TR EMERITUS

I refer to the article “4% interest rate on CPF extended till end 2013” (ST, Sep 26). It states that “Since Jan 1, 2008, SMRA savings have been invested in Special Government Securities, which earn an interest rate pegged to the 12-month average yield of 10-year Singapore Government Securities (10YSGS) plus 1 per cent. 2.5%... 

As early as 2005, in the midst of America’s biggest post-war housing boom, some economists and financial analysts were already sounding warning bells that a bubble was forming, and a bust imminent. The boom had been fueled in the wake of the 2000 dotcom crash by a combination of funds shifting from equities to the property... 

In Parliament on Monday, 15 October 2012, DPM Teo confirmed that he had a meeting with Archbishop Nicolas Chia on 30 May 2012.  There had been some speculation over the past few weeks as to whether the Home Ministry or the ISD had visited the Archbishop and exericsed their persuasive skills on the latter. I have blogged...