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11/13/2020

All Singaporeans want the same thing, by Siew Tuck Wah | UpNow Media

"You cannot blame us for wondering how policymakers decide which establishments can open and which cannot."

Dr Siew Tuck Wah gives a rant about what Singaporeans really want during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Do you agree?

https://upnowmedia.com/all-singaporeans-want-the-same-thing-by-siew-tuck-wah/

All Singaporeans want the same thing. We want Singapore to emerge from the COVID-19 crisis as safely as possible. We stand united, and in solidarity. However

11/12/2020

Starlight Troopers, Singapore & Taiwan | UpNow Media

Starlight Troopers or 星光部队, is something familiar to almost ever member of the Singapore Armed Forces.

Have you trained there before?

https://upnowmedia.com/starlight-troopers-singapore-taiwan/

In 1975, Premier Chiang Ching-kuo and Lee Kuan Yew signed an agreement codenamed “Project Starlight” (星光計畫, also known as Hsing Kuang, Starlight Troopers),

11/11/2020

Singapore 'loans $22 billion for COVID-19', from who and how to replenish it? | UpNow Media

Mr Leon Perera has asked for clarifications on who is Singapore loaning $22 billion from & how to long we have to pay it. This has a huge impact on the lives of Singaporeans.

What do you think?

https://upnowmedia.com/singapore-loans-22-billion-covid-19-who-replenish/

DPM Heng revealed $22 billion of budget is financed by loans, a "fiscally neutral" funding model. Leon Perera seeks clarity of how Singaproe can repay it.

11/10/2020

Singapore Overseas Graduate is now a Prime Mover Driver, he's proud of it | UpNow Media

Are all the good jobs gone? A Singapore Overseas Graduate can't find a job and is now a driver.

It that an acceptable outcome or showing more issues?

https://upnowmedia.com/singapore-overseas-graduate-is-now-a-prime-mover-driver-hes-proud-of-it/

I graduated from a British university in 2017 with an honours degree in Politics and History. I was a Singapore overseas graduate. My initial plan to set up a

11/09/2020

Sarah Tiong is possibly a racial hypocrite, with proof by OnHand Agrarian | UpNow Media

Sarah Tiong made a big issue over the use of "Ni hao ma" on a radio show.

She claims it's racist but the has been marketing herself as Chinese for a long time.

Is she a racial hypocrite?

https://upnowmedia.com/sarah-tiong-is-possibly-a-racial-hypocrite-with-proof-by-onhand-agrarian/

Sarah Tiong has been a contestant on MasterChef Australia and she slams Triple M radio station on Instagram for being racist. Triple M presenter greeted Sarah

11/08/2020

Hermès Store Reopens In China And Earns S$3.8 million In One Day | UpNow Media

It is worth mentioning that, according to the publication, before this reopening the brand had already closed the activities of another store in the same region and brought together the old team in this single establishment. https://upnowmedia.com/hermes-store-reopens-in-china-and-earns-s3-8-million-in-one-day/

What is the first thing you will do when the quarantine is over? Apparently, the citizens of Guangzhou rushed to buy luxury goods.

11/07/2020

90% of China's Sinovac employees, families took coronavirus vaccine | UpNow Media

Data gathered from the program could offer evidence of the vaccine's safety, but such data, which is not part of the registered clinical trial protocols, will not be used as main materials that regulators review in judging whether to approve the vaccine for commercial use, Yin said. https://upnowmedia.com/90-of-chinas-sinovac-employees-families-took-coronavirus-vaccine/

About 90 per cent of Sinovac Biotech employees and their families have taken an experimental coronavirus vaccine developed by the Chinese firm under the

11/06/2020

Apple removes thousands of games from the Chinese App Store, alarming observers | UpNow Media

Apple removed more than 47,000 mobile apps from the Chinese App Store earlier this month, as first stated by AppInChina. https://upnowmedia.com/apple-removes-thousands-of-games-from-the-chinese-app-store-alarming-observers/

When tensions escalate between the US and China, Apple 's Chinese operations — including millions of Apple buyers and a substantial portion of the company's

11/05/2020

Thailand looks to cut Malacca Strait shipping time by land link between Indian, Pacific Oceans | UpNow Media

Data from ReCAAP ISC, a piracy information group with 20 member nations, mostly in Asia, found that incidents along the shipping route rose from eight in 2018 to 30 last year. https://upnowmedia.com/thailand-looks-to-cut-malacca-strait-shipping-time-by-land-link-between-indian-pacific-oceans/

Thailand is looking to construct a land passageway that would connect the Indian and Pacific Oceans, bypassing one of the world’s busiest shipping lanes.The

11/04/2020

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11/04/2020

Taiwan vs Singapore: How do they compare? | UpNow Media

He rented a home Taiwan for NT30,000 (SGD1,388) while in Singapore, it would cost him NT65,000 (SGD2,800). https://upnowmedia.com/taiwan-vs-singapore-how-do-they-compare/

A foreigner who has lived both in Taiwan & Singapore makes a comparison between the two countries when it comes to living as an expatriate.

