HK protests: Trump says it's between HK and China while PM Lee condemns protestors

It was reported that a US senator on Fri (15 Nov) condemned…

Outrage of modesty prevention posters carry "strong deterrent message" to potential perpetrators indifferent to harm their victims may suffer: Police, in response to AWARE's criticisms

The recent posters that highlight the punishments for committing certain crimes, including…

66-year old 'Parrot Man' Zeng Guoyuan found dead in Geylang Bahru

The former businessman, Zeng Guoyuan, infamously known as ‘Parrot Man’ was reportedly…

SingPost launches MyPostman campaign for Singaporeans to get to know their postman and provide direct feedback on postal services

Earlier today (18 Nov), Singapore Post (SingPost) officially launched its MyPostman campaign…

Trust in news falls to 42% this year in Singapore, say Reuters' report

Overall trust in news in Singapore had decreased since 2018, according to…

US Senator accuses PM Lee of prioritising deals with "Communist China" over human rights in Hong Kong

A United States senator on Fri (15 Nov) condemned Singapore Prime Minister…

Christian lawyer in 377A constitutional challenge explains why his involvement is consistent with his faith

Jordan Tan is one of the lawyers bringing the constitutional challenge against…

ST says number of local IT grads set to grow while CECA continues to import IT workers from India

The Straits Times reported today that the number of local university IT…

海时称本地资讯工艺生三年增三分二;惟CECA协议下企业仍可引进印度专才

《海峡时报》报道,本地大学的资讯工艺(IT)毕业生将在三年内增加三分之二,尽管如此,但新印全面经济合作协定(Comprehensive Economic Cooperation Agreement,简称CECA)下,仍能继续引进印度IT专业人员新加坡。 根据教育部的数据显示,自2015年至2018年内,我国六所大学的信息通信与数码科技的课程中的招生人数从1250猛增至2050人,似乎有望能填补相关行业缺口。 然而根据CECA的协议,印度与新加坡仍存在“人才流动”的可能。其协议包括: 允许从事127种特定职业的专才进入两国,并且可以以从事商业活动的专业人员身份,在该国停留长达一年之久。有关人员必须拥有邀请方的“合约”。相关职业包括有工程师、建筑师、资讯科技人员、测量师、医生、牙医、会计师、教授、审计师和分析员等。CECA并没有指明相关专才不能在他们目前工作合约结束后,透过新的合约重返东道国工作一年; 跨国公司内部人员调动将允许专才入境,并且工作长达两年,可延长至不超过8年; 持有五年多次旅行签证的商务客户,将获得长达两个月,以商业目的入境期限,并且可延长一个月; 短期服务供应商获准入境例行合约义务长达90天 上述提及的公司内部调动人员条件为:在公司工作不少于六个月、相关工作经验一年至三年。 与此同时,公司内部调动并无限制配额,即指印度公司可以聘雇所有的员工,并将它们申请到新加坡工作。所有的“公司内部调动人员”均可免于进行“劳动市场测试”,或“经济需求标准测试”。意指经济需求标准测试,如公平考虑框架不适用于“公司内部调动人员”。…

马国丹绒比艾补选国阵狂胜1.5万票 敦马:原以为输两千票

马来西亚刚在上周六进行丹绒比艾国会议席补选,不过执政政府希望联盟竞选团队遭到国阵重挫,国阵候选人黄日昇以1万5086张多数票大胜希盟候选人卡敏及另4名候选人,成功重夺该国席。 黄日昇共获得2万5466张票,希盟候选人卡敏仅1万380张票。国阵得票率高达65.60巴仙,希盟候选人仅26.74巴仙。据了解,华裔和巫裔票回流乃是造成希盟惨败的关键,似有“教训”希盟在一些政策不得人心之意。 丹绒比艾总选民共5万2986名,而补选投票率高达74.43巴仙,,总投票人数为3万8815名。黄日昇也是该选区前国会议员。在509大选不敌希盟莫哈末法立(Mohamed Farid Md Rafik);不过后者在两个月前因心脏病逝世,致使议席悬空需补选。 “未料多数票输这么多” 马国首相兼希望联盟会长敦马哈迪表示,他预计希盟会在该选举败选,原以为国阵的多数票不会超过2000张,孰不知多数票超过预期。 他表示将仔细探讨败北的原因,也接受丹绒比艾选民的决定。 有学者则分析,此次补选失利可能加剧希盟内部的冲突,敦马本身也会面对较大压力,以让位给候任首相安华。