Ministry of Manpower spent $272,000 for designer chairs
Herman Miller’s Celle model IF YOU are a staff member working at the Ministry of Manpower's office in Kim Seng Road, count yourself lucky you may get to sit on a comfortable designer chair. The Ministry of Manpower (MOM) has spent almost $272,000 to buy a total of 472 Herman Miller chairs for its staff. The model Celle, which...
‘Ghost towns’ vs fewer homes
WHEN the Committee of Supply sat in Parliament recently, the National Development Ministry was asked if it could have anticipated the surge in demand for Housing Board (HDB) flats that has led to the record-high resale flat prices seen today. Could HDB and the Immigration and Checkpoints Authority, for example, have been more...
Insomnia for (Singapore) state investors
Singapore’s ambitious overseas investments have been hit by a series of crises – from the 9/11 attacks in 2001 to the 2007 global financial crisis and recession and now the earthquake and tsunami in Japan and Middle East upheavals. AS Singaporeans’ concern mount over the safety of millions of Japanese, a small group of...
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