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Poetry, Songs, Lyrics, Fine Arts, Compositions Topic: Wisdom vs. Intelligence
Little Egret
Posted: Tue Sep 02, 2008 2:23 am
Replies: 21 443
A judge in Singapore, the late Mr Lai Kew Chai, once told a lawyer, M. Ravi who was always interrupting when judges gave their decision: “Once you recognise you are young, that is the beginning of wisdom.” That was in 2003 on Sep 19 and is as valid as ever. This being my 500[sup]th[/sup] post, I sha...
Research and Information on Sciences Topic: Biomarkers for Breast Cancer
Little Egret
Posted: Sun Aug 31, 2008 3:31 pm
Replies: 0 15
Medical researchers at Boston Children’s Hospital have found that a few drops of urine can reveal which women may be at risk for breast cancer. These women’s urine exhibits much higher levels of the angiogenesis-promoting proteins MMP-9 and the related enzyme ADAM-12 which might be used as biomarker...
Business, Economics, Money and Macro issues Topic: Temasek Acquisitions - Part 2
Little Egret
Posted: Sat Aug 30, 2008 3:40 pm
Replies: 16 189
I was replying to the poster whom I don’t agree with on her view. Is giving my reasons name calling and accusations by Goobai's definition? What about all those little quotes posted by someone earlier – do you consider them compliments and not name calling? Since you’ve joined in the foray without c...
Business, Economics, Money and Macro issues Topic: Temasek Acquisitions - Part 2
Little Egret
Posted: Fri Aug 29, 2008 9:16 am
Replies: 16 189
I guess as much someone would come to rescue when that poster had no more ammunitions but blanks in his pouch. Come on, Hot Chilly , be more direct and I can then respect you better. Yes, I do throw great punches sometimes to opponents in the ring to labour a point where nice words simply prolong th...
Education and Academic Issues Topic: Want a PhD to append to your name?
Little Egret
Posted: Fri Aug 29, 2008 4:12 am
Replies: 2 41
At least 218 people in Singapore, mostly Singaporeans, are flaunting faked degrees they had bought off-the-shelves on the internet. Their MBAs and PhDs were churned out from a dozen degree mills with names sometimes resembling those of bona fide US universities. The Straits Times uncovered how wide-...
Business, Economics, Money and Macro issues Topic: Temasek Acquisitions - Part 2
Little Egret
Posted: Wed Aug 27, 2008 4:46 pm
Replies: 16 189
Poor Man had earlier posted a lot criticising Temasek’s investments. He has now changed gears to say that he is not the sort of "talent" who would qualify as a "financial expert". The latest results of Temasek’s performance have proven him wrong and he doesn’t need to wait for 3...
Southeast Asia Topic: Where will Mahathir go?
Little Egret
Posted: Wed Aug 27, 2008 6:28 am
Replies: 1 30
Mahathir had earlier vowed that he would leave Malaysia should Anwar win the by-election. Now that the electorate in Penang had decided and Anwar won, would Mahathir carry out his “vow”? Or was it hot air he had belched? Assuming that he can keep his word about leaving Malaysia, which country would ...
Business, Economics, Money and Macro issues Topic: Temasek Acquisitions - Part 2
Little Egret
Posted: Wed Aug 27, 2008 6:08 am
Replies: 16 189
So “Poor Man is not a financial expert” after all, which he now says, that I thought he was. His comments on financial matters come mainly from correspondents ‘without names’ in the Asia Sentinel website. Just some information on that website: Asia Sentinel was founded in 2006 primarily to criticise...
Southeast Asia Topic: Future PM Anwar
Little Egret
Posted: Tue Aug 26, 2008 3:12 pm
Replies: 16 192
Here are the final results announced by the Election Commission.
Anwar – 31,195 votes (66.64%)
Business, Economics, Money and Macro issues Topic: Temasek Acquisitions - Part 2
Little Egret
Posted: Tue Aug 26, 2008 2:35 pm
Replies: 16 189
Temasek has made a net profit of S$18.2 bn (US$12.8 bn) in the year to March 31, more than double the previous year’s profit of S$7.1 bn. Like all sovereign wealth funds, Temasek is in the business of buying and selling companies and assets unlike the Widows & Orphans Funds which invest primaril...
