http://www.zaobao.com/sp/sp090916_001.shtml
我国长期发展需要外来移民
但须调节流入速度以免冲淡国民认同感
李韵琳 报道 新加坡在长期发展方面所面对的最大局限，不是土地的空间而是人力资源的局限。我们要有更多的人才，才能提出更多创新的构想来拓展有限的空间，以及创造更多机会来带动发展。因此，政府有必要经过周详考虑，以适度增加人口。
尽管有了这个长期吸引外来移民的大前提，李显龙总理强调政府始终都会留意我们的社会能多快吸收新移民，并让他们融入我们的社会，因此将调节移民流入的速度，以免冲淡国民认同感或弱化社会凝聚力。
他 昨晚在南洋理工大学学生会举办的论坛上讲话时指出，人们应该区分暂时在本地打工的客工和移民之间的不同，尤其是一些国人埋怨不懂得讲英语的服务人员， 他们大多数很可能是客工，而不是永久居民或新公民，雇主是因为找不到新加坡人担任这些工作而雇用客工。无论如何，他表示政府也很清楚不能毫无节制地引进客 工。
过去几年因为经济强劲增长，我国每年引进超过10万名外国人，其中大多数都是客工，而新公民和永久居民的人数也比过去来得多。但是，政府也清楚在金融危机爆发之后，经济不可能再像过去几年那样强劲增长，下来引进的外国人数目不可能像前几年那么多。
李总理指出，目前在本地工作的外国人将近100万，他无法想象数目每年都在增加，最终达到200万之众。因此，政府将调节外来工人的数目，并着重培训工人和加强他们的生产力。
他 透露目前在本地的非公民有55％是客工，30％是永久居民，其余15％是学生或外国人的亲属。在经济衰退的时候，客工能缓冲就业市场的压力。比如今年 上半年，新加坡经济严重萎缩。在这段时期，客工人数就减少了超过2万1000人，缓和了一些裁员压力，而本地人则在同期增加了超过7000份工作。
他 表示理解引进大量的外国人已让许多国人感觉受到威胁，担心自己的饭碗不保，也无法接受本地人与外地人之间的文化和习惯上的差异和社会环境的变化等。对 于国人的这些焦虑，李总理表示体谅，并且调强调我国的移民政策永远会把国人的利益放在第一位，但是要保障国人的长期利益，我们还是必须持续引进人才。政府 也有必要更明确地区分公民、永久居民和非公民的利益。
李总理希望人们明白虽然表面上客工会与本地人竞争工作，但是他们的努力付出，也能 激励国人进取，而竞争也会让我们进步。此外，他们其实还可以为国人创造更多的就业机会，比如做国人不想从事的工作或轮班工作，协助我们吸引更多国际企业到 本地落脚，为国人制造更多更好的就业机会。
对于年轻国人经常对政府的政策有诸多批评，他指出政策并非静止不变的，将来要如何演变，是掌握在下一代人的手里。
因此，他对学生们说年轻人与其问“我们还有发展空间吗？”，倒不如问“我们该如何创造更多进步的空间和机会？”
Thursday, 17 September 2009
Tuesday, 15 September 2009
shifting over to blogspot
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Monday, 17 August 2009
Beating the boys
Beating the boys
http://www.straitstimes.com/Overcoming%2BThe%2BStorm/SME%2BSpotlight/Story/STIStory_406574.html
FASHION show organiser, nightclub owner, restaurant and bar proprietor - these are jobs for tough guys.
But Ms Karen Seah - all petite 1.55m of her - is one single-minded woman who has taken on these male-dominated domains and succeeded.
The latest venture by Ms Seah, 37, sounds tame in comparison: an events and public relations company.
But true to her maverick nature, she is upping the ante by launching an online reality show as well, called Supermodel Me.
The elder daughter of corporate figure and former Overseas Union Bank president Peter Seah, she had a privileged upbringing, attending boarding school in Britain.
Back then, the teenager, already interested in photography, fashion and events management, used to organise events for her classmates. Once, while home for the holidays, she and some friends put on a successful fashion show to help raise money for charity.
In Singapore, she spent much of her time hanging out at nightspot Zouk.
After getting a degree in photojournalism and a master's in psychology from Boston University, Ms Seah moved Down Under to Melbourne, to do her PhD in psychology.
