Facing a manpower shortage, a former chief operating officer of a well-established bar and dining chain hatched a plan to hire foreign workers who were subject to a quota by pretending they were employment pass hires which are not...
Some wild boars that inhabit the area around the Lorong Halus Jetty in Pasir Ris have been getting fed by members of the public, and raising concerns among others.A video and photos of one woman feeding the animals were...
Just last week, Singapore's two most established universities were ranked first and third in a ranking of Asian universities.This week, they have seized the top two spots in another list of Asia's best universities.The National University of Singapore (NUS)...
Domestic helpers have almost become a ubiquitous part of our lives.Many Singaporeans hire a helper to take care of their chores, become a replacement parent children and aged or disabled person in the household.Indonesia announced that they intend to...
Fewer people are applying to be taxi drivers as the lure of private-hire alternatives such as Uber and Grab grows stronger.According to the Land Transport Authority (LTA), the number of applications for taxi-driver vocational licences fell from 9,094 in...
Unless you've been out of the country the past two weeks, you would have probably noticed that there has been heavy downpours throughout the day all over Singapore.That's right, the monsoon season is back, and is expected to last...
SINGAPORE - Children's television programme Hi-5 introduced its early childhood learning programme at its first House of Learning pre-school in Singapore this month.Registration for the school's term starting in July is open, and parents may visit its premises in...
FULL-TIME national servicemen (NSFs) can now earn an interest rate of 2 per cent per annum under a new POSB scheme.To do so, they have to allocate a portion of their monthly salary to a POSB Save-As-You-Earn account.The amount...
THERE has been a drop in the number of people applying to be taxi drivers as the allure of private-hire alternatives such as Uber and Grab grows stronger.According to the Land Transport Authority (LTA), the number of applications for...
NEARLY 30 years ago, before the Human Organ Transplant Act made organ donation the default in the event of a person's death, Lim Kok Seng signed up to be an organ donor.Twenty years later, he started volunteering for clinical...
