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Hi all, as above question........ say i got $50k cash, which FD account has highest interest? pls dun tell me about whatever investment scheme or whatnot.... not interested in investments for this sum of $$.

Hi, Just wonder, what do u guys think is the best ways to sell car so that I can fetch the highest price. Will some dealers able to match the price equivalent to selling direct? The problem about selling direct to buyers is the transaction of money, car test drive etc... Unwilling to part with my almost 3 yrs civic but my car is under utilised nowadays.

China 12 March (BelTA - People's Daily) - Magine walking between a group of skyscrapers, not on the ground but over the rooftop - you would soon be able to do so in China. Construction workers in the city of Chongqing, south-west China, are building a huge rooftop corridor that connects six 60-storey towers at 820 feet high. Stretching 984 feet like a horizontal skyscraper, the enormous glass-walled structure is nearly as long as The Shard in London laid on its side. Once completed, the innovative sky bridge will have a glass-bottomed outdoor observation deck. From there, daredevil visitors will be able to enjoy the views of the Yangtze River and Jialing River merging at Chongqing's Chaotianmen area, one of the oldest part of the mega metropolis with some 30 million residents. Measuring 98 feet in width and 74 feet in height, the lofty passageway is the crown jewel of an ambitious £2.7 billion project that comprises eight skyscrapers: six at 820 feet tall and two at 1,148 feet tall. The passageway will comprise 3,200 pieces of glass and 4,800 aluminium panels and weigh a staggering 12,000 tonnes, the equivalent of 1.5 Eiffel Towers or 20 Airbus 380 planes. The humongous complex, called Raffles City Chongqing, is invested by Singaporean real estate company CapitaLand which owns a chain of shopping malls and office buildings across China. Occupying an area the size of 170 football fields, the eight-building complex is designed by Canadian-Israeli architect Moshe Safdie, who is also the brain behind Singapore's landmark Marina Bay Sands. To build such a huge structure on top of multiple skyscrapers is a complicated process. According to CapitaLand, workers are constructing it in nine parts. Four of them are built directly on top of the four buildings in the middle. Three sections used to connect the buildings are constructed on the ground. They will then be hoisted up by hydraulic strand jacks and attached to the side of the buildings to form a continuous passageway with four neighbouring parts. The remaining two segments situated on both ends will be built in short sections from the rightmost and leftmost towers. They will connect the corridor to the two adjacent buildings via cantilever bridges. Each of the three between-building sections weighs 1,100 tonnes, and the first section has been lifted up and mounted to the side of two towers. The entire rooftop passage is expected to complete by the end of June this year, according to a spokesperson from Raffles City Chongqing. In addition to the vertigo-inducing observation deck, it will contain two swimming pools, various restaurants and meeting rooms; while the eight skyscrapers will have luxury homes, shopping malls, offices and hotels. The whole complex is scheduled to open in stages from 2019. Five of the eight buildings have topped out so far. As a country passionate about skyscrapers, China is planning and building some of the world's most dramatic high-rise projects. According to Shanghai-based news site Jiemian.com, nearly 70 per cent of the worldwide skyscrapers were built in China in 2016, which already has half of the world's 10 tallest buildings. A previous report from China Economic Weekly said by 2022, China will have a total of 1,318 skyscrapers - or high-rise building taller than 498 feet. Read full text at: http://eng.belta.by/society/view/chinese-workers-are-building-a-glass-corridor-above-four-60-storey-towers-109919-2018/ If you use BelTA’s materials, you must credit us with a hyperlink to eng.belta.by.

But only #4 for women... http://www.guardian.co.uk/society/2012/dec...ancy-world-rise The Global Burden of Disease Study 2010 (GBD 2010) is the largest ever systematic effort to describe the global distribution and causes of a wide array of major diseases, injuries, and health risk factors. The results show that infectious diseases, maternal and child illness, and malnutrition now cause fewer deaths and less illness than they did twenty years ago. As a result, fewer children are dying every year, but more young and middle-aged adults are dying and suffering from disease and injury, as non-communicable diseases, such as cancer and heart disease, become the dominant causes of death and disability worldwide. Since 1970, men and women worldwide have gained slightly more than ten years of life expectancy overall, but they spend more years living with injury and illness.

Hey guys. When making a car purchase decision, I believe in doing research online first before heading down to do the test drive. So specs on paper will determine what goes into my shortlist. I realise that sgcarmart shows the bhp for used cars. Problem is, I do not know which models to start off with. I'm looking more at semi-luxury used cars. Like Camry, C-class kinda range. Which are the models with high bhp : price ratio Please advise.

