SINGAPORE - New public bus operator Go-Ahead Singapore said today (April 7) that it has hired 424 bus captains since it announced its employment package on Feb 15. This is 60 per cent of the 700 bus captain positions...
In his speech yesterday wrapping up the Budget debate, Finance Minister Heng Swee Keat responded to concerns raised by 53 MPs over the past three days. He touched on what businesses and workers need to do, as well as...
In his speech yesterday wrapping up the Budget debate, Finance Minister Heng Swee Keat responded to concerns raised by 53 MPs over the past three days. He touched on what businesses and workers need to do, as well as...
Companies are grappling with the slowing economy and mounting cost pressures, but there is only so much the Government can and should do to help, Finance Minister Heng Swee Keat said yesterday.While the Budget contains some measures to help...
THE husband and daughter of a teacher who died in 2007 while delivering her son, will have their day in court to seek dependency claims from her obstetrician and Thomson Medical Centre (TMC). This was allowed although their suit...
Parliament yesterday wrapped up the debate on the Government's Budget, with Finance Minister Heng Swee Keat saying it signalled the country's determination to transform its economy for the future and keep Singapore thriving.Rounding up the debate in which 53...
LET us call a spade a spade. With higher incomes among the wealthy, the six-figure tax reliefs claimable by high-income mothers from the Working Mother's Child Relief (WMCR) has become a significant tax loophole that needed to be fixed...
More than half of the around 7,000 auxiliary police officers (APOs), which include those from Aetos and Certis Cisco, are Singaporeans.And no APOs who are Malaysians are deployed at Singapore's land checkpoints.This is a deliberate move by the Government,...
Churchill and Mao might have caused the rift between The Straits Times (ST) and its popular column contributor, Dr Lee Wee Ling.Dr Lee revealed on her Facebook page yesterday the contentious part of her article, that mentioned the death...
A maid was forced to stand on one leg on a stool while holding another stool in her hand, a court heard yesterday.The 33-year-old Indonesian, who goes by the name Fitriyah, said that while she maintained the stance for...
