Man jailed for harbouring offences and arranging Marriage of Convenience between Singaporean men And Vietnamese women
A 42-year-old Singaporean man was sentenced on Friday (18 January) to a total of eighteen months’ imprisonment and a fine of ...
Day: 23 January 2019
Ho Ching calls for all businesses to take urgent action on climate change
Ho Ching, CEO of Singapore's sovereign wealth fund, Temasek, called for all businesses and organisations – be it for-profit, non-profit, ...
Domestic maids should be treated fairly like regular humans
In recent years, cases of abuse or ill-treatment towards domestic servant have been on a rapid rise. As such, a ...
Bayer CEO comes to SG to assure Temasek as it loses at least S$1.5b in 9 months
It was reported by the Australian Financial Review on Mon (21 Jan) that the CEO of German drug-maker Bayer, Werner ...
Is Malaysia and Singapore making their way back to a more rocky relationship after the former’s political tsunami?
Malaysian Prime Minister Dr Mahathir Mohamad gave a speech at the Oxford Union recently and answered several questions ranging from ...
S$72 million to support manpower upskilling in the built environment (BE) sector
An additional $72 million will be set aside over the next two years to support manpower upskilling in the built ...
EMA: SP Group’s higher tariff reflects “long-term costs of producing and delivering electricity”
Last Wed (16 Jan), a member of the public, Albert Tang, wrote to ST Forum asking why SP Group didn't ...
Malaysians are not too disturbed at Singaporean student who questioned Dr. Mahathir at Oxford Union
On 18 January, Malaysian Prime Minister Dr Mahathir Mohamad was candidly questioned by a Singaporean student over the fractious diplomatic ...
Ho Ching preaches a message that ought to be directed at the government and Temasek linked companies
Do not focus on profits, Temasek CEO Ho Ching told a forum last Friday. Urging businesses to look beyond profits ...
Singaporeans calmly explain ‘chope’ culture to shocked German exchange student and say such culture is found in Germany too
It’s no surprise for Singaporeans to encounter tissue paper placed on tables at hawker centres as it indicates that the ...