If by paying a little bit more can help uplift lower-wage workers, will you do it a not ah?
Everyone likes to talk about how we should help our lower-wage workers. So not too long ago, the Gahmen announced that they are agreeable to the Tripartite Cluster for Cleaners (TCC) when they recommend that the cleaners get a pay increment since they worked so hard and in particular during the COVID-19 pandemic period. Cleaners’ […]
Photo Book to Honour Food Delivery Riders Wins International Award!!
Three years ago, Mr Tan Chin Hock was in between jobs for some time, so he go work as a Grab driver to support his family. According to The New Paper, today, he is a business development executive and an author-photographer! Mai siao siao, this bro’s photo book ‘Drenched to Fill You Up’ also just […]
Malaysian Singer-songwriter Namewee uncovers heartbreaking situation in Malaysia hospitals
If you have been following the news, you will know that the COVID-19 situation now in Malaysia is quite bad. Their number of cases each day now is like at least 4 digits one. Just yesterday (Aug 10) alone, Malaysia recorded 19,991 new Covid-19 cases. No joke leh. As a result, their hospitals are also […]
Labour Chief’s National Day Message 2021: Supporting and protecting Workers Through COVID-19
It’s National Day again! Like every other year, NTUC’s Labour Chief delivered his National Day message on 5 August 2021. In his National Day message, the Labour Chief said that while the turn of events in our COVID-19 fight in the past few weeks has understandably dampened our mood and hopes for a quicker recovery, […]
And the future they say, is female
It is tough being a woman, you have to admit. They wear many hats and have to juggle between work and family. They sometimes also face discrimination and have people look down on them because they are female. Sometimes they are unlucky and meet with chi kopeks (dirty men) at work too! Since this year […]
Chan Chun Sing calls for ‘whole-of-society’ effort to prevent repeat of River Valley High School incident
Yesterday in Parliament, Minister for Education Chan Chun Sing gave an update on the incident that occurred in River Valley High School on July 19 which resulted in the death of a student. In case you’re too busy following the Tokyo 2020 Olympics, here’s what he spoke about in his almost 50-minute-long ministerial statement. A […]
Labour MP Patrick Tay suggests 3 ways to strengthen Singaporean Core & protect Singaporean PMEs
If you go and ask any of the Singaporean Professionals, Managers & Executives (PMEs), especially those aged 40 above, they will most probably tell you 1) they worry about their “rice bowls” 2) they worry that their jobs will be snatched by foreigners. All these are very valid concerns because we have heard stories of […]
Jurong Fishery Port closed due to COVID-19, but fish supplies at NTUC FairPrice remains unaffected
Just when we thought the measures for COVID-19 will be lifted soon, and group size limit for social gatherings and dining out will increase, some hum sup lou (horny men) decided to go visit some lup sup KTVs where they tio infected and now implicate the rest of us also. It is so unfair to […]
Financial Times reported that expats are abandoning Singapore for other countries
Recently, there has been a lot of resentment of even hate towards the expats in Singapore. This presumably stemmed from Singaporeans feeling threatened by these expats, thinking that the expats have “stolen” their jobs from them. Nobody knows about what the expats in Singapore are thinking until a recent article published by Financial Times. The […]
NTUC FairPrice launching a new discount scheme to help lower-income families
On July 12, NTUC FairPrice announced that they will be offering discounts to lower-income families every Thursday from Jul 15 until the end of the year. All Community Health Assist Scheme (Chas) Blue cardholders will be able to enjoy a 3% discount at all 149 FairPrice stores, including FairPrice Finest outlets and FairPrice Xtra hypermarkets, […]