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TVD’s Picks

Quick look see recce, Rajaratnam eulogies everywhere, something abt Gmail, workfare bonus…

NUS fee hike, KNN!

OK by now everyone know something abt it – new uni fee will be slapped from August 2006. See ah, NUS, existing fee for almost everybody – $5,930, will upz by $180 to $6,110. For medince and dentistry, wah ka chng peet man, now $17,010 upz $510 to $17,520. Wat is going on in NUS [...]

Budgeting for the Heartlander and Narrowing the Income Gap (just for a while)

The Budget proposals are very kind to the heartlander, especially the lower income ones i.e. households with less than $1500 / month and those living in HDB flats with 1 to 3 bedrooms. In a way, the rebates and grants handed out shows political and purse street smarts. As the now retired still esteemed much [...]

TVD’s Picks

Aiyoyo, NUS fee hikes, election, a thoughtful SBS. A quickie looky into some views. We oso wanted to find views on gahment’s $20-30 million plan to make it ‘barrier free’ for elderly in Sg and how the disabled are still marginalised instd but like nobody tokking abt these sort of issues leh. hehe Gahment budget [...]

Go Local Go Loco

hehe Wat is it with RGS gers? Wah lau, a few mths ago some of them come up with White Elephant t-shirt sale as class project to raise awareness abt Buangkok MRT activism. Phweee weet. More recently some of them organise a rock gig as part of project to examine mindsets towards home grown music. [...]

GE’06 Links

In the run up to the General Elections 2006, we’ve put up links to some GE sites. Check them out! Update BTW, Sg Election ’06 is a joint effort with From a Singapore Angle and Singapore Ink. Opening a can of whoop ass soon!

Cartoons can be Damn Scary Siah

KNN. Cartoons niah and world war 3 almost start again. Iran liddat sure chiong ahead with its nuke bomb programme. Hehe and limpeh not going to tell everybody muz go read Clash of Civilisations. Nabeh that book is used by ppl who die die want pia jui with Muslims and it bring more miscomm and [...]

Healthcare in Singapore

Something that knocked me off my feet recently was the government’s seemingly magnanimous pledge to increase the Medisave withdrawal limit from $300 to $400. Then there was the Workers’ Party Manifesto bit on health matters which I don’t agree fully but there were some points worthy of proper debate. I then gathered that the sheer [...]