can be seen in the MediaCorp TV Channel 8 heartland dramedy 118 ��� her performance as a sensible housewife and mother lights up the screen and .
Tekka hawker centre stops selling bottled beer
���Our RC members had flagged the concern that more people were actually gathering in Tekka Market to drink, and the market was getting a little overcrowded,��� said Martin Pereira, former chairman of Moulmein-Tekka Residents Committee.. after three.
6 Gilas Pilipinas members back in PH
Gilas Pilipinas will be given the heroes welcome by President and being praised by numerous Filipinos for having a ���HISTORIC PERFORMANCE��� after LOSING by a ���RESPECTABLE��� average margin of 5.4 points a game and winning one of their games. What is.
Six protesters including Roy Ngerng charged
(From left) Low Wai Choo, Goh Aik Huat, lawyer M Ravi, Han Hui Hui, Roy Ngerng, Chua Siew Leng and Koh Yew Beng at the State Courts yesterday. The protesters posed gamely for photos, but declined to speak to the media. Photo: Channel NewsAsia.
French weekly has history of angering Muslims with cartoons
At least 10 people were killed in a shooting at the Paris offices of Charlie Hebdo, a satirical newspaper firebombed in the past after publishing cartoons joking about Muslim leaders, French TV channel iTELE reported January 7, 2015. France Info radio.
Gushcloud explores legal options against blogger Xiaxue
Ms Cheng said she had been waiting for more than a year to gather evidence, and had even created a fake company with a website for her investigation. Without giving details, Gushcloud said the timing of Ms Chengs blog post ���speaks for itself���.
Growing economy and revenue will be better for future Budgets: Lim Swee Say
Instead of having to balance future Budgets, by cutting back on spending, we believe it is better to balance future Budgets by growing our economy and revenue, NTUC Secretary-General Lim Swee Say said at the Budget debate on Wednesday (Mar 4).
PM Lee says ���we succeeded more than we expected��� but.
All the so called minor glitches have major impacts on the current and future well beings of Singaporeans. Not everyone has the abilities to expand revenue exponentially to combat a linear growth in cost. He cant assume that��.
Singapore international tourist arrivals fall 3.6%
. drop of 19 per cent from the previous year. However, this was partially offset by spending on sightseeing, entertainment and gaming, which grew 12 per cent, thanks to strong gaming revenues reported by the two integrated resorts. CHANNEL NEWSASIA.
If Only Singaporeans Stopped to Think: May Day Rally 2013
He was speaking to 1,600 union leaders and guests gathered at the National Trades Union Congress Downtown East Leisure Centre, after labour chief Lim Swee Say had given the labour movements annual report card. Wages were clearly a. If we can grow the economy, produce more, become more prosperous, we can distribute, everybody can have a share and everybody will be better off, he said.. Swee Say. By Tan Qiuyi, Channel NewsAsia, 1 May 2013.
Natural grass to be laid over hybrid pitch at SportsHub
SINGAPORE ��� SportsHub has decided that the pitch at the National Stadium will be fully grass. A new grass pitch will be grown at a nursery and when it is matured it will be transported to the stadium and laid on top of the current hybrid pitch. All.
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Minster Lim Swee Say on Structural Unemployment..
workers better. And the current focus on achieving sustainable and inclusive growth is an extension of this goal. - Report in Today[Link] Lim Swee say blames the structural unemployment problem on a mismatch of skills between job seekers and what. When the economy picks up, employers dont have to hire older workers but young foreign workers that can be hired and retrenched easily.. How is Sinkapore to compete with China, India or other Asia countries?
Indonesia to stop sending domestic workers overseas by 2019?
Ms Winnie Wang, overseas recruitment senior adviser for Advance Link International, said: ���I think, at the beginning, employers of foreign maids will definitely be affected. The advantages of getting an Indonesian maid are firstly, there is no language.
Quick thoughts on TV debate between political parties.
It was aired over Channel NewsAsia on 2 April 2011.. Gerald Giam of the Workers Party (WP) largely stayed on script, using his opening minute very well to state in a nutshell the partys key talking points: that ���economic growth is meaningful only if the fruits of our growth are fairly distributed���, and... The same analogy could have been used to counter-Lim Swee Says argument that as long as PAP consistently import/renew its best talents then SGP will never fail.
Labour chief calls for efforts to help needy
LABOUR CHIEF CALLS FOR EFFORTS TO HELP NEEDY - Channel NewsAsia. Libya: Gaddafi will win in the end says US intelligence chief... SINGAPORE: Labour chief Lim Swee Say said the community needs to step up efforts to help the needy, in what he calls an all���care way.He also assured. Trumans chief task, then, was to lay out to Americans his vision for the countrys future.. the nations economy and to guarding the welfare of needy Americans.
