Singapore is slashing its leaders’ unpopular multi-million-dollar salaries by at least a third, new guidelines showed early this year. But its ministers will stay among the world’s best-paid politicians. The cuts were promised by Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong to ease public anger after a landmark general election in 2011. He himself will take a [...]
Archive for January 4th, 2012
4 Jan
Cambodia: The first eviction battle in the new year turns bloody.
Civil society condemned Tuesday’s destruction of the homes of some 300 families in Phnom Penh’s Borei Keila settlement in a clash between police and residents which left dozens injured. Background of the eviction. In 2003, Phan Imex Company signed an agreement with the government to construct 10 buildings on two hectares of land to house [...]
4 Jan
Cambodia: University Education off the road.
Corruption, funding shortages and an obsession with profit are plaguing the quality of university education in Cambodia. If the government hopes to keep its best and brightest at home, it must resolve these issues and build a world-class university system from within. Mushrooming of private universities. Obstacles hindering Cambodia’s higher education system include low salaries [...]
