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Singapore: From Economic Powerhouse to The Sick Man of ASEAN?

Singapore: From Economic Powerhouse to The Sick Man of ASEAN?

Singapore ‘s economy contracted by 0.6% in the first quarter of 2013 compared with the corresponding quarter of 2012.  On a quarter-on-quarter seasonally adjusted annualized basis the economy contracted by 1.4%.  Since year-on-year growth is now negative does that mean we are now officially in recession? No. The accepted... 

Monday morning blues reading the newspapers: Childcare, Healthcare, HDB, National Con, etc?

Monday morning blues reading the newspapers: Childcare, Healthcare, HDB, National Con, etc?

Leong Sze Hian Reading the newspapers on a Monday morning can be rather depressing. You may get the feeling that we may not seem to be really serious about solving the problems that Singaporeans have. Pre-school sites won’t go to highest bidder? Let’s start with the article “Pre-school sites won’t just go to highest... 

Creative accounting at play in Temasek Holdings

Creative accounting at play in Temasek Holdings

For anyone who refuses to accept that creative accounting is at play in Temasek Holdings, I offer the following two examples. But I assure they are not the only examples: Example One – DBS Press Release 24 July 1998 The Government has accepted DBS Bank’s proposal to purchase all the assets and liabilities of POSBank except... 



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