By admin, on February 23rd, 2009

This thing called the prenup

Source: The Straits Times Page A18, 23 Feb 2009 Editorial

In allowing the enforceability of the prenup in the case, the three-judge appeals court nevertheless indicated little inclination to give weight to agreements regarding wife maintenance and child support, care, custody and control. The distintion is important. Statutory protection of the vulnerable thus remains undisturbed, even as the [...]

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By admin, on February 21st, 2009

Why polls this year possible

Source: The Straits Times Forum Page A2, 21 Feb 2009 Article by: Aaron Low, Political Correspondent

The most compelling indicator of an early election is actually history.

In 2001, then Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong called an election just two months after the Sept 11 attacks in the United States.

Many had described the situation then [...]

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By admin, on February 20th, 2009

Ponderings of the mind amidst the recession

Everyone’s been talking about how the world recession is affecting Singapore. It seems there’s no end to the bad news hitting us from abroad. Nobody knows when the avalanche of bad news will bottom out. Every few days, a new high-profile scam is exposed elsewhere in the USA. Such news impact us badly because the sooner [...]

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