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More Talk Money is a compilation of Lorna Tan’s articles on personal finance which were published in the Invest section of The Sunday Times from 2009 till 2011. It covers a wide range of personal finance topics from consumer protection, savings and insurance planning to stock investing and retirement.

About the Author

Lorna Tan is an award-winning correspondent and an advocate of financial literacy and consumer protection. She is The Sunday Times Invest Editor and a senior correspondent with The Straits Times. With more than 15 years at Singapore Press Holdings (SPH), she helms The Sunday Times’ Invest section, which covers personal finance and investment issues.

Over the years, she has won many awards for her journalistic work. They include the Investor Education award in 2016, the Financial Journalist of the Year award in 2007, and the Financial Story of the Year award in 2005, awarded by the Securities Investors Association of Singapore (SIAS). She was also a runner-up for the Excellence in Public Journalism category, and a winner in Excellence in Business Reporting, awarded by Hong Kong-based Society of Publishers in Asia (SOPA) in 2006 and 2004.

Lorna is highly sought-after for her views and regularly gives talks on financial/retirement planning. She also participates in events as a moderator and speaker. She was on the judging panel of the Financial Planning Association of Singapore’s (FPAS) Financial Planner Awards in 2018 and 2019.

She is an Adjunct Assistant Professor at National University of Singapore (NUS), NUS Business School, and is the author of three bestsellers, Retire Smart: Financial Planning Made Easy; More Talk Money; and Talk Money.

Lorna holds a Bachelor of Arts (Social Sciences) and an MBA. Prior to returning to SPH in June 2015, she was Senior Vice President, Corporate Communications, at CapitaLand Limited, for four years.

The Straits Times’ Invest Editor Lorna Tan follows up on the success of her 2018 book, Retire Smart, with Money Smart: Own Your Financial Destiny.

Like the best-selling Retire Smart: Financial Planning Made Easy — which sold 12,000 copies within a year — Money Smart is packed with information and insights into a range of personal finance topics such as retirement planning, investment, tax planning, financial planning, and consumer protection.

This compilation of the author’s articles published in the Invest section of The Sunday Times from January 2018 to May 2019 includes:

• Finding the right financial adviser
• Funding your children’s education
• Financial planning tips for millennials
• 53 tips for better financial health
• Stress-free investing (or at least, close to it)
• Integrated Shield Plan riders: what you need to know
• Stretching your dollar with a Supplementary Retirement Scheme account
• Investor tips on Singapore Savings Bonds
• Online investing: it pays to pause before you click

Written in an easy-to-understand way, this book is a good guide for anyone who wants to understand how to manage his or her finances better, from retirees and more seasoned investors to young people just entering the workforce.

About the Author

Lorna Tan is an award-winning correspondent and an advocate of financial literacy and consumer protection. She is The Sunday Times Invest Editor and a senior correspondent with The Straits Times. With more than 15 years at Singapore Press Holdings (SPH), she helms The Sunday Times’ Invest section, which covers personal finance and investment issues.

Over the years, she has won many awards for her journalistic work. They include the Investor Education award in 2016, the Financial Journalist of the Year award in 2007, and the Financial Story of the Year award in 2005, awarded by the Securities Investors Association of Singapore (SIAS). She was also a runner-up for the Excellence in Public Journalism category, and a winner in Excellence in Business Reporting, awarded by Hong Kong-based Society of Publishers in Asia (SOPA) in 2006 and 2004.

Lorna is highly sought-after for her views and regularly gives talks on financial/retirement planning. She also participates in events as a moderator and speaker. She was on the judging panel of the Financial Planning Association of Singapore’s (FPAS) Financial Planner Awards in 2018 and 2019.

She is an Adjunct Assistant Professor at National University of Singapore (NUS), NUS Business School, and is the author of three bestsellers, Retire Smart: Financial Planning Made Easy; More Talk Money; and Talk Money.

Lorna holds a Bachelor of Arts (Social Sciences) and an MBA. Prior to returning to SPH in June 2015, she was Senior Vice President, Corporate Communications, at CapitaLand Limited, for four years.

In Market Smart, veteran financial writer Goh Eng Yeow explains in simple language why even the smartest investors can screw up, how you can avoid common investment mistakes, and how to get rid of the biases that can cloud your investment decision-making processes.

Southeast Asia is the last frontier in contemporary art and one of the least known art scenes today because its diversity and outstretched territory make it difficult to access, analyse and assess. Five years of travel, research and interviews have enabled the author to give an extensive overview of the cutting-edge art practices in the region, including painting, sculpture, installation, video, photography and performance.

An in-depth essay covers the situation of the art scenes in the six selected countries and situates Southeast Asian Contemporary Art in a global context. Faithful to his signature method, the author has interviewed around 200 artists to come up with a final selection of 23. These artists have been selected on the perceived quality of content and emotion that are combined with the appropriate raw materials and the latest technology in their artworks. It has been an explicit objective to cover most of the media used by the artists from the region. Vivid discussions with artists, art critics, gallery owners and leading collectors have allowed the author to share and fine-tune his opinions. Final artworks have been selected in collaboration with the artists, and the interaction with them has enabled the author to unlock some of the clues that allow the reader to better understand the content.

 “I have had nothing bad happen to me except my own doing. I have let this cowardice envelop me, and I can’t shake it off. I will commit the worst thing you can ever do to someone who loves you: killing yourself. The scary thing is, I’m okay with that.” —Victoria McLeod, Singapore, March 30, 2014

Loss Adjustment is a mother’s recount of her 17-year-old daughter’s suicide.

In the wake of Victoria McLeod’s passing, she left behind a remarkable journal in her laptop of the final four months of her life. Linda Collins, her mother, has woven these into her memoir, which is at once cohesive, yet fragmented, reflecting a survivor's state of mind after devastating loss.

Loss Adjustment involves the endless whys, the journey of Linda Collins and her husband in honouring Victoria, and the impossible question of what drove their daughter to this irretrievable act. A stunningly intimate portrait of loss and grief, Loss Adjustment is a breaking of silence—a book whose face society cannot turn away from.

　　冠病疫情把全世界攪得天翻地覆，讓各國一時窮以應付。在這一代人面對的嚴峻危機中，新加坡採取了怎樣的決策之道，管控、甚至與疫情共存？本書記錄了新加坡抗疫的全過程，由《聯合早報》採訪團隊專訪新加坡哈莉瑪總統、李顯龍總理和多位部長，剖析新加坡如何在艱難中作出抉擇、動用國家儲備設立「應對冠病堅韌配套」，在海內外協助國人抒困等。各領域及前線工作的抗疫勇士也接受訪問，暢談他們如何在瞬間變化的疫情下突圍。

In This Together: Singapore’s Covid-19 Story is a dramatic insider account of the first two years of the pandemic.

It is a story of suffering and resilience, of miscalculation and foresight, and of grumbling yet cooperation.

The book is written by journalists of The Straits Times who have been in the thick of covering the ongoing crisis.

More than 300 people were interviewed, including the President of Singapore, the Prime Minister, business owners and survivors of the disease.

Through their recollections, the book chronicles how the country came together to fight the virus, even as everyone has had to stay resolutely apart while doing so.