In a press statement to Channel NewsAsia, Resorts World Sentosa says it is offering an upfront S$1,500 training grant payout to its local retrenched employees, as well as paying their union membership fee for another 12 months.
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Govt is segregating systems, not cutting off Net: Vivian
SINGAPORE – The Government’s decision to stop public servants from accessing the Internet on their work computers is to segregate secure systems from online activities such as browsing, and is not meant to be a wide-ranging ban, Dr Vivian Balakrishnan…
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Landscape industry in Singapore evolving
With more green walls and gardens being integrated into Singapore’s buildings, there is now more scope to the industry.
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Doctors cry foul over ‘unfair’ practice of third-party agents
SINGAPORE – They typically help companies handle the healthcare insurance claims of employees, and help insurers manage claims for healthcare expenses.
But lately, third-party administrators (TPAs) are wedging themselves between doctors on their panel and…
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Beauty is a beast
TRIESTE (ITALY) – People who buy luxury goods are forever being asked to justify their purchases. Why do you own a Rolex when your phone can tell you the time? Why do you need a hat with feathers? How many shoes can you possibly wear?
Yet, if you ask me,…
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Director of media firms jailed for forgery in attempts to lie to MDA
SINGAPORE – The director of two media groups here was on Friday (June 10) sentenced to 22 weeks’ jail for forgery offences, after he tried to deceive the Media Development Authority (MDA) that the millions of dollars disbursed to his firm was still in the…
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Jem foodcourt cleaner no longer affected by shouting incident: Tan Chuan-Jin
Minister for Social and Family Development Tan Chuan-Jin has visited the deaf and mute foodcourt cleaner who was yelled at by an angry patron last Friday (June 3).
Mr Tan said in a Facebook post on Friday (June 10) that Mr Png Lye Heng was “in good spirits and gestured to me that he was no longer bothered by the incident”.
The minister said he told Mr Png that he was impressed with his positive spirit.
He added that he managed to communicate with Mr Png by writing questions in Chinese on paper, while the latter used hand gestures to respond.
“We can all still learn to treat Singaporeans with special needs and disabilities with more empathy,” wrote the minister in his Facebook post.
He also thanked employers who hired individuals with disabilities such as Mr Png, and hoped that they would carry on doing so.
Mr Png, 64, who works at the foodcourt in Jem mall, was yelled at by a patron who was upset he had cleared away her food, even though she had told him not to do so.
Woman loses cool at deaf and mute cleaner at Jem food court
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The woman, later identified as Ms Alice Fong, was caught on video angrily shouting at the foodcourt manager, who tried to placate her. After she was told the cleaner was deaf, she said: “Just ask the Government to feed him, go and be a beggar! I don’t care, he took my food!”
The incident was filmed by a foodcourt patron and uploaded online.
Ms Fong later apologised for her behaviour, but that did not stop the online vitriol against her from spreading.
After the video went viral, netizens circulated photos of her online, and even publicised her phone number as well as her husband’s.
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5 Indian men who raped Danish woman sentenced to life imprisonment
New Delhi – Five men convicted of gang-raping a Danish tourist in the Indian capital in 2014 were Friday sentenced to life in jail, a prosecutor said, the maximum term possible.
The were convicted on Monday of assaulting the 52-year-old woman at knifepoint as she returned to her Delhi hotel, a crime that raised fresh fears about the safety of women in the city.
“All the convicts have been sentenced to life imprisonment. They will remain in prison for the remainder of their life,” public prosecutor Atul Shrivastava told reporters outside the Delhi court after the judgement.
“We had sufficient evidence to prove the charges and the court was satisfied with our arguments to hand down life sentences.”
Shrivastava said the men were also given jail terms for more minor offences including robbery, which will run concurrently with the main sentence.
Lawyer Dinesh Sharma, who defended all five, said he would appeal their convictions.
Three others charged over the attack are being tried separately in the juvenile justice system. A ninth accused, an adult, died before the end of the trial.
Read also: 5 arrested for gang-raping Japanese tourist
India toughened its laws on sexual violence and overhauled policing procedures in the wake of the gang-rape of a Delhi student on a moving bus in December 2012.
The victim later died in hospital and the incident sparked mass street protests as well as global headlines about the treatment of women in India.
The minimum punishment for gang rape is now 20 years in jail.
The victim in this case had approached a group of men for directions as she returned to an area popular with backpackers in January 2014.
She left India soon after the incident and returned in 2015 to record her testimony before the court and to identify the accused.
Rape of Delhi girl, 4, reignites safety fears
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Frasers Logistics prices Singapore IPO at top end of range, to raise S$903m
It is the second mainboard IPO on the Singapore Exchange this year, and the biggest in about three years.
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