Posts Tagged ‘colleague’
A Romance Writer Jabs at Singapore’s Patriarchs (New York Times 19 Sep)
Catherine Lim at her home in Singapore. By SETH MYDANS Published: September 18, 2009 Singapore IT is the dress, she said, that catches the eye, the long silk sheath with the slits in the sides that offers what she calls “a startling [...]
Cut dependence on foreign labour (My paper 18 Sep)
IT MUST be tough for the authorities to figure out a suitable manpower-deployment system, especially with regard to the complex issue of local businesses hiring foreign workers to increase their profits. Singapore citizens find it difficult to [...]
Tips for Parents (Touching Lives)
Tips for Parents Did you read the report of the 9-year-old who was killed in an accident on her way to school (The Straits Times,16 Sept 2009)? What added to the sadness was the father’s statement that “There are so many things I haven’t [...]
Depression cuts cancer survival (BBC 14 Sep)
Depression 'cuts cancer survival' Cancer patients often struggle with depression Depression can damage a cancer patient's chances of survival, a review of research suggests. The University of British Columbia team said the finding [...]
Counsellors find ways out of debt for families (ST 18 Sep)
Counsellors find way out of debt for families HDB's specially trained staff have helped 800 families so far By Theresa Tan Mr Rashid - with sons Ariff (left) and Zafir and wife Norhasimah in his in-laws' home - was advised to downgrade to a [...]
Face up to real jobless figures (My paper 17 Sep)
I REFER to media reports on the rise in the number of chronically unemployed. For some time, reports have focused on a declining unemployment rate which has stabilised at a seasonally-adjusted 3.3 per cent for two straight quarters. Singaporeans [...]
He-cession: The Recession is an economic crisis for men (Economy Watch)
Eugene, OR, USA, 28 June. Men caused the global recession, and now they are the ones hurting. At least that's what those who dub it a he-cession (or hecession) claim. The global slump has put millions out of jobs, many in male-dominated [...]
Teen cowered under blanket as friends jumped (ST 17 Sep)
Teen cowered under blanket as friends jumped William's friends, Ku Witaya and Sia Chan Hong, jumped to their deaths from this window at Witaya's four-room flat on the ninth floor. -- TNP FILE PHOTO WHILE his two friends perched themselves [...]
Careers in a time of crisis (CNN Money 16 Sep)
September 16, 2009 Careers in a time of crisis Posted: 513 GMT DALIAN, China (CNN) – After a decade writing about careers for The Wall Street Journal, CNN and others – as well as thumbing through countless books on professional advice – [...]
9 in 10 Singaporeans do not feel well prepared for retirement (CNA 16 Sep)
9 in 10 Singaporeans do not feel well prepared for retirement By Gladys Ow, Channel NewsAsia | Posted: 16 September 2009 1907 hrs SINGAPORE: Ninety-one per cent of Singaporeans do not feel well prepared for retirement compared to the global [...]
So rich, but he fears losing everything (Asiaone 16 Sep)
So rich, but he fears losing everything He lives in a posh Katong Bungalow and drives an expensive BMW, but can't fully enjoy his wealth. Instead, the 45-year-old unnamed trader spends his days in fear, worried that he will lose [...]
Govt steps in after string of suicide deaths at France Telecom (ST 16 Sep)
Govt steps in after string of deaths at France Telecom 23 suicides since early last year; minister summons telco chief By Susan Sachs, For The Straits Times PARIS: Alarmed by a rash of suicides among employees of France Telecom, the French [...]
Rise in the chronic jobless (ST 16 Sep)
Rise in the chronic jobless Grads in their 30s and 40s and lowly-educated find it hard to get hired By Goh Chin Lian SINGAPORE'S job market is stabilising after a wave of layoffs, but two groups continue to struggle to find jobs. They are [...]
Property players, Temasek suffer paper losses of $1.1b (ST 15 Sep)
Property players, Temasek suffer paper losses of $1.1b Tue, Sep 15, 2009 The Straits Times By Goh Eng Yeow PROPERTY tycoons and Temasek Holdings have taken the biggest battering from the Government's introduction of measures designed to prevent [...]
Do you really know Bill Gates? The myth of Entrepreneur as Risk Taker (Tim Ferriss)
Before I had to establish my no-blurb/no-review policy for books due to volume (picture: one day’s mail), I received an e-mail from Rick Smith, the founding CEO of the World 50, one of the most exclusive senior executive networking companies on [...]
