Category Archives: Political

Buy House? Now? Really?

Some friends are intending to get married, buy a house. Looking at prices now. I’m quite worried. I’ve been following current affairs quite closely so been blogging stuff about them rather regularly. One of the topics i’ve been following is stuff about the housing market. The Economist published an article about Houses prices. Singapore has [...]
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Warrant of Arrest Issued against Silviu Ionescu

Hmm… Finally, a warrant of arrest. He was also officially informed that a Warrant of Arrest had been issued against Dr Ionescu and that Interpol had issued a Red Notice against him. A Red Notice means the warrant can be circulated in member countries, with the request that the wanted person be arrested with a [...]
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Govt trying to attract more foreigners when Locals hav a hard time getting jobs

It’s good if the foreigner are here to fill up jobs which Singaporeans are not skilled to do. But many of these are working in positions (waiters, cust svc,etc) which can be filled by Singaporeans. So check this out. The govt is recruiting more foreigners as the locals can’t find job. But some are not [...]
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Yey!~ The ladies are freed!~

Yes!~ Mr Bill Clinton has managed to talk N. Korea into freeing the journalists!~ Great work right there!~ http://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/06/world/asia/06korea.html People who looked at this item also looked at… Govt trying to attract more foreigners when Locals hav a hard time getting jobs Request a cake from a bank… Warrant of Arrest Issued against Silviu Ionescu [...]
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I hope he saves them from N Korea…

Bill Clinton’s gone to N. Korea in attempt to free the 2 journalists from their sentence. From what I remember, the last time when Clinton asked for clemency for Michael Fay, we reduced the caning from 6 strokes to 4 strokes. This time it’s North Korea n Clinton arrives in person (although not as President). [...]
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So.. It’s not just the Aunties n Uncles anymore…

CK brought this to my attention.. Recently the Lehman linked structured products are causing any uncles n aunties their hard earned money. Seems like the consumers are not the only ones affected… Excerpt on CNA Webby: Just like thousands of Singaporean investors who have lost money on failed Lehman-linked structured products, the Holland-Bukit Panjang Town [...]
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