Opening remarks by Managing Director Heng Swee Keat at MAS Annual Report 2008/9 Press Conference
To help investors understand common financial products, MAS launched the MyMoney Programme, in partnership with ABS, the Securities Investors…
Changing the world, one laptop at a time
The man behind non-profit organisation One Laptop Per Child, Professor Nicholas Negroponte, believes that laptops will make learning fun for children…
Analysts welcome MAS' call to safeguard consumer interest
SMU Associate Professor Annie Koh was among analysts who welcomed MAS' plan to review the Deposit Insurance Scheme. The current coverage is a limit…
Singapore grants 11 scholarships worth $1.24M for Vietnam students
The students, including six from universities in Hanoi and five from universities in Ho Chi Minh City, will leave for Singapore by the end of the…
Can this change the world?
Reporter takes home and reviews the usability and practicality of the $100 laptop created by Professor Nicholas Negroponte, founder of the One Laptop…
MAS unveils measures to boost liquidity in banking sector
MAS is also tweaking the Singapore government securities primary auction system. It will now be empowered to adjust the issuance size or vary the…
Undergraduates and community service
Justin Chan from !nspirar, Irene Ong from SMU Tritouch ConneXion, Jerome Tang from starringSMU and Theodore Teo, Assistant Director at the Office of…
CDCs urged to press on with help schemes
Deputy Prime Minister Teo Chee Hean urged community development councils to press on with programmes to help needy residents get financial aid and…
University graduates choose to further their studies instead of working
SMU [Social Sciences] graduate Sheena Cheong will be heading to Johns Hopkins next month to pursue a Master's in International Relations.
Drop in number of aid seekers but economic recovery 'going to be very long'
Recent SMU graduate Lawrence Kim ? managing director of Ebenezer NDT Services ? was one of 70 district councillors appointed by North East District…