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(29-10-2024, 12:13 PM)Tee tiong huat Wrote: Both Nostradamus and Baba Vanga foresee 2025 as a year of war and catastrophe. Are this two U.S.A. president hopeful prepared?. Big Grin
Nostradamus’s 1555 writings warned of “cruel wars” involving “those from the like Russia war on Ukraine lands in Europe.” He ominously added that “the ancient plague will be worse than enemies,” implying severe, possibly biological, threats on a scale previously unknown.
S'pore’s largest money laundering prosecution for benefits from drug dealing.
OMG.
https://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/c...ered-1-27m
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(01-01-2025, 10:15 PM)Tee tiong huat Wrote: S'pore’s largest money laundering prosecution for benefits from drug dealing.
OMG.
https://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/c...ered-1-27m
Lian had pleaded guilty to five charges – one for drug trafficking and four for money laundering. Another 18 charges, for drug-related offences and money laundering, were taken into consideration.
Lian admitted instigating another Singaporean, Tan Guosheng, to be in possession of not less than
249.99g of methamphetamine for the purpose of trafficking.
Amount specified in charge is just below the 250g threshold for the death penalty.
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(25-09-2024, 10:59 AM)Tee tiong huat Wrote: (Singapore closes in on Hong Kong’s population, tops 6 million for first time)
This increase in S'pore’s population was largely driven by non-residents, including foreign workers and international students. The total population rose 2% from a year ago to touch 6.04 mil as of June, mainly to 5% growth in number of non-residents to 1.86 million – a group includes foreign workers’ dependents and international students, according report released on Tuesday.
Citizen numbers increased 0.7% to 3.64 mil, & permanent residents climbed 1.2% or, 0.54 mil.
PM Wong said his decision is not tied to a political calendar, when asked if he intends to complete his rounds. Next general election is due to be held by November 2025.
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(01-01-2025, 10:28 PM)Tee tiong huat Wrote: PM Wong said his decision is not tied to a political calendar, when asked if he intends to complete his rounds. Next general election is due to be held by November 2025.
Singapore's 2025 Budget will be delivered by Prime Minister Lawrence Wong on Tuesday, February 18, 2025.
The budget will outline the government's spending plans for the coming financial year and will focus on a number of key themes, including:
Cost of living
The budget is expected to address the cost of living and provide support for those with young children.
Jobs
The budget will focus on helping people improve their skills and earning potential, and will build on existing initiatives like SkillsFuture.
Economic strategies
The budget will outline economic strategies for the next period.
SG60
The budget will strengthen Singaporeans' sense of unity and solidarity as the country celebrates 60 years of independence.Tax processes
Businesses are hoping for simpler tax processes, including less documentation, simpler filing methods, and more readily available tax advising services.
The Ministry of Finance (MOF) has been consulting with the public on the budget through a number of channels, including:
Singapore Budget website:
www.singaporebudget.gov.sg
Reach Budget 2025 microsite: go.gov.sg/budget2025
Reach Singapore Facebook page: www.facebook.com/REACHSingapore
Reach Singapore Instagram page: www.instagram.com/reachsg
PA Ask Kopi Kakis #shareyourviews webpage: go.gov.sg/akksyvb25
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(31-12-2024, 11:15 PM)Tee tiong huat Wrote: Singapore CDC Voucher Payout Date for 2025:
The Singaporean government offers the CDC voucher through the Community Development Council (CDC) to support S'poreans with their shopping fulfill the basic needs of the Households.
https://www.rsfcsc.org/singapore-cdc-vou...yout-date/
S'PORE: S'porean households can claim and use S$300 (US$220) in Community Development Council (CDC) vouchers from Friday (Jan 3). CDC vouchers, meant to help households manage cost of living challenges, are for use at participating hawkers, heartland merchants & supermarkets.
This CDC vouchers part of enhancements to the Assurance Package during Budget 2024.
Singaporean households can claim S$300 CDC vouchers from Jan 3
03 Jan 2025: S'porean households can claim and use S$300 (US$220) in Community Development Council (CDC) vouchers from Friday (Jan 3) for use at participating hawkers, heartland merchants and supermarkets. Private coffee shop operators were recently onboarded as participating merchants, with about 600 coffee shop stalls providing budget meal options and accepting CDC vouchers.
Similar to the previous rounds, the vouchers can be claimed digitally at go.gov.sg/cdcv.
Valid until Dec 31, 2025. After claiming the vouchers, claimant will receive an SMS with a unique voucher link sent from "gov.sg" to their registered mobile number. This link can be shared with other household members. Similar to previous rounds, half of the vouchers can be spent at participating heartland merchants and hawkers, and the rest at supermarkets.
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(30-04-2024, 10:33 AM)Tee tiong huat Wrote: This is what outside happening this moment, while we all of us is watching on our hand hp, all this is about war, flood, food and hopes for peace in this world.

