Breaking news: Lighthouse Evangelism Pastor Rony Tan issues public apology on his remarks about Buddhism
Written by Our Correspondent Lighthouse Evangelism Pastor Rony Tan has just issued a public apology for his remarks made about Buddhism a few weeks ago on his website: The apology was broadcast over Channel 5 news on 8 February 2010 at 2130 hours. According to a report by Channel News Asia, the Internal Security Department (ISD) has called up Pastor Rony Tan "in connection with his comments and insinuations about Buddhism and Taoism at his church sessions." It is not known if further action will be taken against Pastor Tan. Pastor Tan made the remarks a few weeks ago to his congregation and ...
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By Damon Yeo It was mid-December 2007 [A] when the Government of Singapore Investment Corp. (GIC) made a whooping 11 billion Swiss francs (S$13.8 billion) investment in UBS. There was news earlier in the summer of 2007 about how the US housing market was showing signs of slowing down, but some of the major financial institutions were still raking in record profits and numerous equity indices were nearing their all-time highs. UBS was amongst the first of the banks to show signs of cracking. A day before GIC announced its investment, the bank had just announced a write-down of US$10billion[1] and the money ...
Sentosa IR hiring card dealers in Taiwan
Written by Our Correspondent According to a Straits Times report today, Resort World Sentosa (RWS) will be hiring 150 card dealers in Taiwan who are expected to be paid around $1,800 monthly. The advertisement was posted on Taiwan's 1111 Job Bank website. RWS spokesman Robin Goh told the Straits Times that RWS remained "highly committed" to hiring locals as its priority which includes both citizens and PRs. About 70 per cent of the nearly 7,000 staff on RWS's payroll are locals. The quoted figure is irrelevant as it does not give an exact breakdown of the percentage of Singapore citizens. Foreign workers can be fast-tracked ...
Time for Singapore opposition to come up with a Common Policy Framework
OPINION The next general election will be a watershed in the history of Singapore. With young Singaporeans joining the electorate and public sentiments turning against the ruling PAP, the opposition stands a fighting chance of denying the PAP its traditional two-third majority in Parliament. An increasing number of Singaporeans including even PAP supporters are starting to accept the idea of a two-party system to ensure the continuing survival and prosperity of Singapore. Being a small nation without any natural resources, human resource is our greatest asset. We need not only one strong ruling party, but one credible opposition or government-in-waiting as well ready ...
Another old 5-room resale HDB flat in Telok Blangah asking for nearly S$1 million dollars
Written by Our Correspondent Three days ago, we put up an advertisement of a 5-room HDB flat in Marine Parade selling for an eye-popping S$990,000. Now we have another 5-room flat in Telok Blangah asking for S$999,000, $9,000 more than the earlier flat: From the photos above, the flat appears to be situated in an older part of Telok Blangah and is at least 30 years old which means that it has at most 60 - 70 years left on its lease since all HDB flats are 99-year old properties. The exorbitant prices asked by some property agents is a sign that the red-hot ...
VIDEO: Lighthouse evangelism pastor Rony Tan’s comments on Buddhism
Written by Our Correspondent An angry reader emailed us video clips of a speech made by Pastor Rony Tan from Lighthouse Evangelism in Singapore which appeared to have ridiculed Buddhism: "This info was posted in hardwarezone forum. It is about two youtube video clips showing this Pastor Rony of a church called Lighthouse Evangelism in Singapore ridiculing the Buddhism religious. The video were posted on 01 Feb 2010. The news is spreading in the forum. Unfortunately, the religious disharmony in Malaysia could be spreading to Singapore by foolish and irresponsible people." They were initially posted on his website, but has since been removed. ...
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