US and Jpn household B/S

US
Assets total USD 71 trn (45 trn financial assets, 21 trn RE, 4 trn durable goods)
Debt total USD 15 trn
Net Assets USD 56 trn (3.8x US GDP)
Foreign debt USD 7 trn
Per capita net savings USD 198,000

Jpn
Assets total USD 22 trn (17 trn financial assets, 3 trn RE, 2 trn durable goods)
Debt USD 3.6trn
Net Assets USD 18 trn
Per capita net savings USD 142,000

Singapore marriages

In 2005, 6,520 male Singaporeans and permanent residents married foreign brides, up from 4,425 in 2003.

1,596 local women married foreign men, up from 1,134 in 1996.

Marriage rate 2002 2007
Males per 1,000 unmarried males 47.6 43.8
Females per 1,000 unmarried females 47.9 42.6

Median age of marriage 2002 2007
Males 28.9 29.8
Females 26.3 27.2

Sg women in trouble?

Oil consumption global

Consumption mn b/d %
N. America 25.53 29.7%
Europe 15.3 17.8%
Pacific 8.35 9.7%

OECD 49.18 57.1%

FSU 4.13 4.8%
Europe 0.75 0.9%
China 7.54 8.8%
Asia 9.26 10.8%
Latam 5.62 6.5%
Middle East 6.52 7.6%
Africa 3.07 3.6%
Non OECD 36.89 42.9%

Total 86.07

Oil pdtn global

Pdtn mn b/d %
N. America 14.23 16.7%
Europe 4.95 5.8%
Pacific 0.63 0.7%
OECD 19.81 23.2%

FSU 12.77 15.0%
Europe 0.13 0.2%
China 3.73 4.4%
Asia 2.67 3.1%
Latam 4.32 5.1%
Middle East 1.64 1.9%
Africa 2.51 2.9%
Processing Gains 2.17 2.5%
Non OPEC/OECD 29.94 35.1%

Open Crude 30.71 36.0%
NGLs 4.77 5.6%
OPEC 35.48 41.6%

Total 85.23

Scrap car cash refund

Cash refunds per year could range from $1 billion to $2 billion. Government will require to set aside provisions each year for the cash refund. This means it could be in for a bigger deficit.

18,000 cars cost S$410mn
Average scrap value $22,000

Uni and Poly intake per cohort

25 per cent of each cohort now go to university
more than 40 per cent go to polytechnics in singapore

Melamine milk

Melamine milk killed six babies and left another 294,000 suffering kidney and urinary troubles.

In all, 22 Chinese dairy firms were found to have sold tainted milk, and the government last week ordered them to pay $160 million (S$230.2 million) in compensation to the families of babies that died or fell ill.

The families and their lawyers criticised the sum as woefully inadequate, with some parents set to only receive about 300 dollars.