Oxfam chides The World Bank for downplaying the severity of inequality in its...
The World Bank published their 2019 World Development Report entitled ‘The Changing Nature of Work’. The report touches on the impact of advancing technology on labour needs and job security....
View ArticleMan fined $2,000 and issued disqualification order for pet abandonment
A 24-year-old man was fined $2,000 and issued a six-month disqualification order (DO) for pet abandonment, which disqualifies an individual from owning any animals, said Agri-Food & Veterinary...
View ArticleNEA on Koufu’s boss giving contracts to own brothers: Koufu upfront about it
Earlier, TOC published an article revealing that Koufu's subsidiary, Hawker Management Pte Ltd, operating the new public funded Jurong West Hawker Centre, has awarded its cleaning and dishwashing...
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Video interview claims Singaporean man yet to receive approval for housing...
A Singaporean man in Bukit Timah-Holland Group Representative Constituency (GRC) was discovered to have been living in a rubbish disposal centre for nearly two years after receiving no response...
View ArticleThe Singapore government needs to take both praise and criticism with grace...
The fact that the ministers in the Peoples' Action Party (PAP) run government get high salaries while there are reports of people living in dumpsters and old people working as cleaners are a common...
View ArticleSMRT Feedback trying to redeem themselves after hitting on KF Seetoh
The SMRT Feedback Facebook page has had a wild ride this week. After deleting two of their previous posts on the topic of social enterprise managing hawker centres and KF Seetoh, SMRT Feedback by The...
View ArticleDocumentation of diphtheria and measles vaccination required for foreign-born...
Foreign-born children will have to submit documentation of diphtheria and measles vaccination as a prerequisite for the application of long-term immigration passes in Singapore with effect from 1...
View ArticleJurong West Hawker Centre is revising its tray refund programme, following...
The operator for Jurong West Hawker Centre, Hawker Management said in a statement that customers will be charged a deposit for using trays. This follows the call-out by KF Seetoh on Facebook on the...
View ArticleFounders’ Memorial to be built at Bay East Garden
In a press release today (19 Oct), the Founders’ Memorial committee has declared that a five-hectare site at Bay East Garden will be allocated for the "home of the Founders’ Memorial". The memorial is...
View ArticleImproper heater wiring system found to have caused death of teen by...
A coroner's inquiry into the death of a 15-year-old boy had found that the faulty wiring done by unlicensed workers following a Housing Board upgrading programme led to the boy's electrocution while...
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A new Orchard Road on the horizon, says Senior Minister Chee Hong Tat
Orchard Road is in line for a revamp, says Senior Minister of State for Ministry of Trade & Industry Chee Hong Tat at ITB Asia 2018 on 17th October. As part of the latest strategies to attract...
View ArticleSingapore has 183,737 millionaires with 1,000 “crazy rich”
According to the 2018 Global Wealth Report published by Credit Suisse Research Institute (CSRI) yesterday (18 Oct), Singapore is now ranked ninth in the world in terms of household wealth per adult,...
View ArticleEmbattled Hyflux acquired by Indonesian groups who now control 25% of SG’s...
Embattled water treatment company Hyflux has been saved by Indonesia's Salim Group and Medco Group. Under the deal, Hyflux is set to receive a S$530 million investment from the 2 Indonesian groups...
View ArticleAction will be taken against food court operators “found to be errant”:...
Action will be taken against food court operators that are "found to be errant" by the National Environment Agency, according to Senior Minister of State for the Environment and Water Resources Amy...
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Tale of 2 “Ah Ma”s in Singapore
Ravi Philemon, an opposition candidate for Hong Kah North posted an encounter during the 2015 GE on his Facebook page yesterday (19 Oct). He recounted coming across 2 Ah Mas (elderly grandmas) during...
View ArticleGrowing class divide simmering in “Crazy Rich” Singapore
Last Thursday (18 Oct), the 2018 Global Wealth Report published by Credit Suisse Research Institute (CSRI) ranked Singapore 9th in the world in terms of household wealth per adult, giving it the...
View ArticleTo call the electrocution of a teenager an “unfortunate misadventure”...
The tragic electrocution of 15 year old Tan Yao Bin while he was taking a shower due to improper wiring and a faulty circuit breaker in his HDB flat has been called an "unfortunate misadventure". Based...
View ArticleIf FMC is serious about not blacking out or whitewashing some parts of...
According to news reports, plans are underway to build a "Founders' Memorial" to commemorate Singapore's founding leaders. Mr Lee Tzu Yang, chairman of the Founders’ Memorial Committee (FMC), has...
View ArticleLet’s not be too “smart” for our own good.
Reading a description of the future of Singapore, starting with the ambitious plans to create a futuristic Orchard Road, one could be forgiven for thinking that it is a page out of a sci-fi novel. With...
View ArticleCan Minister Khor go back to basics and let us know what her definition of...
Senior Minister of State for the Environment and Water Resources Amy Khor (Khor) has said that "action will be taken" against food court operators "who are found to be errant" in relation to growing...
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