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The rich get richer

Monday, May 7th, 2007

There is obviously much truth to the title of this post. Just allow me to further substantiate it with my thoughts. First, let me say something about my advice to smart students. The advice still stands, but the whole truth is that if you are smart but poor, it’s so much harder to reach that [...]


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Expats on local terms

Wednesday, May 2nd, 2007

Zaobao.com reported that the perception that expats make much more income than locals may not be entirely correct. A recent survey on 79 companies in Singapore (some are MNCs) showed that only 14% of the companies differentiate between expats and locals in terms of remuneration. The same survey found that foreign employees with specialised knowledge in [...]


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Students – Have you thought about your future career?

Monday, April 30th, 2007

If you’re still a student and contemplating about your future career, listen up. Many working adults regret not making the right decision when choosing subjects or courses of study. What’s worse is that in the past, teachers didn’t teach students how to choose a career. They themselves were probably none the wiser. I’m not too [...]

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Internet Income

Sunday, April 29th, 2007

Another interesting article in today’s Sunday Times is about a guy who made his million (first million?) from the Internet. Ewen Chia of www.ewenchia.com claimed he had some Internet businesses that brought him the riches. Apparently, he markets digital products to a huge list of “subscribers”. Some of the products are electronic books (or “ebooks”) [...]

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Hawkers’ Pay

Sunday, April 29th, 2007

The Sunday Times today reported that the income of hawkers can be quite out of this world. Topping the charts is Mr Lee Chee Wee, who is the owner of Beach Road Prawn Noodle House along East Coast Road. He reportedly makes sales of $139,200 a month (max). Just by selling award-winning prawn noodles. Coming [...]

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Pay rise in high-growth sectors

Tuesday, February 6th, 2007

Business Times reported today that there have been signs of strong hiring in certain high-growth sectors. Among the industry sectors cited are: financial services (i.e. banking and finance), engineering and technical, call centres, life sciences, and healthcare. The BT report is based on information from Kelly Services’ Singapore Salary Guide 2007, which provided minimum and [...]

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Top 100 jobs in Singapore

Friday, June 30th, 2006

Ministry of Manpower has released the latest Report on Wages in Singapore 2005. It’s a compilation of surveyed data collected in 2005, and released this year (2006). Notably, the jobs with the top median starting salaries are: advocate and solicitor ($3,800), semi-conductor engineer ($3,595), financial analyst ($3,167), electronic engineer ($2,850), and aeronautical engineer ($2,600). Based on [...]

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Suggest A Topic

Saturday, April 1st, 2006

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