COME July 1, 2017, the re-employment age will be raised from 65 to 67. At the same time, the law supporting a pay-cut of up to 10 per cent for workers reaching 60 will be removed.
Property agents who broker short-term stays playing with fire
AS hard times hit real-estate agents, some are starting to refer customers to accommodation operators or owners of residential properties for short-term stays.
Becoming a leader for the first time
IT'S time to pop the champagne and celebrate – you got promoted to head a team. But even before the bubbles fizzle out, new managers quickly realise their role is a lot harder and less glamorous than it sounds.
PSLE T-score to make way for scoring bands in 2021
IT is time for Singapore's education system to undergo a "paradigm shift" away from an overemphasis on academic grades, Acting Education Minister (Schools) Ng Chee Meng told Parliament on Friday.
Some condos being run as serviced apartments
AT least two projects nestled in a mature residential precinct in District 9 near Somerset are being run as serviced apartments – despite not having the regulatory approval to do so – and a third one is opening.
Employment Pass criteria tightened to favour S'porean Core
ASSESSMENTS of applications for Employment Pass will soon be expanded to take in three "company-related" factors, including the strength of the Singaporean Core in the company applying for the pass, Manpower Minister Lim Swee Say said on Friday.
Govt committed to helping SMEs, says Heng Swee Keat
THE government is committed to helping small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) automate, innovate and internationalise, Finance Minister Heng Swee Keat said on Friday.
'Good response' to SkillsFuture Credit in Q1
ABOUT 18,000 Singaporeans have already used their SkillsFuture credits to attend various courses in the first three months of this year, with the government having disbursed around S$5.2 million.
On track for a mega battle tank exercise
April 09, 2016 5:00 AM
The Singapore Armed Forces’ (SAF) Leopard 2SG main battle tank (foreground) and the German armed forces’ Leopard 2A6 main battle tank participating in a live-firing drill in the Oberlausitz military training area in eastern Germany on Wednesday. More than 1,000 soldiers from the SAF armour units are involved in the 93-day bilateral exercise, dubbed Exercise Panzer Strike, which was started in 2009 and is now in its eighth instalment. The exercise this year is conducted in two phases, from March 2 to April 20, and from Sept 14 to Oct 26.
Collecting art
April 09, 2016 5:00 AM
In nearly nine years of writing about visual arts, I have had friends, and even strangers, ask me these questions.
