NTUC voucher schemes to benefit 11,000 more
More low-wage union workers to benefit from revised criteria to two voucher schemesQualifying income cap raised for both U Stretch and U Care Back to SchoolBy Audrey Tan, The Straits Times, 1 Jun...
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Donate Your Hair: 'Hair-raising' plan to help boost cancer patients' self-esteem
By Linette Lai, The Straits Times, 2 Jun 2015MR HO Yang Chuw's workplace is full of hair.The wigmaker has been commissioned by Tan Tock Seng Hospital (TTSH) to make around 40 wigs from donated hair as...
View ArticleJurong Town Hall gazetted a national monument
By Amelia Tan, The Straits Times, 2 Jun 2015JURONG Town Hall has become the first conserved building to be gazetted a national monument.The National Heritage Board (NHB) said in a statement yesterday...
View ArticleBeijing stubs out smoking with new rules
Heavier fines, shaming on govt website for violating banThe Straits Times, 2 Jun 2015BEIJING - China's capital was sprinkled with red-uniformed volunteers, propaganda banners and no-smoking signs...
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Less odour with Yuhua's automated waste collection system
Go high-tech and trash the stinky chute woesBy Yeo Sam Jo, The Straits Times, 2 Jun 2015FOUL-SMELLING rubbish chutes will soon be a whiff of the past at Jurong's Yuhua estate, as blocks there get...
View ArticleGermany passes Japan to have lowest birth rate
Analysts project that drastic slump will hurt growth in Europe's economic powerhouseThe Sunday Times, 31 May 2015Berlin - Move over Japan. Germany now has the world's lowest birth rate, and its economy...
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SingaPerth's pull: More vibrant, still charming
Singaporeans like Aussie city's easy-going lifestyle and hawker-style restaurantsBy Jonathan Pearlman, For The Straits Times, In Perth, The Straits Times, 2 Jun 2015DURING a trip Down Under for a...
View ArticlePart-time workers in demand
More companies turning to such employees in tight labour marketBy Amelia Tan And Joanna Seow, The Straits Times, 2 Jun 2015WHEN Mrs Henny Surya, 34, was looking for a job two years ago, her mind was...
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Google invests $404m to expand Singapore data centre
Move prompted by big spike in data usage here and across the globeBy Grace Chng, Senior Correspondent, The Straits Times, 2 Jun 2015SEARCH giant Google is investing more than US$300 million (S$404...
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Singapore's 'Chinese dilemma' as China rises
How will Singapore fare, as a majority Chinese society in the region, with a China expected to be more assertive in the future?By Wang Gungwu, Published The Straits Times, 1 Jun 2015THE United States...
View ArticleSouth Korea MERS outbreak
With the ongoing MERS-CoV outbreak in South Korea, all our hospitals have been reminded to remain vigilant and to stand...Posted by Ministry of Health on Wednesday, June 3, 2015South Korea MERS...
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Simple sit-and-rise test predicts how long you'll live
Sit, stand, work out how long you'll liveBy Gilaine Ng, The Straits Times, 3 Jun 2015WANT an estimate of how long you will live?Just sit on the floor and stand up. The concept may seem remarkably...
View ArticleGST for medical bills: IRAS replies
WE THANK Mr Pang Kim Phong ("Why no subsidy for GST?"; May 23, and "GST computation not consistent"; last Wednesday) and Mr Christopher Leong Chi How ("GST levied on services supplied"; May 26, and "No...
View ArticleForge a new generation of pioneers in all parts of society: Heng Swee Keat
Singapore 'needs generation of new pioneers'By Wong Siew Ying, The Straits Times, 3 Jun 2015SINGAPORE has to forge a generation of new pioneers in all parts of society for its people and the country to...
View ArticlePre-University Seminar 2015
Minister Lawrence Wong: Look beyond yourself and serve othersBy Tee Zhuo, The Straits Times, 2 Jun 2015Lead a life of meaning by contributing to the community, the nation, and even the world.That was...
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The myth of low construction productivity
Is construction productivity being measured meaningfully? Looking at value added per worker has limitations. It's better to look at site productivity by floor area per man-hour in a project.By Low Sui...
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No U-turn on tight foreign worker policy: Manpower Minister Lim Swee Say
But some other manpower policies will be reviewedBy Toh Yong Chuan Manpower Correspondent And Joanna Seow, The Straits Times, 3 Jun 2015COMPANIES looking for relief from the tight foreign worker...
View ArticleSingapore’s racial integration has contributed to its success: Obama
By Raymond Tham, TODAY, 2 Jun 2015One of the reasons why Singapore has been so successful is because “it has been able to bring together people who may look different, but they all think of themselves...
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National Day funpack for every household from July
By Lim Yi Han, The Straits Times, 4 Jun 2015FREELANCE designer Mohammed Shahrizam Mohamed Shariff has been a part of nine National Day Parades (NDPs) since Aug 9 in 2003.Arguably the parade's biggest...
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WP to use part of paid S&CC to reimburse Parkland’s developer
AHPETC to scrutinise justification of claims, says Low Thia KhiangBy Valerie Koh and Ng Jing Yng, TODAY, 4 Jun 2015The service and conservancy charges (S&CC) paid by residents at Parkland...
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