In her spare time though, she did not stray far from her first love of clubs and events management - organising one-off theme nights at various nightclubs.
Despite her relative inexperience, she had a knack for turning a profit on these events, and soon found herself agreeing to handle Friday nights - the busiest night of the week - for one Aussie club.
Just six months short of completing her PhD, a chance came her way to own a Melbourne nightclub in a fantastic location, and she took it.
On paper, it looked like a highly questionable move for a 26-year-old with little in the way of savings. But Ms Seah reasoned that opportunity only knocks once.
'I thought this was a chance of a lifetime. It taught me a lot. If I can survive that, I can survive anything.'
Naturally her parents were dead set against the move, but she told them that she was not a 'desk job person'.
She got a partner on board to share the total investment of A$1 million (S$1.1 million), remaining the larger shareholder.
Ms Seah got a loan from her father to fund her venture; which was granted only after she had written up a detailed business plan with projections that managed to convince him.
'He looked at it like a banker,' she said.
So she ran the Salt Nightclub in Melbourne and became the youngest-ever member - the only Asian and only female to boot - of the Australian city's Nightclub Owners' Association.
In the two years that she ran the club, sited in a former warehouse in the trendy inner city suburb of South Yarra, it became one of the most popular clubbing venues in Melbourne.
But amid the success, Ms Seah was shocked to see a patron being stabbed on the dance floor. It caused her to think twice about operating in the industry.
'It hits you hard - business gets affected, there are safety issues, there is also the media backlash about an 'Asian club' and the association with Vietnamese or Chinese gangs.'
'It was getting tough,' she admitted. 'My passion of running a nightclub was for people to enjoy the music or theme nights, not having to deal with this.'
Eventually, she thought that it was time to call it a day in Melbourne.
'I sold off the business at a profit,' she said. She repaid her father with the proceeds.
By then, Ms Seah had built up a name for herself in the industry in Melbourne, and the opportunity soon beckoned for her to do the same in Kuala Lumpur - by starting up another club, called Nouvo.
While KL may have been closer to home and family, it did not mean that it was a walk in the park - the culture and religion there were hugely different from what she was used to.
'Kuala Lumpur is not for a sheltered person to venture into to do business. It was difficult to operate there. You have to work with the police. There are also gangs. Navigating Malaysia was challenging. I didn't speak Malay or Cantonese, so it was a complete culture shock for me,' she recalled.
A big break came next when well-known nightclub owner Lincoln Cheng, the man behind Zouk in Singapore, wanted to set up an outfit in Malaysia.
'I felt I understood Zouk culture, the way they operated, and how they had created a brand, a sort of culture.'
She was roped in to start up the club. Proudly, Ms Seah said: 'I built that club from scratch, literally.' She had to deal with the contractors during the construction process, set up the administrative functions, recruit managers and staff, and talk to other investors.
'People may think it is glamorous, but running a nightclub involves understanding the construction and tender process, how to design the traffic flow, so that it is easy for patrons to move about and get to the bar. Sound, lighting as well as security are all part and parcel of running a successful nightclub.'
Just as important in the business is understanding accounts and cash.
'A nightclub is a cash business so you have to make sure that it is safe,' said Ms Seah.
And there are always problems - the staff fight, customers are unreasonable, there is bad press. 'My father taught me that a big part of running a business is people management,' said Ms Seah, who is single.
Her crowning achievement in Malaysia? Ms Seah is proud of how she put together Zouk Fest, a rave at Genting Highlands attended by about 16,000 people.
Then only 34, Ms Seah felt that she needed to take some time out. In the years that she lived in Malaysia, she was accompanied by bodyguards around KL, because of fears of being attacked or kidnapped. Nightclub owners, Ms Seah said, try to remain low-profile.
Finally, she returned to Singapore in 2006.
Together with partners, she set up Mimolette, a bar and restaurant located near the old Turf Club, tucked away into the greenery, partly because 'I had always wanted to go into the restaurant business and this was my first attempt'.
Her latest move came in February, with the launch of an events company Refinery Studio, and a media arm called Refinery Media.
Despite opening for business during the worst of the economic turmoil, Refinery Studio already had four fashion shows and events under its belt by April - not bad for a fledgling company.
And Ms Seah is keen to get ahead of the pack. To showcase her team's talents, the Web fanatic even came up with the idea of Singapore's first online reality show - Supermodel Me.
