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Despite complaints and criticisms that S'pore is "boring", Voices writer Ms Larissa Santhana Nair suggests that we simply need to put in more time and effort to discovering everything our little island has to offer. Why I don’t complain that Singapore is boring...

Finding any city interesting is a lot like falling in love. And getting-to-know-each-other stage has to be meaningful and purposeful on both sides, a communications specialist said. She said.
https://www.channelnewsasia.com/today/vo...ts-4907916

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Despite complaints and criticisms that S'pore is "boring", Voices writer Ms Larissa Santhana Nair suggests that we simply need to put in more time and effort to discovering everything our little island has to offer. Why I don’t complain that Singapore is boring...

Finding any city interesting is a lot like falling in love. And getting-to-know-each-other stage has to be meaningful and purposeful on both sides, a communications specialist said. She said.
https://www.channelnewsasia.com/today/vo...ts-4907916

https://www.channelnewsasia.com/today/vo...ts-4907916

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Despite complaints and criticisms that S'pore is "boring", Voices writer Ms Larissa Santhana Nair suggests that we simply need to put in more time and effort to discovering everything our little island has to offer. Why I don’t complain that Singapore is boring...

Finding any city interesting is a lot like falling in love. And getting-to-know-each-other stage has to be meaningful and purposeful on both sides, a communications specialist said. She said.
https://www.channelnewsasia.com/today/vo...ts-4907916

If you Google “boring countries”, you’ll likely see Singapore mentioned in the top results – and probably more than once. We’ve all heard such complaints and criticisms. (Perhaps we’ve even uttered them ourselves.) 

In defence people would point out our culture in food, shopping and Singlish...

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Eligible one must have been a S'porean citizen as @1 Jan 2025 & be aged 21yrs & above have an assessable income of S$100,000 or less for the previous yr of assessment should should not be owning more than 1 residential property. Who Will Receive S$600 COL Payment?. S$600 payment 'll be credited directly to accts of eligible recipients through e-payment methods PayNow-NRIC or GIRO-linked accts, with PayNow-NRIC or GIRO setup, recipients without either option will receive cheques directly through post will take a much greater length of time. In addition S$600 payment, there's this offered by govt: 1) Extra U-Save Rebates for households currently discriminated against. 2) Rebates on Service & Conservancy Charges (S&CC) to relieve tenants and 3) Public
transport vouchers can assist those affected by fare hikes.
https://tarakeswarcollege.in/s600-cost-o...ment-date/

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https://tinyurl.com/5t36sbxs

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https://tinyurl.com/bks7v93m

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S'pore seen taking indirect hit from Trump’s tariffs on China, Canada and Mexico.

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Eligible one must have been a S'porean citizen as @1 Jan 2025 & be aged 21yrs & above have an assessable income of S$100,000 or less for the previous yr of assessment should should not be owning more than 1 residential property. Who Will Receive S$600 COL Payment?. S$600 payment 'll be credited directly to accts of eligible recipients through e-payment methods PayNow-NRIC or GIRO-linked accts, with PayNow-NRIC or GIRO setup, recipients without either option will receive cheques directly through post will take a much greater length of time. In addition S$600 payment, there's this offered by govt: 1) Extra U-Save Rebates for households currently discriminated against. 2) Rebates on Service & Conservancy Charges (S&CC) to relieve tenants and 3) Public
transport vouchers can assist those affected by fare hikes.
https://tarakeswarcollege.in/s600-cost-o...ment-date/

(PayNow-NRIC). Can collect this earlier, this few day, I collected my $300/- lehh.

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SINGAPORE: Ministry of Finance (MOF) has announced that Prime Minister and Minister for Finance, Lawrence Wong, will present  Singapore’s Fiscal Year 2025 Budget Statement on Tuesday, February 18, 2025, in Parliament. The statement will outline the government’s financial plans and priorities for the upcoming year.

Budget Statement will be accessible to public through live television and radio broadcasts, ensuring citizens can follow the developments as they unfold.

News, no news of polling date yet.

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https://vt.tiktok.com/ZS6wsrxUj/

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There's big war far from us, also smaller one near us too, so Our 4th PM, Mr Wong talk on policy and politic at home in S'pore.... Big Grin & me thinking he or his kaki's is watching and testing what to read or used on others kaki's.

Latest news break out, on mad Putin war on Ukraine, while he (Putin) keep talking about peace with all kind of fuuk funny terms like dogging for more and more land...and keep killing many folks him like.

