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REVERSE ANNOUNCEMENT TRUTH #### FACT 100% DEPOSIT GUARANTEE REDUCED TO S$50,000 DEPOSIT INSURANCE
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Deposit insurance limit to be raised to $50,000 CLAIRE HUANG
clairehuang@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE
Singapore started the scheme in April 2006 to protect ordinary depositors should a bank or finance company go under.
In a statement on Friday, the MAS said that it will go ahead with plans to raise insurance coverage from the current $20,000 to $50,000 for each depositor at each member bank.
That means if a depositor has at least $50,000 in a bank that folds, he would get back a maximum of $50,000 instead of $20,000.
The MAS said the move was made following public consultation. Members of the public had asked for a higher coverage of $100,000. However, it pointed out that the incremental benefit is small and may not justify the cost if the amount is over $50,000.
Some 90 per cent of depositors will be covered under the scheme.
The MAS also plans to include deposits of other non-bank depositors, such as sole proprietorships and partnerships, under the scheme.
It said it did consider insuring only certain types of businesses and excluding companies but this was not ideal. There was difficulty in setting a common criteria that applied to the diverse range of businesses.
The MAS hopes to implement the revised scheme early next year. |
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Is your MANUKA honey really worth the money?
By Jerome Burne Last updated at 7:35 PM on 2nd February 2009 Manuka honey can cost anything from £5 to £35 a pot Over the past few years, manuka honey from New Zealand has earned a reputation as a bit of a wonder treatment. Research has shown that the honey - produced by bees who feed off the manuka bush - has powerful antibiotic properties and can help combat MRSA, fight infections, reduce wound inflammation and help with skin conditions such as acne and eczema. But there are so many brands available, at vastly different prices (you can pay anything from £5 to £35 for a pot), how do you know which one really packs a good bacterial punch? And does spending more guarantee a better product? Until about a year ago, the solution would have been to rely on the honey's Unique Manuka Factor (UMF) rating (they range from 10 to 25). The higher the rating, the more potent - and usually more expensive - the honey. But according to some manuka honey manufacturers, this UMF system is unreliable. The ratings are made by the Active Manuka Honey Association (AMHA) which compares a batch of honey against the bacteria-killing ability of different concentrations of a standard disinfectant. 'But two tests done at different times on the same batch of honey can give very different results,' alleges Kerry Paul, chief executive of Manuka Health, one of the 'rebel' honey manufacturers. The AMHA retorts that results vary only by a few points and, anyway, it takes this into account when rating the honey. But Mr Paul believes there's a better way - by measuring methylglyoxal (MGO) content. This compound is found in high concentrations in manuka honey - up to 100 times greater than ordinary honey - according to German researchers, and is thought to give it its antiseptic edge. Some manufacturers are now switching to Mr Paul's new system of ratings. To add to the confusion, there is a third rating out there - the label on the honey contains the word 'active', followed by a number (from 10 to 25). But the MGO and UMF camps agree this 'active' rating has no scientific basis and is not regulated. Later this year a fourth standard is due to appear - developed by Dr Peter Molan, head of honey research at Waikato University, Hamilton, New Zealand. Although he's not yet willing to divulge the details, it seems to be an upgrade of the UMF rating - which he originally devised and even he claims needs changing. So where does all this leave the consumer? Ken Allen, managing director of a firm which makes wound dressings impregnated with manuka honey for the NHS, says: 'We use the same honey you get in the supermarket, but we then sterilise and purify it because we are held to much stricter standards.' He says neither UMF nor MGO is ideal, but believes the rest of us don't need to worry about how potent the honey is: 'It doesn't have to have a high rating. Even one as low as UMF 10 can heal leg ulcers.' He adds that using manuka honey at home on minor burns and cuts is probably fine, but would advise the public to steer clear of using it for more serious complaints such as heartburn or the gastric ulcer bug H. pylori. 'No trials support this use, and I'd be very careful about using shop-bought manuka on any serious or deep wounds,' he says. 'When we've analysed samples for purity, we've found microscopic traces of stuff such as paint and even lead.' So, if you want only a gentle antiseptic, the lower rating of either UMF or MGO should do the trick. Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-1134423/Is-manuka-honey-really-worth-money.html#ixzz0ydJzUeg0 |