Southeast Asia Topic: Future PM Anwar
Little Egret
Posted: Tue Aug 26, 2008 2:14 pm
Replies: 16 192
Anwar has won at least 65% of the votes garnered which could rise to 70% once all votes are tallied. Barisan National has also conceded defeat giving the excuse that it is the underdog. Anwar will become the leader of the opposition during the interim. Soon, he will set in motion to change the gover...
Business, Economics, Money and Macro issues Topic: Temasek Acquisitions - Part 2
Little Egret
Posted: Tue Aug 26, 2008 1:40 am
Replies: 16 189
Why are some foreigners, so involved in the nitty-gritty of how Temasek should be run? Do they have shares in that company and are not receiving their regular dividends because they think it is losing money? Or their retirement money in CPF might be in jeopardy and could be lost by Temasek when most...
Leisure Activities Topic: Citizen Gong Li
Little Egret
Posted: Sun Aug 24, 2008 7:33 am
Replies: 3 51
Welcome onboard this year’s No 133 citizen who is none other than Gong Li who doesn’t need any further introduction.
Beijing Olympics 2008 and Tibet issues Topic: Displaying Bad Sportsmanship to the extreme
Little Egret
Posted: Sun Aug 24, 2008 6:56 am
Replies: 0 39
The athlete who displayed bad sportsmanship to the extreme is probably Cuba’s taekwondo exponent, former champion Angel Valodia Matos who kicked the Swedish referee on the head, who had disqualified him in a bronze-medal bout at the Beijing Olympics. He chased the referee as soon as he was disqualif...
Education and Academic Issues Topic: Are scholarships in Singapore awarded other than on merit?
Little Egret
Posted: Sat Aug 23, 2008 4:15 pm
Replies: 3 94
The long article by a writer quoted above says a lot, but of little value. Let’s be short and precise without those sociological theories to distract the true intent. Scholarships should be awarded based on academic merits alone, and not on race, what kind of home you live in and who your parents ar...
Business, Economics, Money and Macro issues Topic: Richest Royals in the world
Little Egret
Posted: Fri Aug 22, 2008 10:16 am
Replies: 1 28
Not much is known about the generosity of these wealthy Royals in their country. They can’t take all the wealth with them when they leave this world. In some sovereign states, the Royal’s wealth is actually part of the state’s wealth. In those cases, part of the revenue generated by the state annual...
Business, Economics, Money and Macro issues Topic: Temasek Acquisitions
Little Egret
Posted: Fri Aug 22, 2008 9:47 am
Replies: 32 409
Chung roger’s summary (if it could be called a summary at all) was nothing but a heap of personal insinuations against another poster who didn’t share his view. What facts and figures had he contributed to support or defend his many staccato statements he posted which did not carry any explanations ...
Poetry, Songs, Lyrics, Fine Arts, Compositions Topic: Wisdom vs. Intelligence
Little Egret
Posted: Thu Aug 21, 2008 7:34 am
Replies: 21 443
We learned in school physics how the properties of electricity were related by the equation: I = V/R. If Trinity can be so simply explained using the properties of electricity, then we can also use equation or formula to relate the properties of Trinity. No amount of sermons on earth can explain the...
Social Issues Topic: S'poreans and S'pore citizens: Is there a big difference?
Little Egret
Posted: Wed Aug 20, 2008 10:02 am
Replies: 2 32
There have been some comments lately on the demographic statistics of Singapore that if there are not enough children being born in Singapore, Singaporeans will one day be outnumbered and become a minority people in their own country. I tend to believe this in the light of rising influx of foreigner...
Research and Information on Sciences Topic: Brain Cancer Due to Heavy Mobile Phone Usage?
Little Egret
Posted: Tue Aug 19, 2008 9:21 am
Replies: 8 111
A neurosurgeon says more young people in Singapore are running the risk of getting brain tumour. He attributes this to the increasing usage of cellphone by the young these days. This was not the phenomenon 10 years ago. A similar study in Sweden also points to the risk of heavy cellphone usage, espe...