Real Madrid bao 4 out of the top 6, total spent £285m!! 1st Gareth Bale Tottenham to Real Madrid = £86m 2nd Cristiano Ronaldo Manchester United to Real Madrid = £80m 3rd Luis Suarez Liverpool to Barcelona = £75m 4th James Rodriguez Monaco to Real Madrid = £63m 5th Zlatan Ibrahimovic Inter Milan to Barcelona = £59m 6th Kaka AC Milan to Real Madrid = £56m 7th Edinson Cavani Napoli to PSG = £55m 8th Radamel Falcao Atletico Madrid to Monaco = £51m 9th Fernando Torres Liverpool to Chelsea = £50m David Luiz Chelsea to Paris Saint-Germain = £50m 10th Neymar Santos to Barcelona = £48.6m

seriously ?? with this on that bridge?

Recently, BMW held a preview of its i cars here in Singapore and I had the opportunity to view the production-ready i3 and the i8 concept close up. Needless to say, these cars were stunning in their own ways. However, what caught my attention was what was powering the i8. A little 1.5-litre three-cylinder engine will be used and it will produce 231bhp with the help of turbocharging. That equates to a pretty impressive 154bhp/L, which is on a par with most non-hybrid high performance sports car engines. It is also the highest of any engine produced by the BMW Group. But being BMW, it's no surprise as they have been great at pushing high bhp/L numbers with their earlier M3s and M5s. With the engine capacity downsizing theme in trend and the need to make cars faster for the demanding customer, I wonder if there will unknowingly be a fight coming up for cars with the highest bhp/L? I did up a list of some of the highest bhp/L engines that are still in and those out of production. Do bear in mind those cars listed here have power figures straight from the factory and are covered under their manufacturer

http://www.businesstimes.com.sg/archive/th...regions-highest Published June 28, 2012 Income inequality here seen as one of the region's highest 9 in 10 polled can't tell which income bracket they're in By lim wei sheng IT'S a head-scratching paradox. While Singaporeans perceive income inequality levels here as being one of the highest in the region, nine out of 10 don't even know which income bracket they belong to. According to a March 2012 survey of 10 Asia-Pacific cities by Fidelity Worldwide Investment, of the 90 per cent of Singaporeans who do not know which income bracket their household belongs to, 68 per cent underestimate and 22 per cent overestimate it. This leads to the poorest households in the first decile perceiving themselves as situated in the third decile, while those in the wealthiest 10th decile locate themselves within the more modest sixth decile. These misperceptions have implications for investment decisions, according to Betty Ng, director of investment communications, Asia Pacific at Fidelity. She said that overestimation can lead to overspending, while underestimation may cause investors to lose returns due to excessive risk-aversion or risk-taking. Income inequality fears remain very much alive, though. Based on responses by the 507 Singaporeans surveyed, a typical household needs to earn an average of $2,662 in monthly pre-tax income to be qualified as low-income, and earn an average of $12,140 to be qualified as high-income. The difference between what constitutes low and high income is the widest for respondents in Singapore, suggesting that respondents here perceive the greatest inequality in their current incomes. Three in four Singaporeans are also expecting widening spreads in income levels over the next 10 years, comparable to the regional average of 76 per cent. Only 42 per cent of Singaporeans believe that their household income would improve in the future, compared to 49 per cent for all 10 cities. Nevertheless, Singaporeans foresee a more optimistic future for their children, with 91 per cent of respondents believing that their children would attain middle or high income status when they reach their 40s. Indeed, 35 per cent of self-classified low-income respondents predicted that their children would attain high income status, while this proportion was 67 per cent for self-classified high-income respondents. Based on data from the Department of Statistics, average monthly household income in 2011 stood at $9,618, with income in the fifth decile standing at $7,032 while income in the 10th decile reached $27,867.

Greenland has the most youngster who use suicide as a fashion statement? In Asia, Korea rate is also scary, many are youngster and many due to depression [:(]

7th Place: Francois Hollande, President of France French President Hollande delivers a speech during a visit to an elementary school in Dieudonne Approximate salary: SGD $291,680 per annum Needs to manage: Approx. 65 million people, 675,000+ square kilometers, at least 400 kinds of cheese In Singapore, his pay amounts to: Inability to buy a car with his entire month

http://news.yahoo.com/second-hand-car-sale...-081316301.html Conversion Hub and sgCarMart Connect today announced the results of an industry study based on a survey of 1,200 consumers and the latest Land Transport Authority (LTA) figures. Conducted in early January 2012, the study highlights changing trends and consumer behavior in the Singapore automotive industry. Singapore, Singapore (PRWEB) January 27, 2012 Buyers are driving second-hand cars ownership transfers and online car listings to the highest figure since 2000. Tight supply of certificates of entitlement (COEs) makes new cars too expensive in Singapore, which already has the world

High pay doesn't guaranteed anything?

