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@Zac_Pundi All of this and Singapore will still be a boring vanilla nation of easily bruised strawberry’s

Had a chat with my dad today. We made some predictions for Singapore over the next 10 years. Singapore will: 🏭 Build a mini nuclear reactor on one of its southern islands. It will power both the grid and a new gigawatt-scale data centre. 🎨 Set up a dedicated arts university. Growing artistry alongside finance and tech — same energy as when they built the Esplanade. 🏢 House the actual HQ of an S&P 500 tech company — not a twin HQ, the real one. We've already seen dual HQs like HSBC and Ingenico. The next step is a full migration by a US co. 🏆 Win a Nobel Prize. My bet is in materials science, quantum, or medical research. 👔 An ex-minister will take a leadership role at a global tech company. Think Nick Clegg at Meta, but Singapore's version. 🎢 Get a Disneyland. On top of USS. 💲USD:SGD parity, almost.

@DavidPocock I think first you should disclose who your office has issued passes to no ?

There are more than 2,200 people with privileged access all areas lobbyist passes to Parliament House. After repeated calls for transparency, not a single Labor, Coalition or Greens senator or MP has disclosed who they are giving this access to. At a time of intense lobbying on issues like making sure Australians get a fair return for our export gas, that should concern all of us. canberratimes.com.au/story/9182651/… Go to passregister.com.au to call on your MP to disclose who they are giving access to.

@airwallex starting to get bored with the transfer fees, why should a business pay a USD$35 charge to receive a payment in a local account in the same currency when banks charge $0

@airwallex wow new business enrolled with AW in HKG and charged HKD 40 to recieve a local payment in HKG highway robbery MUCH !!

@ManusAI seems the latest update has bricked the app ?

@ChrisRinvesting @jenzhuscott @ManusAI And yet the meta logo is already front and centre of the app since latest update

@jenzhuscott @ManusAI i agree. But the sale has not been approved yet

Based on Zhipu and MiniMax’s IPO performance on HKEX, @ManusAI would’ve been a USD15bn market cap if it’s listed. As I said before, Meta got it too cheap.

@qatarairways how can this airline be one of the top 3 and not offer premium cabin passengers somewhere to rest “comfortably” in the lounge it’s diabolical along with 12 kind of non private uncomfortable supposed sleeping pods 🤷🏻‍♂️🤷🏻‍♂️#qatarair #businessclass

@MengTo @AzFlin Not that easy …..

@AzFlin start a company and pay yourself a salary. sleek handles everything.

I just renewed my Singapore visa for 3 years. It’s a paradise here. - 5-15% income tax for high income (100k to 500k). No capital gain tax, 9% sales tax, no-tipping culture. - English speaking and top schools for our kids. Best medical system I've experienced. - 26-32º all-year with warm rains. Can swim every day. - Best food on earth (except Japan). So many Japanese restaurants/groceries! - Extremely safe & affordable services like helpers, tutors, transport (grab, lalamove), etc. Everything has agents. World-class MRT and Airport. 2 years ago, I sold everything and moved to Singapore from Canada. I was paying over 150k in taxes every year (50%+). I had a huge house, a swimming pool, a small boat but could only enjoy most of them in the summer. So Singapore has extremely expensive rent, comparable to SF. BUT the money we’re saving in taxes more than makes up for it. The more you make, the more you save. If you invest, you pay no tax on gains. Revolut, Wise and Moomoo are my go-to apps for transfers and investing. Starting a company and managing visa/accounting/paperwork is a breeze thanks to Sleek. The first year, I was shocked that I only had to pay 5k in taxes. LOL. No paperwork, bc taxes are pretty much auto-reporting. Log in, report, pay, done! ID using Singpass is crazy efficient. PayNow QR code scan & pay is frictionless. Schools for foreigners are relaxed compared to local schools, and we found one that is extremely affordable (less than 15k a year). They have door-to-door bus services, which saves a lot of time for busy parents. Kids activities, ECA, daycares are widely available without the need to fight for availability (a huge issue we had in Quebec). Medical is so so good. For stuff like dental, general sickness like fever, pains, chiro, it’s basically same-day or drop-in 15-min. They typically cost 50-100 SGD a visit without insur coverage. In Quebec, we were def fighting for an appointment, calling at multiple places, getting appointments in 1-3 days and costing 150 CAD. Yes, healthcare was free, but only if you’re okay waiting 20 hours in a hospital or days before getting an appointment EVEN for private ones. You won't find any at the public ones, just go to a hospital. Food is cheaper (hawker centers) and higher quality (a LOT from Japan & Australia) than what we had in Canada. Don Don Donki is insane, but it’s not the only thing Japanese that we fell in love with, hard. Like Sushiro is so so good. Gyukaku, Ippudo, Sushitei, Ichiban Boshi, Daiso… Feels like Japanese things have grown 10x in the past 5 years. And they’re affordable! You can find Wagyu almost as easily as organic food. Japanese strawberries, Muscat from Korea, China, incredible salmons, teas. My kids are obsessed with salmon and mentai since moving to SG. Furnitures are incredibly unique, tasteful and with high-quality materials like ceramic and wood. I was shocked at the quality for cheaper prices than Ikea! Amazon is still useful for international stuff, but for more unique items, Shopee and Lazada are amazing. I can go on forever about Singapore. Lately, we started feeling like we already retired (living next to water, with palm trees, hot weather and amazing amenities), but we’re so full of energy and I’ve never worked so hard (as you’ve seen with Aura and DreamCut).

Exclusive deep dive — Project Sleeping Giant: Inside the Chinese Mercantile Machine Linking Beijing’s Underground Banks and the Sinaloa Cartel open.substack.com/pub/thebureau/…

Precedent-setting ruling on criticism of Israel in the Federal Court of Australia: “...political criticism of Israel, however inflammatory or adversarial, is not by its nature criticism of Jews in general or based on Jewish racial or ethnic identity.” Source: Federal Court of Australia Wertheim v Haddad [2025] FCA 720, 1 July 2025 judgments.fedcourt.gov.au/judgments/Judg…

Privateer mercenaries by any other name. A bizarre tale indeed: Trump Entertainment Resorts owner owns the hedgefund that owns & operates the UK’s RAF military refueller planes refuelling the Israeli military planes that are killing in the Gaza genocide. consortiumnews.com/2025/06/30/cra…

Electricity prices have risen today. Why? Gas sets the electricity price and the Government has put the gas cartel’s wants ahead of Aussie consumer and business needs. It’s OUR gas. #auspol

#Bupa @BupaAustralia

Your ⁦@ABCaustralia⁩ acted illegally to cover up Israeli war crimes: Court. "The court has found that ABC punishing someone for sharing facts about these war crimes is also illegal." “Deliberately starving and killing children is a war crime.” abc.net.au/news/2025-06-2…

#abc730 #ABC

@SenatorWong Could we impose sanctions please on Israel. Should Israel end its illegal wars in Iran, Gaza, Lebanon? Should Australia stand with refugees being starved en masse and burnt alive in tents?

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@CacheThatCheque Look out for the large diaspora from just west of japan that bring the biggest issues crime and corruption

I’m actually fine with immigrants (I am an immigrant too) so long as they arrive legally, assimilate, and are ineligible for welfare, but the issue I have is that the Japanese government is promoting large scale immigration without debate while gaslighting its own citizens

#BBCNews #raviberg #uklabour

The truth about Gary Lineker, the BBC and the UK Lawyers for Israel lobby group.