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Sunday September 5, 2010Between ethics and etiquetteFrom ANN By SANDRA LEONGMore people are taking a stand on what they eat, but where do they draw the line between political correctness and politeness? SINGAPORE: Whenever Olivia Choong receives an invitation to a wedding, she makes it a point to ask if shark’s fin soup is being served. If it is, she skips the occasion. Both a vegetarian and an anti-shark’s fin advocate, she made an exception earlier this year when a persuasive bride-to-be begged her to ease up on her self-imposed ban. But she felt torn. In the end, she presented the bridal couple with a special hongbao at the dinner. Designed by LoveSharks.sg, a local anti-shark’s fin group, a message on it urges diners to boycott the delicacy. “My friends usually give me a polite smile when they accept the hongbao,” says Choong, a 31-year-old publicist who is the founder of Green Drinks Singapore, a networking platform for environmentalists. Fellow environmentalist Jaki Teo, 28, a marketing director for a diving company and the organiser of LoveSharks.sg, also finds herself in similar situations. She says: “If it is a business dinner, I would ask to change the venue. Most business associates are very understanding. They are also afraid to make things awkward so they usually try to remove the awkwardness by going somewhere else.” Things are a “bit more complicated” if the event is a friend’s wedding. “What I did the last time was tell my friend that many people these days do not consume shark’s fin and it would be a waste of money for him to serve it,” she says. “I also made it very clear that he would get a much smaller hongbao if he served shark’s fin.” Choong and Teo are not alone in their ethical eating approach. Increasingly, more people are taking a stand on what they eat, in a more environmentally concerned world: from rallying against the slaughter of sharks to abstaining from meat to lowering their carbon footprint. However, it is throwing up a slew of new social dilemmas about drawing the line between ethics and etiquette. When does turning down a bowl of shark’s fin soup at a dinner – or in Choong’s case, not attending at all – border on bad manners? At one end of the spectrum, people whose causes dictate their appetites contend that they should consistently stand up for what they believe in. At the other end, there is this: between political correctness and politeness, should it not be the latter that takes precedence? Wealth manager and meat-lover S.K. Tan, 43, attended a wedding where the hosts did not serve meat for ethical reasons. He says: “I didn’t think it was very considerate of the couple. I was hungry even after all the courses. “People can have their own beliefs but I don’t think they should impose them on others.” At a recent Chinese wedding, nurse Joanne Ng, 27, was seated with two guests who looked aggrieved when shark’s fin was served. “One walked out and came back only after the course was cleared, and the other tried to persuade other people at the table to boycott the dish,” she says. “I felt they spoilt the party and made it about them rather than the couple.” Because so many of these awkward situations revolve around the favourite Singaporean pastime of eating and dining out, it seems new social minefields are emerging daily. There are difficult questions, whatever your beliefs: to attend or not to attend, to serve or not to serve, to speak up or to hold your peace. Etiquette consultant Raelene Tan says friction might occur in communal settings because these days “people are more outspoken and are not afraid to air their views, no matter how controversial they may be”. “Previously, people were more mindful of keeping the peace and toeing the line.” As far as dinner party etiquette is concerned, the practical answer is that it all depends, says Tan. She believes it is the prerogative of the host to serve what he wants. Special requests from guests are acceptable for religious, medical or ethical reasons, but “fads and fancies have no place”. And as for speaking up, walking out or other statements of protest, it is best to do so without any fuss or fanfare. Disrupting the occasion is a big no-no, she adds. Indeed, mutual tolerance and restraint seem to be the way to go. Take lecturer George Jacobs, 58, a vegan of 30 years, and his wife, private