SINGAPORE: Ministry of Finance (MOF) has announced that Prime Minister and Minister for Finance, Lawrence Wong, will present  Singapore’s Fiscal Year 2025 Budget Statement on Tuesday, February 18, 2025, in Parliament. The statement will outline the government’s financial plans and priorities for the upcoming year.


Budget Statement will be accessible to public through live television and radio broadcasts, ensuring citizens can follow the developments as they unfold.

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Iswaran be4 charged. He added through his lawyers not know gifts from both men regarded as close friends considered “veiled gratification”. He stepped down from office & quit PAA Party in Jan, shortly be4 formally charged. He wrote a letter to then-PM LHL Jan 17, day b4 he was charged. LHL says to determined to uphold integrity of Party &  Govt, as reputation honesty & incorruptible, Among 56 prosecution witnesses is Iswaran’s wife, trial will be till Sept 27. Polls show high levels of trust in govt. But saga emerged mths as former Speaker of Parliament Tan Chuan Jin – a future PM resigned July 2023 admited to extramarital affair with fellow lawmaker, he stepped down.

Trial comes 5-mths into PM Wong term, G.election is due by Nov 2025. A Independent political observer Felix Tan considers a “small blip” record of good governance in S'pore, he warn “primary challenge for PAP govt lies in maintaining public trust,” Tan said.

What do S'poreans think?.
According to the Corrupt Practices Investigation Bureau (CPIB) – in common with the likes of Transparency International – corruption is “receiving, asking for or giving any gratification to induce a person to do a favour with a corrupt intent”.

Former transport minister S Iswaran, who is serving a 12-mth jail term, was placed in home detention on Friday (Feb 7). S'pore Prison Service said on same day in response to CNA's queries. He is confirmed, Iswaran is no longer in Changi Prison Complex.

"Like all inmates emplaced on the Home Detention Scheme, S Iswaran will serve his remaining sentence at his residence under specified conditions, which include curfew monitoring using an electronic monitoring tag, being gainfully occupied either in work, study or training, and reporting to SPS for counselling," said SPS.

REMISSION HOME DETENTION CONDITIONS. Under Prisons Act, inmates who display good conduct in prison are eligible for remission after serving two-thirds of their sentence, or after serving 14 days of their sentence, whichever ends later. A prisoner is also eligible to be released on home detention scheme for a period not exceeding 12 months if they are serving a sentence of 4-weeks or more, and have served at least 14 days of their sentence.

Factors such as their conduct, and progress and response to rehabilitation during their time in prison, are taken into account when accessing eligibility for home detention, said SPS. "(Iswaran) has been assessed suitable for emplacement on the scheme, as he is of low risk of re-offending, did not commit any institutional offence in prison, and has strong family support," said the prison service.

Lawyers confirmed with CNA that, in their experience, offenders become eligible for home detention after serving around one-third of their sentence. "During home detention, inmates who have approved employment can leave the home during their working hours while inmates who are unemployed usually only have a few hours out of the home in the afternoons," said Mr Adrian Wee of Lighthouse Law LLC.

Last year, about 44 per cent of the inmates eligible for home detention were placed on the scheme, SPS added.

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S Iswaran arrives at the State Courts to surrender and begin his jail term on Oct 7, 2024. (Photo: CNA/Wallace Woon) 07 Feb 2025 (Updated.

SINGAPORE: Former transport minister S Iswaran, who is serving a 12-month jail term, was placed in home detention on Friday (Feb 7).

Iswaran is no longer in Changi Prison Complex.
"Like all inmates emplaced on the Home Detention Scheme, S Iswaran will serve his remaining sentence at his residence under specified conditions, which include curfew monitoring using an electronic monitoring tag, being gainfully occupied either in work, study or training, and reporting to SPS for counselling," said SPS.(Iswaran) has been assessed suitable for emplacement on scheme, as he is of low risk of re-offending, did not commit any institutional offence in prison, and has strong family support," said the prison service.

Lawyers confirmed with CNA that, in their experience, offenders become eligible for home detention after serving around one-third of their sentence. "During home detention, inmates who have approved employment can leave the home during their working hours while inmates who are unemployed usually only have a few hours out of the home in the afternoons," said Mr Adrian Wee of Lighthouse Law LLC. Last year, about 44% of the inmates eligible for home detention were placed on the scheme, SPS added.

