CPF Board has come out to strongly deny that the government had quietly shifted the "retirement payout age" from 65 to 70, in a media report yesterday (20 Jan). CPF Board's denial came in response to a recent message circulating online. Someone had posted a picture of a mail he received from CPF Board, notifying him that if would like …

CPF Board has come out to strongly deny that the government had quietly shifted the "retirement payout age" from 65 to 70, in a media report today (20 Jan). CPF Board's denial came in response to a recent message circulating online. Someone had posted a picture of a mail he received from CPF Board, notifying him that if would like …

The Tower Transit Group announced on Fri (18 Jan) that it has appointed former SAF Chief Infantry Officer, BG (NS) Winston Toh, as the Managing Director of its Singapore bus operations. He takes the reins at Tower Transit Singapore on 1 February next month. The Tower Transit Group is one of the bus operators in Singapore. BG (NS) Toh spent …

It was reported that the lorry driver and cyclist allegedly involved in an altercation in Pasir Ris recently were charged in court on Wednesday (16 Jan). Their altercation was captured in videos by members of public, which were later uploaded and went viral on the Net. Lorry driver Teo Seng Tiong, 57, and cyclist Eric Cheung Hoyu, 35, a British …

It was earlier reported that a CPF member, who would be turning 65 in May this year, recently received a mail from the CPF Board. It informed him that he would be eligible to receive $250 per month for about the next 8 years when he hit 65. It also told him that should he want to get his payouts …

In Parliament yesterday (15 Jan), Minister of State for Manpower Zaqy Mohamad revealed that a total of 521 companies with unfair employment practices were warned or sanctioned by the Manpower Ministry (MOM) from 2013 to 2017. However, majority of them (58%) only received warnings. The rest would "faced more difficulty" when applying for foreign work passes, he said. "So you …

A CPF member who would be turning 65 in May this year, recently received a mail from the CPF Board. It informed him that he would be eligible to receive S$250 per month for about the next 8 years when he hit 65. It also enticed him saying that he can get higher payouts if he delays the start of …

A member of the public, Albert Tang, wrote to ST Forum and his letter was published on ST today ("Why are SP Group's rates higher than retailers'?", 16 Jan). Mr Tang wanted to know why SP Group didn't offer the heavily discounted electricity rates, which many of the electricity retailers are currently offering to the public, in the first place. …

Yesterday (14 Jan), PM Lee hosted Czech Republic Prime Minister Andrej Babis to an official dinner at the Istana. He told the Czech PM that Bata shoes, which originated from Czech, have strong association with Singaporeans. Even PM Lee, like the "many generations of school children in Singapore", can attest to having worn a pair of white canvas Bata shoes …

Yesterday, the Straits Times published an article praising CapitaLand CEO Lee Chee Koon for pulling off a "mighty $11 billion cash-plus-shares deal" to buy Ascendas-Singbridge (ASB) from Temasek Holdings after only 4 months into his job ('Four months into job and CapitaLand CEO pulls off mega deal for property giant', 14 Jan). The deal, subject to shareholders' agreement, is supposed …