SPF Promotion Statistics

Congratulations to all 45,137 recipients of the Singapore Police Bicentennial 2020 medal. The medal is awarded to all SPF officers in service during the year of 2020, including regulars, NSFs, NSmen and VSC officers. It is rare for the rank and names of so many police officers to be published ...

Drupal Redirect Malware

Just encountered a rather interesting redirection malware. The first sign that something was wrong was that the search engine results on Google had spammy metadata. This may not be an actual compromise as it could have been caused by issues such as spammers submitting fake sitemaps to Google. ...

Total Defense and Falsehoods

As we commemorate Total Defense day, it is poignant to note the link to what is potentially some of the worst falsehoods to be perpetuated in Singapore, contributing in part to the death of thousands of people. The impact is probably greater any recorded use of POFMA to date. An excerpt of the ...

SPH Circulation Saga: Misrepresentation

On Jan 9, it was reported that SPH media inflated its daily circulation figures by 10 to 12% of its reported daily average circulation figures. If an advertiser were to take umbrage at the inflated figures, what recourse could they possibly have?    SPH Media CEO Teo Lay Lim told advertisers in ...

Sign with Singpass

Apparently, you can now sign documents with Singpass using any of the digital signing partners. I have compiled the table below with each provider's most basic plan for easier reference with a focus on individual and not corporate usage. The signing certificate used by Singpass is currently not ...

Global Talent Search

People are up in arms over the fact that some technical sourcer from Meta is paid $100k per annum. How are technical sourcers different from your run-of-the-mill HR personnel? A technical sourcer from Facebook reached out to me (based in Singapore) over LinkedIn a few years back to apply for a ...

Miracast Compatible Devices

Miracast compatibility for desktops is complicated. You will need a compatible graphics card and wifi adapter. It is such a pain to find out if a particular device is compatible since it is usually not listed on the manufacturer's page. There is also no exhaustive listing on the web so you may ...

Lifelong Spousal Maintenance

A man has to pay spousal maintenance (alimony) to his ex-wife depending on her future earning capacity, the standard of living enjoyed prior to the breakdown of the marriage and the contributions made by the ex-wife to the welfare of the family. This seems fair. A woman who sacrificed her ...