A video of a woman lashing out at a disabled cleaner has gone viral. Sunday Life talks to cleaners and disabled workers about the treatment they receive from customersIf you have visited the 12,000 sq ft premises occupied by...
On his first working day at The Straits Times on Feb 20, 1989, Mr Han Fook Kwang did not even have a table to write at."It was a big change," recalls the former civil servant who, as an Administrative...
What are the calculations behind installing its two youngest elected MPs, Pritam Singh and Faisal Manap, in key posts?The Workers' Party's (WP) two youngest elected MPs - Mr Pritam Singh and Mr Muhamad Faisal Abdul Manap - are now...
Chen Show Mao may have considered a challenge in 2014 but decided against it after doing the numbers, say insiders. So why now, and what was his plan?Ever the enigma, Mr Chen Show Mao has kept his reasons for...
It was two hours into the Workers' Party's (WP) biennial conference on Sunday, May 29, and party cadres had sat through lengthy reports from office-holders such as the secretary-general and treasurer.The next item on the agenda - electing the...
They sank their savings into undeveloped land in India, drawn by visions of gleaming villas, upcoming infrastructure and returns of more than 100 per cent. That was between 2007 and 2011.Now, the 33 Singaporean investors - who spent more...
The Ministry of Manpower (MOM) is investigating claims by a Bangladeshi construction worker that he was locked up by his employer and threatened with repatriation after he sought his own medical treatment for a workplace injury.Migrant worker advocacy group...
The Land Transport Authority (LTA) has confirmed that it is assessing an application from a local firm to be the first to launch an all-electric taxi fleet here.Should HDT Singapore Taxi be granted a taxi licence after submitting its...
A kissing scene between two male performers has been removed from an ongoing production of Les Miserables after complaints from the public.The Media Development Authority (MDA) confirmed it reviewed the performance after receiving feedback.The Sunday Times understands that the...
The 12-year-old boy who was hailed a hero for checking on victims involved in a two-car accident in Yishun on May 31 finally got to meet the injured and pregnant female driver whom he had aided.In an exclusive interview...
