TR EMERITUS

According to a Straits Times' article today ('End in sight for optometry degree course', 2 Mar), Singapore's only full-time optometry degree programme is shutting down. The reason quoted was "due to a lack of students and difficulty in recruiting staff". It said the 2-year course, which is jointly offered by Singapore Polytechnic... 

Yesterday (1 Mar), TR Emeritus (TRE) wrote about new citizen and drama mama Li Yeming. Apparently, Li had written to a newspaper in mainland China called 《国际先驱导报》 to tell the mainland Chinese that he has suffered an internet mob attack carried out by Singaporeans ('Li Yeming tells the Chinese his Net ordeal'). The... 

At a Bloomberg Television interview, DPM and Finance Minister Tharman said that Singapore property prices still have "some ways to go" before reaching an acceptable level. He said Singapore's property is now in a wrong part of the cycle, and prices would become acceptable through a combination of income improvement and prices...