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New housing subsidy to cost Govt $150M a year, really?

Minister of National Development Khaw Boon Wan In a Facebook posting on 28 August 2013 [Link], National Development Minister Khaw Boon Wan said that the Special CPF Housing Grant (SHG) of up to $20,000, which is being extended to middle income families (earning up to $6,500) buying HDB 4-room BTO flats, will cost the Government...

Facebook rejects 30% requests from S’pore Govt for its user info

According to a report Facebook published on Wed (28 Aug) titled "Global Government Requests Report", it revealed that a total of 71 countries have made requests to Facebook asking for more information about its user accounts in the first 6 months this year. Facebook explained that it wants to make sure that the people who use...

Empty ballot boxes for PE 2011 found in school storeroom

TR Emeritus (TRE) has received a series of photos purportedly of empty ballot boxes from a concerned anonymous reader. The reader found five of these boxes in a school storeroom. He took pictures of the boxes with a newspaper dated 22 August 2013 to show that they were still around as of last week. He said that the boxes have...