Ukraine prepares to hit Russia with Trembita missiles....missiles.
https://newsukraine.rbc.ua/news/ukraine-...02156.html
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(05-01-2025, 05:28 PM)Tee tiong huat Wrote: Ukraine prepares to hit Russia with Trembita missiles....missiles.
https://newsukraine.rbc.ua/news/ukraine-...02156.html
Describing this weapon. Journalists note missile only 7-ff long (about 2 m - ed.) and weighs 200 pounds (about 100 kg - ed.).
“The Trembita combines a loud pulse jet engine with a simple structure – tube-shaped fuselage & sq wing & simple guidance. GPS, in this case. That simplicity lends Trembita its best feature: its low cost,” the authors note.
Basic Trembita has been under development since 2023, costs only 10,000 dollars. has a range of only 90 miles (almost 145 km - ed.) & a 40-pound warhead (over 12 meters - ed.).
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(23-12-2024, 04:49 PM)Tee tiong huat Wrote: How to Withdraw Money?
Once one turn 55, individuals can withdraw funds from their CPF accts. They can apply for a withdrawal through official CPF portal.
1) Here are steps to withdraw CPF funds: Complete Form: All fields in the application form must be filled out, as they are mandatory.
2) Partial Withdrawal: There is no requirement to withdraw the full amount; individuals can specify the amount they wish to cancel.
3) Account Update: Before submitting form, ensure your acct details, including contact info, are current.
4) Identity Verification: Applicants must verify their identity using S'pore’s Face Recognition software integrated into the form.
5) Receive Funds: Upon successful registration, the withdrawn funds will be deposited through PayNow or direct transfer within a few weeks.
For info....ONLY!. 2nd half of Jan2025, your CPF Special Acct (SA) will be closed if you are aged 55 & above.☺️
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(07-01-2025, 12:26 PM)Tee tiong huat Wrote: For info....ONLY!. 2nd half of Jan2025, your CPF Special Acct (SA) will be closed if you are aged 55 & above.☺️
Note: This no-1 to 5 Option... Big Grin
1. Transfer OA Savings to RA for higher monthly CPF LIFE payouts
2. Keep the money in your OA and enjoy 2.5% interest
3. Invest OA Funds via the CPF Investment Scheme (CPFIS)
4. Withdraw CPF savings for investments and insurance outside of CPFIS
Withdraw CPF savings for immediate needs
Ready to start?. Yours retirement by viewing your
cashflow projection: Plan tab on & See U finances 10, 20 or ✌️even 40 years ahead.☺️
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Jan 7, Singapore and Malaysia inked an agreement on the new Johor-Singapore Special Economic Zone for business and investment at the 11th Malaysia-Singapore Leaders’ Retreat in Putrajaya, Malaysia
https://youtu.be/50pGKOAz0qY?si=ibiha27bMum3JfjK
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(08-01-2025, 05:36 PM)Tee tiong huat Wrote: The Straits Times logo
ISD detains S'porean Dickson Yeo, who spied for China, for acting as paid agent of foreign state
Dickson Yeo has been detained under the Internal Security Act for two years.PHOTO: DICKSON YEO/FACEBOOK
Hariz Baharudin
UPDATED Jun 16, 2021, 05:53 AM
SINGAPORE - A Singaporean man who had worked for China's intelligence services since 2015 has been detained for two years under the Internal Security Act (ISA) for being a threat to Singapore.
Dickson Yeo, 40, had acted as a paid agent of a foreign state, said the Internal Security Department (ISD) on Tuesday (June 15).
He was arrested by ISD on Dec 30 last year, after he was deported to S'pore from United States upon completion of a 14-month jail term for spying for China in the US. Yeo was issued an order of detention under the ISA on Jan 29.
"He had also tried, but failed, to secure employment in the Singapore Government sector to further his information-gathering activities. Yeo had carried out these activities over a period from 2016 until his arrest in the US in 2019," said ISD.
The department said investigations are ongoing and that Yeo's continued detention is necessary to allow the ISD to find out the full extent of his activities.
During a trip to Beijing in 2015, Yeo was recruited by Chinese agents who claimed to represent think-tanks. He was studying for a doctorate at the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy at the National University of Singapore at that time.
US court documents show he admitted to being offered money in exchange for political reports and information, initially on South-east Asia, before focusing on the US.
He also made numerous trips to meet the Chinese agents he was in contact with, trawled social networking sites to find targets and was directed to set up a fake consulting firm, Resolute Consulting - the same name as a renowned US firm.
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(30-04-2024, 10:33 AM)Tee tiong huat Wrote: This is what outside happening this moment, while we all of us is watching on our hand hp, all this is about war, flood, food and hopes for peace in this world.

