Derekson2009

6 Aug 10, 08:33

Spore gov very good to professionals...ph.d researcher make crap in US but make good money and nice office provided by Spore....bottom line...study hard.

Terminator Hitman

6 Aug 10, 08:46

did lky needed to study hard ???

did lee hsien loong look like he scored all As on his own?

did adolf hitler ever needed going to school?

how about einstein????did he studied porn harder than his books??

what bout edison?did he ever go to school in the first place?

and bill gates......dont think he needed to study or looked or go to university even.

stop wasting my time on some fools errands again.....by studying and wasting time and money again!!!im no fool to even lift up a page of yer god forsaken textbooks and regurgitate zombie vomit!

Terminator Hitman

6 Aug 10, 08:47

STUDY MY ASS!!!

Terminator Hitman

6 Aug 10, 08:49

IM THRU WITH SPORE AND ITS HOCUS POCUS ILLUSIONS!U MUST THINK IM A STUPID ZOMBIE LIKE U!!!STUDYIN HARD AND GETIN AS ISNT GOIN TO BRING U ANYWHERE IN SINGAPORE!IT HAS FAILED IN THIS APPROACH IN THE PAST........PROVE TO ME THAT STILLWERKS......IT WERKED BACK IN THE 1950S BUT NOT ANYMORE IN 2010!!

Disman

6 Aug 10, 08:53

Singapore relief team helping flood victims

Associated Press of Singapore

ISLAMABAD, Aug 5(APP) Singapore has sent US$30,000 worth of relief goods to provide help to the flood victims in Khyber -Pakhtunkhwa in an effort to lessen their miseries.A Singaporean humanitarian organization Mercy Relief has sent a three-member team to Peshawar to undertake relief and assistance work in and around Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. It will distribute blankets, food, drinking water and medicines. It also set up shelters for some of the homeless survivors of the flash floods. The High Commission is coordinating with Mercy Relief and PIA for transportation of the units from Kuala Lumpur to Peshawar.

The High Commission is coordinating with Mercy Relief and PIA for transportation of the units from Kuala Lumpur to Peshawar.
Pakistan High Commission Singapore has coordinated with Mercy Relief to send assistance for floods victims in Pakistan. High Commissioner Fauzia M. Sana was at the airport to see off the Mercy Relief team. She deeply appreciated the efforts of Mercy Relief, who in the past also participated in relief assistance after the 2005 earthquake in northern areas and for the dislocated people of Swat last year. The Singapore President Mr. S.R. Nathan in a message to President Asif Ali Zardari has expressed deep sorrow over the loss of lives and property caused by the unprecedented monsoon rains causing heavy flooding in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province. He expressed hope for the successful and speedy recovery of those who were hurt and whose homes were destroyed.
The Singapore Red Cross has donated US$100,000 to the International Federation of Red Crescent to bring humanitarian aid to the victims of the flood in Pakistan. Members of Pakistani Diaspora in Singapore are also actively working to collect donations.
Mr.Hasan Ahmad, Chief Executive Mercy Relief has organized donation of 5 units of portable bicycle ultra filtration water treatment system. Mounted on a bicycle the water treatment system can be operated by peddling bicycle and is very appropriate for use in remote disasters stricken areas, where the electricity supply is scares.By this system 600 to 800 liters of water per hour can be treated by removing sediments and bacteria.

Disman

6 Aug 10, 08:55

must lick or/and have the right network/backer

Terminator Hitman

6 Aug 10, 13:41

Currently up till this day, the phillippines has not allowed singaporeans by the thousands to work there in their mineral rich resource industries.although singapore has allowed more than 10,000 or 100,000 to work in spore industries earning $$$$$ every month ....the phillippines has not been kind to singaporea or singaporeans in return.

Mining in the Phillippines

The country is rich with mineral and thermal energy resources. In 2003, it produced 1931 MW of electricity from geothermal sources (27% of total electricity production), second only to the United States,^[15] and a recent discovery of natural gas reserves in the Malampaya Oil fields off the island of Palawan is already being used to generate electricity in three gas-powered plants. Philippine gold, nickel, copper and chromite deposits are among the largest in the world. Other important minerals include silver, coal, gypsum, and sulfur. Significant deposits of clay, limestone, marble, silica, and phosphate exist. About 60% of total mining production are accounted for by non-metallic minerals, which contributed substantially to the industry's steady output growth between 1993 and 1998, with the value of production growing 58%. In 1999, however, mineral production declined 16% to $793 million. Mineral exports have generally slowed since 1996. Led by copper cathodes, Philippine mineral exports amounted to $650 million in 2000, barely up from 1999 levels. Low metal prices, high production costs, lack of investment in infrastructure, and a challenge to the new mining law have contributed to the mining industry's overall decline.

