Last month, Australian news media reported that a Melbourne gardener has become the first person to sue Bayer’s Monsanto in Australia over its weed killer product, Roundup (‘Melbourne gardener launches legal action against Monsanto in first Australian Roundup lawsuit‘, 4 Jun) Bayer has already lost 3 lawsuits in the US with the jury finding its weed killer responsible for the …

The Fifth Person, an independent investment website which won the SGX Orb Awards last year, sent a person to attend the recent media event of Temasek Holdings which presented its fund’s performance over the last FY ended on 31 March 2019. One of the things Temasek was asked, was with regard to its investment into German pharmaceutical giant Bayer. It …

Yesterday, a member of the public, Mr Adam Reutens-Tan, wrote to ST Forum pointing out that train operators like SMRT and SBS Transit should not be focusing on profits as public service providers (‘Train operators, as public service providers, should not be focusing on profits‘, 12 Jul). “SMRT and SBS Transit are supposed to be providing public transportation, one of …

The Manpower Ministry (MOM) defended itself in mainstream media this week (‘Different method used to calculate CPF payout sums: MOM‘, 8 Jul) saying that it uses a different method to calculate the CPF payouts under the national CPF Life Scheme. MOM’s comments came in light of a recent study conducted by a team of researchers from the Lee Kuan Yew …

At a High-Level Forum on the Silver Economy in Helsinki on Tue (9 Jul), it was reported that Senior Minister of State for Health Amy Khor wants Singaporeans, who are living longer, to help offset the low birth rates by continuing to work longer. She noted that life expectancy for Singaporeans is getting longer. It was 84.8 years in 2017. …

Speaking at the opening of the High-Level Forum on the Silver Economy in Helsinki yesterday (9 Jul), Senior Minister of State for Health Amy Khor said that Singaporeans, who are living longer, can help to offset the low birth rates if more of them continue working for longer. Dr Khor noted that life expectancy for Singaporeans is getting longer. It …

ST Forumer, Tara Hasnain, praised President Halimah in a forum letter today (9 Jul) for suggesting to hold the cohesiveness conference more often. Halimah mentioned this at a recently held international conference on cohesive societies. “What a positive initiative!” said Ms Hasnain. “Singapore, with its strong cohesion in the political, social, cultural and many other spheres, is certainly a good …

Shandong Tai An No.1 Senior High School, located in the city of Tai An in Shandong province of China, issued a press release 1.5 months ago (23 May 2019), congratulating its students for being awarded the MOE scholarship to study at universities in Singapore. This year is the 18th year that MOE has awarded scholarships to senior high school students …

It was reported in the mainstream media today (5 Jul) that a subsidiary of the MES Group of Companies, Labourtel Management Corporation, and its director Parvis Ahamed Mohamed Ghouse, were charged under the Foreign Employee Dormitories Act. The company was charged with 10 counts of offences under the Act while Parvis was charged with 6. The MES’ company is accused …

On Wednesday (3 Jul), Jardine Engineering Singapore put up a job advertisement on Indeed job site saying that they would be in Kuala Lumpur on Friday and Sat (5 and 6 Jul) to conduct walk-in interviews for their company. “JECS will be in Kuala Lumpur on 5 & 6 July 2019!” the advertisement said. The company is looking for project …