
TLC sold US$65m art piece for ‘peanuts’
US$2.3m, was what CapitaLand’s subsidiary, Raffles Holding, a painting for in 2005. Now it’s worth US$65m and rumoured to be heading to The Museum of Islamic Art, Doha, Qatar. A work by Zao Wou-Ki (1920-2013) that hung in Raffles City for years and yrs (commissioned by I M Pei the architect of the place and of the Doha...

Ministerial Salary Exchange in Parliament
I refer to the online reporting by Mothership arising out of the Parliamentary debate between Mr Pritam Singh and DPM Teo on the decent amount top cats are expected to be paid, along with the hidden perks. What really surprised me was the shifting position taken by the Workers' Party (WP) not too long ago, from being a Loyal...

The HDB should disclose the statistics on the price difference between ‘ethnic quota’ and ‘non-ethnic quota’ flats
I refer to the article “Parliament: No plans to buy back HDB flats from owners who cannot sell them due to ethnic quota” (Straits Times, Oct 2). It states that “There are no plans for the Government to buy back Housing Board flats from owners who cannot sell them due to the Ethnic Integration Policy (EIP), said Minister...
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