Why the GOP Should Not Blame Immigrants for High.
Hes also a regular contributor to The Real News.. If you study, for example, as Ive done with Jeanette Wicks-Lim, following work by Professor David Card at UC Berkeley, if you study--lets compare two cities, Miami and L.A., where 35 to 40 percent of the people in the low-wage job market. Sure as the commentator says the economies in high undocumented immigrant areas continues to thrive, but more and more we see it being done without the AMERICAN Construction Worker.
What to expect in 2015
Infrastructure projects seem to have gained momentum; OFW remittances and the Business Process Outsourcing (BPO) sector will continue to generate billions of dollars in revenues; and the manufacturing sector is expected to grow the way it did in the.
The coming S$270 billion bailout | Yawning Bread
Cabinet minister Lim Swee Say assured Singaporeans that this is in fact government policy as well, in a Chinese-language debate with other political parties televised on 3 April 2011... Youre making a straight line rosy projection, that the world economy will continue to grow with no major upheavals, that we can continue to create unlimited no. of jobs for foreigners who want to come here, that our little island can somehow stretch itself to provide for the building of��.
If Only Singaporeans Stopped to Think: Budget 2013.
And while several MPs noted that productivity growth still lags despite being on the agenda for years, Minister in the Prime Ministers Office and labour chief Lim Swee Say was optimistic that the productivity improvements will��.
HDB, URA to ensure Fernvale Link temple integrates well with surroundings
SINGAPORE ��� The Urban Redevelopment Authority (URA) and Housing and Development Board (HDB) will ensure that a proposed temple at Fernvale Link in Sengkang will ���integrate well with the surrounding developments, the same way other existing places of.
Who Rules Singapore? The Only True Mercantile State In.
Its about how an island at the bottom of the Malay Peninsula developed into a modern city state and into one of the most powerful economies in the Asian region.. However the free port status hindered the East India Company collecting badly needed revenue to run the settlement.. Singapore has shopped for the best experts in the world in the expectation it can attract research to Singapore that is often restricted through ethical principles in other countries.
Competitiveness: 2) Morgan Stanley, Fitch and UNDP.
According to the secretary-general, Premier Yingluck told the management of Morgan Stanley that Thailands political stability has resulted in economic growth and her government has also attached great importance to national. The upgrade ���adds more to the attractiveness of the country, and equity markets will take it quite positively,��� said Vikas Kawatra, head of institutional broking at Maybank Kim Eng Securities (Thailand) Pcl, the countrys biggest brokerage.
NTU revamps part-time degree programmes
SINGAPORE ��� Part-time undergraduates enrolling in Nanyang Technological University (NTU) this August will be able to graduate sooner ��� within four years instead of the current five years ��� as the university rehauls its part-time degree programmes.
If Only Singaporeans Stopped to Think: Parliament.
The issue is clearly resonating with MPs: Of the 27 who spoke on the second day of the Budget debate yesterday, 12 flagged business costs and competitiveness as a concern. Labour chief Lim Swee Say urged companies to��.
Economic Strategies Committee : The usual + 2 decent ideas
The entire plan does little to restructure Singapores export dependent economy putting us in direct competition with countries like China. The whole plan is similar to Lim Swee Says cheaper, better and faster - only they drop��.
Budget 2014: Budget reaction and impact - GST
At that rate, expect the impact to be positive for Government revenue although a lot of items are zero-rated and GST-exempt, the introduction of GST will see corporate and personal income taxes cut the same year GST is. I laud the PMs Budget announcement on the aviation sector ��� these are the right steps towards making Malaysia as the aviation hub in the fastest growing economic region in the world.. DAP laments a ���GST Deepavali���, says more will pay.
ASEAN must respond in decisive, coordinated way to regional issues: PM Lee
Leaders of Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) pose for a group photo during the opening ceremony of the 25th ASEAN summit at Myanmar International Convention Center in Naypyitaw, Myanmar, Wednesday, Nov 12, 2014. Photo: AP.
Lim Swee Say : Cheaper, Better, Faster (CBF).. - Diary of A.
He added that the end result will be stronger economic growth, more profitable companies, and higher wages. Mr Lim also said that older or less-educated workers will not be left out in the drive to be cheaper, better, and faster��.
Aljunied Town Council ��� Taking the easy way out.
Leong Sze Hian and Andrew Loh All 14 town councils run by the Peoples Action Party (PAP) will not be increasing their Service and Conservancy (SandC) charges this year. - Channel NewsAsia, ���PAP town councils to freeze��.
