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By Damon Yeo, Business Correspondent HDB’s latest financial report reviewed that the Statutory Board had made a $2bn deficit for the financial year running from 1 April 2008 to 31 March 2009. The deficit had doubled since the previous period. To fully understand the numbers behind HDB’s financial year, one must first understand... 

I refer to Tuesday's (27 October) Straits Times article "More cars, so public transport trips down". I find it puzzling that the local public transport community cannot comprehend the reasons behind this seemingly ridiculous trend in our "dense but well-orchestrated" public transport system. Let me summarise the available reasons... 

作者:冀居·谢 大选的脚步近了，不是因为行动党开了党大会，宣布已经找到许多精英候选人或者第四代领导班子已经成型，而是第一波的主打——哀兵政策。 要化上新妆之前，一定要把这三几年来各路人马涂上的老粉都铲下来，才会让新上的胭脂看来粉嫩、粉嫩的。所以恢复素颜的方法就是用哀兵政策。所谓“哀兵必胜”出自《老子》第六十九章：“祸莫大于轻敌，轻敌几丧吾宝，故抗兵相加，哀者胜矣。”...