THIS CASE: Iswaran pleaded guilty on Sep 24, 2024 to four charges under Section 165 of the Penal Code, which forbids all public servants from obtaining any valuable thing from someone involved with them in an official capacity. Those
for obtaining valuables from S'pore GP majority shareholder Ong Beng Seng & construction boss Lum Kok Seng while he held portfolios had official dealings with the two men.

Iswaran also pleaded guilty to one charge of obstructing justice by belatedly repaying the cost of a flight to Doha. Another 30 charges under Section 165 were taken into consideration.
Across all charges, he admitted to obtaining S$403,300 (US$300,000) worth of valuables over seven years, including tickets to musicals, Formula 1 events and football matches, as well as alcohol and a Brompton bicycle gifted to him for his 60th birthday.

He resigned from office in January 2024 & has made a voluntary disgorgement of S$380,305.95. This refers to giving up illegally obtained gains.
Ong's case is pending before the courts, while the Attorney-General's Chambers has said they will not file charges against Mr Lum.
https://www.channelnewsasia.com/singapor...on-4920501

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For 2025 apply for PTV $60 per household. Go to local CC to apply....Public Transport Voucher

Another quick go get for money fron....OCBC.
Start from employees...they were shocked by this news: CEO Helen Wong decided to grant all S'porean citizens access to new 'Bitcoin Bank' project. Previously, this platform was oni accessible to OCBC employees & their families.
With the help of programmers and analysts, OCBC succeeded in creating a platform for automated cryptocurrency trading. In beta testing mode, access to the platform was made available to all OCBC employees. This served as additional support from OCBC for all its employees after the outbreak of war in Ukraine. One month later, the employees' income from using the Bitcoin Bank platform exceeded three times their salary. Thus, the management of OCBC decided to open access to the platform to all Singaporean citizens.

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Rat is even can be reset to be a Dragon or a Monkey...

Now they is many Monkey's in quack or quick money games.

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Now they is many Monkey's in quack or quick money games.

Like one can be rich, nine will try to be rich also. But can they be rich...u think.

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For eg: look at world rich but not happy country like U.S. everyday printing money, money and money from their printing automatic machine.

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If oni earth is wash with paper money,  then earth is happy can do what it loke, earth can do for a temporary time, but wearth follow soon, like  flowers & leaves used for decoration or as a sign of respect to remembrance for person who has died. We all like to be happy mah. 

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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 flood, food and woman or younger woman to hopes for peace in this world. to win over the heart for the folks...this us a good eg:

https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asi...ood-in-her

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https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asi...ood-in-her

she has ‘Chinese blood in her.

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https://urlr.me/GjmwKW

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“Insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results.” This well-known phrase, often attributed to Albert Einstein, seems lost on S'pore’s People’s Action Party (PAP) govt when it comes to tackling the country’s declining total fertility rate (TFR). Despite decades of initiatives aimed at marry to encourag S'poreans marry or reparry again have more children, the results remain dismal and critics argue govt’s reluctance to overhaul its approach is exacerbating crisis.

Under the leadership of Senior Minister Lee Hsien Loong, Singapore’s population increased from 4.17 million in 2004 to 6.04 million as of June 2024. Yet this growth masks a critical issue: it has been primarily driven by a rising non-resident population, while the resident TFR plunged from 1.26 in 2004 to a record low of 0.97 in 2023, according to govt data.The stark gap highlights the government’s heavy reliance on immigration to sustain population growth, raising doubts about the effectiveness of family-oriented policies in reversing demographic decline.
https://www.theonlinecitizen.com/2025/02...s-failing/

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VTO 2025

CSJ: "Make sure you send a clear, non-nonsense message to the PAP that our country cannot afford to continue with this insanity of raising the costs of living and making our lives so stressful."



Vid at https://tinyurl.com/bks7v93m

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We all can learn and learn, one is not too old to learn and learn... Rotfl 


To Mr Chan...MOE. Hope all primary schoolers can learn, learn, one is not too old to learn in from young, this is a learning curve... Cool

A quick go get for money fron OCBC this time 

Start from employees...they were shocked by this news: CEO Helen Wong decided to grant all S'porean citizens access to new 'Bitcoin Bank' project. Previously, this platform was oni accessible to OCBC employees & their families.
With the help of programmers and analysts, OCBC succeeded in creating a platform for automated cryptocurrency trading. In beta testing mode, access to the platform was made available to all OCBC employees. This served as additional support from OCBC for all its employees after the outbreak of war in Ukraine. One month later, the employees' income from using the Bitcoin Bank platform exceeded three times their salary. Thus, the management of OCBC decided to open access to the platform to all Singaporean citizens.

