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Dear Mr Dan Buettner, I refer to the 7 Dec 2010 Straits Times report of your seven tips to happiness. Tip No.1: Sleep between 7.5 to 8.5 hours every night According to the 7 Mar 2005 ACNielsen report "Sleepless in Asia: 40% of Asia Pacific Consumers; One in Two Singaporeans Awake Past Midnight", 59% of Singaporeans get only... 

Dear Straits Times, I refer to the 16 Dec 2010 article by Mr Jeremy Au Yong. Mr Au Yong points out that the claim by Mr Buettner of Singapore being one of the happiest in the world is based on comprehensive polls and studies over seven decades by Gallup, the World Values Survey and the World Database on Happiness. That unfortunately,... 

A few days before Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong spoke  at the fifth anniversary celebrations of the Community Care Endowment Fund (ComCare) on 2 Dec 09, Ireland has set out its four-year plan  to make 15 billion euros in savings by 2014 hoping to bring down its record deficit (Reuters Nov 24). Most of the savings will be...