11/03/2020

Blanked-Out Spots On China's Maps Helped Us Uncover Xinjiang's Camps | UpNow Media

Prisons and internment camps need to be near infrastructure -- you need to get large amounts of building materials and heavy machinery there to build them, for starters. https://upnowmedia.com/blanked-out-spots-on-chinas-maps-helped-us-uncover-xinjiangs-camps/

China's Baidu blanked out parts of its mapping platform. We used those locations to find a network of buildings bearing the hallmarks of prisons and

11/02/2020

Japan Is Giving Away Abandoned Houses for Free | UpNow Media

Here's what the experts say.

https://upnowmedia.com/japan-is-giving-away-abandoned-houses-for-free/

There are more than 8 million vacant properties littered throughout Japan – and they're going dirt cheap.

11/01/2020

How Not To Be Broke | UpNow Media

Here's the truth: people lose money when they don't know what they are doing! https://upnowmedia.com/how-not-to-be-broke/

Wealth building lesson:

10/31/2020

How Is Money Created? Quantitiative Easing & Debt Based Money Explained | UpNow Media

As the current governments continue to create money, it is going to lead to a great scale of inflation in the future.

https://upnowmedia.com/how-is-money-created-quantitiative-easing-debt-based-money-explained/

Physical money makes up 3-8% of all money. How is money created? Quantitative easing in a debt based economy has lead to central banks accumulating assets.

10/30/2020

Casey Wong: My reflection on the first half of 2020 | UpNow Media

Working at Rocket Internet & moving to a startup, Casey was retrenched when COVID-19 happened.

All within 3 weeks. Life's hard, isn't it?

https://upnowmedia.com/my-reflection-on-first-half-2020-casey-wong/

This is the story of Casey Wong about his experience of the first half of 2020.

10/29/2020

All Singaporeans want the same thing, by Siew Tuck Wah | UpNow Media

Aesthetic surgeon Dr Siew Tuck Wah is also a dog rescuer with Save Our Street Dogs.

He shares about what all Singaporeans want - the same thing.

Let's us know what you think in the comments.

https://upnowmedia.com/all-singaporeans-want-the-same-thing-by-siew-tuck-wah/

All Singaporeans want the same thing. We want Singapore to emerge from the COVID-19 crisis as safely as possible. We stand united, and in solidarity. However

10/28/2020

Starlight Troopers, Singapore & Taiwan | UpNow Media

Singapore's intimate military relationship with Taiwan has ruffled China's feathers.

In 2020, it seems to be forgotten.

Have you been to Starlight before?

https://upnowmedia.com/starlight-troopers-singapore-taiwan/

In 1975, Premier Chiang Ching-kuo and Lee Kuan Yew signed an agreement codenamed “Project Starlight” (星光計畫, also known as Hsing Kuang, Starlight Troopers),

10/27/2020

Singapore 'loans $22 billion for COVID-19', from who and how to replenish it? | UpNow Media

Singapore loans $22 billion for COVID-19 Fortitude Budget. How do we replenish it?

Will future generations have an unnecessarily hard time paying for it?

Is that good administration?

https://upnowmedia.com/singapore-loans-22-billion-covid-19-who-replenish/

DPM Heng revealed $22 billion of budget is financed by loans, a "fiscally neutral" funding model. Leon Perera seeks clarity of how Singaproe can repay it.

10/26/2020

Singapore Overseas Graduate is now a Prime Mover Driver, he's proud of it | UpNow Media

A Singapore Overseas Graduate shares his story of being educated in Britain and failing to find a "good" job after returning to Singapore. He is now a Prime Mover Driver.

Has he done it right?

https://upnowmedia.com/singapore-overseas-graduate-is-now-a-prime-mover-driver-hes-proud-of-it/

I graduated from a British university in 2017 with an honours degree in Politics and History. I was a Singapore overseas graduate. My initial plan to set up a

10/25/2020

Sarah Tiong is possibly a racial hypocrite, with proof by OnHand Agrarian | UpNow Media

Sarah Tiong has been a contestant on MasterChef Australia and she slams Triple M radio station on Instagram for being racist. All because of a "Ni hao ma".

Do you agree that it's racist?

https://upnowmedia.com/sarah-tiong-is-possibly-a-racial-hypocrite-with-proof-by-onhand-agrarian/

Sarah Tiong has been a contestant on MasterChef Australia and she slams Triple M radio station on Instagram for being racist. Triple M presenter greeted Sarah

10/24/2020

Johor Bahru suffers as Singaporean spending is limited due to closed borders.

10/24/2020

Here’s what Mid Valley Megamall looks like after COVID-19.

10/24/2020

Hermès Store Reopens In China And Earns S$3.8 million In One Day | UpNow Media

The company did not comment on sales figures, but in a statement they said the store's reopening "marks a new chapter for the Parisian label in Guangzhou". https://upnowmedia.com/hermes-store-reopens-in-china-and-earns-s3-8-million-in-one-day/

What is the first thing you will do when the quarantine is over? Apparently, the citizens of Guangzhou rushed to buy luxury goods.