The show puts 10 attractive wanna-be models through various challenges to win prizes, among them cash of $10,000.
The project costs a low six-figure sum. Ms Seah has put in some of her own money while securing sponsorship from a variety of firms such as Topshop.
Innovative features dot the show - by clicking on the clothes that the models are wearing, viewers can find out where they can buy the outfits.
The shows are being aired on the Internet over 10 weeks, with a grand finale on Aug 22.
'I want to see Singapore promote more pan-Asian models in shows,' said Ms Seah. 'This show not only demonstrates what my team can do, but I am also doing my part for the local modelling scene.'
It may seem like a hodgepodge of different businesses, but she said: 'What I'm doing is all related. I feel that the lifestyle business can encompass music, clubbing, fashion and technology.'
While Ms Seah has not received any government funding so far, Exploit, the marketing and commercialisation arm of the Agency for Science, Technology And Research, and Refinery Media have signed an agreement to look into developing new technologies.
Her thoughts on setting up a business: 'Being an entrepreneur, you don't have a 'back door'. You have to do things on your own. You may be scared, but you have got to go on, because you have invested so much money and there's no turning back.'
sushyan@sph.com.sg
http://www.straitstimes.com/Overcoming%2BThe%2BStorm/SME%2BSpotlight/Story/STIStory_406574.html
FASHION show organiser, nightclub owner, restaurant and bar proprietor - these are jobs for tough guys.
But Ms Karen Seah - all petite 1.55m of her - is one single-minded woman who has taken on these male-dominated domains and succeeded.
The latest venture by Ms Seah, 37, sounds tame in comparison: an events and public relations company.
But true to her maverick nature, she is upping the ante by launching an online reality show as well, called Supermodel Me.
The elder daughter of corporate figure and former Overseas Union Bank president Peter Seah, she had a privileged upbringing, attending boarding school in Britain.
Back then, the teenager, already interested in photography, fashion and events management, used to organise events for her classmates. Once, while home for the holidays, she and some friends put on a successful fashion show to help raise money for charity.
In Singapore, she spent much of her time hanging out at nightspot Zouk.
After getting a degree in photojournalism and a master's in psychology from Boston University, Ms Seah moved Down Under to Melbourne, to do her PhD in psychology.
In her spare time though, she did not stray far from her first love of clubs and events management - organising one-off theme nights at various nightclubs.
Despite her relative inexperience, she had a knack for turning a profit on these events, and soon found herself agreeing to handle Friday nights - the busiest night of the week - for one Aussie club.
Just six months short of completing her PhD, a chance came her way to own a Melbourne nightclub in a fantastic location, and she took it.
On paper, it looked like a highly questionable move for a 26-year-old with little in the way of savings. But Ms Seah reasoned that opportunity only knocks once.
'I thought this was a chance of a lifetime. It taught me a lot. If I can survive that, I can survive anything.'
Naturally her parents were dead set against the move, but she told them that she was not a 'desk job person'.
She got a partner on board to share the total investment of A$1 million (S$1.1 million), remaining the larger shareholder.
Ms Seah got a loan from her father to fund her venture; which was granted only after she had written up a detailed business plan with projections that managed to convince him.
'He looked at it like a banker,' she said.
So she ran the Salt Nightclub in Melbourne and became the youngest-ever member - the only Asian and only female to boot - of the Australian city's Nightclub Owners' Association.
In the two years that she ran the club, sited in a former warehouse in the trendy inner city suburb of South Yarra, it became one of the most popular clubbing venues in Melbourne.
But amid the success, Ms Seah was shocked to see a patron being stabbed on the dance floor. It caused her to think twice about operating in the industry.
'It hits you hard - business gets affected, there are safety issues, there is also the media backlash about an 'Asian club' and the association with Vietnamese or Chinese gangs.'
'It was getting tough,' she admitted. 'My passion of running a nightclub was for people to enjoy the music or theme nights, not having to deal with this.'
Eventually, she thought that it was time to call it a day in Melbourne.
'I sold off the business at a profit,' she said. She repaid her father with the proceeds.
By then, Ms Seah had built up a name for herself in the industry in Melbourne, and the opportunity soon beckoned for her to do the same in Kuala Lumpur - by starting up another club, called Nouvo.
While KL may have been closer to home and family, it did not mean that it was a walk in the park - the culture and religion there were hugely different from what she was used to.
