TR EMERITUS

I once engaged an architect to build a house for me in Japan. When I received his quotation, I was shocked. His fee was at least 4 times higher than the most famous architect on earth. Not only that, he told me I also have to pay premium prices for his staff. He told me that his fees may seem obscenely astronomical, but once... 

As a Singaporean , I read with shock and concern in the article in the Straits Times on Tuesday 4th June 2013,  that Citibank Singapore employs nearly 40% Foreigners. How is this possible? How did it get to such a large level of 40%? Are the jobs at Citibank so specialized that only few qualified Singaporeans can do them?... 

Dear TRE, Thank you very much for your help. Glad to let you know that IDA has since called me up this afternoon (which they otherwise would not, even from the long trail of emails) following your posting ('IDA & MP Tin Pei Ling are useless!') and told me that they will write to StarHub one last time to try and get this...