It’s All In The Planning!

Salary expectations are not just based on paper qualification alone. The years of on-the-job experience counts a lot too. For example, a position may require a bachelor degree with two to three years of work experience but employers may decide eventually to employ a diploma holder with five years of relevant work experience and expertise. [...]

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The winner of the Malaysia Open will be known today. I WILL be in Kuala Lumpur, ensconced at the Cititel Midvalley’s ballroom where the Malaysia Chess Festival is going on. The chess festival is such an interesting meeting place for chess minds from all over the region and beyond. I will be witnessing the last [...]

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They throw parents out over money. This is a news item that appeared in Singapore’s The New Paper recently, nicely written by a chap named Liew hanqing. It just begs the question: how well do you take care of your parents? I’ve always believed that we should be very appreciative not only of our parents [...]

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Datuk Tan Chin Nam is regarded as the driving force behind chess in the country. IT’S been nine months since I last met Datuk Tan Chin Nam in Penang. That Sunday in November, he was still basking in the glory of winning the 2008 Melbourne Cup in Australia. It was an unprecedented and historical win [...]

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CHRISTINE Jacobs died seven years ago at 77. Though not wealthy, the retired teacher had a trunkful of family heirlooms that had been passed down for many generations. Jacobs had been terminally ill for years, but did not write a will as she assumed her three children would divide her assets peacefully among themselves after [...]

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What to avoid when you go for job interviews: dressing unprofessionally. First impressions can make or break you; so always meet company representatives smartly dressed. Remember this rule even if the employees themselves wear casual outfits. You can follow prevailing in-house fashion after you’re hired but not before. You needn’t look like a glossy magazine [...]

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Moral of this story: don’t be stupid enough to transfer the title of your house to your children during you and your spouse’s lifetime. SIN Chew Daily reports that an elderly couple in Singapore who gave up their duplex to their son ended up homeless after they were chased out of the house by the [...]

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GEORGE TOWN: The public has been warned to be on the alert for a syndicate which dupes victims into revealing personal banking particulars and the security code of credit cards. The syndicate’s modus operandi is to call their victims by phone, claiming to be from a local bank, and inform them that they had exhausted [...]

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WHAT happens if there is no will? Many people assume that if they die intestate (without a will), their assets and possessions will automatically go to their spouse or children. However, the Distribution Act 1958 (amended in 1997) states that if a married man or woman dies leaving behind surviving parents, a spouse and children, [...]

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I saw this very nice article which was first published in The Business Times of Singapore on 15 Aug 2009: NUMEROUS commentators have proclaimed the current recession to be one of those game-changers – one that invalidates everything that everyone once thought they knew about anything. Actually, the old rules continue to apply: credit booms [...]

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