It was a very interesting outcome for the Singapore Elections 2011. As anticipated, the ruling party PAP still hold the winning majority of the parliament seats. But what creates uncertainty among the Singapore population is the decreasing winning proportion of the valid votes casted. It has declined from 2006 (66%) to 2011 (60.1%). The opposition party, WP, managed to seize…
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Singapore Election Results 2011 – PAP & WP emerge as winners, George Yeo & Chaim’s Party in focus | Politics | Singapore
Finally, at 2:50am on 8th May 2011, all the votes for the various Electoral Districts have been concluded. I have taken some quick moment to compile a quick summary against last Singapore Election 2006: a) PAP (People’s Action Party) – Its total % votes was eroded by 6% over the 5 years b) WP (Worker’s Party) – Its total %…
Punggol East SMC – Election Candidates | PAP vs WP vs SDA | Singapore Election 2011
The Singapore Election has never been so interesting with PAP revealing some of their youngest team of next generation leaders with some very senior members exiting the political scene. The liberalization of using the social media as an added avenue of communication amongst others during this election and voting processes also create increased awareness and participation from the younger generation…
KepCorp – decent rise but underperform STI | Stock Prices | Singapore Stock Market
Singapore stocks have a good run up from last month lows. STI recovered a good 11% but KepCorp had only a mere 8%. It’s among the laggards as it’s stock price has breached resistance at $12 to attain 3 years high. Volume has not picked up to my expectations and both RSI, ADX are showing signs of weakening, though OBV…
Griffin LightBoard for iPad 1 & iPad 2 | Gadget Review | iPad Accessories
This was bought 6 months back when I last had my iPad 1 but did not manage to use it until my new iPad 2 arrived. It was pretty easy to assemble the plastic frame holder. It feels like a photo frame when I insert the iPad into the case. There is a need to pre install the Griffin drawing…
Earth Hour on Earth Day – everyone around the world does their very bit | Insights | World
It’s one very day which various individuals and corporate entities round the world express concerted effort to demonstrate their support towards Green movements and their remembrance of Mother Nature by dimming the lights during Earth Hour on Earth Day (26th March 2011). Specifically, the significance is even greater when we take moments to pray for safety and fast recovery for…
Nanoblocks – new Lego toy in town | Toys Review | Singapore, Japan
I still remembered when I was young, one of the few toys which I played was Lego. So when this toy caught my attention, I decided to recover some reminiscence with it together with my kid. Nanoblock which originated from Japan manufactured by the company named Kawado (http://www.diablock.co.jp/nanoblock/), is very similar to Lego. Except the blocks are extremely small but…
World Stock Markets in jittery with recent Japan Earthquake & Tsunami | Stock Markets | World
While the world has to dealt with the political uncertainties in Libya and the rising inflations from the spikes in world oil prices, Mother Earth has not been any kinder to us. Japan’s most powerful earthquake in more than 100 years killed at least 1,000 people and triggered rising radiation levels at one of the nation’s several nuclear-power plants, according to…
Overview of Singapore Election 2011 | Electoral Districts Composition | Singapore Politics | Singapore
As announced on 24th February 2011 for Singapore General Election 2011, thee will be 12 SMCs and 15 GRCs making a total of 27 constituencies and 87 MPs. There are altogether 2,350,257 electors on the current registers of electors (based on prescribed cut-off date as on 1 January 2011). The major changes in the electoral divisions are as follows: New…