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Ongoing review to help grow CPF nest egg
A STUDY to help Singaporeans earn higher returns on their Central Provident Fund (CPF) savings and enlarge their retirement nest egg is still ongoing, said Manpower Minister Ng Eng Hen. One issue to grapple with is how much risk Singaporeans are... [Read more]

Flow of festivities
THIS year's Singapore River Hongbao celebration will give revellers an insight into what life was like in ancient China. Focusing on Shenyang in north-east China, it will have a re-creation of the ancient Shenyang Imperial Palace. The capital of the Qing... [Read more]

New Delhi to develop port in Myanmar
NEW DELHI - NEW Delhi will invest US$130 million (S$200 million) to develop Myanmar's Sittwe port that will give India's landlocked north-east access to a new trade route to South-east Asia, an Indian official said yesterday.'We signed an initial agreement recently... [Read more]

Tonight's Summary
Four new lifestyle groups for members'AKAN datang'' (Malay for coming soon) will be more affordable and fun activities for workers.That was what the National Trades Union Congress' (NTUC) new secretary-general Lim Swee Say promised as part of the organisation's workplan this... [Read more]

Terrorists 'rigging stocks in India to raise funds'
NEW DELHI - TERRORIST outfits have tried to raise money for their activities by fixing stock-market operations in Mumbai and Chennai.'Isolated instances of terrorist outfits manipulating the stock markets to raise funds have been reported,' Indian National Security Adviser M.K. Narayanan... [Read more]

Much sacrifice and hard work go into distance learning
I REFER to the letter, 'Beware distance-learning degrees offered by private education organisations' (ST Online Forum, Feb 16), by Mr Lau Chin Loong.He mentions 'distance-learning degrees offered by private education organisations are not worth the paper they are printed on'.I felt... [Read more]

Descendants of Japanese war collaborators set to lose assets
SEOUL - SOUTH Korea is set to confiscate the property of about 40 descendants of people who collaborated with Japan during its 1910-1945 colonial rule, a minister said yesterday. The move comes after a special law was enacted in December 2005... [Read more]

Swee Say: Partial Workfare will get low-wage workers on CPF scheme
LET a low-wage worker pay half or less than the usual Medisave contribution. But let him get half or more of the Workfare bonus.This 'partial Workfare' approach is being recommended by the labour movement to help low-wage workers who are not... [Read more]

Lebanese rally to mark former PM's assassination
BEIRUT - AROUND 300,000 Lebanese took to the streets of Beirut yesterday to honour slain former premier Rafik Hariri two years after his death, and to show support for the anti-Syrian government. The highly charged demonstration came a day after bus... [Read more]

HK to attract big spenders
HONG KONG is hoping to draw big spenders to boost its tourism revenue this year, tourism chief Selina Chow said yesterday.Tourist arrivals may rise to 26.4 million this year, up 4.6 per cent from the last, she told media and industry... [Read more]

Stumped by the way I was treated by SingPost counter staff
I was at Chinatown Point Post office at about 10.20am on Feb 14 to send a parcel via Speedpost for a same-day delivery service locally.I told the woman who attended to me that I was sending a porcelain item and wanted... [Read more]