Monthly Archives: December 2008

What now for small-time investors?

Here is a story that ran in The Straits Times on 21 Dec 2008 about a lady who lost $100,000 from her retirement savings through her investment in Minibonds. The writer, Jessica Cheam, said that her mum’s voice was trembling … Continue reading

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Small pie

Two simultaneous Fide titled events in the country have given players a dilemma of choice. I WAS grumbling to one of my friends last week. I told him, the chess pie in Malaysia was just not big enough. Wazzat, he … Continue reading

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China wife forces Singapore husband to write will

It’s a sad tale but true. It’s a sad tale often repeated throughout history. A man marrying the woman of his dreams and then the marriage turns into one of hell. Here, this man was forced to sign away everything … Continue reading

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