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NTUC leader Ong Ye Kung said he would not look too much into quarterly figures for productivity

Dpty Secretary-General of NTUC, Ong Ye Kung: I would not look too much into the quarterly figures... NTUC said that Singapore's productivity may take further hits in the last two quarters of this year (i.e. 3rd and 4th Qtrs), if the slowing global economy impacts Singapore. According to the data provided by the Singapore Department...

Ng Eng Hen: Difficult to understand why Cpl Fahrurrazi drowned

The late CPL Fahrurrazi whose body was found in a Brunei river. He was involved in a river crossing exercise in Brunei. (Photo: Screengrab from Facebook) The preliminary findings from the post-mortem of Cpl Fahrurrazi showed that his death was due to drowning. He was involved in a river crossing exercise in Brunei when the incident...

S’pore is now richest in the world (?)

According to the Wealth Report 2012 published by Knight Frank and Citi Private Bank, Singapore was the richest country in the world in 2010 in terms of GDP per capita (i.e, total output of a country divided by the population). And it is expected to continue to be at the top in 2050. The GDP dollar estimates are derived from...