Dear Thomas Lee Chee Chee, I read your letter to Today about your concern that “tax dollars” is spent on Singapore Day despite the “looming global economic downturn”. I might not be an expert in foreign...
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As companies come to grips with a slowing down of the economy, they should not overreact and and dig themselves into a hole. While tightening the belt such as reduction of head counts looks attractive, companies should not...
In Singapore, companies have the prerogative to fire at will, but what if you think you were unfairly dismissed? Are there avenues of redress you can refer to in the event you feel victimised and shouldn’t have lost...
Sally Tan (not her real name), 29, told us of how she was scheduled for a job interview. A day before the interview, she found out she was pregnant. Being the honest person she was, she shared it with the hiring manager of the...
Letter contributed by reader who wants to be known as ‘You Zhao Sai’. Bukit Batok People’s Action Party (PAP) MP David Ong resigned last week after admitting to a personal indiscretion – aka he cheated on...
This letter was submitted by Wong H.E, 35, nurse. The unions have put up their candidate for Parliament’s 2016 batch of Nominated Member of Parliaments. The NMP scheme was introduced in 1990 to bring into Parliament diverse...
The letter below had been submitted by Chong Wei Hao, 29, executive. Of all the retarded comments from the sore losers, is that new citizens are parachuted in to swing the votes for the PAP. Sure, you can say that we’re...
This article first appeared in mandarin on 9th Sept 2015 by Elaine Chua Whenever I thought of our founding Prime Minister Mr Lee Kuan Yew, his motivational quote would immediately come to mind. He said, “To the young and the...
The following letter was sent to us came from Celine Cho, Executive, 26. Dear Editors, I visited Mr Tan Whee Boon earlier this morning, and I’m glad to see he was in good spirits before his operation this afternoon. After...
The article below had been submitted to us by Edward Khor, 22, student “A Parliamentary seat is hard won and must be honourably held. It is not a free pass to a political stage for the WP to accrue...