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Investments by sovereign wealth funds are more than merely business. It also has to do with some level of political influence, esp for a small state like Spore trying to get by in a big bad world heh, and as a result, nationalist protectionist hawks everywhere are becoming jittery. Even the Gauls and Teutons are [...] Regret buying that petrol-guzzling Fortuner? Thinking of other Green car options besides the current electric-petrol hybrids? Converting your existing petrol car to bi-fuel and using compressed natural gas (CNG) costs about $3k. It takes up extra space as a tank, about 60 litres, heh roughly the size of the trusty Karrimor I used when I [...] “Yes, there was corruption. Yes, he gave favors to his family and his friends. But there was real growth and real progress,” This was MM Lee Kuan Yew’s utilitarianism take on Suharto, the architect of post-Konfrontasi Asean-founding member Indonesia who was generally friendly to Singapore. In a past era when ends justifies the means, the [...] Pre-election “cheap” healthcare promises are just talk. Mean testing, money testing, whatever. The fear of being royally screwed hard is back again in the air. There is already healthcare means-testing in Spore e.g. elderly step-down care. Despite earlier claims that means-testing would not be implemented across the board soon, it turns out that the talk [...] How was Singapore seen by its neighbours in 2007? Was it all about the politics of envy? Right from the start of last year, Singapore-bashing was back in vogue and the Little Red Dot was under siege by our neighbours. Singapore’s foreign relations with some of our Asean neighbours was not exactly precariously turbulent, but [...] |
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