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https://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/singapore/a-level-chemistry-exam-papers-stolen-238-students-from-4-jcs-9984934 Long article, which i only quote a bit here. Now worried about being sued for reproducing full articles, so pls click the link and read in full... Surprised to read this, and also that it's not the first time exams scripts are stolen. This time, the affect students can choose to accept a grade that was calculated/projected by SEAB, or to retake the paper. The higher mark will be used... My kids are now in sec school... Just wondering if so suay kanna such thing, what should the students do or what should we as parents, advise our kids to do...

I wonder who are the famous people implicated ?

Totally one sided and rubbish, imo. We all know there are problems but if they are going to report stuff then .. But that's never going to happen because then it's not 'news'. http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/asia/singapores-domestic-workers-routinely-exploited-and-often-abused-in-the-service-of-rich-nationals-10422589.html

Dear folks, I am trying to find a list of free papers that are distributed at petrol stations through the Internet but couldn't find any meaningful results. Hence, I would like to seek your help to list all the names (I.e. ------) that you have come across. I think they should have PDF copies circulating on their websites. TIA.

Anyone knows what will happen to the booklet (kind of like cheque stub) that the ballot papers were tore off. Sealed and burnt like the ballot papers?

To the driver of the mitsubishi silver car with the absurd vortex generators all over the body. I think he must have read the attached file and started to do his own research. Good information for those who want to understand the technical design behind the vortex fins on Mitsubishi/Subaru car. 16E_03.pdf

Cut and paste from VAG SG Forum. From today's papers, Volkswagen has taken over the regins of Volkswagen in Singapore from Group Exklusiv WHAT seemed like a marriage made in heaven between Volkswagen (VW) and entrepreneur Peter Kwee's Group Exklusiv has broken down irreparably - after the proverbial seven years. The Straits Times understands that the German carmaker and its local franchisee will part ways soon, after more than a year of tension. The rift started when VW took over distributorship of its own cars last year, relegating Exklusiv to the status of a dealer. Dealers typically enjoy a mere fraction of the margins of distributors. Notice of the change was given barely two months after Exklusiv moved the VW operations into a purpose-built $25 million showroom in Alexandra Road in late-2004. 'We did not see that coming. There was no warning,' recalled an Exklusiv staff member. According to sources, Exklusiv has not signed VW's dealership agreement to date. And in the past 18 months or so, the two sides have been trying to arrange for an amicable separation. But there have been several rounds of impasse. Chief among them is the compensation sum for Exklusiv's huge investment and the goodwill Exklusiv has built up. A Big Four accounting firm recently valued the VW distribution business in Singapore at more than $10 million. But sources said VW had dismissed the sum. Instead, VW engaged another valuer, and indications were the sum it arrived at was nowhere near $10 million. 'Peanuts' was how a source close to the talks described it. Meanwhile, VW, through local office Volkswagen Group Singapore, has been making its own plans. It has hired a number of Exklusiv's motoring executives, in what observers say are preparations to start its own retail operations. The executives include group managing director S.K.Ho, who left Exklusiv early this year. Mr Ho is on a consultancy contract, and works for VW Group Singapore two days a week. Others include aftersales executives. VW has also been been exploring the possibility of listed Stamford Tyres operating its workshop. The Straits Times understands VW wants to start the new set-up as soon as possible, because it wants to launch the new VW Jetta which has already landed. Exklusiv has not had cars available for customer test-drives for several weeks now. VW apparently requires it to rent cars for test-drives, at $10,000 or so a month for half a dozen units. 'I think this is going to get messy,' another source familiar with the acrimony said. VW has also suspended most of its advertising. The last display advertisement it placed with Singapore Press Holdings was in June. VW has also been bypassing Exklusiv and selling cars on its own. It even supplied cars to other firms, including used-car dealer Motorway. Once, it sent an architect to Exklusiv's showroom, ostensibly to prepare for alterations it would be making to it. 'They behave like they own the place,' a source said. Exklusiv secured the VW franchise in 1999. It was soon selling more than 800 cars a year - four times the previous distributor's volume. Cracks in the relationship started appearing in 2003, when sales nearly halved. VW Group Singapore managing director Olaf Duebel has refused to comment.

Hi, I am a new car buyer (no experience of buying a car). My SE recommend that I buy a par paper, so that I could a better discount. Can anyone comment on the buy parf paper?

aiyah... they have done it again. Was reading about them in the business times today. I wonder who will take over the franchise. Any guesses?