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ROME – PRIME Minister Silvio Berlusconi has reached a divorce settlement under which his second wife will receive 300,000 euros (S$528, 000) a month, less than a tenth of the sum she sought, press reports said on Tuesday.’ Since its legalisation in 1974, divorce is on the rise in predominantly Catholic Italy, tripling to 100,000 [...] Charlie Rose, an Emmy award-winning journalist recently sat down with Prime Minister Lee Hisen Loong to discuss issues ranging from the Nuclear Security Summit, to China, to issues surrounding Singapore. LEE HSIEN LOONG: it’s a fundamental issue of fitness to govern. First you must have the moral right, then you can make the right decisions. [...] WE ALL want a certain something from our bosses but what the head honchos actually deliver can be off the mark, according to a new survey. Human resources consultancy Towers Watson polled 20,000 employees in 22 countries from last November to January and found that two-thirds placed caring about others’ well-being as a leader’s most [...] Senior Minister Goh Chok Tong has said that trust lends more legitimacy to a government than its legal authority. He made the point at the second Singapore-China Leadership forum attended by about 80 officials from both countries. Mr Goh pointed out that rebuilding trust with the people is especially important in the post-crisis landscape otherwise [...] IF SINGAPORE is to lift its languishing service standards and compete effectively with top global cities for visitors, chief executive officers here must show that they are serious about changing things. It simply is not good enough to blame the unhelpful sales girl or inattentive waiter, or say that Singaporeans do not have genuine smiles [...] SM Goh’s sense has been that many Singaporeans feel that this year’s Budget is “unexciting” – that this year”s Budget had “nothing very much for most Singaporeans” in terms of goodies. He said: “That’s because this year, the minister has decided that it should not be a distributive Budget…more importantly, we want to focus on the [...] When he presented this year’s SAF Overseas Scholarships to six young men, Defence Minister Teo Chee Hean said: “Confidence in the SAF (Singapore Armed Forces) rests on it having the best leadership, so that the SAF will be well-led, well-trained, ……. Ultimately, should the SAF ever be called to battle, Singaporeans want to know that [...] |
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