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Keeping up with CPF policies and rules can be challenging.

It was announced in Parliament this week that some procedures for receiving retirement payouts and topping up CPF accounts will be streamlined and simplified. How will the changes affect you? 

Meanwhile, the retirement and re-employment ages for workers in Singapore will be raised to 65 and 70 progressively. Read more about it.

What is a toxic workplace? The topic came under the spotlight recently following the controversy involving Night Owl Cinematics co-founder Sylvia Chan. One warning sign flagged by experts: If everything is urgent and important even after usual work hours, it can signal that something is wrong.

Thank you for reading, and for those who are not working today, enjoy the public holiday break.

5 changes to CPF rules: More flexibility for transfers, quicker disbursement of funds

It will be easier for people to receive retirement payouts, among other changes.

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How a S’pore employee got a $200K windfall for giving a customer good service

$200,000 – all in an hour’s work.

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Ex-prisons hangman Darshan Singh, 89, dies of Covid-19 complications

Mr Singh, 89, was the longest-serving prison executioner. Anthony Ler, who hired a youth to kill his own wife, was one of his last executions.

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Is my workplace toxic?

If everything is urgent and important even after work hours, it can be a sign that something is wrong.

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It’s still happy hour for some in S’pore after 10.30pm, despite flouting Covid-19 rules

The coffee shop may be shuttered and the lights turned down, but the drinking continues inside.

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Would you want to live beyond 150?

The quest to make death optional –  or defer it beyond current norms – is underpinning projects backed by billionaires.

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The great debate over inflation

Will inflation rip? Or will it pass? Hear what the experts have to say.

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Open fire kitchens are hot among new Singapore restaurants

From Western grills to Vietnamese-style hotpots, restaurants are turning up the heat with wood and charcoal cooking.

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