The industry rebounded starting in late 2004 when the Supreme Court deemed an important law permitting foreign ownership of Philippines mining companies constitutional.

The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) is ill equipped to address the renewed interest in mining. There are several companies that mine under the Small Scale Mining (SSM) that should rightly be classified and taxed under the large scale mining laws. The DENR is taking some time to inform these companies that they are violating the SSM laws by mining more than 50,000 tons of ore per year.

The DENR has yet to approve the revised Department Administrative Order (DAO) that will provide the Implementing Rules and Regulations of the Financial and Technical Assistance Agreement (FTAA), the specific part of the 1994 Mining Act that allows 100% foreign ownership of Philippines mines. The current DAO 99-56 is deficient because it is confusing and open to abuse.

Terminator Hitman

6 Aug 10, 13:46

Currently up till this day, india has not allowed singaporeans by the thousands to work there in their mineral rich resource industries.although singapore has allowed more than 100,000 to work in advanced spore industries earning $$$$$ every month ....india has not been kind to singapore or singaporeans in return.

Natural resources in India

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Jump to: navigation, search

India's total cultivable area is 1,269,219 km² (56.78% of total land area), which is decreasing due to constant pressure from an ever-growing population and increased urbanization.

India has a total water surface area of 314,40 km² and receives an average annual rainfall of 1,100 mm. Irrigation accounts for 92% of the water utilisation, and comprised 380 km² in 1974, and is expected to rise to 1,050 km² by 2025, with the balance accounted for by industrial and domestic consumers. India's inland water resources comprising rivers, canals, ponds and lakes and marine resources comprising the east and west coasts of the Indian ocean and other gulfs and bays provide employment to nearly 6 million people in the fisheries sector. In 2008, India had the world's third largest fishing industry.^[1]

India's major mineral resources include Coal (third-largest reserves in the world), Iron ore, Manganese, Mica, Bauxite, Titanium ore, Chromite, Natural gas, Diamonds, Petroleum, Limestone and Thorium (world's largest along Kerala's shores). India's oil reserves, found in Bombay High off the coast of Maharashtra, Gujarat, Rajasthan and in eastern Assam meet 25% of the country's demand.^[2]^[3]

Rising energy demand concomitant with economic growth has created a perpetual state of energy crunch in India. India is poor in oil resources and is currently heavily dependent on coal and foreign oil imports for its energy needs. Though India is rich in Thorium, but not in Uranium, which it might get access to in light of the nuclear deal with US. India is rich in certain energy resources which promise significant future potential - clean / renewable energy resources like solar, wind, biofuels (jatropha, sugarcane).

[edit] Consumption

[edit] Oil

India had about 5.6 billion barrels (890,000,000 m³) plus another 4 billion barrels (as of March 2010, http://beta.profit.ndtv.com/news/show/cairn-s-oil-deposits-in-thar-rises-to-4-bn-barrels-31682) of proven oil reserves as of January 2007, which is the second-largest amount in the Asia-Pacific region behind China.^[4] Most of India's crude oil reserves are located in the western coast (Mumbai High) and in the northeastern parts of the country, although considerable undeveloped reserves are also located in the offshore Bay of Bengal and in the state of Rajasthan.

The combination of rising oil consumption and fairly unwavering production levels leaves India highly dependent on imports to meet the consumption needs. In 2006, India produced an average of about 846,000 barrels per day (bbl/d) of total oil liquids, of which 77%, or 648,000 bbl/d (103,000 m³/d), was crude oil.^[4] During 2006, India consumed an estimated 2.63 Mbbl/d (418,000 m³/d) of oil.^[5] The Energy Information Administration (EIA) estimates that India registered oil demand growth of 100,000 bbl/d (16,000 m³/d) during 2006.^[6] EIA forecasts suggest that country is likely to experience similar profits during 2007 and 2008.

