All posts tagged "money"
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1.7KHeadlinesGovernment Plans to Install Cameras with Thermal Sensors to Collect More Fines from Errant Smokers
The National Environment Agency is apparently planning to install high-definition CCTV cameras equipped with thermal sensor technology in various parts of Singapore...
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Latest ABSD Hike Will Hit Singaporeans and PRs Harder than Foreigners
ELSON: Additional Buyers’ Stamp Duty has always been an imperfect short-term solution. Look at the graph above and see how in a...
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Government: CareShield Life Not Introduced to Make Money Off Singaporeans
The Singapore government has hit back at claims that compulsory disability insurance, CareShield Life, is aimed at profiting off Singaporeans to pad...
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Malaysian Online Media Accuses Singapore Government of Aiding Corruption under the Najib Administration
Popular Malaysian online media publication, Finance Twitter, has accused the Singapore government of aiding corruption under the former Najib administration. The 12-year-old...
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CareShield Life: Government has Failed to Justify Billions in Premiums Collected to Date
ELSON: 11 years, S$3.3 billion collected, and S$133 million paid out – that’s ElderShield for you. Launched in 2007, you’ve to wonder...
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15 PAP Town Councils to Further Raise S&CC Come June
The 15 town councils run by the PAP will further raise service and conservancy charges on 1 June. HDB-dwellers will see their...
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Malaysian Prime Minister’s Salary is 26 Times Lower than Singapore PM’s after Self-Imposed Pay Cut
New Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad has announced a 10 percent pay cut for Cabinet ministers with immediate effect. This would bring...
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Fallen Singapore High-Flyer Hyflux Seeks Court Protection to Tackle Mounting Debt
Hyflux is speeding up the sale of its assets after a drastic slump in earnings. The water treatment firm is pursuing court...
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Singapore’s Trade Affairs: Should We Trust “Limited” Maj-Gen Chan, or “Big Knock-Off” Heng?
HAROLD CHAI: Trade tensions have been simmering between the United States and China of late. Last Friday (18 May), MP for Ang...
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Lee Kuan Yew Promised in 2013: The Value of HDB Flats Will Never Drop
This was the introduction to a state media news report back in 2013, when the late Lee Kuan Yew ensured at the...
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MND Chief Lawrence Wong: Retirees Can Still Cash Out on Older HDB Flats 99 Years Lease is a “Long Time”
National Development Minister Lawrence Wong said in parliament today that the government has already made it clear that HDB flats will have...
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Questions Raised about Singapore’s GST Hike as Malaysia Slashes GST to Zero Percent
Malaysia has slashed Goods and Service tax from 6 percent to zero percent. The change will be implemented from 1 June this...
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Pritam Singh Questions the Need for Price Hikes when the Government is Generating So Much Revenue, in First Parliament Speech as WP Chief
In his maiden parliament speech (14 May) since becoming Workers’ Party chief last month, Pritam Singh questioned why the government is generating...
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Here’s How the Average Singaporean would be Affected if CPF Couldn’t be Used for Housing
ELSON: Economist Dr Walter Theseira raised quite a stir when he was reported by the Straits Times as saying that CPF shouldn’t...
