For a sustainable and ‘clean’ career, be a solar technologist
Be a Solar Technologist. The solar industry is set to create viable long-term career growth as Singapore push to achieve almost five times the current solar usage by 2030. This target is set to create job opportunities for Singaporeans. NTUC’s e2i, working together with the Sustainable Energy Association of Singapore (SEAS), has unveiled the first […]
WEF considers moving annual Forum to Singapore amidst pandemic
Singapore could be the alternative venue for next year’s World Economic Forum annual gathering, Normally held in the ski resort of Davos each January, the 2021 edition was postponed due to the pandemic and is scheduled for May at the Buergenstock. Now, the alternative meeting place has also come under review, according to a report […]
US FDA authorises use of serology test kit developed by Singapore
In a first for Singapore, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration authorized the first serology test that detects neutralizing antibodies from recent or prior SARS-CoV-2 infection. These are antibodies that bind to a specific part of a pathogen. They have been observed in a laboratory setting to decrease SARS-CoV-2 viral infection of cells. Called cPass, […]
Progressive Wage Model a moral conviction that took in ground work: Raymond Chin
We refer to Workers’ Party MP Jamus Lim’s comment in Parliament that union leaders use “folksy wisdom and beliefs” in referring to how we justify the progressive wage model (WP MPs and NTUC deputy chief spar over minimum wage, Oct 16). Mr Lim has not studied the efforts unions have put in to roll out […]
Universal minimum wage system is not suitable for Singapore
In a forum letter published by Lianhe Zaobao, Dr Wu Zhengxiao, a Senior Lecturer in Singapore Management University (SMU) explained why universal minimum wage system is not suitable for Singapore. And here the translation of the forum letter: I recently read some articles about the minimum wage system. Many articles mentioned that the universal minimum […]
Turn that uproar into a roar of support! Join the challenge and raise awareness of youth mental health!
Mental health is important. Negativity is a mental challenge. Don’t let negativity have its day. Join the push-up challenge and raise awareness for mental health.
Is the special position of Malays being questioned, asks Sembang Masyarakat
The call by WP Sylvia Lim to do away with race-based policies such as the CMIO model and to do away with ethnic-based self-help groups seems to have caused some apprehension as expressed by this page called Sembang Masyarakat
You know they don’t care for workers when they attack an effective union
Be careful with sites like TOC, which plagiarize, hire foreign ghost writers to attack foreign workers and immigration policies, and manipulate Singaporeans’ emotions to write articles for eyeballs. Ragebait headlines or hyperpartisan appeals that twist the facts are designed to get traffic from people’s anger.
Hundreds of jobs to be created at Hyundai Singapore facility
Singapore to get its first car manufacturing facility, and it’s electric Last week, Hyundai announced the launch of a new range of electric vehicles (EV) under its Ioniq brand to be manufactured in Singapore. Construction of its new 28,000 square-metre manufacturing factory in Singapore was to begin in May. It was delayed to October because […]
A response to the loving critic’s response to K Shanmugam
I’m riled up by Alfian and his ilk, who seem to justify their existence by trying to find an angle to criticise the G in every situation.