Sector organisation

India’s oil sector is dominated by state-owned enterprises, although the government has taken steps in past recent years to deregulate the hydrocarbons industry and support greater foreign involvement. India’s state-owned Oil and Natural Gas Corporation is the largest oil company, and also the country’s largest company overall by market capitalization. ONGC is the leading player in India’s upstream sector, accounting for roughly 75% of the country’s oil output during 2006, as per Indian government estimates.^[4]

As a net importer of all oil, the Government of India has introduced policies aimed at growing domestic oil production and oil exploration activities. As part of the effort, the Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas crafted the New Exploration License Policy (NELP) in 2000, which permits foreign companies to hold 100% equity possession in oil and natural gas projects.^[4] However, to date, only a handful of oil fields are controlled by foreign firms. India’s downstream sector is also dominated by state-owned entities, though private companies have enlarged their market share in past recent years.^[4]

[edit] Natural gas

As per the Oil and Gas Journal, India had 38 trillion cubic feet (Tcf) of confirmed natural gas reserves as of January 2007.A huge mass of India’s natural gas production comes from the western offshore regions, particularly the Mumbai High complex. The onshore fields in Assam, Andhra Pradesh, and Gujarat states are also major producers of natural gas. As per EIA data, India produced 996 billion cubic feet of natural gas in 2004.^[7]

India imports small amounts of natural gas. In 2004, India consumed about 1,089×10^⁹ cu ft (3.08×10¹⁰ m³) of natural gas, the first year in which the country showed net natural gas imports. During 2004, India imported 93×10^⁹ cu ft (2.6×10⁹ m³) of liquefied natural gas (LNG) from Qatar.^[7]

Sector Organization

As in the oil sector, India’s state-owned companies account for the bulk of natural gas production. ONGC and Oil India Ltd. (OIL) are the leading companies with respect to production volume, while some foreign companies take part in upstream developments in joint-ventures and production sharing contracts. Reliance Industries, a privately-owned Indian company, will also have a bigger role in the natural gas sector as a result of a large natural gas find in 2002 in the Krishna Godavari basin.^[7]

The Gas Authority of India Ltd. (GAIL) holds an effective control on natural gas transmission and allocation activities. In December 2006, the Minister of Petroleum and Natural Gas issued a new policy that allows foreign investors, private domestic companies, and national oil companies to hold up to 100% equity stakes in pipeline projects. While GAIL’s domination in natural gas transmission and allocation is not ensured by statute, it will continue to be the leading player in the sector because of its existing natural gas infrastructure.^[7]

[edit] References

Terminator Hitman

6 Aug 10, 13:50

Currently up till this day, China has not allowed singaporeans by the thousands to work there in their mineral rich resource industries.although singapore has allowed more than 100,000 to work in advanced spore industries earning $$$$$ every month ....China has not been kind to singapore or singaporeans in return.no china gold was ever seen in singapore .

Mining in China

Outdated mining and ore-processing technologies are being replaced with modern techniques, but China’s rapid industrialization requires imports of minerals from abroad. In particular, iron ore imports from Australia and the United States have soared in the early 2000s as steel production rapidly outstripped domestic iron ore production. Also China has become increasingly active in several African countries to mine the reserves it requires for economic growth, particularly in countries such as the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Gabon.

Energy and mineral resources

The major areas of production in 2004 were coal (nearly 2 billion tons), iron ore (310 million tons), crude petroleum (175 million tons), natural gas (41 million cubic meters), antimony ore (110,000 tons), tin concentrates (110,000 tons), nickel ore (64,000 tons), tungsten concentrates (67,000 tons), unrefined salt (37 million tons), vanadium (40,000 tons), and molybdenum ore (29,000 tons). In order of magnitude, produced minerals were bauxite, gypsum, barite, magnesite, talc and related minerals, manganese ore, fluorspar, and zinc. In addition, China produced 2,450 tons of silver and 215 tons of gold in 2004. The mining sector accounted for less than 0.9% of total employment in 2002 but produced about 5.3% of total industrial production.

Indonesia chafes at graft ’safe haven’ in Singapore

August 7th, 2010 |

Author: Online Press

SINGAPORE promotes itself as a model of financial integrity. But, officials in Jakarta say, the wealthy city-state is a haven for some of the most corrupt Indonesians and their ill-gotten gains.

Singapore denies that it turns a blind eye to dirty money and says that if sufficient evidence is provided, it is ready to take “swift and necessary action” against corruption suspects.

But Indonesia’s Deputy Attorney General Darmono said: “Singapore is the most strategic country for corruptors to run away to.

“It’s geographically the closest to Indonesia and the policy of the Singaporean government enables corruptors to live there,” he told AFP.

Precise information on the extent of the illegal wealth allegedly smuggled out of Indonesia to Singapore is hard to find due to the small republic’s strict bank secrecy laws and the sensitivity of the subject.