banker Fong Cheng Hong, 50. After 20 years of marriage, she still loves her meat. Describing her husband as “very liberal”, Fong says: “By the time I met him, I was set in my ways. I wish I could change but I can’t. All I can do is to try to reduce my meat intake.” The couple make daily compromises. They have smoothies for breakfast and a simple vegetarian meal for dinner. But at their separate lunch hours, she is free to eat meat. She does not expect him to prepare meat for her but says: “Even if we invite friends over, we rarely have vegetarian as most of them are meat lovers.” “We emphasise the social, not the food,” says Jacobs, who is president of the Vegetarian Society. Researcher Jared Tham, 32, believes in the concept of “virtual water”, choosing what food to eat depending on how much water has been used to process it. He tries to stay away from beef, for example, because too much water – 10,000 litres to be exact – is needed to fuel the production process behind just 1kg of the meat. Thinking over the ethics-etiquette debate, he says: “My personal preferences should affect just me. They should not go as far as to impact other people. At the end of the day, my relationships with people are more important.” |
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05-Sep-2010 13:25
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S$6 Million Maid SINGAPORE Skooter reports JULY/22/2010 SINGAPORE—“I am the luckiest maid in Singapore, with or without the money,” the 47-year-old single woman—identified only by the pseudonym “Christine”—told the Straits Times in an interview. “Christine” a devoted Filipino maid inherited S$6 million (around P202 million) from her late employer after more than 20 years of service, a newspaper report said on Wednesday. “Christine” arrived in Singapore in 1986. She refused to be named in public for fear of possible threats to her life particularly in the Philippines The windfall inheritance includes cash and a luxury apartment near the Orchard Road shopping belt, came from the estate of her employer Quek Kai Miew, a medical doctor and philanthropist who died last year at 66. The maid, who is now applying for permanent residency in Singapore, said her newfound wealth had not changed her lifestyle. Nearly 200,000 foreign maids, mostly from the Philippines and Indonesia, work in affluent Singapore, which has a population of 5 million. Source: Agence France-Presse/Inquirer.net |
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04-Sep-2010 00:38
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I would never have entered into the deal if it meant giving up my private property. Denise, a private home owner who exercised her option to buy an HDB flat but is now caught by the new rules.
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Some private property owners in a bind Those who exercised options for HDB flats in a quandary over new dual home ownership rules JOA NNE CHAN joannechan@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE Since Aug 30, private property owners who want to buy an HDB flat would have to sell their private property within six months. Those who own foreign private property will also not be exempted from the rule. Denise (not her real name), 42, was in the process of buying a three-room resale flat to live in, so that her District 11 condominium unit could be rented out. The single mother of two had exercised her option to purchase the flat on Aug 8 by paying a $4,000 deposit, on top of a $1,000 option fee paid earlier. A bank loan was secured on Aug 18 but Denise said they managed to get the seller’s signature only on Aug 28. They were planning to submit the application on Aug 30. Denise said she would never have entered into the deal if it meant giving up her private property. Denise is not alone. PropNex chief executive officer Mohd Ismail said his agents had received more than 10 enquiries since Monday from home owners caught in a similar situation. In Denise’s case, by exercising the option to purchase, she had entered into a binding legal contract and could be sued for damages should she back out of the deal, said Mr Chris Koh, director at Dennis Wee Group (DWG). This means that she is liable for any shortfall that the seller incurs if the flat is sold to another buyer at a lower price. Mr Ismail said those with proof of documentation signed prior to Monday could try to appeal to the HDB. “HDB will judge the merit of each individual case and there is a high chance those people will be cleared to proceed with their purchase,” he said. DWG’s Mr Koh said he would advise home buyers caught in this situation to talk to their sellers and banks and negotiate a new deal — perhaps pay a percentage of the liable damages to avoid a legal suit. If that falls through, the buyer can then try to appeal to the HDB, but only if there’s proof that documents — such as the Option to Purchase between buyer and seller, or a Letter of Offer from the bank — were signed before Aug 30. The HDB has said it will look at each appeal on a case-by-case basis. — The recent changes to dual home ownership — aimed at cooling the sizzling property market — have left some owners in a bind. |