'Kuala Lumpur is not for a sheltered person to venture into to do business. It was difficult to operate there. You have to work with the police. There are also gangs. Navigating Malaysia was challenging. I didn't speak Malay or Cantonese, so it was a complete culture shock for me,' she recalled.
A big break came next when well-known nightclub owner Lincoln Cheng, the man behind Zouk in Singapore, wanted to set up an outfit in Malaysia.
'I felt I understood Zouk culture, the way they operated, and how they had created a brand, a sort of culture.'
She was roped in to start up the club. Proudly, Ms Seah said: 'I built that club from scratch, literally.' She had to deal with the contractors during the construction process, set up the administrative functions, recruit managers and staff, and talk to other investors.
'People may think it is glamorous, but running a nightclub involves understanding the construction and tender process, how to design the traffic flow, so that it is easy for patrons to move about and get to the bar. Sound, lighting as well as security are all part and parcel of running a successful nightclub.'
Just as important in the business is understanding accounts and cash.
'A nightclub is a cash business so you have to make sure that it is safe,' said Ms Seah.
And there are always problems - the staff fight, customers are unreasonable, there is bad press. 'My father taught me that a big part of running a business is people management,' said Ms Seah, who is single.
Her crowning achievement in Malaysia? Ms Seah is proud of how she put together Zouk Fest, a rave at Genting Highlands attended by about 16,000 people.
Then only 34, Ms Seah felt that she needed to take some time out. In the years that she lived in Malaysia, she was accompanied by bodyguards around KL, because of fears of being attacked or kidnapped. Nightclub owners, Ms Seah said, try to remain low-profile.
Finally, she returned to Singapore in 2006.
Together with partners, she set up Mimolette, a bar and restaurant located near the old Turf Club, tucked away into the greenery, partly because 'I had always wanted to go into the restaurant business and this was my first attempt'.
Her latest move came in February, with the launch of an events company Refinery Studio, and a media arm called Refinery Media.
Despite opening for business during the worst of the economic turmoil, Refinery Studio already had four fashion shows and events under its belt by April - not bad for a fledgling company.
And Ms Seah is keen to get ahead of the pack. To showcase her team's talents, the Web fanatic even came up with the idea of Singapore's first online reality show - Supermodel Me.
The show puts 10 attractive wanna-be models through various challenges to win prizes, among them cash of $10,000.
The project costs a low six-figure sum. Ms Seah has put in some of her own money while securing sponsorship from a variety of firms such as Topshop.
Innovative features dot the show - by clicking on the clothes that the models are wearing, viewers can find out where they can buy the outfits.
The shows are being aired on the Internet over 10 weeks, with a grand finale on Aug 22.
'I want to see Singapore promote more pan-Asian models in shows,' said Ms Seah. 'This show not only demonstrates what my team can do, but I am also doing my part for the local modelling scene.'
It may seem like a hodgepodge of different businesses, but she said: 'What I'm doing is all related. I feel that the lifestyle business can encompass music, clubbing, fashion and technology.'
While Ms Seah has not received any government funding so far, Exploit, the marketing and commercialisation arm of the Agency for Science, Technology And Research, and Refinery Media have signed an agreement to look into developing new technologies.
Her thoughts on setting up a business: 'Being an entrepreneur, you don't have a 'back door'. You have to do things on your own. You may be scared, but you have got to go on, because you have invested so much money and there's no turning back.'
sushyan@sph.com.sg
Saturday, 15 August 2009
First Scholar heads for China
http://www.straitstimes.com/Breaking%2BNews/Singapore/Story/STIStory_417095.html
Scholar heads for China
IN A break from tradition, one of this year's President's Scholars will be going to university in China - the first to do so.
All the previous winners of Singapore's most prestigious scholarship have gone mainly to Ivy League schools in the United States, or to top British universities.
Piqued by her interest in the 'Chinese psyche', Miss Tan Bao Jia, 19, picked Peking University over the Wharton School in the United States.
The former Dunman High School student council president is from the first batch of PSC China scholars, a new category of scholarships introduced this year.
But it was not smooth sailing all the way for her. She admitted with a laugh that at one point she had second thoughts about doing Chinese Language and Literature, as well as China Studies, at the A-level standard.
Miss Tan, who speaks English, Mandarin and Hokkien with her father, a shipping manager, and mother, a housewife, found the first few months tough going.
