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Why polls this year possible

Source: The Straits Times Forum Page A2, 21 Feb 2009
Article by: Aaron Low, Political Correspondent

The most compelling indicator of an early election is actually history.

In 2001, then Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong called an election just two months after the Sept 11 attacks in the United States.

Many had described the situation then as being exceptional.

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Here in Singapore

Ponderings of the mind amidst the recession

Everyone’s been talking about how the world recession is affecting Singapore. It seems there’s no end to the bad news hitting us from abroad. Nobody knows when the avalanche of bad news will bottom out. Every few days, a new high-profile scam is exposed elsewhere in the USA. Such news impact us badly because the sooner [...]

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Retirement. Forget it!

Source:  http://www.littlespeck.com/content/careers/CTrendsCareers-090125.htm , Retrieved 6 Feb 2009
Article by: Seah Chiang Nee, Editor

I was moved to write this after reading a recent article by Chris Farrell, in The Business Week, in which he said: “There is a major social and cultural message in the current economic collapse for the future retirees of America: Forget retirement.

“That’s right. The [...]