General : The World and Foreign Policy Topic: Preah Vihear Disputes between Thailand and Cambodia
Little Egret
Posted: Mon Aug 18, 2008 7:32 am
Replies: 9 136
Border talks burdened by ancient rivalry Straits Times, Aug 18, 2008 By Nirmal Gosh, Thailand Correspondent Thai historian Charnvit Kasetsri, a former rector of Thammasat University, and Chulalongkorn University's political science professor Puangthong Pawakapan have been on a lonely campaign acros...
Philosophy, Stories, Experiences Topic: Much Ado about Nothing
Little Egret
Posted: Mon Aug 18, 2008 5:08 am
Replies: 6 57
Sang Nila is after all a middle age “he” and not a “she” that I now found out.
Poetry, Songs, Lyrics, Fine Arts, Compositions Topic: Wisdom vs. Intelligence
Little Egret
Posted: Mon Aug 18, 2008 4:47 am
Replies: 21 443
Wisdom evolves from intelligence. They both co-exist to a great extent in one’s life. A baby can be born with intelligence but has no wisdom. As he grows older he acquires wisdom in tandem with his increase in intellectual capacity. So a man cannot be wise if he lacks intelligence on which wisdom is...
Southeast Asia Topic: The Rise of Foreign Talent in Singapore – an ongoing debate
Little Egret
Posted: Sun Aug 17, 2008 4:20 am
Replies: 16 160
The number of foreigners in Singapore passed the one million mark for the first time last year as more and more expatriates head there, transforming not just Singapore’s economy but its community as well. It used to be just three ethnic enclaves in Singapore: Chinatown, Little India and Kampong Glam...
Business, Economics, Money and Macro issues Topic: Temasek Acquisitions
Little Egret
Posted: Fri Aug 15, 2008 1:30 pm
Replies: 32 409
I agree with the moderator in general. It appears to be quite conclusively that you are either writing for Singapore Press Holding or an arm of Singapore Inc. It is also not a platform for insinuations such as above, which if left unchallenged may be construed as truth. Let's have experience to lear...
Business, Economics, Money and Macro issues Topic: Temasek Acquisitions
Little Egret
Posted: Thu Aug 14, 2008 1:42 pm
Replies: 32 409
A good debater does not quit. A debater with no substance does. I don’t claim patronage to anyone. Since Chung Roger had brought out Dr Goh’s name, I was asking him not to bandy a well-known personality’s name to impress. Surprisingly for a non-upstart, what are you doing outside of Singapore. They ...
Business, Economics, Money and Macro issues Topic: Temasek Acquisitions
Little Egret
Posted: Thu Aug 14, 2008 7:14 am
Replies: 32 409
Chung Roger , you’ve reduced yourself to the level of casting insinuations when you’re unable to defend what you had said in your long post. I’ve suggested that it be put in some proper chronological order that the facts and fiction could be discerned. You don’t care to respond. If you need to chal...
Business, Economics, Money and Macro issues Topic: Euro Zone may be the first to slip into recession.
Little Egret
Posted: Thu Aug 14, 2008 6:50 am
Replies: 2 36
Japan’s economy had contracted in the 2Q this year due to falling exports and weak consumer spending, sending it to the brink of its first recession in six years. Its GDP shrank by 0.6% in the three months to June from the previous quarter and by 2.4 % when compared to the same period a year ago. Th...
Business, Economics, Money and Macro issues Topic: Temasek Acquisitions
Little Egret
Posted: Wed Aug 13, 2008 10:37 am
Replies: 32 409
Chung Roger: The above is a story and bear no reference to facts or real life. Readers are welcome to read and draw on their own intuition. You’ve described it yourself – it’s only a story. I believe your story could make a fantastic money-making Hollywood movie by mixing facts with fiction which y...
Global Concerns Topic: International Fraud
Little Egret
Posted: Wed Aug 13, 2008 10:09 am
Replies: 8 124
I’ve read news reports of people being cheated by strangers who wrote to them about sharing some stolen wealth and they got poorer by being greedy. Here’s a typical email that I’ve received. So beware of such tricks, folks! Date: Tue, 12 Aug 2008 14:04:58 -0700 (PDT) From: "Rose Okoye"<...
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