Reader’s Reaction To Courts Looking For Workers In JB Malaysia
An advertisement posted by Courts appeared in JB Malaysia looking for workers to work in Singapore (courtesy of Temasek Review):-
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19 Year Old is MD of $50 Million Company (Business Times 15 Jan)
MDs can be a lot younger these days
He brushes aside his youth and lack of life experience as possible obstacles in running a $50m company.
Fri, Jan 15, 2010
The Business Times
WHILE not denying that he is one of the youngest – if not the youngest – second- generation successors in town, PowerPlus Group managing director Marcus Ong brushes aside his youth and lack of life experience as possible obstacles in running a $50 million company.
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Casinos are best bet for revenue (ST 13 Jan)
WITH the opening of the first phase of the Resorts World Sentosa integrated resort (IR) on Jan 20, a new milestone will be reached in Singapore’s evolving economic and social development.
Tourist arrivals to Singapore, especially from neighbouring countries, will experience an upswing. There will be job creation in a job market that will become more diverse. The overall economy will also benefit from the IR bounce effect once both come onstream.
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STI headed for major correction around June: DBS (ST 13 Jun)
Jan 13, 2010
STI headed for major correction around June: DBS
But expect another rally in second half of the year, and 15-20% gain at year-end
IF HISTORY repeats itself, Singapore’s stock market will undergo a major correction around June – 16 months after this rally started.
That is according to DBS Bank’s analysts, who have noted that after the last two major recessions, the initial stock market rallies that followed lasted exactly 16 months each.
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Why The Rich Get Richer (Robert Kiyosaki)
Taking Steps To Prepare For The Worst
In Sunday school I was taught the parable of the pharaoh of Egypt and his dream of seven fat cows being eaten by seven skinny cows. Deeply disturbed, the pharaoh sought the interpretation of his dream. A young slave boy interpreted the dream to mean Egypt would have seven years of plenty to be followed by seven years of famine. The message: Prepare for the lean years during the years of plenty. The pharaoh prepared Egypt for the lean years and led it into an era of prosperity.
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YTL Pacific Star CEO dies after cosmetic surgery (ST 7 Jan)
THE chief executive of a $1 billion property firm died last week, following cosmetic treatment at an Orchard Road clinic.
On Dec 30, 44-year-old Franklin Heng was ferried by ambulance from the clinic to Tan Tock Seng Hospital, where he was pronounced dead.
TTSH chief executive Lim Suet Wun said the case has been referred to the coroner.
‘The patient came from a GP clinic and had had liposuction done earlier that afternoon,’ he told The Straits Times.
Although Mr Heng showed no signs of life when he arrived at the hospital just after 5pm, doctors spent almost an hour attempting to resuscitate him, said Dr Lim.
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Job Opening: Customer service officer at Cash Run Pte Ltd (Singapore Part Time Job)
Customer Service Officer at Cash Run Pte Ltd
Job Description:
Cash Run Pte Ltd is a subsidiary of Cash Run GmbH in Switzerland. Cash Run Pte Ltd was recently incorporated and started its operations in Singapore.
Cash Run deals with online fraud screening services across various payment gateways(e.g. PayPal, Moneybookers etc).
Other than fraud screening services, Cash Run also offers 24 hours online customer support to one of her clients and is seeking for customer oriented, young and dynamic individuals to join the team.
You will be required to undergo a paid probation/training period to be confirmed for the position.
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City life hard, but better than mining and quakes (Global Times)
City life hard, but better than mining and quakes
- Source: Global Times
- [08:32 December 31 2009]
- Comments
By Deng Yumei, as told to Chen Chenchen
My story of the past decade, if written out, is probably as long as a book.
I was born in a mountain village in Beichuan, Sichuan Province in 1966. Like other siblings in the family, I couldn’t afford to enter high school. I merely finished junior middle school. At 21, I married a man in another village. It took more than 10 hours to get there from my parents’ village.
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Why you should embrace that contract (Today)
For many workers the data may be unnerving. Instead of an increase in permanent employment, what’s actually rising is contract employment.
The latest Singapore Workforce report from the Ministry of Manpower showed that nearly 13 per cent of resident employees are on term contracts. On top of this, the percentage of part-timers in the resident workforce rose from 6.8 per cent last year to 8.4 per cent this year. With such a high proportion of employees currently in contract and part-time positions – and with the percentages rising – the very nature of employment has changed substantially.
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A Year Best Left Forgotten
2009 – a year best left forgotten
Written by: Gilbert Goh
Transitioning.org is happy to have celebrated this year with our loyal readers. Many have told me that 2009 is best left forgotten. Many also hope that the new year 2010 will be a better year for them. I couldn’t agree more.
This year also marked the death of our favourite pop icon Michael Jackson and more significantly America chose a black man as their President for the first time.
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Choking on wealth (Foodforthought)
CHOKING ON WEALTH
Contributed by Melodie Davis
December 27, 2009
We are not accustomed to thinking of wealth as a problem. Poverty,
yes, sure, it is a problem. But money solves problems, right? The
answer of course is “not necessarily. ” A new book titled Choking on
the Silver Spoon by Gary W. Buffone (Simplon Press) reminds us that
it is good for our children if they don’t have too much wealth handed
to them.
This is a column of honest sharing about a subject most of us prefer
to remain private about. By not talking about money, we miss out on
mutual accountability as well as practical ideas and insights from
others.
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Dont fall for the lure: churning of CPF funds (Sunday Times 27 Dec)
Dec 27, 2009
Don’t fall for the lure
Some people are letting financial advisers ‘churn’ their CPF savings to pocket cash rebates – a risky and illegal practice
The lure of getting their hands on some quick cash from their Central Provident Fund (CPF) savings is leading Singaporeans into a minefield of legal and financial risks.
And if you are found guilty of violating CPF rules, you may find yourself poorer by as much as $10,000 or more.
The experience of Mr George Low (not his real name) illustrates the dangers.
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After Layoff Survey 2009 from MOM (Asiaone forum)
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The cover letter content:
Dear Sir/Madam,
AFTER LAYOFF SURVEY – 2009
1) We understand you were laid-off from your job sometime between January and March this year when Singapore’s economy experienced a recession due to the global financial crisis. We hope you have now found a new job.
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The Lonesome City Blues – Unemployment (New York Times)
The ranks of the unemployed now total 12.5 million people. One of them is Al Martinez, who was recently laid off in January from his job as a columnist for The Los Angeles Times. In a recent post on his personal blog, Mr. Martinez describes the “intense feelings of rejection” that accompany sudden unemployment:-
A friend who lost his job in a newspaper washout some time ago said it made him feel alone and isolated in the city.
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Out of work, and loving it (ST 21 Dec)
Dec 21, 2009
Out of work, and loving it
Some laid-off Wall St workers find it liberating to get out of the rat race
JUST PART OF THE BUSINESS
‘To get laid off may just be integrated into a narrative of profit and loss that they have dealt with day in and day out on Wall Street.’
Dr Caitlin Zaloom, a professor at New York University
NEW YORK: -Twelve months without a job. Fourteen months.
Eighteen.