This one from yahoo huh, not me http://sg.finance.yahoo.com/news/Top-10-Hi...928230.html?x=0 Brent Radcliffe, On Wednesday 19 October 2011, 0:28 SGT You may think that those wishing to suffer extreme public scrutiny while making decisions that affect millions of citizens would demand the big bucks, but when it comes to pay, many world leaders look like chumps compared to the CEOs of many corporations. While most salaries pale in comparison to the likes of Warren Buffett's, some are downright huge when compared to the people a leader may govern. Top 10 Political Leader's Salary by Country (2010): 1. Lee Hsien Loong (Singapore): $2,183,516 2. Donald Tsang (Hong Kong): $513,245 3. Raila Odinga (Kenya): $427,886 4. Barack Obama (United States): $400,000 5. Nicolas Sarkozy (France): $302,435 6. Stephen Harper (Canada): $296,400 7. Mary McAleese (Ireland): $287,900 8. Julia Gillard (Australia): $286,752 9. Angela Merkel (Germany): $283,608 10. Yoshihiko Noda (Japan): $273,676 Salary Compared to GDP What makes a world leader's pay reasonable or outlandish? One way of making this call is by looking at pay compared to a country's GDP per person at purchasing power parity (PPP). Using PPP helps make a better estimate of just how far money goes in a country, since the cost of living will vary from country to country. Comparing each leader's salary (in international dollars) to the IMF's 2010 PPP figures shows how much more a world leader makes compared to an average joe at home. 1. Raila Odinga (Kenya): 255.30 2. Lee Hsien Loong (Singapore): 38.51 3. Donald Tsang (Hong Kong): 11.17 4. Nicolas Sarkozy (France): 8.92 5. Barack Obama (United States): 8.54 6. Yoshihiko Noda (Japan): 8.08 7. Angela Merkel (Germany): 7.86 8. Stephen Harper (Canada): 7.57 9. Mary McAleese (Ireland): 7.29 10. Julia Gillard (Australia): 7.21 What do these numbers mean? Looking at GDP per person doesn't show how a country stacks up in terms of income inequality, a statistic that can measured using the Gini coefficient. Ranking the leaders by their country's income inequality can really show how far out of touch a leader is with those governed. The Gini coefficient changes things up (zero means perfect equality and one perfect inequality). 1. Donald Tsang (Hong Kong): 0.434 2. Raila Odinga (Kenya): 0.425 3. Lee Hsien Loong (Singapore): 0.425 4. Barack Obama (United States): 0.408 5. Julia Gillard (Australia): 0.352 6. Mary McAleese (Ireland): 0.343 7. Nicolas Sarkozy (France): 0.327 8. Stephen Harper (Canada): 0.326 9. Angela Merkel (Germany): 0.283 10. Yoshihiko Noda (Japan): 0.249 Base Salary Vs. Perks When it comes to what a leader is really paid, a distinction must be made between base salary and additional stipends. Leaders may receive free residences or residential stipends, free healthcare, free travel and other perks. They may be permitted expenses that most people would have to pay for out of pocket. Those figures are more difficult to come by, especially in the murky world of political influence. Less scrupulous world leaders may pad their own bank accounts with their own country's money through corruption. "Transparency International's Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI)," first released in 1995, tracks corruption trends in 178 countries. It assigns a rank of 10 to countries deemed clean, and zero to countries considered highly corrupt. Ranking the leaders by how corrupt their countries are, the ranking shifts to the following: 1. Raila Odinga (Kenya): 2.1 2. Nicolas Sarkozy (France): 6.8 3. Barack Obama (United States): 7.1 4. Yoshihiko Noda (Japan): 7.8 5. Angela Merkel (Germany): 7.9 6. Mary McAleese (Ireland): 8 7. Donald Tsang (Hong Kong): 8.4 8. Julia Gillard (Australia): 8.7 9. Stephen Harper (Canada): 8.9 10. Lee Hsien Loong (Singapore): 9.3 Of these countries, only three would not be considered "full democracies" by the "Economist Intelligence Unit's Democracy Index:" Kenya, Hong Kong and Singapore. The Bottom Line What do all of these numbers tell us? Leaders of advanced economies earn very similar salaries to each other, and those countries tend to be less corrupt and more democratic. While Lee Hsien Loong may earn 38 times the average resident of Singapore, his country is considered a good place to do business even if it is not fully democratic. On the other end of the spectrum, Raila Odinga earns an incredible amount more than the people he governs, and presides over a country that Transparency International would consider one of the most corrupt around (ranked 154 out of 178 countries).

