MM Lee reflected on Singapore population challenge, which is how to coax Singaporeans to have more kids, during NUSS dialogue 20 March 2009. I would like to offer a possible explanation, based on Game Theory, to Singapore population’s dilemma. Please refer to below diagram:
The numbers indicate the descending order of desirability (1 is most desirable).
I [...]
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March 22, 2009
Singapore Population’s Dilemma: A Game Theoretic view
August 2, 2008
F&N at a glance
Website: http://www.fraserandneave.com/.
Singaporeans are familiar with F&N’s non-executive chairman, Mr. Lee Hsien Yang, not only with recent controversy about his pay package of $1.25 million a year, but also with his father, Minister Mentor Lee Kuan Yew, and his brother, Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong.
F&N has three main business units:
Properties, represented by Frasers Centrepoint. Currently account [...]
August 1, 2008
Singapore Job Market Q2 08
Taken From Business Times, 1 August 08.
The jobless rate stood at a seasonally adjusted 2.3 percent in June, up from 1.7 percent in December last year and 2 percent in March this year, according to preliminary estimates by the Ministry of Manpower.
Employment rose by 70,600 in the second quarter, lower than the 73,200 gained in [...]
June 22, 2008
A Skeptic View on Semiconductor Industry in Singapore
In Straits Times (ST) few days ago, our beloved PM Lee, said that Semiconductor is a vital industry. Thus, he said, “The government remains committed to working with semiconductor companies to understand their needs, reduce the obstacles they face, and help them succeed in this exciting but challenging environment”
Straits Times also reported that Siltronic and Samsung [...]
June 17, 2008
Singapore Job Market Summary Q1 2008
From Straits Times:
Employees’ real wages in Manufacturing, Transport, & Administration fell, after taking effect of inflation rate (at 26-year high of 6.6%)
From Business Times:
Most job opening in Services sector, while most retrenchments in manufacturing sector.
3 in 4 workers laid off in Q1 2008 were manufacturing workers.
Over two third of the workers affected were in their 30s & [...]
June 3, 2008
Indonesian with money = Singaporean?
The Straits Times (ST), today reported the following news
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Mr. Singgih Gunawan, a Singapore businessman, pays $332k for 12 bottles of 1990 Domaine de la Ronanee-Conti, which is described as the scarcest, most expensive wine in the world. He has been in Singapore for 6 years, and now split his time between Indonesia and Singapore.
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Well, no matter [...]
May 31, 2008
The New-Singaporeans Stain
A novel titled “The Human Stain“, tells a story about a black man who spent his entire professional life passing as a white man. A scene that particularly interesting is when he brings home his white girlfriend, and introduce her to his black mother. His girlfriend broke down in tears when she find out that [...]
