Category Archives for Others
Stricter Guidelines on SMS Advertising for Real Estate Agent
This was sent in to ST Forum on 1st July 2011 but was not published. It is a positive development that the Council for Estate Agencies (CEA) has imposed guidelines on real estate agents with regards to their advertising. However, CEA should consider having stricter guidelines on the use of SMS advertisements. Often, an individual […]
Reprints of Letters to the Press
Over the next few days, I will be reprinting some of the letters that I have previously written to the public contribution section of the different newspapers. The main one would be to Straits Times Forum section. The letters cover a wide range of topics affecting Singaporeans. Some of these letters were published; some were […]
MAS Investor Alert List Questions
A couple of questions were asked in parliament regarding the MAS Investor Alert List: Whether MAS can take more pro-active measures to enhance consumer awareness of the Investor Alert List (IAL), hence giving consumers the necessary protection in assessing the credibility of gold investment buy-back schemes? How many investors are affected by the investigation into […]
Dr Richard Teo – Speech and Video
The video and speech made by the late Dr Richard Teo has been going viral over the past few weeks in Singapore. For those of us who are too caught up in our work (and making money), going through Dr Richard Teo’s words might be a good reflection. This is a story of a man […]
More Bank Security Tokens
Recently, I have started to receive new bank security tokens for internet login verification purposes. Previously, I was using SMS authorization for some of the banks but it looks like the trend now is going towards more of having an unique security token for each bank. So at this point in time now, I have […]