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SINGAPORE This applies to future enlistees and those still in service as of Aug 29, the day Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong announced the National Service Recognition Award (NSRA) to show that citizens come first. — If you are a Singaporean serving as a full-time or operationally ready National Serviceman, you will receive between $3,000 and $10,500 in recognition of your defence contribution.The award is to show our appreciation and to recognise our citizen servicemen in a sustained manner. Minister of State for Defence Koo Tsai Kee |
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01-Sep-2010 23:11
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Recognising citizen servicemen
What is the NSRA? It’s a monetary award of up to $10,500 for each citizen National Serviceman by the time he completes his Operationally Ready National Service training cycle. Will citizens who have completed their reservist training cycle be eligible? No. Will full-time NSmen whose ORD (operationally-ready date) was on or after Aug 29, but brought forward due to the two-month fitness incentive, be eligible? Yes, they will be. What happens to the sum in the Post-Secondary Education Account if a full-time NSman does not use it for studies? All unused funds in the account will be transferred to the Central Provident Fund Ordinary Account when the member reaches 30. Will all active servicemen, regardless of Physical Employment Status, be eligible? Yes. Details available at
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It is my hope that China’s comparative advantage as a low-wage producer does disappear — the sooner the better. But why should I, a Chinese economist, wish to see China’s competitiveness reduced through rising labour costs? After all, when a country still lacks real advantages, such as higher education, efficient markets and enterprises, and a capacity for innovation, it needs something like low wages to maintain growth. While cheap labour has been a key factor in generating high growth over the past three decades, it has also contributed to profound income disparities, especially in recent years. And persistent, widening inequality might cause social crises that could interrupt growth and damage competitiveness. China must avoid such a scenario, and if wages could increase in some meaningful way, it would indicate that the economy might finally reach the next stage of development, during which income disparities would be narrowed. Unfortunately, China has not yet reached that point — and will not any time soon. Agriculture remains the main source of income for more than 30 per cent of China’s labour force, compared to less than 2 per cent in the United States or 6 per cent in South Korea. Reports about labour shortages, wage disputes and wage increases for migrant workers in China have abounded of late. They naturally raised concerns, or expectations, that China’s labour-cost advantages may be disappearing.Another 30 per cent of the labour force comprises migrant workers, who have doubled their incomes by moving from agriculture to the industrial and service sectors. Although migrant workers earn only about US$1,500 ($2,034) per year on average, the income gap between them and agricultural labourers provides a powerful incentive for the latter to try to find better-paid non-farm jobs. Naturally, this competition in the labour market suppresses non-farm wages: Whereas labour productivity in non-farm sectors increased by 10 to 12 per cent annually in the past 15 years, migrant workers’ real wages have increased by only 4 to 6 per cent per year. As a result, income disparity between low-end labour, on the one hand, and professionals and investors, on the other, has also increased. All this means that the process of industrialisation in China still has a long way to go. To reduce farm labour to 10 per cent of the labour force (the point at which, judging by historical experience elsewhere, China may achieve worker-farmer wage equilibrium), the economy needs to create about 150 million new non-farm jobs. Even if the economy continues to grow at 8 per cent per year, China might need 20 to 30 years to reallocate agricultural labourers and reach “full employment”. But this requires generating 8 