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16% of COEs were taken up by foreigners since 2011

The Minister of Transport, Lui Tuck Yew, revealed in Parliament today (10 Jul) that 16% of COEs were successfully bid by foreigners (including PRs), since the beginning of 2011. This works out to be 5440. Mr Lui said, "The total number of cars registered to individuals in 2011 and the first five months of 2012 was around 34,000." "84%...

Minister Chan on CHC: Not always possible to detect fraud in a governance review

MG Chan Chun Sing In the Parliment sitting yesterday (9 Jul), Nominated MP (NMP) Lawrence Lien asked why the governance review of seven charities in 2008 did not uncover the lack of compliance with regulations and the code of governance in City Harvest Church (CHC). The Acting Minister for Community Development, Youth and Sports...

Signs in Tagalog begin to appear in Singapore

(Photo Stomp) As more foreigners flood into Singapore, even signs in foreign languages are beginning to appear in Singapore scenes. In this particular photo of an 'Out of Order' sign captured by a netizen and reported by STOMP, it was written in 4 languages: English, Mandarin, Malay and Tagalog. It is not known how Tamil, which...