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Recent Comments

• Bob: I believe the market will inch up a bit more and when the music stops, a lot of positive folks will be caught with their pants down
• whutalkingu: i dont understand why people here are looking down on arts and social science degree. a lot of students did well for A levels, yet...
• kuli kia: yah, really need upgrade myself somewhere to stay competence and competitive. Seems that is only way to survive…
• Andrew: Hi Arif, hmm sensitive question… My personnel opinion is if you are the only child I dont think it would be a problem. As for whether...
• SG_workaholic: kuli kia, maybe you need to upgrade yourself, eg brush up your english?
• nah: ireland should learn from singapore. just massively import foreign workers and they’ll get their property to boom like no tomorrow....
• Arif: Hi there just curious is it harder to be a pilot be in RSAF or SIA if your a malay or only child???
• Bear: “rich foreigners buy our condos, we make money. poor foreigners rent our condos, we make money.” That is the myth that...
• Amy: poor folk looks pity, they need to work till they cant do.
• brian: thanks for sharing
• kuli kia: I am system administrator with 6 years experience, degree holder but earn $3k. much much low paid…
• g_: yes, that’s ok too. rich foreigners buy our condos, we make money. poor foreigners rent our condos, we make money. Only the poor folk...
• errr: foreigners buy condo these days, they don’t rent anymore. That’s why property prices are increasing much faster than rental rates.
• g_: yes, i really hope pap survives the next election unscathed… we really need the foreigners to help boost our economy, otherwise...
• Not-NTUC: NTUC just advertised again on 25/7 SunDay times again.
• Ken: I believe associate directors in SMU are fairly senior, looking at their hierarchy. It is a step below Director, which is the head of...
• Ken: I tend to agree that the administration side of uni doesn’t pay well for the junior officers. Progression is slow. Someone posted on the...
• Samuel: Job number 90 on the Financial Services list: how is a storekeeper part of the financial services industry?
• Dun think so: I think the administrative side of uni doesn’t pay well, at least for junior admin officers with degrees (less than 3k?) Had a...
• don't worry: don’t worry, they will massively import more foreigners – unskilled, semi-skilled, highly skilled ones, blue collar and...

Quotable Quotes

• Nassim Taleb: Hard work will get you a professorship or a BMW. You need both work and luck for a Booker, a Nobel or a private jet. (UK Sunday Times, Jun 1, 2008)
• Lim Swee Say: I was never strong in language. When I speak in Mandarin, people will think I'm English-educated. Then when I speak in English, people will think I'm Chinese-educated... I'm Chinese-educated, and my Chinese sucks. (ST, May 1, 2010)
• Times of India: Today Singapore is a very neat, prosperous and liveable city. It is free from civic violence but its civic life is dull. The city-state has no great heroes. It has no grand story to tell the world. (Mar 19, 2010)
• MM Lee: Singaporeans have become less hard-driving and hard-striving. This is why it is a good thing that the nation has welcomed so many Chinese immigrants. (National Geographic, Jan 2010)
• Straits Times: The distinctions between citizens and PRs could not have been clearer. (ST, Oct 24, 2009)
• Financial Times alphaville: Singapore's acquisitive Temasek is up to its old tricks again, buying high and selling low... (May 15, 2009)
• Minister Gan Kim Yong: ... if in a crisis situation, you are willing to sit at home and do nothing for one year, not doing anything, that means you are not very flexible. (CNA, Apr 19, 2009)
• Wong, ex-banker: It's all about making money, not because we love the bank. (ST, Feb 7, 2009)
• Reuters India: Singapore ranks alongside Kenya for income disparity. (Jan 11, 2009)