Posts Tagged ‘senior’
Asset bubbles all over Asia: UN economist (ST 1 Dec)
Money Home > Money > Story Dec 1, 2009 Asset bubbles all over Asia: UN economist They may burst if short-term capital flowing in pulls out By Fiona Chan GOVERNMENTS have been urged by a top United Nations economist to [...]
Was Chinese wrongly taught for 30 years? (ST 27 Nov)
Nov 27, 2009 Was Chinese wrongly taught for 30 years? A fresh controversy over second language policy has erupted with Minister Mentor Lee Kuan Yew's remarks that the Government had proceeded on the wrong assumptions for 30 years. Did it [...]
Still careers for sons, spouses for daughters (ST 26 Nov)
IN ITS latest gender gap index, the World Economic Forum found Singapore to have improved marginally on its previous score to reach 0.666, where '1' indicates full equality between men and women. But the Republic dropped a spot from last year, and [...]
Chefs get poached (Sunday Times 22 Nov)
The chance to work in various F&B disciplines and 'orchestrate a group of chefs' was what made Mr John Sloane (foreground) leave his post as executive chef at the Singapore Airport Terminal Services Catering to be the vice-president of F&B [...]
Rehiring loopholes to be nabbed (ST 20 Nov)
THERE are still two years to go before a law requiring employers to rehire workers beyond the age of 62 is put in place. However, it would seem that employers are already being given a way out of rehiring their retirees. The draft guidelines on [...]
Dad, son fell to death (ST 18 Nov)
Nov 18, 2009 Dad, son fell to death By Elena Chong, Courts Correspondent A 36-YEAR-OLD senior database administrator who fell to his death with his seven-year-old son left various suicide notes to family members and close friends. A [...]
Marital woes and gambling debts contributed to man’s suicide (ST 10 Nov)
A casket arriving ahead of the wake for Mr Ng Chee Kiang and his children - five-year-old Xavier and Cheryl, aged three. -- ST PHOTO HOURS before he fell to his death from his block of flats while his children lay dead inside their home, Mr Ng [...]
Have our English standards REALLY fallen (ST 7 Oct)
Primary 4 pupil Daniel Lo Tern Xuan, who is pretending to be a leatherback turtle, fields questions from his classmates at Princess Elizabeth Primary School during a non-textbook English-language class. -- ST PHOTO: ONG WEE JIN Listen to the [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 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 [...]
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 [...]
Abuse of seniors: Blame it on caregivers’ stress (ST 22 Oct)
Abuse of seniors: Blame it on caregivers' stress Children may act out of sheer frustration but have no intention to hurt the elderly By Theresa Tan ALMOST every evening, an elderly man would complain to the police that his family had locked [...]