The world is turning to new forms of electricity to try to slow the overheating of the planet, and one U.S. company is marking another first in the nuclear power industry.
Westinghouse, the behemoth that helped industrialize America, has cleared a preliminary hurdle to have a 5-megawatt microreactor tested in two years, as Interesting Engineering reported.
The front-end engineering and experiment design phase has been completed, and the machine is one of three that could be evaluated at the world's first microreactor test bed, per a Department of Energy news release.
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(08-01-2025, 07:27 PM)Tee tiong huat Wrote: The world is turning to new forms of electricity to try to slow the overheating of the planet, and one U.S. company is marking another first in the nuclear power industry.
Westinghouse, the behemoth that helped industrialize America, has cleared a preliminary hurdle to have a 5-megawatt microreactor tested in two years, as Interesting Engineering reported.
The front-end engineering and experiment design phase has been completed, and the machine is one of three that could be evaluated at the world's first microreactor test bed, per a Department of Energy news release.
https://www.datacenterfrontier.com/energ...ta-centers
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Hypertension, hyperglycemia, and hyperlipidemia are becoming more prevalent in modern society, & the incidence of these conditions also trending towards younger age groups. crying
Cardiovascular diseases are now the leading cause of death globally, & its largest contributing factors are terrible
"
three highs" (high blood pressure, high blood sugar, and high blood cholesterol). Bigeyes
Omg
OMG
What can we do to effectively prevent the three highs?.
Let introduce a method that can help reverse the three highs, even if one has suffered from them for many years! This's a very important lesson!.
心脑血管疾病已成为人类死亡的 “头号杀手”,而最大的病因,就是可怕的三高!.
高血压、高血糖、高血脂,在当今社会越来越普遍,患病趋势也逐渐年轻化。我们该怎么做,才能有效预防高血压、高血糖、高血脂?.
患有多年的三高,竟然通过一种方法,能轻松逆转?.
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(06-05-2024, 12:06 AM)Tee tiong huat Wrote: Silly me, I can't control what is next in the Tiktok video is coming...just hope is work... Tongue Blush
https://vt.tiktok.com/ZSFEahXFc/
This is what outside happening this moment, while we all of us is watching on our hand hp, all this is about war, flood, food , out the space and about Sun and our solar system, hopes for peace in this world. Heart Tongue
HERE: is as much of an issue with relativistic speeds due to a phenomenon discovered in particle accelerators known as relativistic pinch. Essentially, due to time dilation of traveling at relativistic speeds, there isn't enough relative time experienced by electrons to start pushing each other apart to any meaningful degree.
Calculations in paper show such a beam can provide power out to 100 or even 1,000 AU, well past the point where any other known propulsion system would be able to have an impact. It can shows at the end of the beam powering period, a 1,000 kg probe can be moving as fast as 10% of the speed of light – ✓✓✓allowing it to reach Alpha Centauri in a little over 40 years.
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(13-07-2024, 09:02 PM)Tee tiong huat Wrote: Mr Tharman’s who won the presidential election with "Ong Lai" with 70.4% win.
President Tharman espoused his campaign In the book, "Ong Lai" pineapple adopts in campaign slogan: Respect for all fruits popular options like rambutan & tangerine, to lesser-known ones chock-full of references for fruits. Presidential office adds a disclaimer.
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All Singaporeans aged 20 years and below, and 55 years and above, will also receive AP MediSave top-ups totalling $450 over three years. The disbursements are made annually, from 2023 to 2025. At Budget 2024, a $1.9 billion enhancement to the AP was announced to help alleviate cost-of-living pressures for Singaporean households and provide more support for lower- to middle-income families.
Eligible recipients will be sent an SMS after the benefits have been credited in February. Those without a Singpass-registered mobile number or who do not receive an SMS will have a letter sent to the address on their NRIC. All AP MediSave recipients aged 16 and below will receive a letter addressed to their parents or guardians, informing them of the top-up to their child’s CPF account. To safeguard against scams, the SMS notification sent from gov.sg will only inform citizens of their benefit. Citizens will not be asked to reply to the SMS, click any links or provide any information to the sender. No messages regarding the payments will be sent through WhatsApp or other mobile messaging platforms.
Citizens can check on govbenefits website by logging in with Singpass or also contact 1800-2222-888 or go.gov.sg/apcontactus for more information. From Jan 3, every S'porean household can also claim $300 worth of CDC vouchers to help with daily expenses. A total of 1.33 mil households will benefit from 6th tranche of CDC vouchers can be used at 23,000 heartland merchants’ stores & hawker stalls & at about 400 outlets of eight supermarket chains.
