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CapitaLand staged a lavish party last month to celebrate the completion of its Farrer Road project ("Big welcome for d'Leedon residents"; last Sunday). I was among those invited to this party, which featured a 10-minute firework and laser show. Such elaborate and ostentatious celebrations only serve to highlight the gap between... 

Fukushima nuclear power plant (October 29, 2014)  -  Scientists warned that an earthquake could take out Fukushima. The Japanese ignored the warning … and even tore down the natural seawall which protected Fukushima from tidal waves. Fukushima is getting worse.  And see this and this. Have the Japanese learned their... 

Osborne: "David Cameron and the Conservative Party always put Britain's national interest first" (3 Nov) - Chancellor George Osborne has insisted the UK will pursue its "national interest" in Europe despite German warnings about its future in the EU. Mr Osborne said the British people wanted concerns about EU...