Archive for October, 2009
Home sales: Boom with a difference (ST 30 Oct)
Home sales: Boom with a difference Number of new private homes sold may hit 2007 record but value only half By Joyce Teo, Property Correspondent VALUE OF NEW HOME SALES But the total value of these new private homes is on track to be only [...]
Gender gap index: More equality in Singapore but…(Today 29 Oct)
Gender gap index: More equality in Singapore but …SINGAPORE – It has improved on its overall score on equality between the sexes, but Singapore has slipped again in the world gender gap index by the World Economic Forum. The Lion City [...]
Mediacorp Chinese Radio Interview
Dear Readers, I will be interviewed on Mediacorp Chinese radio station on 27 Oct (Tues). It will be a telephone taped interview conducted in Mandarin. The programme will touch on unemployment among the middle aged group and their rehiring [...]
What do HDB numbers say (ST 26 Oct)
What do HDB numbers say? Success rate for being offered a flat and choosy buyers do not add up By Jessica Cheam THESE days, both the Housing Board (HDB) and home buyers seem to be grappling, in their different ways, with [...]
From selling burgers to saving rainforests (Sunday Times 26 Oct)
Mr Sun has been named by Time magazine as one of its Heroes of the Environment. The Australian had his first taste of entrepreneurship at 18, earning $13,000 on his first day selling vegetarian burgers and noodles at a rock concert. -- ST PHOTO: LIM [...]
Enquiry on credit card debts from a reader (25 Oct)
Hi Gilbert Firstly, I would like to commend you on the website. It was a good read. :) I chanced upon it when I was googling for information. Basically, I have some questions about the impact of bad credit rating and bankruptcy have on [...]
Pay cut at 60 0ption stays, but bosses urged to be fair (Sunday Times 25 Oct)
Pay cut at 60 option stays, but bosses urged to be fair By Clarissa Oon, Senior Political Correspondent The Government will not remove employers' legal option to cut a worker's pay at age 60, but Manpower Minister Gan Kim Yong wants bosses to [...]
Balancing needs of both camps (ST 24 Oct)
Balancing needs of both camps Challenge facing govt: How to favour citizens without putting off PRs HOW do you - in PM Lee Hsien Loong's words - 'make the differentiation between citizens and PRs sharper over time to reflect the [...]
The meaning of life after retirement (Today 10 Oct)
The meaning of life after retirement 05:55 AM Oct 10, 2009 by Eveline Gan WORN out by his former stressful and hectic work life in the stockbroking industry, Mr See Chak Wah had initially looked forward to his retirement. But the novelty of [...]
My guilt over my stroke-stricken mother (ST online forum 24 Oct)
My guilt over my stroke-stricken mother I REFER to Thursday's report, 'Abuse of seniors: Blame it on caregivers' stress'. I want to share my personal experience here. I have a 78-year-old stroke-stricken mother who is also schizophrenic. She [...]
The old man and the dog
WHAT A BEAUTIFUL STORY 'Watch out! You nearly broad sided that car!' My father yelled at me. 'Can't you do anything right?' Those words hurt worse than blows. I turned my head toward the elderly man in the seat beside me, daring me to challenge [...]
Networking Session On 30 Oct (Fri) At 10.30AM
Dear Friends, I am returning to Singapore soon for a few weeks and am organising an informal networking session on 30 Oct (Fri) at 10.30am at Toa Payoh Macdonald (central). Do email me at gilbert@transitioning.org if you are keen to [...]
The hiring gates re-open (Today 23 Oct)
The hiring gates re-open 05:55 AM Oct 23, 2009 by Lin Yanqin yanqin@mediacorp.com.sg THE layoffs of the past nine to 12 months are starting to catch up with employers. As the Singapore economy turns the corner and with potential growth [...]
Young entrepreneurs singled out for good work (ST 23 Oct)
Young entrepreneurs singled out for good work By Francis Chan IT USUALLY takes years before employees get so jaded with their job they finally take the gamble of chucking it in to become their own boss. Miss Elfaine Tan did that in just a [...]
More employers are looking to hire staff (ST 23 Oct)
More employers are looking to hire staff By Gabriel Chen OPTIMISM continues to inch back into the private sector with more bosses saying they will take on extra staff this quarter, according to a new survey. The proportion of employers [...]
