Singapore Insights

Singapore Press Holdings (SPH) celebrated its 25th anniversary by unveiled its new logo yesterday. According to the article, “the logo, comprising overlapping letters, conveys the group’s drive to engage and connect with its audience and enrich their lives; its dark blue shade stands for stature and stability”
Below is the comparison between the new and old [...]

With reference to my earlier post on telco operators bundling netbooks with the mobile broadband plans, I’ve done some research myself and thought might as well share it with you guys out there.
M1 has partnered with Dell to integrate mobile data connectivity into their latest Dell™ Inspiron™ Mini 9. This means you can enjoy broadband [...]

Yes, I know that this topic has been mentioned over and over again with the “Speak Mandarin Campaign”. But I just happened to read an article about MM Lee elaborating the advantages we as Singaporeans have over the other nations.
I’ll put in some quotes from MM Lee’s speech here:
“If you’ve got 100 gigabytes here, then [...]

Probably another big “hoohah” around town. Shopping Malls, Clubs, Buildings, are all going to turn off majority of their lights to celebrate Earth Day. According to my knowledge, Earth Day started just two years ago, and the event was created to promote the awareness of saving the earth, preventing global warming, etc. In Singapore, the [...]

I was just sitting around thinking about the current recession and possible means of investment in this critical times. One option that came into my mind is putting some of your spare cash into the stock market. Banks these days give miserable interest, and moreover, putting money in banks is not a gaurenteed thing anymore.
Big [...]

I really hope the job credit scheme works out. At first we seem to lose out to foreigners in jobs like construction related types, and other blue collar jobs. Hmm maybe the word losing out isn’t quite right, as we tend not to be picky with our job selection. Anything that relates to hardwork, construction [...]

8 Tiger Prawns for $239. That means each prawn costs about $30 each. WOW. Thats what happened to a few tourists at Singapore’s famous Newton Hawker Centre.
Newton Hawker being one of Singapore’s more popular tourists attraction that serves local cuisines like Satay, BBQ Seafood, etc, should be seriously looked into by the authorities. Singapore Tourist [...]

The economy still looks awfully bleek. I think even the government thinks so, as a portion of the national reserves is going to be taken out as a resort to try to improve the local economy.
According to today’s Straits Times, 16,880 jobs were lost last year with the PMETs being hit the hardest. In another [...]