'It was harder than I thought it would be to love the subject,' she said of Chinese literature. 'But the teachers helped, and I grew to love some of the China writers.'
Among her favourites: major 20th-century writers Lu Xun and Lao She.
The avid trekker, who also enjoys solving Sudoku puzzles, is the eldest of three girls. Her younger sisters are at Tanjong Katong Girls' School and Victoria Junior College.
She will study economics, and believes that Singapore will benefit from having people who understand Chinese culture first-hand and how the country operates.
Scholar heads for China
IN A break from tradition, one of this year's President's Scholars will be going to university in China - the first to do so.
All the previous winners of Singapore's most prestigious scholarship have gone mainly to Ivy League schools in the United States, or to top British universities.
Piqued by her interest in the 'Chinese psyche', Miss Tan Bao Jia, 19, picked Peking University over the Wharton School in the United States.
The former Dunman High School student council president is from the first batch of PSC China scholars, a new category of scholarships introduced this year.
But it was not smooth sailing all the way for her. She admitted with a laugh that at one point she had second thoughts about doing Chinese Language and Literature, as well as China Studies, at the A-level standard.
Miss Tan, who speaks English, Mandarin and Hokkien with her father, a shipping manager, and mother, a housewife, found the first few months tough going.
'It was harder than I thought it would be to love the subject,' she said of Chinese literature. 'But the teachers helped, and I grew to love some of the China writers.'
Among her favourites: major 20th-century writers Lu Xun and Lao She.
The avid trekker, who also enjoys solving Sudoku puzzles, is the eldest of three girls. Her younger sisters are at Tanjong Katong Girls' School and Victoria Junior College.
She will study economics, and believes that Singapore will benefit from having people who understand Chinese culture first-hand and how the country operates.
Saturday, 1 August 2009
Top meeting city again
http://www.straitstimes.com/Breaking+News/Singapore/Story/STIStory_410765.html
Top meeting city again
SINGAPORE has been voted the most popular city in the world for business meetings for the second consecutive year.
Paris and Brussels come in second and third place respectively.
The 637 meetings it hosted in 2008 represented a 36 per cent increase over the number of meetings hosted in 2007. Notable meetings include the International Thalassaemia Conference, ISNCC 15th International Conference on Cancer Nursing, the Asia Petrochemical Industry Conference and the IEEE Electronics Packaging Technology Conference.
'The rise of Singapore in the international organisations meeting market is a noteworthy feature. In 2008 it has not only maintained its position in first place, it has increased its margin to 50 per cent more meetings than the second-ranked city,' said Mr Jacques de Mevius, secretary-General of the Union of International Associations.
On top of that, the city-state has moved one notch up to third position in the 'Top International Meeting Countries' category. The United States takes top spot, and France is in second place.
Singapore is still the top country and city in Asia to hold a meeting, a ranking that it has held for the past 25 years.
The Union tracks meetings made by international organisations which appear in the Yearbook of International Organisations and in the International Congress Calendar, and some national meetings with international participation.
It does not count national meetings, corporate and incentive meetings, and those of an exclusively religious, didactic, political, commercial, or sporting nature.
Top meeting city again
SINGAPORE has been voted the most popular city in the world for business meetings for the second consecutive year.
Paris and Brussels come in second and third place respectively.
The 637 meetings it hosted in 2008 represented a 36 per cent increase over the number of meetings hosted in 2007. Notable meetings include the International Thalassaemia Conference, ISNCC 15th International Conference on Cancer Nursing, the Asia Petrochemical Industry Conference and the IEEE Electronics Packaging Technology Conference.
'The rise of Singapore in the international organisations meeting market is a noteworthy feature. In 2008 it has not only maintained its position in first place, it has increased its margin to 50 per cent more meetings than the second-ranked city,' said Mr Jacques de Mevius, secretary-General of the Union of International Associations.
On top of that, the city-state has moved one notch up to third position in the 'Top International Meeting Countries' category. The United States takes top spot, and France is in second place.
Singapore is still the top country and city in Asia to hold a meeting, a ranking that it has held for the past 25 years.
The Union tracks meetings made by international organisations which appear in the Yearbook of International Organisations and in the International Congress Calendar, and some national meetings with international participation.
It does not count national meetings, corporate and incentive meetings, and those of an exclusively religious, didactic, political, commercial, or sporting nature.
