Club 30's "Kill the Boredom Demon" Jive Pad, 89th Edition
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Originally posted by Fatum:
lunch ingested ....
I love bittergourd and eggs stir-fry ...
it's bitter!
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Originally posted by Fatum:
lunch ingested ....
I love bittergourd and eggs stir-fry ...
Wow you're eating healthy :OI had braised duck rice
Dinner last night was just Clam Chowder from Soup Spoon
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Originally posted by cassie:
but i bet you won't mind a pole dancer gripping you!
grip. not crush to death. -
Originally posted by cassie:
it's bitter!
Bitter Gourd with egg is very nice lehI like also
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I notice that I seem to be getting hungry a lot these days.
Whatever I eat seems to last in my tummy for just two hours, tops.
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Originally posted by elindra:
Bitter Gourd with egg is very nice lehI like also
my secretary once got me some crispy fried bitter gourd - not bitter at all but it's so difficult to find not-bitter bitter gourd -
Originally posted by elindra:
Wow you're eating healthy :OI had braised duck rice
Dinner last night was just Clam Chowder from Soup Spoon
I'll have you know .......
that I went jogging this morning ....
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Originally posted by cassie:
it's bitter!
but I like the bitter ones ......
I dunno why ..... maybe it's an acquired taste ...
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Originally posted by Fatum:
I'll have you know .......
that I went jogging this morning ....
Jokes forum. -
Originally posted by fudgester:
I notice that I seem to be getting hungry a lot these days.
Whatever I eat seems to last in my tummy for just two hours, tops.
you're not eating enough ..... or jogging too much ...
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Originally posted by Fatum:
I'll have you know .......
that I went jogging this morning ....
oh yeah? why the change of heart? -
Originally posted by cassie:
oh yeah? why the change of heart?mental therapy ...... long jogs are good for clearing the head ..... woke up at 4am from a fitful sleep so thought might as well .....
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Originally posted by cassie:
my secretary once got me some crispy fried bitter gourd - not bitter at all but it's so difficult to find not-bitter bitter gourdWell to reduce the bitterness of Bittergourd, you can parboil it firstBut I thought it's the bitterness that is addictive leh >.<It's bitter coz it contains large amounts of quinine -
Is there something I don't know about?
Singapore is rated behind China for transparancy???
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Originally posted by Fatum:
mental therapy ...... long jogs are good for clearing the head ..... woke up at 4am from a fitful sleep so thought might as well .....
indeed. hope you've arrived at a decision. -
Originally posted by elindra:
Is there something I don't know about?
Singapore is rated behind China for transparancy???
WHAT?! -
Originally posted by elindra:
Is there something I don't know about?
Singapore is rated behind China for transparancy???
let me guess .... SC lunatics ? .....
or some journalist smoking some really good stuff ? ...
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Originally posted by av98m:
indeed. hope you've arrived at a decision.Yes ... I have decided not to stop a divemasters level for the biggest passion in my life ....
life is short, play hard .......
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http://www.sgforums.com/forums/10/topics/326360
First world country as claimed by the ruling party is not the "gateway to Asia".
S'pore's 'gateway to Asia' tag takes a beating - Aug 5, 2008, The Straits Times
Jetro survey shows global investors prefer Japan, Hong Kong and China for HQ
A RECENT poll of global investors shows Singapore is not considered the great gateway to Asia it is often said to be.
The Business Times reported on Tuesday that investors put Singapore behind Japan, Hong Kong and China in that role.
'Despite its world-renowned gateway position, our survey indicates that Singapore has been unable to attain the highest attractiveness score for HQ and logistics activities, ranking just behind Japan,' the Japan External Trade Organisation (Jetro) says in a report.
Singapore got 14 per cent of votes from investors polled on what they believe is the most attractive location for a headquarters in Asia. That compared with Japan's 20 per cent, making it the No 1 choice.
Hong Kong (17 per cent) was seen as the second most attractive location, followed by China (15 per cent).
As for the most competitive logistics hub, China (35 per cent) topped the league, ahead of Hong Kong (12 per cent) and Japan (9 per cent). Singapore polled on par with India (8 per cent each).
<!-- show media links starting at 7th para -->The poll was commissioned by Japan's Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry to gauge how global business leaders view Japan as a location for foreign direct investment (FDI), compared to its Asian competitors.
Carried out by consulting firm Ernst & Young from February to April, the poll covered 209 senior executives, more than half of them financial and sales and marketing directors and about a quarter of them chief executives.
But what investors say and do can differ. Jetro's poll also shows that while Japan is ranked the most attractive Asian country, with China, for FDI, Singapore outdid Japan last year when it came to committed FDI projects.
Jetro points out that Japan secured only 166 FDI projects in 2007, against Singapore's 239 and China's 1,171, India's 676 and Vietnam's 260. 'Japan's positive image has yet to be matched in actual foreign direct investments,' says Jetro.
Still, according to Jetro, the poll shows Japan and China are locked in a battle to be the most attractive destination for FDI in Asia.
Some 54 per cent of poll respondents - split evenly at 27 per cent each - consider Japan and China the top bets for their investment money. India came next with 11 per cent, followed closely by Singapore and Hong Kong (10 per cent each).
But Jetro says Japan clearly wins on the quality front, with investors polled putting it ahead of its Asian competitors in terms of labour skills, research and development, quality of life, transparency and stability, transport and logistics, and telecommunications infrastructure.
Japan fell behind only in labour costs, in which China came out tops. China was also ranked top for offering investors the most attractive domestic market, while Japan was second.
Singapore was singled out as least favourable in terms of labour costs, but was deemed to be the second most competitive location in terms of corporate tax - even ahead of Hong Kong, which boasts a lower tax rate. China was seen as the most competitive in terms of corporate tax.
Singapore was rated the third most attractive location for transparency and stability for political and legal environments - after Japan and China.
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China's political and legal environment is more stable than ours too???
Sure or not????
I wonder who are the ppl who did the survey
Or did they think we are part of Bolehland
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Originally posted by Fatum:
Yes ... I have decided not to stop a divemasters level for the biggest passion in my life ....
life is short, play hard .......
excellent. time to get focused and not be a life buoy for others anymore. -
jiponese ! .....
were they just rating the porn industry ? ....
but yeah ... SC lunatics just quoting and not thinking again ....
remember the comical fellow who tried to argue that China has more freedom and democracy than us ..... and malaysia's judiciary is more independant ? ...
was it atobe ? ...
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Originally posted by elindra:
China's political and legal environment is more stable than ours too???
Sure or not????
I wonder who are the ppl who did the survey
Or did they think we are part of Bolehland
"Singapore was singled out as least favourable in terms of labour costs, but was deemed to be the second most competitive location in terms of corporate tax - even ahead of Hong Kong, which boasts a lower tax rate. China was seen as the most competitive in terms of corporate tax."
I can imagine this is why that CB tharman motherfucker told companies not to give raises to employees
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I'm very curious about how they rate the transparancy and pollitical stability leh
In no way do I think that SG is less transparant and less stable compared to China
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Originally posted by elindra:
I'm very curious about how they rate the transparancy and pollitical stability leh
In no way do I think that SG is less transparant and less stable compared to China
INDEED! WTF?