Discriminatory job ad by PRC startup angers developer community in Singapore

Tech In Asia, 24 Sep 2014

A job ad for a lead software developer in Singapore went viral today – for all the wrong reasons. Posted by Shanghai-based startup Sugar, the job description quickly raised the ire of the app development community.
In the section about the sort of person they’re seeking, they allegedly insinuated that being ambitious supposedly means eschewing family life:
You are

Pinoy Shame: Philippines biggest shopping mall selling children T-shirt that justify rape

Independent.co.uk, 23 Sep 2014
One of the biggest department stores in the Philippines has been forced to withdraw a T-shirt which appeared to justify rape after outrage erupted online.
The offending item, sold in the boys section at SM Supermalls, was emblazoned with the logo: “It’s not rape. It’s a snuggle with a struggle”.
An image of the T-shirt posted on writer Karen Kunawicz’s Facebook

PRC insurance agents going door-to-door to con senior citizens with false information about the insurance they are selling

Hardwarezone Forum, 24 Sep 2014
At about 8.40pm a Chinese speaking female agent that sounds a lot like a China women knock on my door asking if there are anyone between the age of 40-60 years old or 45-60 years old ( I did not pay much attention when she asked me the first time and I am the only 1 at home and I am not within this age group). I reply “no” and walk back to my bedroom.
While in my

OPINION: Mega projects – what have we gained other than the intangibles

My Singpaore News, 24 Sep 2014
We have done great things, built great cities like Suzhou, Tianjin Eco city, F1, great Gardens By the Bay, and now we are going to build smart city or cities in India. We have contributed no small sum to the building of Nalanda University. How much have all these great projects cost us and what were the returns in absolute monetary terms? Let me touch on the

Government-linked Capitaland’s mega township project in Iskandar hits a snag

Reuters India, 23 Sep 2014
Amid growing anxiety over a glut of high-rise residences in Malaysia’s Iskandar, a mega waterfront township project there appears to have hit a snag.
The Business Times understands that CapitaLand, South-east Asia’s largest real estate developer, recently sought a six-month extension on the launch of its 900-unit high rise condominium, which is the first phase of a S$

Singapore takes step towards first nuclear facility in SEA

MSN Malaysia, 23 Sep 2014
Singapore has deposited the instrument of accession to the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)’s Convention on the Physical Protection of Nuclear Material (CPPNM) and the instrument of acceptance to its 2005 Amendment.
Singapore will become a party to the CPPNM 30 days after the instrument of accession is deposited with the IAEA, said the Ministry of the

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