Long-term care workers should be better trained, better paid, and have the right support to deal with such a high-stress job

A Filipino nurse was sentenced to 12 weeks in jail by the…

Consider alternative forms of ownership in high-value areas to mitigate income stratification in public housing: NMP Walter Theseira, to MND

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Foreign workers organised sit-down protest at CBD, demanding unpaid salaries of nearly S$300,000

On Wednesday (March 6), over 30 foreign workers participated in a sit-down…

Minister Wong: Govt to relax CPF loan rules to allow Singaporeans to buy old HDB flats

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Minister Grace Fu highlights parking app created by Li Hongyi’s team in Parliament

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Should an MP be furthering business interests?

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SDP: Ong Ye Kung adopts its proposal to abolish secondary school streaming

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Raffles Place serial protester slapped with new charges 10 months after previous conviction

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维文:进度落后 新柔捷运通车再延期

新柔捷运计划一波三折,原定于2024年底通车,再出现变故,已经确定无法如期通车。 暂代交通部长职务的维文医生,3月7日在国会拨款委员会辩论有关交通部开支预算时提到,新柔捷运项目由于进度落后,已经确定无法如期通车。 有关消息的宣布,令网民纷纷表示失望。 维文强调,新加坡在新马双边关系方面保持不变态度,我国将维护国际法,并尊重国际协定的神圣性。 马国未肯定合资伙伴 他指出,尽管新加坡曾经多次清楚向马来西亚表达,要遵守公开招标委任列车服务营业者的双边协定,但是马来西亚方面却一直没有确认合资伙伴,因此两国目前需要进行公开招标。 2月28日,马来西亚已经第四度要求延后截止日期到3月31日。 马国政府也曾要求两国在新隆高铁项目暂停期间,讨论日后的计划,但是维文表示截至目前仍未获得马国的任何相关提议。 维文表示,我国试图取得双赢,并且注重合理性和具建设性的解决方案。

“生养孩子如跑马拉松赛” 网民促杨莉明拿出诚意解决问题

“孩子不仅仅是生下来,送去托儿所、幼儿园,然后等他们老死。生养、栽培孩子,就是一场马拉松比赛。” 针对人力部长兼内政部第二部长杨莉明询问年轻人,如何鼓励孩子多生育一事,网民Simon Lim在脸书上贴文回应,表示他抱持不乐观看法。 他这一篇文章在脸书上贴出后,立刻引起网民纷纷按赞,更获得67个评论和144个转发。 Simon Lim在文中指出,杨莉明身为人力部长,有责任带领总理公署国家人口及人才署(National Population and Talent Division,简称NPTD)前进。但在她的领导下,新加坡的总和生育率(Total Fertility Rate,简称TFR)却进一步下降,从前年的1.16下降至1.14,而国际上认为育龄妇女平均生2.1个。…