In the wake of the Hyflux debacle, insurance company Raffles Health Insurance (RHI), wholly-owned subsidiary of Raffles Medical Group (RMG), is reportedly attempting to recover medical fees for staff medical treatments that the water-treatment firm had failed to pay back to the insurer. Instead of Hyflux, however, RHI is turning to the same panel clinics who provided the services. In …

Taiwanese-based Singaporean activist and blogger Roy Ngerng Yi Ling took to his Facebook on Monday (26 August) to slam the Government for not increasing locals’ salaries even though they are struggling to make ends meet. His post was referring to an article published by TODAY titled “The Big Read: Unable to make ends meet on their own, low-income households find …

At the recent National Day Rally on Aug 18, Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong announced that the retirement age will go up from 62 to 65 and re-employment age from 67 to 70 by 2030. In view of PM Lee’s announcement, Straits Times organised a round-table discussion on the matter last Friday (23 Aug) to solicit views from the following …

People’s Voice Party (PVP) chief Lim Tean, alongside PVP’s “Shadow Cabinet” members Leong Sze Hian and Nassir Ismail, paid what he has dubbed a “courtesy visit” to Malaysian Member of Parliament (MP) Maria Chin Abdullah yesterday afternoon (26 Aug) in the capital city of Kuala Lumpur. Ms Chin, who is well-known for her significant role in the Bersih protests that …

The Government will propose changes to the Maintenance of Religious Harmony Act next week in an effort to tackle the spread of extremist views and other material that may undermine religious harmony in Singapore, said Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong. Speaking at the Inter-Religious Organisation (IRO)’s 70th Anniversary Gala Dinner at the Fullerton Bay Hotel on Mon (26 Aug), Mr …

Malaysia will be providing free breakfast to all primary school children with the start of the new school year in January 2020. According to MOE numbers, there were about 2.69 million students enrolled in government-run primary schools in 2018 according to January 2018 enrolment data. The Minister of Education Dr Maszlee Malik said in a statement on Facebook that the …

Starting from tomorrow (28 August), eligible Japan and South Korea passport holders will be able to pass through immigration faster when they arrive in Singapore, said the Immigration and Checkpoints Authority (ICA) in a statement released today (Tuesday). This is possible as ICA will extend its Frequent Traveller Programme (FTP) to these passport holders where they will be allowed to …

After operating for five years at The Centrepoint, Metro Department Store is all set to close its flagship store at the mall next month. Prior to Metro’s announcement, other tenants like Times Bookstore and TianPo Jewellery also revealed that they will be leaving the 36-year-old mall after they put up their own moving out sales. Besides these big names, there …

Changi Airport’s oldest and biggest tenant is withdrawing from its liquor and tobacco concession on June 2020, when its lease expires. DFS Group has been selling liquor and tobacco at Singapore’s airport for 38 years now but the company has decided not to compete for a new concession, letting its lease expire. The closing date of which was Monday 26 …

After almost a month since the official launch of the Progress Singapore Party (PSP) on 3 August, the party conducted its first National Day Celebration dinner on Sunday (25 August) at Concorde Hotel Singapore in Orchard Road. The event was attended by about 400 guests, many of whom are newly registered members of the party. Dr Tan Cheng Bock, 79, …