Jottings from my Singapore desk, warts and all
Tuesday, November 30, 2010
None Are So Blind As Those Who Do Not See
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"I wander around the city and wonder where the poor people are," observed Paul Vocker, former chairman of the US Federal Reserve a...
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Monday, November 29, 2010
Workfare Betterer Than Minimum Wage, Really?
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At the 31st PAP party conference on Sunday, PM Lee said that "Actually, we have something better than minimum wage, we have Workfare....
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Sunday, November 28, 2010
Brains Without Balls
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Johanna Wokalek stars in "Pope Joan", a movie about an Englishwoman who purportedly disguised herself as a man and rose to become ...
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Friday, November 26, 2010
When Less Is More
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In announcing the greatest bonus payout for the 74,000 civil servants since 1994 (2.5 months plus 1 minimum next year), the Government took...
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Thursday, November 25, 2010
About That Get-Out-Of-Jail-Free Card
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Britain's Foreign Office Minister Jeremy Browne must be a very powerful man. All he had to do was "express dismay" after autho...
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