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pharoah88 ( Date: 03-Sep-2010 12:03) Posted:
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stI 3888
stI 3000
fIne mEss
GENTING HK
GENTING SP
niuyear ( Date: 03-Sep-2010 12:22) Posted:
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The Law never says a child cant put a stick in his own month leh!
Who say this is a cigarette??
AK_Francis ( Date: 03-Sep-2010 12:06) Posted:
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Ha ha, those r duty unpaid cig. If he comes to Spore, he chia lat liao, cig so exp here.
pharoah88 ( Date: 03-Sep-2010 12:03) Posted:
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I tOld yOu !
swIng wIth the WAVE
OOUCH ! 
hE mIssEd the *ANNIVERSARY CRUISE*
pharoah88 ( Date: 03-Sep-2010 11:38) Posted:
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Bai shei, AK starting pay then was 90 as a regular recruit. After passing out as Private, ha ha mere 105, bad time ah.
But strange, in 2006 my son starting sal was 3200 leh, as d contract stated. Any reason, why the salaries variant so much over the yrs?
pharoah88 ( Date: 02-Sep-2010 18:11) Posted:
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Friday: 3 SEPTEMBER 2010
GENTING HK
*ANNIVERSARY CRUISE*
More pay for fresh grads
Ong Dai Lin
dailin@mediacorp.com.sg
SINGAPORE
“With the recovery this year, employers have upped the salary stakes for finding the best talent from this year’s graduating classes,” said Mr Victor Chan, the firm’s country head of Reward Information Services.
However, those graduating next year, could expect lower starting salaries.
Mr Chan said that due to uncertainties in the global economy, companies will be more cautious. He expects starting salaries for bachelor’s and master’s degree-holders to fall.
Ms Annie Yap, managing director of human resource consultancy firm AYP Associates, agreed with this assessment.
“If the economy is going to move the way that analysts have predicted, then starting salaries will drop,” she told MediaCorp.
The survey, which was conducted in July across 89 companies, also found that one in four organisations intend to increase or maintain the number of contract positions this year.
Mr Chan said: “With business cycles becoming increasingly shorter, reliance on contract staff will only increase.
This means that graduates should be more open to accepting contract positions, rather than holding out for permanent positions.”
Agreeing, the executive director of The Singapore Human Resources Institute, Mr David Ang, said the trend of contractual jobs is “becoming a fact of life”.
For diploma-holders, research and development jobs command the highest salary at $1,799. The average starting pay for diploma holders is $1,746.
— Fresh graduates this year are getting more pay, but only marginally. According to a survey by the management consulting firm, Hay Group Singapore, this year’s graduates command an average starting pay of $2,461 — only $28 more from $2,433 last year.Starting pay for fresh graduates
Industry 2009 2010 2011
(forecast)
Legal ....................................................... $2,565 $2,650 $2,392
Engineering ............................................ $2,597 $2,643 $2,607
IT & Telecommunications ................... $2,556 $2,623 $2,536
Research & Development ................... $2,598 $2,629 $2,527
Logistics & Supply Chain .................... $2,451 $2,510 $2,332
Finance & Accounting ........................ $2,445 $2,510 $2,400
Average for all jobs ============ $2,433 $2,461 $2,418
SINGAPORE
The panel, which included participants from public practice and executive search services, were gathered at a recent roundtable organised by the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA) Singapore and the Institute of Internal Auditors Singapore (IIAS).
IIAS president Uantchern Loh noted: “In the re-set world of corporate governance and regulatory compliance, we see a growing demand in the region for highly-qualified talents to be Certified Internal Auditors [CIA].”
And the dearth of post-graduate courses and niche specialist pathways in the accountancy field was cited as a concern, as such options would also be needed to meet the needs of foreign graduates, the panel pointed out.
It added that post-graduate courses which incorporate an Asian perspective could put Singapore in a better position to compete with European and American universities.
The panel also concluded that, while accountancy graduates here “were technically proficient, many of them had deficiencies in language skills”.
“This was considered a significant impediment as communication skills were critical in a high value-add services-based economy,” said the panel, which added that “more diverse skill sets are required today due to the rising complexity of the business environment”.
— The lack of post-graduate courses in accountancy could hamper Singapore’s bid to become an accounting hub, a panel of experts concluded yesterday.ESTHER NGThree in 10 elderly people at risk of malnutrition, survey shows
Claire Huang and S Mustafa
clairehuang@mediacorp.com.sg
SINGAPORE
The survey conducted on 421 relatively healthy elderly people aged 50 years and above found that the risk of malnutrition increases with age.
Only one per cent of the elderly respondents met the Health Promotion Board’s diet recommendations, according to the survey conducted from February to March by Abbott, a global healthcare company.
Others did not take enough foods which contain calcium, carbohydrates and fibre.
The survey also shows that those who
Dr Chan Kin Wing, a Senior Consultant Geriatrician with the Gleneagles Medical Centre, said: “I think this is very significant — three in 10 is about 30 per cent. If we were to look in terms of absolute numbers, we are looking at almost 300,000 older people who are at risk.”
Malnutrition makes the elderly more prone to falls and fractures, affecting their level of independence and adding to healthcare costs, Dr Chan said.
Meanwhile, the Centre for Enabled Living (CEL ) has received $1.7 million in funding to help it build its capabilities and undertake more projects.
One initiative is the two-month “LivEnabled” campaign — to be launched on Monday — to help frail, elderly and people with special needs take better care of themselves.
“We hope to drive home the message that with the right support and access to health and social services, one can live an enabled life and with dignity,” said Ms Lee Kwai Sem, CEL’s chief executive.
— The elderly in Singapore are not eating right — with a survey showing that three in 10 elderly people are at moderate-to-high risk of malnutrition.live in one and two-room HDB flats are at higher risk of malnutrition. That same predicament is faced by the elderly living in private apartments and condominiums.today Thursday September 2, 2010
Buddha bar in Indonesia ordered closed
JAKARTA
It also ordered licensee PT Nireta Vista Creative, the official Jakarta tourism agency and Jakarta Governor Fauzi Bowo to pay damages of 1 billion rupiah ($148,000) to the plaintiffs for distress.
The city authorities had failed to consider the religious sensitivities when they approved the licence, the judges said.
Mr Sunardjo Sumargono, a lawyer for the Anti-Buddha Bar Forum which filed the complaint on behalf of local Buddhists said: “The licence holder was found guilty of blasphemy and of using Buddhist symbols and ornaments at an inappropriate place”.
The plush lounge bar and restaurant is the France-based chain’s first franchise in Asia, but it sparked protests almost from the moment it opened in late 2008 in central Jakarta. Its trademark Oriental styling — including a large sitting Buddha figure which dominates the bar area — infuriated Indonesia’s Buddhist minority.