TLC sold US$65m art piece for ‘peanuts’
US$2.3m, was what CapitaLand’s subsidiary, Raffles Holding, a painting for in 2005. Now it’s worth US$65m and rumoured to be heading to The Museum of Islamic Art, Doha, Qatar. A work by Zao Wou-Ki (1920-2013) that hung in Raffles City for years and yrs (commissioned by I M Pei the architect of the place and of the Doha...
Ministerial Salary Exchange in Parliament
I refer to the online reporting by Mothership arising out of the Parliamentary debate between Mr Pritam Singh and DPM Teo on the decent amount top cats are expected to be paid, along with the hidden perks. What really surprised me was the shifting position taken by the Workers' Party (WP) not too long ago, from being a Loyal...
Thanks to the PAP, only in Singapore do we have oddities like NCMP, GRC and REP
What kind of a species is the Non-Constituency Member of Parliament (NCMP)? The answer: one of a kind, which cannot be found anywhere else in the world. An MP that is not elected by the people? An MP without a constituency? An MP who can speak in Parliament but cannot vote? An MP that ranks among the “best losers” in an...
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