SINGAPORE – All employers should re-evaluate their current business situation, with the National Wages Council (NWC) urging those that are growing or recovering from the Covid-19 impact to take steps to restore their workers’ wages, reward them fairly through variable payments and bring forward hiring plans. However, employers that face significant cost pressures and poor […]
SINGAPORE – The Asian Festival of Children’s Content this year plans to foreground mental resilience for kids and digitalisation – timely given the pandemic, even as new tightened restrictions have forced the festival to abandon plans to go hybrid. Instead, the annual festival for children’s books, now in its 12th edition, will run virtually from […]
SINGAPORE – Hawkers bearing the brunt of restrictions imposed amid a spike in Covid-19 infections will receive some relief with rental waivers and subsidies amounting to $9 million in total. Senior Minister of State for Sustainability and the Environment Amy Khor on Saturday (May 22) said that the National Environment Agency (NEA) will waive half […]
INDIA – Under normal circumstances, driving around the capital city Delhi, like any other India metro, means navigating tricky and noisy traffic conditions as motorists, bus drivers and even cyclists try to outmanoeuvre each other. These days, traffic is sparse, just the occasional truck or motorcycle pass by. Delhi’s famous traffic snarls are nowhere to be […]
SINGAPORE – Hawkers welcomed the news that they will be supported with subsidies and waivers in rental fees amid phase two dine-in restrictions, which took effect on May 16, but said more needs to be done because of the uncertainty. Mr Khong Wai Keong, 54, who sells char siew rice at Kovan Hougang Market and Food Centre, said: […]
SINGAPORE – Ring-fencing strategies that aim to limit Covid-19 transmissions and contain their spread have been intensified recently, helping Singapore stave off a second circuit breaker for now. Experts note that larger areas are now being closed off and more people made to undergo swab testing. Professor Teo Yik Ying, dean of the National University […]
SINGAPORE – All 243 residents of a Housing Board block in Pasir Ris have been asked to undergo a swab test after four Covid-19 cases were detected in two different households there. As at Sunday, 188 residents of Block 559 in Pasir Ris Street 51 have been tested, with 155 testing negative and 33 test results pending, said the Health […]
SINGAPORE – A general practitioner (GP) who was jailed for 30 weeks in May 2019 for taking upskirt photos of dozens of victims has been suspended from practising medicine for 14 months. Dr Sim Choon Seng, who is in his mid-50s, had pleaded guilty to the disciplinary charge brought against him by the Singapore Medical […]
SINGAPORE – A general practitioner (GP) who was jailed for 30 weeks in May 2019 for taking upskirt photos of dozens of victims has been suspended from practising medicine for 14 months. Dr Sim Choon Seng, who is in his mid-50s, had pleaded guilty to the disciplinary charge brought against him by the Singapore Medical […]
SINGAPORE – A woman caught on video spitting at a KFC employee last year was sentenced to nine months’ probation on Monday (May 24). Lin Si Ting, 43, pleaded guilty in January to one count each of harassment and using criminal force on the staff. A third charge for breaching Covid-19 regulations was taken into […]