million new jobs every year, including 5 million for farmers leaving the countryside. During this long process of industrialisation, wages will increase gradually, but it is very unlikely that they will grow at the same rate as labour productivity. This is bad news for reducing income inequality, as capital gains and high-end wages may grow much faster. But it should be the good news for competitiveness, because Chinese wages will remain relatively low in terms of “wage efficiency”. Indeed, the wage increases of recent years have not changed the basic cost structure of Chinese companies. An analysis by Goldman Sachs shows that, despite real wage gains, the share of labour costs in total manufacturing costs is lower than it was in 2001 — a trend that continued in the first half of this year. To prevent serious social tension, China’s government (at various levels) has begun to intervene by enforcing higher minimum wages, in addition to investing in a social safety net for the poor. In some provinces, minimum wages have increased by more than 30 per cent. But the minimum wage is normally much lower than the effective wage, and thus has not changed the fundamental relationship between wages and labour productivity. Nevertheless, artificial wage increases enforced by government policies could slow down the process of labour reallocation and make some “surplus labour” permanent. Income disparities will not be fundamentally altered until the market equilibrium wage inches upwards sufficiently to create labour demand at decent wage levels. So, will companies, both multinationals and Chinese, leave for Vietnam, Bangladesh or Mozambique? Perhaps. But that will happen only if the other countries’ wages are relatively more efficient (i.e. productivity there is ultimately higher than in China) and not just because Chinese nominal wages go up. For now, however, this does not seem to be the case in general. Evidence that China’s wage efficiency remains high relative to other developing countries comes in the form of continued growth in inflows of foreign direct investment over the past 12 months, despite wage increases. In July, for example, FDI increased by 29.2 per cent year on year, much higher than the global average. There may be many factors behind China’s strong FDI performance but it does mean that the nominal wage increase itself may not lower the capital gains that concern investors most. In any case, the Chinese wage story is much more complicated than it might seem. Nominal wages may increase, while real wages stagnate, owing to higher inflation. Even if real wages increase in some coastal cities, “surplus labour” could keep the national average flat. And even a real wage increase on the national level will not undermine competitiveness if labour productivity grows still faster. So, the conclusion seems to be that wage growth will not threaten China’s competitiveness in the next 10 or even 20 years. As China will not complete the process of reallocating workers from agriculture to more modern economic sectors any time soon, it should remain a cost-competitive economy for the foreseeable future. Fan Gang is professor of Economics at Beijing University and the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, director of China’s National Economic Research Institute, secretary-general of the China Reform Foundation, and a former member of the Monetary Policy Committee of the People’s Bank of China. This commentary is exclusive to Today in Singapore. |
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Is low-wage China disappearing? Cheap labour has contributed to profound income disparities fan gang If wages could increase in some meaningful way, it would indicate that the economy might finally reach the next stage of development. |
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What is this Singapore Spirit? ALICIA WONG alicia@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE He defined the Singapore spirit as being made up of four attributes: Determination, trust, competence and confidence. Mr Lee pointed out that “it is the determination that makes us press on when things are tough, like in the recession last year”. And when “forces try to pull us apart”, such as extremist terrorism after 911, “it is the trust that keeps us together”. Mr Lee continued: “It’s the competence, quiet pride and discipline that make sure things go right, like when we hosted the Youth Olympic Games (YOG).” And finally, it is “the confidence that we will prevail come what may”. While we are proud of our Asian cultures and heritage, Mr Lee said the Singapore spirit is not based on a common race, language or religion. “It is based on deeper things which we share,” he said, citing shared values, shared loyalty