Meritocracy must be balanced with fair & equal opportunities
Selective meritocracy (Graphics: ST) While I laud the plea against "punishing achievers" and elitism ("Don't punish achievers" by Mr Paul Sim Ruiqi; June 10), the idea of a compassionate meritocracy falls short of ensuring that meritocracy functions well. Meritocracy should be balanced with fair and equal opportunities for all,...
China Launches Probe on Guangzhou Party Chief
(June 27, 2014) - Wan Qingliang Is Under Investigation for Suspected 'Violations of Discipline and Law' SHANGHAI—China put the top Communist Party official in the southern economic powerhouse city of Guangzhou under investigation and appointed a successor, in a fresh signal that Beijing is continuing a major anticorruption...
Dubai stock market plunged 25 percent!
Dubai stocks remain pricey (June 27, 2014) - Dubai’s stock market is in the midst of an epic crash. After falling 6.7 percent on Tuesday, the biggest drop since August, Dubai’s largest stock index, the DFM General Index, is down 25 percent from its peak in May. A sell-off that steep usually presages a nice buying opportunity,...
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