Friday, 31 July 2009
Singapore firm launches touchscreen tablet computer
I was complating buying an netbook
but seem that i have to wait for following
and also any device that support Google new OS
http://www.straitstimes.com/Breaking%2BNews/Singapore/Story/STIStory_410527.html
July 31, 2009
World's first tablet PC
Singapore firm launches touchscreen tablet computer
By Tan Weizhen
Fusion Garage founder Chandraseka Rathakrishnan (centre) and his team appear to be on track to launch their Crunchpad touchscreen tablet by November, hopefully ahead of Apple's rumoured tablet which reportedly will be available by the end of the year. -- ST PHOTO: STEPHANIE YEOW
A SINGAPORE company is racing to be the first in the world to bring an almost mythical creature - the touchscreen tablet computer - to the market.
Nuts and bolts
# Dimensions: 12.77 by 7.83 inches, and 0.74 inch thick.
... more
The start-up, Fusion Garage, has teamed up with famed American technology blog Techcrunch and aims to get its machine out by November, in time for the Christmas buying rush.
The company gave The Straits Times a sneak preview last week. The fully working model, called a Crunchpad, has a 12-inch screen and weighs 1.2kg.
It allows users to watch YouTube videos, listen to music and edit documents, among other things.
Its operating system, or OS, was also developed in-house. The device will not have storage space - which some analysts have pegged as a big drawback - and will instead run programs hosted on servers: so-called cloud computing.
This means that editing a document, for instance, requires users to access the relevant software via the Internet. Once a document is completed, it will be saved via the Internet too.
The race to launch the touchscreen tablet has captivated computer geeks worldwide, with a large amount of speculation, and anticipation, centred on Apple.
Rumours of a 10-inch Apple tablet device in the vein of the iPhone and iPod Touch have abounded over the last few months. Early this week, the Financial Times reported that Apple's device will be available by the end of the year.
Fusion Garage's Singaporean founder, Mr Chandrasekar Rathakrishnan, 29, said he is not worried about the possibility of going up against Apple. 'It's two different market segments. The Apple tablet will likely be applications-driven. Ours will be Web-driven.'
If anything, he said, the American technology giant will help the Crunchpad by raising awareness of such products. Analysts see a touchscreen tablet as a forerunner of the Next Big Thing in computing - touchscreen PCs and laptops.
Read the full story in Friday's edition of The Straits Times.
tanwz@sph.com.sg
Saturday, 18 July 2009
asian investment 2009
Just want to note down I have go following event with Chaw Hin
http://www.asiainvestment.com.sg/whatis_aice.htm
The Asian Investment Conference and Exhibition 2009 (AICE 2009), organised by SIAS and supported by SGX and the Singapore Tourism Board, will be held at Suntec Convention Centre over this coming weekend.
AICE 2009 will see a number of public listed companies and financial sector companies present for investors to know more about them. There will also be more than 50 talks on various investment topics.
Date and time:
18 July 09: 12pm – 9pm
19 July 09: 10am – 7pm
Venue:
Suntec Convention Centre,
Level 6, Hall 601 (1 Raffles Boulevard, Suntec City Singapore 039593)
http://www.asiainvestment.com.sg/whatis_aice.htm
The Asian Investment Conference and Exhibition 2009 (AICE 2009), organised by SIAS and supported by SGX and the Singapore Tourism Board, will be held at Suntec Convention Centre over this coming weekend.
AICE 2009 will see a number of public listed companies and financial sector companies present for investors to know more about them. There will also be more than 50 talks on various investment topics.