to Singapore, shared responsibility for each other and shared memories, dreams and aspirations. “We have to pass this spirit to the next generation,” he said. Then, they will have the “same conviction” and make the “right choices”. The spirit is not only passed on through schools, but also when youth are involved in community, pursue passionate causes or tackle daunting challenges, said Mr Lee. In trying out “new things”, they gain confidence and maturity, he noted. — Posing this question in his National Day Rally speech yesterday, Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong said it is an especially relevant issue in an increasingly globalised world, as Singapore grows more cosmopolitan and hosts more visitors each year. |
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S’porean who volunteers at deaf school in Timor Leste ‘A role model and inspiration’ ALICIA WONG For 23 hearing-impaired Timorese students, having Mr Alvan Yap (picture) volunteer at their school means they can attend class five days a week, instead of only three days a week before he began teaching them in January. It also means that they can learn a standardised sign language, which will help them communicate better with fellow Timorese. Mr Yap, 33, was singled out as an example of how young Singaporeans who venture abroad make a difference to others through volunteering during Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong’s National Day Rally speech yesterday. Mr Yap, who works in the publishing industry and used to teach at the Singapore School for the Deaf, now volunteers with the Singapore International Federation. He will be teaching at the Agape Deaf International School in Dili, Timor Leste, until the end of the year. Mr Yap, who suffers from severe hearing loss, was featured in news reports last month for his work in Dili. There, he teaches students, aged eight to 39, proper sign language. “He is also a role model and an inspiration to the kids, as well as some adults,” said Mr Lee. ALICIA WONG |
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Military college and education centre to be named after Goh Keng Swee ALICIA WONG alicia@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE Now, there will be two complexes bearing his name, Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong announced last evening. The Singapore Command and Staff College (SCSC) — the highest institute for training senior officers in the Singapore Armed Forces (SAF) — will be renamed the Goh Keng Swee Command and Staff College. The Ministry of Education’s (MOE) Phase II Headquarters Building at North Buona Vista Road will be named the Goh Keng Swee Centre for Education. As the first Defence Minister, Dr Goh was “instrumental in building up the SAF”, said Mr Lee. Not only in the hardware acquired, but in the creation of a “thinking SAF” that is able to “outwit and out-manoeuvre the enemy”, he said. While most of the hardware has been replaced, “Dr Goh’s emphasis on developing talent, and on a thinking SAF, endures”, said Mr Lee. And when Dr Goh became Education Minister in 1979, he “totally revamped the system”. Dr Goh started the process of “continuous improvement that has created an education system admired all over the world”, Mr Lee said. The MOE building to be named after Dr Goh will be the “nerve centre of Singapore education”, said Mr Lee. Housing a new Academy of Singapore Teachers and specialist academies for the English Language, Physical Education, Sports and the Arts, the complex aims to upgrade the professionalism of teachers. Dr Goh was part of a team of founding fathers, said Mr Lee, citing others including Minister Mentor Lee Kuan Yew, Foreign Minister S Rajaratnam, Minister for Social Affairs Othman Wok, Finance Minister Hon Sui Sen, Minister for Law E W Barker, Mr Lim Kim San who broke the back of Singapore’s housing problem and Deputy Prime Minister Toh Chin Chye. “It is important that the nation remembers the founding fathers properly. It’s not just a matter of gratitude, but it’s to stay true to the ideals that they fought for and to remind ourselves to continue striving to be one united people, regardless of race, language or religion,” Mr Lee said. “It isn’t yet time to decide how to do so, but it is something we should think about for the future, and which I felt I needed to talk about today.” — When former Deputy Prime Minister Goh Keng Swee passed away in May, many suggested naming something after him so that his contributions would not be forgotten. |
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Creating something
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November 15, 2008 Saturday, 06:00 AM
Tan Hui Yee pays tribute to social entrepreneurs who started from scratch.