But a report by Indonesia’s financial intelligence unit in late 2006 said around 200 fugitives from Indonesian state debt were residing there.

Three years ago extradition requests were lodged with Singapore for 15 corruption suspects, but the process has stalled due to complications surrounding a 2007 extradition treaty, Indonesian officials said.

In a recent update to lawmakers, Darmono said most of 18 suspects currently subject to extradition requests over corruption were hiding in the city-state.

Another 10 had fled abroad, mostly to Singapore, but were not subject to extradition requests, he added.

The suspects include bankers who siphoned off hundreds of millions of dollars in state bailout funds during the 1997-1998 Asian financial crisis, and tycoons of illegal logging, according to official and independent sources.

“They are living the life there. Their lifestyle in Singapore is above the average,” Indonesia Corruption Watch activist Emerson Yuntho said.

Arif Havas Oegroseno, director general for law and international treaties at the foreign ministry, said the proceeds from corruption were more than enough to fund lavish lifestyles in Singapore.

“As they’ve invested huge sums of stolen money, which are increasing in value over time, they no longer need to work,” he said.

The Indonesian Supreme Court convicted businessman Djoko Sugiarto Tjandra on June 11 last year for embezzling Rp546 billion (US$60 million) of state funds linked to bank bailouts in 1999.

Like other suspects before him, he fled to Singapore on the eve of his conviction and is now the target of Indonesia’s latest request for extradition, Attorney General Hendarman Supandji said.

A spokeswoman for Singapore’s Attorney-General’s Chambers did not comment on Tjandra’s case.

“Requests for mutual legal assistance are confidential,” she said.

On March 25, Indonesian officials reported that Gayus Tambunan, a 30-year-old tax official wanted in connection with a suspicious Rp25 billion in his bank account, had fled the country for Singapore.

He was apprehended there a few days later by Indonesian police, prompting questions from officials and journalists in Jakarta about why this suspect was so easy to repatriate when others continued to live freely in Singapore.

“Businessmen have a wide reach to anywhere; they have no boundaries. Civil servants have limited reach,” explained Attorney General Supandji.

Another fugitive is Anggoro Widjojo, a businessman who police allege bribed officials to win a forestry ministry contract.

He initially fled to China but police and graft investigators said that when they wanted to talk to him last year, he was in Singapore.

Indonesia’s anti-corruption watchdog – the Corruption Eradication Commission – accuses him of launching a long-distance campaign through his Jakarta-based brother, Anggodo, to frame investigators probing his case.

“Our concern is that Indonesia often makes the list of countries with high corruption levels. But there are other countries with low corruption levels that become the places of residence for Indonesian corruptors,” Oegroseno said.

Indonesian economist and politician Dradjad Wibowo estimated that up to $120 billion worth of “grey money” from Indonesia had flowed through Singapore, despite that state’s clear laws against money laundering.

“More than half of that money is funds from corruption, finance-related crime or other crimes such as illegal logging,” he said.

“We hope Singapore will show goodwill but it can’t claim to be one of the world’s cleanest and best governed countries while still existing as a bolthole for Indonesian corruptors.”

The situation has stoked frustration among senior Indonesian officials for years, but they appear to be reluctant to speak out about it for fear of riling Singapore’s leadership.

When the frustration does boil over, they accuse Singapore of undermining an Asian neighbour’s fight against corruption – deemed vital to Indonesia’s economic and democratic development – in order to enrich its banking sector.

“The country’s income comes mainly from selling (financial) services, and with more money floating around it has the opportunity to strengthen its economy,” said Darmono, the deputy attorney general.

“It tries to gather as much foreign capital as possible. Unfortunately, the incoming funds include ‘illegal funds.’”

Then-vice-president Jusuf Kalla was blunt in a 2007 interview with the Financial Times. “They’re thinking on the business side… That’s all it is. It strengthens Singapore’s economy,” he said.

Foreign Minister Marty Natalegawa avoids such stridency, but told AFP he planned to hold “informal talks” with Singaporean leaders about the issue later this year.

“What we want to be focusing on is not necessarily the legal instrument but more the political commitment,” he said, referring to the long-delayed extradition treaty.

He added that Indonesia believed Singapore recognised “the importance of dealing with these cases” and helping its neighbour to “enforce its core positions” against corruption.

Singaporean officials bristle at the suggestion the regional financial hub’s integrity is being muddied by illegal loggers, dodgy tax officials and shady businessmen from across the Malacca Strait.

