55% of S’poreans either happy or neutral at work, millennials happier than non-millennials
According to a 2017 Job Happiness Index conducted by JobStreet.com, 45 per cent of Singaporeans polled were found to be unhappy at work. The reasons were mainly because of issues with management, lack of career progression and training opportunities. However, the results have improved since 2016, with Singapore scoring 4.31 on a 10-point scale, an […]
Tourists from China are Singapore’s top travellers
China travellers topped the list of visitors to Singapore last year. According to the latest numbers, more than 2.7 million Chinese came to Singapore between January and October last year. This was one-fifth of all visitor numbers. And for the 3rd year in a row, Chinese visitors are the top spenders – accounting for almost […]
Three stopped for traffic offences found to have drugs on them
Three people were stopped by traffic police at Block 254, Bishan Street 22 yesterday (22 January) for traffic offences – tinted windows . A 27 year old man was in a car together with a 24 year old woman, while a 30 year old man was in a separate car. Police were called in to […]
Woman stole Doctor’s car and drove out of Mount Elizabeth Hospital carpark
A suspect was arrested for a car theft at Mount Elizabeth Hospital on Saturday (20 January). The 42 year old woman was a patient at the hospital was arrested the following day around 11am at a hotel in East Coast Road. The BMW car belonged to a doctor at the hospital. It was abandoned in […]
Biggest Winter Melon in Singapore is heavier than your skinny lian
A 32kg winter melon was harvested by a 73 year old retiree in a community garden at Bukit Batok. This surpasses the previous record of 25 kg which was harvested at the Community Gardens Edibles Competition. Mr Huang Guanghui told a Chinese newspaper that he grew up in a kampung, and always observed his father […]
Two 11-year-old boys have been reported missing for more than 24 hours
Latest update: The boys have been found. Two 11-year-old boys, Javier Teo Ren Jie and Axel Lim Jun Wei, have been reported missing for more than 24 hours. According to the police, Javier was last seen at Block 273D, Compassvale Link, around 7.10am on Thursday and Axel was last seen at a shopping mall in Rivervale Drive at […]
4 months’ jail term for vandalising police cameras
Blaming an act of vandalising on “bad mood” is not exactly a very good reason. For vandalising police cameras installed at an HDB block which caused $980 of damage, Lim Sin Ann was sentenced to 4 months’ jail. The 52 year old man was also charged with two other charges including stealing a PAssion card. […]
More than 60 residents evacuated from Serangoon North Avenue 1 fire
A fire broke out in a second floor unit at Block 147 Serangoon North Avenue 1 at around 7.10pm last night (18 January). More than 60 residents of the block had to be evacuated and 2 women had to be sent to hospital for breathlessness. Singapore Civil Defence Force personnel and police officers evacuated a […]
SMRT CorpComm VP Patrick Nathan resigned
SMRT’s Corporate Communications (Corpcomm) Vice-President, Patrick Nathan has thrown in his resignation letter from SMRT. He is currently serving his notice of resignation but it is unknown when is his last day of service as he has not disclosed to anyone or his team member. It is unsure, who is going to take up this challenging […]
Believe it or not, the tiles didn’t pop just because of “Singapore winter”
The “Singapore winter’ probably played a part but there are other factors contributing to the popping tiles issue. If you’re renovating your house soon and replacing your floor tiles, remember to choose good quality tiles and make sure your contractor doesn’t do a sloppy job. We’re not joking. In the first half of January alone, there […]