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Civil Service to raise pay of 13,700 officers from January
http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporelocalnews/view/307759/1/.html

Congrats to the getting-richer Civil Servants. Thou the increment are just a few percentage, but its better than nothing ya? :) A pity those in the Education Sector might not be affected. Those teachers around me, just wait for your turn. :)

Bank of America to lay off 3,000 from investment unit
http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/afp_world_business/view/307684/1/.html

Poor to-be-retrenched BOA staff. It has always been said the desk my team is supporting is losing money. Just like this unit of BOA. Will I get retrenched soon too? Haha. Don't keep think working in a bank is very fantastic and stable. Thou banks sound financially stronger than others, you don't know what is in store for you in the future. :)

Regan Lee jailed for crashing car, killing sales executive
http://www.channelnewsasia.com/cna/cgi-bin/search/search_7days.pl?status=&search=regan&id=307522

Fair or unfair? Guess most will shout for the latter. A life lost. 7mths jailed and 10yrs unable to drive. Of cos it seems more of unfair. Moreover, if I am not wrong, he don't seem badly affected by the death of He Xueli. He still wana look for a better car. I mean if Im him, I guess I might not want to drive again or at least in the near future.