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I applaud the Government for launching the national Jobs Bank ("Jobs Bank kicks off with 16,000 positions"; Tuesday), which is among a slew of measures to protect the interests of Singaporean job seekers. The 16,000 positions on offer seem to suggest that there are many jobs out there, but employers are somehow unable to find... 

I refer to excerpts from the 26 Jun 2014 Straits Times report “Between the covers: The Chinese in Singapore”. It was reported that a book will be published next year detailing the history of Singapore’s Chinese as far back as 500 years before Singapore’s founding in 1819 by Sir Stamford Raffles. The book will draw evidence... 

DPM Tharman on SSGS in Parliament (8 Jul): "Investment returns in excess of the SSGS rates... are not simply hoarded away in our reserves. 50% of the returns from our reserves flow back to our annual Budget... This currently adds about $8 billion to the Budget annually... CPF monies are invested in SSGS that are guaranteed...