Retirement, re-employment age to be raised
Both the retirement and re-employment age is set to be raised as the Government, labor unions and employer agreed on the need for these changes, Manpower Minister Josephine Teo said on 5 Mar. As for how far and how fast the ages should be raised, she said that her Tripartite Workgroup on Older Workers would […]
No more N- & O-Level exams from 2024 onwards!
On 5 Mar, Education Minister Ong Ye Kung announced that a new common national examination and certificate framework would replace the current N- and O-Level examinations. As announced in the Parliament, the O-Level and N-Level examinations will be combined into one common national, and the streaming in secondary schools will be replaced by subject-based banding […]
Grab to charge users S$4 cancellation fee
Starting from 11 Mar, Grab users will be charged S$4 cancellation fee if they cancel the ride after securing a booking for more than five minutes, Grab announced on its website on 3 Mar. For ride-sharing service, GrabShare, passengers will incur the S$4 charge if they cancel the ride upon securing the booking for more […]
Fire near Lim Chu Kang cemetery
A fire, size of one football field in length, broke out on 4 Mar near Lim Chu Kang Chinese Cemetery. Firefighting efforts had continued through the night and the fire was only extinguished at about 2am on 5 Mar. The Singapore Civil Defence Force (SCDF) responded to the fire at about 7.05am. A total of […]