Date and time:
18 July 09: 12pm – 9pm
19 July 09: 10am – 7pm
Venue:
Suntec Convention Centre,
Level 6, Hall 601 (1 Raffles Boulevard, Suntec City Singapore 039593)
SAF special operations group participates in Exercise Northstar VII
SAF special operations group participates in Exercise Northstar VII
http://www.mindef.gov.sg/imindef/publications/cyberpioneer/news/2009/July/15jul09_news.html
Posted: 15 Jul 2009, 2000 hours (Time is GMT +8 hours)
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http://www.mindef.gov.sg/imindef/publications/cyberpioneer/news/2009/July/15jul09_news.html
Posted: 15 Jul 2009, 2000 hours (Time is GMT +8 hours)
Report by Ong Hong Tat |
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To test Singapore's readiness to deal with concurrent terrorist attacks, 15 agencies including the Singapore Police Force (SPF), Singapore Civil Defence Force (SCDF) and the Singapore Armed Forces (SAF) came together in a homeland security exercise codenamed Northstar VII. |
"The SAF stands ready 24/7 to meet a range of threats to Singapore," said Colonel Benedict Lim, Assistant Chief of General Staff (Operations). The successful collaboration among the multiple agencies showcased during the exercise is a result of many years of working together, said Mr Lee. "We are very grateful to the Home Team and the SAF for keeping us safe," he added. Also present to view the climatic finale of the exercise at Rasa Sentosa Hotel were Senior Minister and Coordinating Minister for National Security Professor S Jayakumar, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Defence Mr Teo Chee Hean, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Home Affairs Mr Wong Kan Seng and other Members of Parliament. |
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15 Jul 09 - Photo Gallery: SAF special operations group participates in Exercise Northstar VII
15 Jul 09 - News Video: Stemming the Tide of Terror
15 Jul 09 - Stemming the Tide Of Terror [YouTube]
Friday, 17 July 2009
Thursday, 9 July 2009
Google to launch PC operating system in second half 2010
Copy from http://sg.news.yahoo.com/rtrs/20090708/tbs-google-7318940.html
* Google to launch PC operating system in second half 2010
* Move takes direct aim at Microsoft Windows
* New OS to power PCs ranging from netbooks to desktops
By Alexei Oreskovic
SUN VALLEY, Idaho, July 8 - Google Inc
Google, which already offers a suite of e-mail, Web and other software products that compete with Microsoft, said on Tuesday it would launch a new operating system for computers ranging from ultra-compact netbooks to full-size desktop PCs.
Called the Google Chrome Operating System, the new software will be in netbooks for consumers in the second half of 2010, Google said in a blog post, adding that it was working with multiple manufacturers.
"It's been part of their culture to go after and remove Microsoft as a major holder of technology, and this is part of their strategy to do it," said Rob Enderle, principal analyst at Enderle Group. "This could be very disruptive. If they can execute, Microsoft is vulnerable to an attack like this, and they know it," he said.
Google and Microsoft have often locked horns over the years in a variety of markets, from Internet search to mobile software. It remains to be seen if Google can take market share away from Microsoft on its home turf, with Windows currently installed in more than 90 percent of the world's PCs.
Key to success will be whether Google can lock in partnerships with PC makers, such as Hewlett-Packard Co
Google's Chrome Internet browser, launched in late 2008, remains a distant fourth in the Web browser market, with a 1.2 percent share in February, according to market research firm Net Applications. Microsoft's Internet Explorer continues to dominate, with nearly 70 percent.
A spokesman for Microsoft had no immediate comment.
FAST AND LIGHTWEIGHT
The new Chrome OS is expected to work well with many of the company's popular software applications, such as Gmail, Google Calendar and Google Maps.
It will be fast and lightweight, enabling users to access the Web in a few seconds, Google said. The new OS is based on open-source Linux code, which allows third-party developers to design compatible applications.
"The operating systems that browsers run on were designed in an era where there was no web," Sundar Pichai, vice president of product management at Google, said in the blog post. The Chrome OS is "our attempt to re-think what operating systems should be".
Google said Chrome OS was a new project, separate from its Android mobile operating software found in some smartphones. Acer Inc <2353.tw>, the world's No.3 PC brand, has already agreed to sell netbooks that run Android.
The new OS is designed to work with ARM
Charlene Li, partner at consulting company Altimeter Group, said Google's new OS will initially appeal to consumers looking for a netbook-like device for Web surfing, rather than people who use desktop PCs for gaming or high-powered applications.
But eventually, the Google OS has the potential to scale up to larger, more powerful PCs -- especially if it proves to run faster than Windows, she said.
Enderle expects Google to charge at most a nominal fee for the new OS, or make it free, saying the company's business model has been to earn revenue off connecting applications or advertising.
Li added: "A benefit to the consumer is that the cost saving is passed on, not having to pay for an OS."
"It's clearly positioned as a shot across the bow of Microsoft," she said. (Reporting by Alexei Oreskovic and Edwin Chan; Writing by Tiffany Wu; Editing by Dan Lalor/Will Waterman)
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