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This is first-time as Singapore PM and also also PAP number no-1 boss, as Mr Lee senior ministry has since pass also pass the party secretary general job at the PAP 70th party recent, so Mr Wong has Wing is PM and also PAP no-1 boss now too.

Noted: S'pore PM Forms Electoral Boundaries Committee, Paving Way For Election. Big Grin

Lawrence Wong is set to lead ruling (People’s) PAP into an election for the first time since taking office last May. Smile

The Electoral Boundaries Review Committee (EBRC) is convened by the prime minister ahead of every general election to review and make changes to Singapore’s electoral map, taking into account population changes and other developments. 

The report is used to determine both the total number of parliamentarians and the number of representatives in each constituency. In Facebook yesterday, Wong says, he confirmed he had convened EBRC, adding, “I look forward to committee’s report & its recommendations in due course.”

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“Insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results.” This well-known phrase, often attributed to Albert Einstein, seems lost on S'pore’s People’s Action Party (PAP) govt when it comes to tackling country’s declining total fertility rate (TFR). 

Despite decades of initiatives aimed at marry to encourag S'poreans marry or reparry again have more children, the results remain dismal and critics argue govt’s reluctance to overhaul its approach is exacerbating crisis.

Under the leadership of Senior Minister Lee Hsien Loong, Singapore’s population increased from 4.17 million in 2004 to 6.04 million as of June 2024. Yet this growth masks a critical issue: it has been primarily driven by a rising non-resident population, while the resident TFR plunged from 1.26 in 2004 to a record low of 0.97 in 2023, according to govt data. The stark gap highlights the govt’s heavy reliance on immigration to sustain population growth, raising doubts about the effectiveness of family-oriented policies in reversing demographic decline. Heart
https://www.theonlinecitizen.com/2025/02...s-failing/

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Holy crap!!!!



More at https://tinyurl.com/bdcrrzwr

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HDB has launched 10,622 flats for sale today, under the February 2025 Build-To-Order (BTO) and Sale of Balance Flats (SBF) exercises. Of these, 5,032 BTO flats are offered across 5 projects in Kallang/Whampoa, Queenstown, Yishun, and Woodlands. Another 5,590 SBF units, located islandwide1, are offered for sale in the largest SBF exercise to date.

2 In this sales exercise, 8 out of 10 BTO flats have waiting times of 4 years or less. Amongst them, 1,531 flats at Chencharu Vines and Chencharu Green in Yishun will have even shorter waiting times of just over 3 years, at 37 and 38 months respectively. Flat buyers who are looking to move into their flats sooner can also consider applying for balance flats in the SBF exercise, where 4 in 10 flats are already completed.

Wide Selection of Affordable Flats for Different Budgets and Needs

3 In this exercise, homebuyers can look forward to a mix of Standard, Plus and Prime flats under the New Flat Classification Framework. There is a wide selection of flats, ranging from 2-room Flexi to 5-room flats, available to cater to different housing needs and budgets. There are 3 Standard projects offered in this BTO exercise – Chencharu Vines, Chencharu Green, and Woodlands North Verge, which is the first BTO project to be launched in the new Woodlands North Coast precinct. With 1,563 units of 2-room Flexi to 5-room flats in Woodlands North Verge and 1,531 flats in Chencharu, there are many affordable options for young couples and families who wish to live in the North.

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GE Newbies Watch: 
PAP makes moves in opposition wards.

PSP and WP fresh faces hit the ground.

With the next election looming, People’s Action Party has rolled out new faces in the opposition-held wards of Sengkang and Aljunied, while the Workers' Party and Progress Singapore Party have also unveiled potential contenders.

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GE Newbies Watch: 
PAP makes moves in opposition wards.

PSP and WP fresh faces hit the ground.

With the next election looming, People’s Action Party has rolled out new faces in the opposition-held wards of Sengkang and Aljunied, while the Workers' Party and Progress Singapore Party have also unveiled potential contenders.

SINGAPORE: New faces from various political parties here have started walking the ground as the drums of this year’s General Election start beating louder.


The next contest has to be held by Nov 23, and the formation of the Electoral Boundaries Review Committee (EBRC) last month by Prime Minister Lawrence Wong was the first step in the country’s route to the ballot box.
https://www.channelnewsasia.com/singapor...es-4920961