10/23/2020

90% of China's Sinovac employees, families took coronavirus vaccine | UpNow Media

"As a vaccine developer and manufacturer, a new outbreak could directly impact our vaccine production," Yin said on the sidelines of an international trade fair in Beijing, explaining why his company was included in the emergency program. https://upnowmedia.com/90-of-chinas-sinovac-employees-families-took-coronavirus-vaccine/

About 90 per cent of Sinovac Biotech employees and their families have taken an experimental coronavirus vaccine developed by the Chinese firm under the

10/22/2020

Apple removes thousands of games from the Chinese App Store, alarming observers | UpNow Media

Apple removed more than 47,000 mobile apps from the Chinese App Store earlier this month, as first stated by AppInChina. https://upnowmedia.com/apple-removes-thousands-of-games-from-the-chinese-app-store-alarming-observers/

When tensions escalate between the US and China, Apple 's Chinese operations — including millions of Apple buyers and a substantial portion of the company's

10/21/2020

Thailand looks to cut Malacca Strait shipping time by land link between Indian, Pacific Oceans | UpNow Media

The government has approved a 75 million baht (US$2.4 million) budget for a study to examine the construction of two seaports, and another 90 million baht to examine highways and rails linking them, according to Saksiam. https://upnowmedia.com/thailand-looks-to-cut-malacca-strait-shipping-time-by-land-link-between-indian-pacific-oceans/

Thailand is looking to construct a land passageway that would connect the Indian and Pacific Oceans, bypassing one of the world’s busiest shipping lanes.The

10/20/2020

Taiwan vs Singapore: How do they compare? | UpNow Media

Among the aspects he has shared, he finds that the cost of living in Singapore is much higher than in Taiwan. https://upnowmedia.com/taiwan-vs-singapore-how-do-they-compare/

A foreigner who has lived both in Taiwan & Singapore makes a comparison between the two countries when it comes to living as an expatriate.

10/19/2020

Blanked-Out Spots On China's Maps Helped Us Uncover Xinjiang's Camps | UpNow Media

Having established that we could probably find internment camps in this way, we examined Baidu's satellite tiles for the whole of Xinjiang, including the blank masking tiles, which formed a separate layer on the map. https://upnowmedia.com/blanked-out-spots-on-chinas-maps-helped-us-uncover-xinjiangs-camps/

China's Baidu blanked out parts of its mapping platform. We used those locations to find a network of buildings bearing the hallmarks of prisons and

10/18/2020

Japan Is Giving Away Abandoned Houses for Free | UpNow Media

As more and more Japanese citizens either kick the bucket or shuffle into retirement homes, an increasing number of houses around the country are being left empty without anyone to live in them. https://upnowmedia.com/japan-is-giving-away-abandoned-houses-for-free/

There are more than 8 million vacant properties littered throughout Japan – and they're going dirt cheap.

10/17/2020

How Not To Be Broke | UpNow Media

The biggest reason some people accelerate to riches is because they live like they are poor when they don't have to. https://upnowmedia.com/how-not-to-be-broke/

Wealth building lesson:

10/16/2020

How Is Money Created? Quantitiative Easing & Debt Based Money Explained | UpNow Media

If you could print an infinite amount of money, wouldn't you buy all the stocks that you can?

https://upnowmedia.com/how-is-money-created-quantitiative-easing-debt-based-money-explained/

Physical money makes up 3-8% of all money. How is money created? Quantitative easing in a debt based economy has lead to central banks accumulating assets.

10/15/2020

Casey Wong: My reflection on the first half of 2020 | UpNow Media

Switching jobs, getting married & also being retrenched. All within half a year.

Did you experience something like that?

https://upnowmedia.com/my-reflection-on-first-half-2020-casey-wong/

This is the story of Casey Wong about his experience of the first half of 2020.

10/14/2020

All Singaporeans want the same thing, by Siew Tuck Wah | UpNow Media

"Schools have reopened. School children are now congregating back at schools. Yet we are not even allowed to see our relatives."

Dr Siew Tuck Wah asks how does this all make sense?

Let's us know what you think in the comments.

https://upnowmedia.com/all-singaporeans-want-the-same-thing-by-siew-tuck-wah/

All Singaporeans want the same thing. We want Singapore to emerge from the COVID-19 crisis as safely as possible. We stand united, and in solidarity. However

10/13/2020

Starlight Troopers, Singapore & Taiwan | UpNow Media

Taiwan's terrain has allowed Singapore Armed Forces to gain realistic on-the-ground experience.

The experience there has also bolstered the relationship between Singaporeans and Taiwanese.

How was your experience there?

https://upnowmedia.com/starlight-troopers-singapore-taiwan/

In 1975, Premier Chiang Ching-kuo and Lee Kuan Yew signed an agreement codenamed “Project Starlight” (星光計畫, also known as Hsing Kuang, Starlight Troopers),