One favorite grouse is Singapore has no minimum wage to help low wage workers. That’s wrong. The Progressive Wage... Read More
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A man carrying a plastic bag with condoms, a vibrator and sex toys, wandering around Marina Bay Sands during Christmas... Read More
Ever since reports of Singapore being the most expensive city (for travellers) came about, my Facebook alerts have been popping up... Read More
Jamie Ho, 33, the publisher of Epicure, Pets and Hooked magazine was killed in a horrific car accident after... Read More
备注：文章不一定代表编辑团队和/或编辑的观点或立场。 工运议员杨木光在日前国会预算辩论中，生动而精准地描述与刻画出我国中小型企业当今所面临的两大挑战： 一是人力资源的短缺， 二是企业成本的高涨。 目前, 本地有16万家中小企业, 对国内生产总值的贡献超过50%, 提供70%工作给全国劳动队伍。议员所提供的数据清楚指出， 中小型企业是我国的经济支柱之一，他们所面对的困境与挑战值得大家关心。 经过杨木光的分析， 我们不难看出， 这些困难与挑战其实是隐藏着许多商机的， 值得我们进一步以正面的心态来探讨。 政府在过去两年宣布紧缩外国劳工增长的政策后，人力资源短缺的问题冲击本地企业， 但是个别中小型企业总聘请人数少， 按比例相对来说， 能够请到外籍员工人数也比较少，如果不能及时通过自动化、改善流程来提高生产力的话， 竞争力很快的便会流失， 可能生存都受威胁。... Read More
While most of Singapore was busy battling the haze in June 2013, Nelson Mandela was struggling for his life. Mandela, 94,... Read More
“We are not at the limits. The sky is the limit…” Borrowing from Cervantes’s Don Quixote, the Prime Minister very... Read More
The International Labour Organisation (ILO) recently held the 102nd session of its International Labour Conference (ILC) in Geneva. Among the... Read More
If you asked me a dozen years ago if Singapore society was at all liberal, I would have said “No”... Read More
Saw this picture? It looks like it will make his work easier. It looks like he had a smart idea.... Read More
Process redesign, business reengineering, social collaboration, and automation feature among the exciting tools available to reduce manual steps and wasted... Read More
Acting Minister of Manpower Tan Chuan-Jin recently said that the government will soon favour contractors that pay decent wages to... Read More