Probably the most complete picture of the 30 highest paid CEOs in Singapore 2013: http://www.sandboxadvisors.com/singapore-jobs-news/ceo-salary-singapore The top 5 remuneration disclosures of corporate chiefs, which did not change much from 2013, in 2016 are: Piyush Gupta, CEO, DBS Group, S$10,254,249 Kwek…
Another one-in-fifty-year flood!
This is probably the sixth or seventh times of “ponding” since the infamous remark by the late LKY and the minister. Just few weeks ago, Government was blaming a contractor for causing the Thomson flash flood, who to blame this…
“if you want to see how society will treat you when you hit your 40s. Just look at how society treats the 40 year olds now. “
http://treeofprosperity.blogspot.sg/2016/04/why-it-engineers-are-similar-to.html Other interesting quotes from the same author: “At work you focus on experiential goods like travel, but the reason you need travel is because you are so stressed out by work. You become financial independent so that you can…
Lessons learnt from failure
Tan Chin Hwee Source: The Straits Times Aug 12, 2016 The first lesson I would like to share has to do with perseverance. When I was a student, I was fortunate to have won a scholarship with less than stellar…
The pursuit of degree does not make sense anymore!
“There’s been a shift in the value of college in recent years – one which I’ve been reluctant to acknowledge, especially as a father of three, but the reality is that (1) Recent college graduates are currently experiencing the highest…
Transparency and accountability, or the lack of it – MRT hairline cracks incident
“As sound as Mr Tharman Shanmugaratnam saying that the govt cannot disclose why Charles Goodyear left Temasek even though “there is public interest”. As sound as how Ho Ching’s salary cannot be revealed (when even the Prime Minister’s can). As…
新加坡的尴尬
“夹在英语和方言之间，华语被多数学生及家长视为多余的负担，但是为了得到中学文凭，非得通过华文考试不可。这么一来，新加坡中学生努力学华文的唯一目的是：通过考试，以后不用再学。” “结束后，主办这场演讲的教授说：听外国人讲热爱中文，叫我们深思，身为华人的自己有没有像她一样热爱过这门语言？” “我慢慢开始明白，在这个极为繁荣的热带小岛，中文正处于很尴尬的位置上：多数居民是华人，政府则推出英华双语政策；可实际上，社会上地位最高的语言是英语。如今的新加坡年轻人，在朋友之间或兄弟之间，都是彼此说英语的。然而，英语在此地缺乏传统文化的背景，即使说得不错了，也很难获得深度。尤其当中国经济日趋发展的今天，炎黄子孙失去华语能力实在可惜了，因为他们不仅失去传统文化，而且失去工作上极好用的工具。” “他是马来西亚人，读的是当地华人兴办的独立中学，由于马来西亚政府不承认独中的文凭，只好来新加坡读大学，毕业后留下来任职于政府“母语处”。原来，马来西亚的华文教育水平高过新加坡。这说起来都很矛盾：在马来西亚，华人只占总人口的三分之一；在新加坡，华人比率超过七成，却因为政府重视英语，华文程度要输给马来西亚。” “主持人向听众说：听外国华文作家演讲，很清楚的是，新加坡的华语教育出问题，并不是教学方法出的问题，而是华语的社会定位出的问题；我们以前也讨论过，语言到底是工具还是文化的一部分，今天这一点也很清楚了，学好华文的外国人都对华夏文明着迷。” 新井一二三专栏：新加坡的尴尬
All is Still not well with Singapore…..in 2016
Askmelah couldn’t have summed it better than “The economy did not max out, PAP did”. Notable quotes: “Look at soccer and what did ESM Goh said about Goal 2010, where we are today? We could not even beat our neighbours and…
5 radical changes ‘struggling’ Singapore needs: Maybank
SINGAPORE (June 30): Maybank Kim Eng on Wednesday said Singapore needs to make “radical changes” to guard against a precipitous loss of relevance to global markets. “With sub-2% GDP growth expectations and EPS contractions for equities, Singapore is struggling,” says…
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