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Recent Comments

• Make Money With Just $10 In Your Account: I think I can speak for all of us when I say this, our health stands out as the most critical thing. If...
• banking: banking and civil service are the way to go in singapore, mate. engineering is in 3rd tier in terms of pay. if you are talking about IT,...
• Michael: this is sad: I strongly believe that the highly intelligent and experienced people who advice the government know what they are doing .. A...
• civil engineer: there are so many engineering jobs that are top 100. and only one health science(nursing). well, as they so, if u want a lucrative...
• this is sad: then the bigger question is whether globalisation brings about more benefits than warts. or is it the classic case of the rich getting...
• Michael: @this is sad: I don’t think the foreigners to local ratio just moved from 70% to 20-30% maybe you are looking at some...
• ex engineer: I used to work in an MNC. My boss is an Asian foreigner. He pushes all the plumb jobs to fellow foreigners or foreigners-turned-c...
• why: so, JQ Public, since that job pays so well, why did you choose to leave? found something better?
• MNC: Note: a “telemarketer 221; for high-net worth clients requires SLIGHTLY different skills than some bum who calls you for loan or...
• JQ Public: As a former Citi Group employee I will confirm that the salary listed above is in fact correct for the year of 2009. However, the title...
• Smart!: He is smart guy like most tutors: capitalising on the kiasu-kiasi attitude of Singaporean parents. That is a huge market that only exists...
• taxes: the amount of taxes he paid is more than the annual income i made!
• Joseph: I’d be wary of sending my kid to him. Main problem in schools that I find is too many students to one teacher, and his center sounds...
• Charles: Oh my God, how much lower Singapore can go?
• Jimbo: What does this post even mean? What comprises a “household” ;? (In S’pore that often describes multi-generations crammed...
• sgdoc: very simple lah young doctors work longer hours (nights and weekends) older doctors got family and work shorter hours Unlike most...
• reason: if both are true (i’m not saying they are), a possible explanation is that the 10k young doctors are earning now are above the...
• hmmm: Top 100 jobs puts the doctors pay at $10K; doesnt seem to reconcile. http://www.salary.sg/2 010/top-100-jobs-in-si ngapore-2010/
• happydoc: NUS Dental Surgery – 100.0% ($3,176) http://www.transitioni ng.org/2010/04/07/grad uate-employment-survey -2009-published-201...
• ?: how much do dentists earn?

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)