Since living costs are such a hot topic now, I have a link which shows Singapore as the 11th city with highest cost of living in the world We are even ahead of New York, Los Angeles, Shanghai and Seoul http://www.finfacts.ie/costofliving.htm But for sure our pay is not the 11th highest in the world

The OMV + the owner's description makes me LOL... Makes me wonder whether this adv is real or what... [laugh] http://www.sgcarmart.com/used_cars/info.ph...913&DL=1000

World's highest paid political leaders. According to The Economist magazine, Lee Hsien Loong, the Prime Minister of Singapore, is the world

http://www.transitioning.org/2010/02...and-best-paid/ http://forums.delphiforums.com/n/mai...sg%3D43544%2E1 http://forums.delphiforums.com/3in1k...es?msg=43544.1 The TOP 30 highest paid politicians in the World are all from Singapore !! 1. Elected President SR Nathan – S$3.9 million. 2. Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong – S$3.8 million. 3. Minister Mentor Lee Kuan Yew – S$3.5 million. 4. Senior Minister Goh Chok Thong – S$3.5 million. 5. Senior Minister Prof Jayakumar – S$3.2 million. 6. DPM & Home Affairs Minister Wong Kan Seng – S$2.9 million. 7. DPM & Defence Minister Teo Chee Hean – $2.9 million 8. Foreign Affairs Minister George Yeo – S$2.8 million. 9. National Development Minister Mah Bow Tan – S$2.7 million. 10. PMO Miniser Lim Boon Heng – S$2.7 million. 11. Trade and Industry Minister Lim Hng Kiang – S$2.7 million. 12. PMO Minister Lim Swee Say – S$2.6 million. 13. Environment Minister & Muslim Affairs Minister Dr Yaccob Ibrahim – S$2.6 million. 14. Health Minister Khaw Boon Wan – S$2.6 million. 15. Finance Minister S Tharman – S$2.6 million. 16. Education Minister & 2nd Minister for Defence Dr Ng Eng Hen – S$2.6 million. 17. Community Development Youth and Sports Minister – Dr Vivian Balakrishnan – S$2.5 million. 18. Transport Minister & 2nd Minister for Foreign Affairs Raymond Lim Siang Kiat – S$2.5 million. 19. Law Minister & 2nd Minister for Home Affairs K Shanmugam – S$2.4 million. 20. Manpower Minister Gan Kim Yong – S$2.2 million. 21. PMO Minister Lim Hwee Hwa – S$2.2 million 22. Acting ICA Minister – Lui Tuck Yew – S$2.0 million. 23 to 30 = Senior Ministers of State and Ministers of State – each getting between S$1.8 million to S$1.5 million.

Wow....the best quote to start off this year comes from sweet say!! Well done!!

I'm just curious. After reading so many posts, I find some can 1. Write very well, chim chim england 2. Reason very well 3. Great technical knowledge I'm guessing that there are lots of "gao ren" out there hiding among the masses. Of coz I don't mean that one must have high education qualifications to be able to write and think well. I know many big bosses all BTC. BTW i am holding a local engineering degree currently

is it still fann wong?

The annual list of F1 salaries has been published, with two world champions topping the list and a driver who is not even competing on the grand prix grid this year coming in at third place. The report

Fernando Alonso is by far the highest paid active grand prix driver, according to reports in the Spanish press. The El Mundo report, citing information from Business Book GP, compiled a list showing that Alonso's annual Ferrari retainer - excluding external endorsements - is EUR 30 million. That is almost double the next largest retainer, owned by 2008 world champion Lewis Hamilton, at 16 million, although it is believed Kimi Raikkonen is being paid a similar amount this year due to Ferrari's breach of contract. Felipe Massa comes in at third with 14m, meaning the Brazilian is paid less than half the income of his Ferrari teammate. Reigning world champion Jenson Button is reportedly paid EUR 9 million; significantly less than his McLaren teammate, but more than seven time world champion Michael Schumacher (8m). Mercedes also pays Nico Rosberg EUR 8 million, which is marginally more than Robert Kubica's 7.5m. Interestingly, Rubens Barrichello (5.5m) earns more than Mark Webber (4.2m), but Sebastian Vettel's 2010 retainer is reportedly just 2 million. According to the list, Red Bull's Vettel is therefore paid less than Lotus driver Jarno Trulli (3m), and approximately the same as Trulli's teammate Heikki Kovalainen. Timo Glock earns 1 million by driving for Virgin; more than the EUR 700,000 reportedly paid to Williams rookie Nico Hulkenberg. Also earning less than 1 million are the Sauber drivers (500,000 each), Vitaly Petrov, Jaime Alguersuari and Sebastien Buemi (400,000), and the Force India drivers and Lucas di Grassi (200,000). Bruno Senna is reportedly the lowest paid active driver, with a 150,000 retainer; 200 times less than Alonso. Source: GMM

Saw this Vios while in JB Sunday afternoon....damn beng with the highest spoiler in Singapore, JB and some say Batam Anyway, Vios driver was also damn hiong, cutting in and out of traffic tsk tsk...