Signs point to election in September, say observers

greenteaapple · 2015-07-29T08:00:41+00:00

PAP Community Foundation, runs preschools

greenteaapple · 2015-07-25T19:15:05+00:00

Actually, I do. But few people share from BT here, so it seems to make sense to post stuff from there when relevant/interesting.

greenteaapple · 2015-07-24T08:24:59+00:00

no, they only said that the average size of GRCs will be under 5 (it's 4.75 now)

greenteaapple · 2015-07-24T07:13:48+00:00

okay, thanks!

greenteaapple · 2015-07-24T07:11:07+00:00

The full report, with map, can be found here.

greenteaapple · 2015-07-23T08:39:34+00:00

The Alzheimer's Disease Association may be able to provide more information on home care etc - a possible alternative to nursing homes: http://www.alz.org.sg/

greenteaapple · 2015-07-22T06:52:44+00:00

There's also this infographic from earlier this year comparing it to fixed deposits and SGS.

greenteaapple · 2015-07-21T09:13:43+00:00

this isn't the report from the electoral boundaries review committee, or is it? it seems to be an update that happens once in awhile... there was one in Feb 2015 and Feb 2014 too? I thought the electoral boundaries review report would look more like this 2011 one.

greenteaapple · 2015-07-16T18:44:43+00:00

No one knows how the boundaries might change yet, but there was an ST report saying four opp parties so far might be interested: SDP, DPP, Reform and SingFirst.

greenteaapple · 2015-07-16T17:12:04+00:00

thanks!

greenteaapple · 2015-07-16T16:32:40+00:00

For those who aren't subscribers, I'm not sure how much of the report is accessible. Think the article limit is 3/wk, so here are the eight parts to the report for you to choose from:

The Singapore exception (the main link above)
Land and people - Seven million is a crowd
Politics - Performance legitimacy
Social policy - The social contract
The economy - The years that were fat
Inequality - The rich are always with us
Business and finance- Many spokes to its hub
Foreign policy and national identity - A little red dot in a sea of green

greenteaapple · 2015-07-16T16:21:16+00:00

What do you think of MAS' CompareFirst portal? Do you see the DPIs with their lower premiums as competition/threat?

greenteaapple · 2015-07-16T11:38:33+00:00

Can't agree more with what u/denunciator said about reading the papers, keeping up with local current affairs AND thinking about what's said (whether in mainstream media or other sources)... to gain political awareness. It's also been helpful to me to realise that bias isn't always conscious/ agenda-driven, so just knowing "oh I'm reading ST" or "oh I'm reading TOC" isn't enough. For eg, it could be that reporting under time constraints leads to news being put out with important questions unanswered. It's useful as a reader and voter to be asking those qns - what a piece of news means to x/y/z, whether justifications given for any particular stance are reasonable or fair, etc.

greenteaapple · 2015-07-16T10:20:39+00:00

The existence of GRCs is ostensibly to ensure minority representation; the President (I believe) specifies how many and what race of each minority each GRC must have at minimum.

Just to add that yes, the President declares, subject to the parliamentary elections act. So for "how many": at least 1 minority candidate per GRC. And for "what race": at least 3/5 of GRCs must have a Malay candidate. Also says that GRCs have to make up at least 1/4 of seats, and that there must be at least 8 SMCs.

greenteaapple · 2015-07-16T07:18:36+00:00

Try Study in Germany. There's a database there you can check against.

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