ST.com News: Healthy Savings

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Oct 31, 2010
ST.com News: Healthy Savings

CASE 1

Mr Henry Tay (not his real name), in his 40s, was admitted for spinal surgery owing to lumbar prolapsed disc in the middle of this year.

He spent three months in a Class A ward at Mount Elizabeth Hospital.

In 2008, he had bought a Medisave-approved integrated Aviva MyShield plan as well as a rider - MyShield Plus - which covers the co-insurance component.

The annual premium for his Shield plan is $480, payable by Medisave. He pays another $145 in cash for the rider.

His total hospitalisation bill of $203,000 comprised:

Room and board: $91,000

Surgeon fee: $27,000

Doctor attendance fee: $51,000

Other inpatient costs: $34,000

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ST.com News: Aussie xenophobia barrier

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Oct 30, 2010
ST.com News: Aussie xenophobia barrier

WHENEVER Singapore Inc ventures into Australia, those in the know brace themselves for an onslaught of indignant opposition - centring not on the merits of the business deal, but on Singapore's human rights record.

In 2001, SingTel was involved in a bid for Optus, Australia's No.2 telecoms firm. Opponents of the deal alleged that SingTel was part of the Singapore Government. Mr Hamish McDonald, the foreign editor of The Sydney Morning Herald, attacked the Republic for its 'snoopy record on human rights and political freedom'. He also asked why SingTel would want to expand into 'white trash' Australia, a reference to a remark Minister Mentor Lee Kuan Yew had once made.

Fast forward nine years, and it's deja vu. Last week, news broke that the Singapore Exchange ...

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ST.com News: Aussie xenophobia barrier

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ST.com News: Aussie xenophobia barrier

WHENEVER Singapore Inc ventures into Australia, those in the know brace themselves for an onslaught of indignant opposition - centring not on the merits of the business deal, but on Singapore's human rights record.

In 2001, SingTel was involved in a bid for Optus, Australia's No.2 telecoms firm. Opponents of the deal alleged that SingTel was part of the Singapore Government. Mr Hamish McDonald, the foreign editor of The Sydney Morning Herald, attacked the Republic for its 'snoopy record on human rights and political freedom'. He also asked why SingTel would want to expand into 'white trash' Australia, a reference to a remark Minister Mentor Lee Kuan Yew had once made.

Fast forward nine years, and it's deja vu. Last week, news broke that the Singapore Exchange ...

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ST.com News: Mum kills baby over online game

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Oct 30, 2010
ST.com News: Mum kills baby over online game

JACKSONVILLE (FLORIDA): A young mother has pleaded guilty to shaking her baby son to death after his crying interrupted her game on Facebook, a newspaper reported.

Alexandra Tobias, 22, entered the plea in the death of her three-month-old son in a court here on Wednesday, the Florida Times-Union said.

She had told police that she was playing FarmVille and her baby, Dylan Lee Edmondson, would not stop crying.

The newspaper said she confessed to shaking the baby, smoking a cigarette to calm down and then shaking the baby again. The baby could have hit his head during the incident in January.

Tobias called paramedics after the baby stopped breathing. He was taken to a hospital with head injuries and a broken leg, the report said. Doctors lat...

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ST.com News: Keep S'pore buzzing: SM Goh

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Oct 30, 2010
ST.com News: Keep S'pore buzzing: SM Goh

SENIOR Minister Goh Chok Tong last night challenged undergraduates to do their part to ensure Singapore remains a dynamic global city and not let its current buzz fizzle out.

Addressing Nanyang Technological University students at a dialogue, he asked them: 'Can we sustain it or will it end up as just fizz, like the fizz in carbonated soft drinks?'

An older generation of Singaporeans forged 'a most improbable nation' out of a tiny island with no natural resources.

Now, younger Singaporeans have to step up to the plate and determine their own future. They have to do two things, he said.

One, stay engaged in national affairs and voice their own solutions to Singapore's problems. Two, create a Singapore that is not just an integrated resort,...

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ST.com News: Big lessons in the Little Red Dot

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Moral: Be proud of our nation's achievement.

Oct 25, 2010
ST.com News: Big lessons in the Little Red Dot

MORE than 10,000 officials and professionals from 100 countries have come here to observe Singapore's land transport system under programmes run by the training arm of the Land Transport Authority (LTA).
The LTA Academy has, increasingly, drawn participants from Shanghai, Beijing and Tianjin in China, and Delhi, Bangalore and Mumbai in India, said its dean Mohinder Singh.
One top draw for these visitors is the Electronic Road Pricing (ERP), but they are all reminded not to emulate the ERP in isolation in managing road congestion and vehicle usage. A good public transport system needs to be in place as well, they are told.
The academy also showcases Singapore by holding international land transport conferences here. It organised the World Roads Confe...

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