THE people had gathered on a Sunday afternoon to hear the luminaries of the social enterprise world speak, but it was a 78-year-old retiree who stole the limelight. On the sidelines of the recent Global UBS Philanthropy Forum here in September (2008), the Lien Centre for Social Innovation had gathered together people like Ms Karen Tse, founder of legal rights group International Bridges To Justice, Mr Olivier de Guerre of French asset management group PhiTrust, which promotes business strategies that aid the disadvantaged, and Mr Alvaro Rodriguez from Mexican venture capital investment firm Ignia, which supports social enterprises. The topic was on the promise of social entrepreneurship in Asia. A member of the audience asked how the social entrepreneurs found money to pursue their projects. It was Mr Jack Sim, 51, the founder of World Toilet Organization, who told it best with a story about his 78-year-old mother. Almost 50 years ago, the elder Mrs Sim wanted to learn smocking at the local community centre. But lessons there cost the $1 per hour and money was tight. Undeterred, she gathered six women in the neighbourhood and promised to teach them smocking for $1 per session. After each lesson at the community centre, she passed the skills on to her neighbours, netting $5 each time. About two years later, when smocking went out of fashion, Mrs Sim volunteered her services as a helper in a cosmetics counter and spent her time watching the beauty consultant do make-up for customers. Eventually, she bought her own set of cosmetics, practised applying make-up on her daughter, and opened her own beauty school. Mr Sim's brainchild, the sanitation group World Toilet Organization, doesn't get much funding apart from $100,000 a year from the Lien Foundation. But it continues to grow by leaps and bounds by leveraging on the strengths of its partners or similar organisations around the world. For its World Toilet Summit earlier this month, for example, it got a donor to fund one-third of the costs, and paid for the rest by organising an exhibition. It also gets its partners to lend their expertise, for example, instead of making cash donations. Mr Sim was even named by Time magazine as one of the Heroes of the Environment this year (2008) and says that foreign governments "roll out the red carpet" for his projects overseas. He told The Straits Times: "It’s a matter of confidence. If you take such a model, you can create anything from nothing. What you need is optimism and enterprise." Unfortunately though, he doesn’t encounter the same enthusiasm back home. "I’m naturally patriotic, but the opportunities back home are like a desert. But it’s like what they say, prophets are not welcome at home." |
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whIch Of CHINA's system Is cOmmUnIst ? ? ? ? aLL fOrtUne 500 cOmpanIes are nOw establIshed In eIther BEiJiNG or SHANGHAi ? nUmerOUs maInland chInese have becOme sIngapOreans ? ? ? ? nUmerOUs maInland chInese have becOme sIngapOre PRs ? ? ? ? nUmerOUs maInland chInese are In every cOrner Of sIngapOre ? ? ? ? dO sIngapOreans sEE and fEEl the maInland chInese as cOmmUnIsts ? ? ? ? are sIngapOreans threaten by the maInland chInese In any way bOth In sIngapOre and In maInland chIna ? ? ? ? are sIngapOreans sOcial-cOmmUnIsts nOw ? ? ? ? can anyOne recOgnIse and tEll whO Is a cOmmUnIst ? ? ? ? can anyOne dIfferentIate the dIfference In lIfestyle between a maInland chInese and a sIngapOrean ? ? ? ? maInland chInese alsO bOught and live In HDB flats In sIngapOre ? ? ? ? maInland chInese Is the champIOn at wOrld's fIrst YOG In sIngapOre ? ? ? ? maInland chInese alsO wOrk wIth sIngapOreans sIde by sIde everyday ? are sIngapOreans harm by maInland chInese ? ? ? ? are sIngapOreans benefItIng frOm maInland chInese's gOOds ? ? ? ? are sIngapOreans benefItIng frOm maInland chInese's servIces In sIngapOre ? ? ? ? what is cOmmUnIst tOday ? ? ? ? Is cOmmUnIst a terrOrIst ? ? ? ? Is cOmmUnIst a phIlanthrOpIst ? ? ? ?
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artng25
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25-Aug-2010 16:04
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All I know is they are 'Communist'
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pharoah88
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25-Aug-2010 16:00
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CHINA LEADERS ? CLEMENTLY ? INTEGRITY ? TRUTHFULLY ? INNOCENTLY ? HONESTLY ? DECENTLY ? ALLERGIC TO WEALTH ? nOt mOney face ? UNgreedy ? UNselfish ? selflessly ? HOLY ? nObelly ? PURELY ? CLEANLY ? WHOLE-HEARTEDLY ? CARINGLY ? PROFESSIONALLY ? PHILANTHROPICALLY ?
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pharoah88
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25-Aug-2010 15:47
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CHINA AUTHORITY jUst eXtIngUIshes aLL Its OppOrtUnItIes tO create lUcratIc IncOmes wIth lame eXcuses
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