The one-stop centres, that have been providing small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) with free one-on-one business advice since 2013, will enhance their services to better help companies prepare for the future. The SME Centres will focus on helping these firms...
About a week after his last Primary School Leaving Examination paper last October, Evergreen Primary School student Ravi (not his real name) had just left school after an excursion. He said he had walked briskly across a road junction, with...
When haze is blown into the country, a strong burning smell is not the only thing Singaporeans should be concerned about. Poorer air quality is linked to an increased risk of cardiac arrest occurring outside of hospitals, according to a...
SINGAPORE - The year 2018 will have just four long weekends, making it one of the worst years in terms of the number of long weekends for workers to look forward to. Of the 11 gazetted public holidays announced on...
The Public Transport Council (PTC) has begun a review of the formula it uses to adjust bus and train fares. The review will assess "the effectiveness of the current fare adjustment formula and mechanism and propose improvements in consideration of...
The Central Provident Fund (CPF) Board mistakenly paid out $1.7 million extra in Medisave grants for 885 babies who were not citizens at birth, it revealed yesterday. The board attributed the mistake to a "processing error" and said that it...
PETALING JAYA: Singapore's Mediacorp Channel 5 and Singaporean comedian Najip Ali have apologised for a comedy segment that poked fun at Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak. In a joint statement with Najip on Wednesday, Mediacorp's chief customer officer...
After serving in the public sector for 36 years, Singapore's first female Permanent Secretary will retire from the administrative service. Ms Lim Soo Hoon, Permanent Secretary (Finance) (Performance) at the Ministry of Finance, will retire on April 30, the Prime...
Madam Mary Ho has made about $100 just by being at home since she signed up as a "parker" in January. The 64-year-old housewife's Housing Board flat in Hougang is one of about 40 residential collection points under local start-up...
The woman was blamed by her mother-in-law for giving birth to a son with autism. She, too, felt she had done something wrong for having a disabled child. A child with autism may have difficulties expressing himself or communicating with others. She...
