The simultaneous attack on NTUC and PA. A perspective.
The recent unrelenting attacks on NTUC and PA have raised more than one eyebrow. Why such a concerted effort to attack the two organisations? The Online Citizen (TOC) published 2 articles, one that claimed that the NTUC FairPrice ‘has been ripping off consumers for decades’ and another asking if PA and NTUC were ‘for the […]
Government accepts higher wages proposed for Cleaners by Tripartite Cluster
Cleaners can look forward to higher wages over six years from 2023, after proposals by the Tripartite Cluster for Cleaners (TCC) were accepted by the Government on Monday (Jun 7). Over the years, the base pay of cleaners has risen gradually under the PWM. It now stands at S$1,236. Come July, it will rise to […]
Singapore Retailers Appeal to Landlords for Support
In a press statement on 16 May 2021, Singapore Tenants United For Fairness (SG TUFF) shared their poll result, showing that more than 81% of frontline businesses across retail, F&B, services and others are experiencing a sales drop of more than 50% versus pre-Phase 2 (HA). Approximately 45% are experiencing 80% or more sales drop, […]
$1 Million Workcare Grant to provide rest areas for lower-wage workers
Do you think that rest-areas are a given at all workplaces? Well, you would be wrong to assume that! Because not all workplaces have dedicated rest areas for their employees. Hence, for this reason, the Ministry of Manpower (MOM) has recently set up a $1 million Workcare Grant for building owners, service buyers, and providers […]
Body-worn camera footages demolish TOC’s attempt to cast doubt on Police’s clarification
There’s nothing like body-worn camera footages to refute lies. And that’s exactly what Police used to demolish the lies from The Online Citizen (TOC). Days earlier, TOC had published a story picked up from an Instagrammer @nichology on May 17. The story alleged that four officers had “clustered an elderly auntie that took off her […]
Rest stops for drivers are available!
Over the past (long) weekend, I was hoping to catch up on some much-needed rest but was hit by the sudden news of Singapore going into heightened alert. Whatsapp and telegram groups chats went a flurry over the new heightened rules that have just been implemented. Many poked fun at those who panic bought toilet […]
President Ong Teng Cheong’s last words in farewell speech
At the farewell reception held in his honour on 30 August 1999, the late President Ong Teng Cheong summed up his working relationship with the government this way: “My working relationship with the government has been sound. I know how the government machinery ticks, having spent over two decades in government. The Cabinet Ministers had […]
What to do if you are retrenched in a time of Covid-19
As more and more countries and companies are being impacted by Covid-19 which is proving to be a long term battle, news of retrenchment abounds. On 11 August 2020, it was announced that the Singapore economy contracted by 13.2 per cent on a year-on-year basis in the April to June quarter, worse than the 12.6 […]