A 16-year old student decides to spend her holidays working to earn a little extra pocket money by working as a salesperson. She comes from a good school and post of her encounters with parents that she knew from those kinds of schools were pleasant people, so she refuted the stereotypes that parents from more elite schools were arrogant. But …
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Trade and Industry Minister Chan Chun Sing (Chan) has called for Singapore be “aware of its weaknesses and strengths, which include its long-term perspectives and strategies, as well as rule of law and predictable business environment where people can thrive“. While I agree broadly with with the sentiments of his words, I wonder what he really means? Surely for Singapore …
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Noting that most fake accounts are created “not with political intent,” but “with commercial intent,” which entail creating fake accounts to sell such accounts and even followers of such accounts, Facebook’s vice president for public policy for Europe, Middle East and Africa Richard Allan explained that “there will be a three-month period” where “hundreds of millions of such accounts” are …
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On Thursday (29 Nov), the Ministry of Health (MOH) issued a press release saying that the government provided a total of $149.8 million to the needy Singaporeans from MediFund last year (FY17). MediFund assists needy Singaporean patients who are unable to afford their medical bills, after government subsidies, MediShield Life and MediSave. If a patient still has money in his …
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Reporters Without Borders (RSF) has issued a statement to condemn the actions of Singapore’s police in seizing electronic devices from this news website, The Online Citizen (TOC), and interrogating its editor and a blogger who posted a comment on the site. The international non-government organisation, which advocates freedom of expression and freedom of the press, wrote that these actions which …
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The Land Transport Authority (LTA) will expand a pilot of the account-based ticketing (ABT) system with NETS and Visa contactless credit and debit cards for public transport fare payments in December 2018, following a successful pilot with Mastercard. More commuters will get to enjoy the convenience of paying for public transport rides without the need to carry an extra travel card or …
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