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@Budget-2024, $1.9B enhancement to AP was announced to alleviate cost-of-living S'porean hse holds, lower-mid income families, recipients'll be sent SMS benefits have been credited in Feb, those w/out a Singpass-registered mobile nos? or do not receive SMS will have a ltr sent to address on their NRIC,
all AP MediSave recipients aged 16 & below'll get a ltr add to parents or guardians, informing them topup to their child’s CPF acct.
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For 2025 apply for PTV $60 per household. Go to local CC to apply....Public Transport Voucher
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SINGAPORE: Ng Chee Meng, Secretary-General of the National Trades Union Congress (NTUC), faced backlash over his recent remarks, which were perceived as downplaying Singaporeans’ anxieties about job security. Ng had cited an NTUC survey indicating that 34% of workers, including professionals, managers, and executives (PMEs), expressed concerns about potential job security issues in the next three months. He attributed these concerns to disruptions caused by advancements in robotics, artificial intelligence (AI), and the uncertain economic outlook for 2025.
https://www.theonlinecitizen.com/2025/01...-concerns/
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This is what outside happening this moment, while we all of us is watching on our hand hp, all this is about war, flood, food and hopes for peace in this world....and more raining in Singapore
Non-stop heavy downpours to resume Jan 17 to 19 as a second monsoon surge descends....
https://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/n...e-descends
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(24-11-2024, 02:09 PM)Tee tiong huat Wrote: As secretary-general for Singapore's People's Action Party (PAP) Lawrence Wong said he will put together the best team & renew ahead, strengthen party ahead of upcoming General Election, which has to be held by the end of?…see more
https://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/p...hey-so-far
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Non-stop heavy downpours to resume Jan 17 to 19 as a second monsoon surge descends....
https://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/n...e-descends
$200-$400 Cost of Living Coming for All Singaporeans in January 2025.
Apart from above, S'porean residing in HDB Flats with no more than one property might be eligible for a disbursement of one-off B2025 Cost Living U-Save in April, July, October 2025, & Jan 2025...
https://gsfk.org/singapore-200-400-cost/
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Police orders to restrict bank transfers will be ‘last resort’ after engaging with scam victims: Sun Xueling. New law expands beyond its original digital scope to traditional cheating cases.
SINGAPORE’S police will issue orders for banks to limit scam victims’ transactions only as a last resort, after exhausting all other means to protect them, said Minister of State for Home Affairs Sun Xueling in Parliament. This is provided for under an anti-scam law passed on Tuesday (Jan 7), which has been expanded beyond its original digital scope to apply to traditional cheating cases as well. In the debate on the Protection from Scams Bill, Sun addressed concerns about the intrusiveness of restriction orders, which can be issued by specified officers such as the police and commercial affairs officers.
Orders can be issued if there is “reasonable belief” the person will transfer funds to a scammer. However issuing officer must first explore other interventions & issue the restriction order only if these other attempts fail, she said in her closing speech. “These interventions could include engaging the relatives of the victims or other persons,” she said in response to Nominated MPs Usha Chandradas and Razwana Begum, who asked about other scam risk mitigation measures.
For example, an officer may get a scam victim’s sibling to agree to monitor the victim’s bank transactions via a joint account, and advise the victim against further transfers to scammers. In this case, the officer may not have to issue a restriction order.
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This is what outside happening this moment, while we all of us is watching on our hand hp, all this is about war, flood, food and hopes for peace in this world.

World’s three richest people—Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos, and Mark Zuckerberg—will attend Trump’s inauguration and have a prominent spot at the ceremony. The tech moguls will be seated together on the dais alongside former Presidents, Trump’s family, and Cabinet nominees.
But....comes a little surprise that Musk, the X owner & Tesla and SpaceX CEO.
Who donated more than a quarter-billion dollars in campaign funds to help elect Trump, would be invited to inauguration. Musk has remained at Trump’s side after campaigning with him & was tapped by Trump to co-lead a new Dept of Government Efficiency. Meanwhile...
Bezos, the Amazon founder also owns Washington Post, decided to withhold newspaper’s endorsement of Harris over Trump in presidential race. Meanwhile, Zuckerberg, >Meta CEO, has apparently tried to earn favor with Trump in recent mths, reshuffling his lobbying staff & content moderation policies by replacing 3rd-party fact-checking with user-written “community notes.” He when on to reportedly co-hosting a black-tie reception Monday with Republican megadonor Miriam Adelson to celebrate Trump’s inauguration.
Shou Zi Chew, the CEO of TikTok, also plans to attend Trump’s inauguration & was reportedly invited to sit on same dais as other tech executives. Trump has embraced TikTok, it faces ban in U.S. on Jan. 19, even though in his first term he tried to block app in the U.S. and force its sale to an American company.
Other Big Tech executives who will reportedly be in attendance are Sam Altman, CEO of OpenAI; Sundar Pichai, CEO of Google; Tim Cook, CEO of Apple & Dara Khosrowshahi, the CEO of Uber.