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MA rate for Dr Teo’s TC 34% to 46% higher than Tampines

Dr Teo Ho Pin, coordinating chairman of 14 PAP TCs In a post on his Facebook page on Thursday (16 May), Dr Teo Ho Pin claimed that Aljunied-Hougang TC's (AHTC) managing agent unit rate is 50% higher than that of Tampines TC. Dr Teo wrote: "The facts are clear. Based on their own calculations, their MA unit rate for 2012 was...

PA plans to recruit more new immigrants as grassroots leaders

The People's Association (PA) is planning to induct more new immigrants into the ranks of grassroots leadership. Currently, there are 33,000 grassroots leaders under PA of which 9% are new immigrants. PA hopes to increase this percentage to 10% by next year. PA will work with clan and immigrant associations to search for potential...

International student proportion at local unis going down, thanks to GE 2011

In a written parliamentary reply to NCMP Yee Jenn Jong, the Minister of Education Heng Swee Keat said that the majority of university places have gone to Singaporeans. On 13 May 2013, Mr Yee posed the following question in Parliament: "To ask the Minister for Education what is the current percentage of enrolled students and...