Free Garmin South East Asia (SEA) Travel Guide Version 2.00

The freely downloadable Garmin South East Asia (SEA) Travel Guide Version 2.00 (百变东南亚) supports both Taiwan and Sing/Mal version of Garmin GPS navigators.

This travel guide covers 5 famous tourism attraction places, namely Angkor (吴哥), Bali (巴厘岛), Hong Kong (香港), Macau (澳门) and Singapore (新加坡).

You can download the Garmin South East Asia (SEA) Travel Guide Version 2.00 here, the filename is SoutheastAsia.zip with size of 34,215kb.

There are 5 files inside the compressed SoutheastAsia.zip:

• AngkorTravel.gpi
• BaliTravel.gpi
• HongKongTravel.gpi
• MacauTravel.gpi
• SingaporeTravel.gpi

You just need to connect your GPS navigator to your computer with USB cable, and unzip those 5 files into Garmin/POI folder of the GPS storage.

To access the travel guide, tap on Where to? > Travel Guide.
The travel guide will recommend you the places to visit, eat, stay and shop. Information such as address, phone number, brief description, opening time, and photo(s) are available for the point of interests (POI).

You can tap the photo on the upper left to enlarge it to full screen. Tap on More button to show more information about this POI in the travel guide.

There are many more travel guides freely available for download in Garmin Taiwan's website.

New property website by The Edge

The Edge has just launched a new property website at http://www.theedgeproperty.com/ with the tagline of "Everything property".

The website features news reports related to the property industry, as well as a wide array of differing topics for the property owner and investor taking advantage of the Internet’s global appeal. It looks pretty informative.

However, the registered username and password in The Edge Malaysia website cannot be used here. You have to register for a new account in this The Edge Property website in order to be able to post comments and enjoy some other priviledged features.

Singapore workers median gross monthly income increased more than 20% over past 5 years

According to information provided in the Report on Labour Force in Singapore 2008 published by Singapore's Ministry of Manpower, the median gross monthly income of Singapore employees (especially the full time employed workers) has increased by more than 20% over the past 5 years.

The median income by June 2008 stood at S$2,450.

"Income typically rises with educational attainment, reflecting the premium that employers place on education and skills. In June 2008, full-time employed residents with degrees commanded a median income of $5,060, 4.2 times the $1,190 for those with primary or lower qualifications."

I wonder if the Ministry of Human Resource in Malaysia conducts similar survey, and how will the figure be like?