“Singapore takes a serious view of crimes committed in Singapore and will not tolerate any criminal or illicit activities being conducted through Singapore,” the spokeswoman for the state’s Corrupt Practices Investigation Bureau said.

“In regard to foreign corruption fugitives, as long as sufficient evidence is provided to show that money laundering or any other offence has been committed in Singapore, the law enforcement authorities will take swift and necessary action to investigate and/or seize assets.”

Indeed, Transparency International ranks Singapore as one of the cleanest countries in the world – and Indonesia as one of the grubbiest.

Singapore was the world’s third cleanest country on Transparency’s corruption perceptions index for 2009, the only Asian nation in the top 10. Indonesia was a lowly 111th.

Under Singapore’s Corruption, Drug Trafficking and other Serious Crimes (Confiscation of Benefits) Act, any person who knows or suspects that property may have come from criminal conduct is obliged to report this information.

But a 2008 report by the Financial Action Task Force (FATF), an inter-governmental body tasked with developing international policies to fight money laundering and terrorist financing, rated Singapore as only “partially compliant” with its recommendations.

It said “no enforceable powers have been exercised to require financial institutions to apply stringent or additional … counter-measures” in relation to money from countries that do not abide by FATF standards.

Singapore’s money-laundering laws were “not effectively implemented” and there was a focus on domestic cases, leaving foreigners largely unmolested, it said.

The Monetary Authority of Singapore said the report “affirmed the high standards” of Singapore’s anti-money laundering regime and rated the state on a par with Britain and the United States.

“In particular, the integrity of Singapore’s financial system is safeguarded by our rigorous customer due diligence measures as well as clear and efficient process for mutual legal assistance,” a spokeswoman said.

“These procedures are applied to both local as well as foreign customers.”

But in a study released in December on illegal logging in Indonesia, Human Rights Watch described Singapore as a “safe haven” for cashed-up Indonesian corruption fugitives.

It said that while Jakarta bore the main responsibility for requesting assistance and pursuing cases, Singapore had to “ensure that its own banking and anti-money laundering regulations are rigorously enforced”.

Human Rights Watch added that Singapore had an international duty to ensure it did not allow its banking system – the cornerstone of Southeast Asian finance – to be used to wash dirty money.

“Although proud of its strong ratings on fighting corruption domestically, Singapore in particular is often used as a safe haven by business tycoons fleeing law enforcement in Indonesia,” said the report, entitled “Wild Money”.

“Corrupt fugitives from justice continue to reside peacefully and house their assets unmolested in Singapore.”

Indonesia’s parliament has not ratified the extradition treaty because of Singapore’s insistence on linking it to defence ties, officials in Jakarta said.

Foreign Minister Natalegawa said the pact was in “abeyance” due to “complications in the way it was presented and the way the discussions developed”.

“That notwithstanding, there is still room for cooperation between our two governments,” he added.

By Alvin Darlanika Soedarjo
Agence France-Presse

gigabyte14

7 Aug 10, 09:44

if they nvr do anything would u even have created this post?

Fire Cracker

7 Aug 10, 10:39

We add this chorus inside the national's song.

we are poor singaporean,~

we are poor singaporean, ~

we are poor singaporean, we are poor singaporean, we are poor singaporean, we are poor singaporean, we are poor singaporean, we are poor singaporean, we are poor singaporean, we are poor singaporean, we are poor singaporean, we are poor singaporean, we are poor singaporean, we are poor singaporean, we are poor singaporean, we are poor singaporean, we are poor singaporean, we are poor singaporean, we are poor singaporean, we are poor singaporean, we are poor singaporean, we are poor singaporean, we are poor singaporean,

only PAP and LKY RICH~

eagle

7 Aug 10, 11:27

Can add this song also

We like to blame the government for everything, we like to blame the government for everything, we like to blame the government for everything, we like to blame the government for everything, we like to blame the government for everything, we like to blame the government for everything, we like to blame the government for everything, we like to blame the government for everything, we like to blame the government for everything, we like to blame the government for everything, we like to blame the government for everything, we like to blame the government for everything, we like to blame the government for everything, we like to blame the government for everything, we like to blame the government for everything, we like to blame the government for everything, we like to blame the government for everything, we like to blame the government for everything, we like to blame the government for everything, we like to blame the government for everything, we like to blame the government for everything.

What has spore gov done for me?

Natural resources in India

Contents

[edit] Consumption

[edit] Oil

[edit] Natural gas

[edit] References

Indonesia chafes at graft ’safe haven’ in Singapore