*****2011.10.15 (Sat)
***Yahoo: NTUC, employers tussle over foreign workers issue
*NTUC *measures to reduce employers' reliance on foreign workers *labour movement
*****2011.10.14 (Fri)
***piaroh: Try Harder
*real income over ten-year time frame *inflation *GDP growth
***transitioning: Political reasons why our government restricting graduate enrolment?
*university cohort participation rate *employment *political reasons?
*****2011.10.12 (Wed)
***reach: President's Address (12th Parliament) (Theme - A Home We Share .. A Future We Build Together)
*parliament *presidents' address *TTKY
***lhzb: 雨树雨中倒下 压毁路过德士
or asiaone: Taxi driver trapped by fallen tree at Lower Delta
*lower delta rd *strong wind *heavy rain
***singstat: Singaporeans in the Workforce
or lhzb: 国人实际月入中位数10年增11％ 但收入最低20％全职受雇者几乎没增长
*employment rate *income *excerpts: ... The growth in individual income, coupled with an improving employment rate, also boosted incomes of citizen-headed employed households. The median monthly household income from work per household member grew by 40% or 3.4% p.a. in nominal terms and 20% or 1.8% p.a. in real terms from 2000 to 2010. Households at the bottom 20th percentile had flatter but still positive growth of 34% or 3.0 % p.a. in nominal terms and 8.1% or 0.8% p.a. in real terms ...
*****2011.10.10 (Mon)
***TOC: Of politics and policy, canvassing and engagement
or 360.wow.space: 写在新国会会期前和在民选总统选举之后 - Part 2
*parliament 12th *politics vs policy *party interest vs national interest vs electorate's interest *excerpts: ...And if you take a closer look at the Facebook activity of many Members of
Parliament, it is clear that they continue to be elections-driven, playing up
grassroots activities and interactions with residents through meet-the-people
sessions. If our elected representatives are permitted to do some naval-gazing
online, these pages best describe it. The problem is, these ramblings are too
painfully obtuse to even be amusing ...
*E103M
***atan1: Ironies of the reopening of revolutionary’s villa
or YT li345feng: Trace The Footsteps of Dr. Sun Yat Sen 探索孙中山之足迹
*revolution *violence vs non-violence *Sun Yat Sen *Francis Seow *PAP
*E103N
*****2011.10.07 (Fri)
***asiaone: Monkey attacks at Hort Park rampant, spark search
*monkey attacks *southern ridges *hortpark *closed since last Thursday - 2011.09.29
*****2011.10.05 (Wed)
***TOC: Lee Kuan Yew, Goh Chok Tong and 4 others step down from PAP CEC
*PAP *CEC *LKY *GCT *LBH *GY *WKS *LHH
*****2011.10.03 (Mon)
***YT market2garden: Circle Line Discovery 2011 - Stations (HarbourFront to Caldecott) and Circle Line Art
or singaporedesk: The Circle Line of Life
or todayonline: Circle Line Art! The final destination(s)! A sneak peek!
*circle line *MRT *circle line discovery *art and commuter *HarbourFront to Caldecott
*E103M
***globalpublicsquare: Overturning Lee Kuan Yew's legacy in Singapore
*election *presidential *general *PAP *politics and policies
***sonofadud: Fat Tails and Unknown Unknowns
*pulau bukom *shell petroleum complex *fire *explosion *conflict of interest
*E103C
*****2011.10.01 (Sat)
***wildshores: A glimpse of Bukom after the fire
or gccapitalideas: Oil Refinery Fire, Bukom Island, Singapore
or chinapost: Crews battle blaze at Singapore Shell refinery
*pulau bukom *shell petroleum complex *fire *explosion
