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Singapore Moves A Step Closer To Legalising Euthanasia?
No, not at all, the government says. What the government — its Health Ministry, at least — is contemplating is to “broach the idea” of making changes to the Advance Medical Directive, or living will, which instructs doctors “not to artificially prolong the life of a terminally-ill patient with machines,” the Straits Times reported.
The island [...]
The Problem With John “Mr-Know-It-All” McCain, Is, There’s Nothing That He Doesn’t Know
The problem with Senator John McCain, the US Republican presidential candidate, is he knows. And he tells the American people that he is a person who knows everything, and therefore, needs no on-the-job training.
Would you rather have for a president a candidate who says he knows, or one who shows that he knows?
In the second [...]
Myanmar Casts Long Shadow Over Upcoming Asean Summit
IN LESS THAN a month from now Singapore will host the 13th Asean Summit, the highest-level meeting in the annual calendar of the 10-member grouping.
The meeting will be significant as the grouping is celebrating its 40th anniversary this year and for the first time in its history, the leaders are set to sign a landmark [...]
Meanwhile In The Philippines…
BLOGGERS AND ONLINE community reacted angrily to a June 2007 article in People Asia magazine by columnist Malu Fernandez, accusing her of blatantly insulting overseas Filipino workers (OFWs). In her column, titled “From Boracay To Greece”, she had written about her experience being in the same flight with the OFWs.
She wrote among other things about [...]
Singapore To Make Re-employment Of Older Workers Mandatory
SINGAPORE WILL INTRODUCE a new law from 2012 making it mandatory for employers to offer re-employment to workers beyond their retirement age of 62.
For a start, re-employment will be offered to workers up to age 65 and later will be pushed up to 67, said Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong.
In his annual National Day Rally [...]
Ageing Pains: Singapore Mulls Rising Retirement Age
AGEING POPULATION, HIGHER life expectancy and rising medical costs are forcing Singapore to re-think its employment policies and may raise the retirement age of workers from the current 62.
The move would ensure workers continue to draw salary beyond the age of 62 to help them cope with old age and address concerns about insufficient pension [...]
Tiny Singapore Is Big On Greening
WHAT DO ACTS of investing and tree planting have in common? Both are about doing today what may grow to bring a return in the future, but don’t just take that from this reporter.
Listen to Warren Buffet, the American capitalist dubbed the world’s most successful investor, who said in one of his famous quotes that [...]
