Friday, 7 November 2014
Singapore students pay for help to apply to top universities
Consultants prepare them to gain an edge in tough admissions process
Thursday, 6 November 2014
Power-less SGX halts markets for hours
Frustrated traders stared at blank screens for at least three hours on Wednesday afternoon as a power outage shut down the Singapore Exchange’s (SGX) securities and derivatives trading systems, one of the biggest market disruptions in recent years.
Wednesday, 5 November 2014
Museum even more disturbing than Yasukuni Shrine
While international attention has been focused on visits to Yasukuni Shrine by Japanese leaders, the museum is really more worrying. It draws attention to the lack of recognition in Japan of the Japanese role in World War II.
Black Listed Shops at Sim Lim Square
1. Mobile Air at 01-41
2. Mobile22 at 01-42
3. Mobile Apps at 01-50
4. Cyber Maestro at 02-77
5. Gadget Terminal at 02-80
6. Camera Talk at 02-91
7. Mobile Planet at 01-41
2. Mobile22 at 01-42
3. Mobile Apps at 01-50
4. Cyber Maestro at 02-77
5. Gadget Terminal at 02-80
6. Camera Talk at 02-91
7. Mobile Planet at 01-41
Monday, 3 November 2014
Haruki Murakami says Japan ignoring WWII, Fukushima role
Japanese writer Haruki Murakami has chided his country for shirking responsibility for its World War II aggression and the Fukushima nuclear disaster in an interview published Monday.
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US defender of Japan’s past makes dubious claims about bullying
Ikuyo Toyota says Japanese kids in California are being bullied because of history, but neither she nor any of the alleged victims can be found
Time for South Korea to face up to ugly obsession with plastic surgery
Backlash hits booming market as complaints of dodgy doctors and botched procedures double
Friday, 31 October 2014
Abu Dhabi changing its oil concession strategy
Western firms risk being left out as emirate looks to Asia for new industry partners
Thursday, 30 October 2014
Analysts abandon China’s Renren on failed growth
Renren Inc was touted the Facebook Inc of China when it debuted in New York in 2011. Today, it’s looking more like online flameout Myspace.
New taxi app takes disruption up a level
Singapore on Wednesday said hello to Hailo, a London-based taxi-booking app, and at least the fifth such third-party platform (after GrabTaxi, Easy Taxi, MoobiTaxi and UberTAXI) to hit the roads here in the last two years - a move observers say should further unnerve “traditional” taxi companies that continue to dismiss disruptive technologies.
Bar Association slams Occupy Central for flouting injunctions to clear streets
Protesters criticised by Bar for flouting court orders, as doctors sign petition to end sit-ins
Occupy leaders refuse to reveal who donated HK$1.3m that co-founder passed to HKU
Occupy Central last night declined to reveal the source of HK$1.3 million in donations that movement co-founder Reverend Chu Yiu-ming passed on to fellow organiser Benny Tai Yiu-ting.
Wednesday, 29 October 2014
AIIB: Yet another symbol of the changing balance of global power
The birth of the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) in Beijing’s Great Hall of the People last Friday is yet another reminder that the global balance of economic and political power is shifting. The United States is still a superpower but US-inspired regional institutions can no longer expect to have the field to themselves.
Tuesday, 28 October 2014
Sunday, 26 October 2014
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