Companies to equip workers with skills as industry changes technologically
To help workers reskill, upskill and remain competitive as industries transform technologically and digitally, Singapore’s unions are working with businesses to set up Company Training Committees (CTCs), National Trades Union Congress (NTUC) secretary-general Ng Chee Meng. Mr Ng made this statement on 12 Jun at the 108th session of the international labor conference in Geneva, […]
We are eating a credit card’s worth of plastic weekly: Study
More than 50 studies globally have discovered that on average, people could be ingesting about 5g of plastic weekly – from the air they breathe, the food they eat and especially the water they drink. This amount is equivalent to a credit card! The study was commissioned by WWF and done by the University of […]
Oil royalty unfair, just like water deal with Singapore: Sabah politician
On 5 Mar, Sabah assemblyman Jamawi Jaafar urged Prime Minister Dr. Mahathir Mohamed to consider Sabahan’s feelings on the oil royalty agreement. Agreeing with Mahathir that Singapore is exploiting Malaysia’s water, Jamawi urged the federal government to consider Sabahans’ feelings and expectations on the issue of the oil agreement, pointing out that the rate in […]
Please siam Pakistan and India temporarily
Singaporeans are advised to refrain from traveling to Pakistan, and India unnecessarily, due to the escalating tensions between both countries, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) said on 27 Feb. Both countries have always been in conflict over disputed Indian Kashmir. However, the tension had skyrocketed on 14 Feb after a suicide bombing in Kashmir […]
Chairman of Korean IT company made staff get on his knees after shouting and assaulting him
Yang Jin-ho, the Chairman of Korean online file-sharing site, Hankook Mirae Technology, is seen attacking a former employee at the WeDisk office. The near 3-minute video showing a clip of Yang hitting a former IT developer was recorded on 8th April 2015, at the WeDisk office in Bundang-gu in Seongnam and was released on the […]
Indonesian factory workers are out of jobs and blame Uniqlo for it
2,000 workers including Warni Lena Napitupulu (46), were made redundant when a factory in Cikupa city, West Java, Indonesia shuts down. These workers had to work round-the-clock to produce garments for Uniqlo before the Japanese clothing brand decided to stop giving the factory orders, claiming that there are issued with quality and delivery delays. Warni […]
Malaysia telco manager kena suspended after video of her shouting at subordinates went viral
On 29 September, an almost two-minute long video of a manager screaming at two subordinates was uploaded on Malaysia News Station. In the video that went viral, the woman (in green) believed to be a manager in Malaysia telco Maxis, can be seen screaming and raging at two subordinates, including one who was pregnant. In […]
Singapore should not be “so businesslike” with Malaysia, said Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim.
In an interview with a senior fellow at S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies (RSIS), Nanyang Technological University in Singapore, Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim, The PKR president-elect said, for Singapore and Malaysia to forge stronger ties, it should not just be about “Dollars and cents, rule and order” “For Singapore, the problem is, we in […]
China’s Didi Ride-Sharing Female Passenger Raped & Killed
Didi ride-sharing passenger in the eastern Chinese city of Wenzhou was raped and killed by a driver last Friday. According to a statement by local police, 20 year old Zhao got into a Hitch carpool vehicle at 1pm on Friday and sent a message to a friend at around 2pm seeking help before losing contact. […]
Woman traps her pet dog in a washing machine to gain more followers on Instagram
An Instagram user has come under fire for putting her pet dog in a washing machine and posting the footage online to gain more followers. According to Metro, a woman by the name of Tamara Rothman who lives in Argentina, has resorted to putting her pet dog in a washing machine in an attempt to […]