Posts Tagged ‘worker’
City life hard, but better than mining and quakes (Global Times)
City life hard, but better than mining and quakes Source: Global Times 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 [...]
Overheard from Asiaone forum posting
Overheard from Asiaone forum posting: 1. What is your opinion about people saying that foreigners are getting a good deal and locals getting the bad deal? Are you local? Did you serve NS? I notice alot of local eurasians like to reassure their [...]
Why you should embrace that contract (Today)
Why you should embrace that contract 05:55 AM Dec 19, 2009 by Richard Hartung voices@mediacorp.com.sg For many workers the data may be unnerving. Instead of an increase in permanent employment, what's actually rising is contract [...]
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 [...]
Under-employment Among Older PMETs Becoming An Uptrend in Singapore (CNA 30 Dec)
SINGAPORE: Singapore's labour movement said tackling the issue of under-employed workers will be a big challenge in the coming year. It said under-employment is becoming more pertinent among older Professionals, Managers, Executives and [...]
Errant parenting helps breed teenage crime (ST 29 Dec)
Dec 29, 2009 TEEN CRIME: A TICKING TIME BOMB Errant parenting helps breed teenage crime Counsellors say most teen offenders come from homes without parental guidance HERE is how to raise a teen criminal: Do not care about the child's [...]
Bottling up work woes increase heart risk: study (Channel News Asia)
LONDON : Men who bottle up frustrations about unfair treatment at work are twice as likely to have a heart attack, a study published in Britain on Tuesday suggests. Those who express their feelings openly, for example by getting angry, have no [...]
Don’t forget the invisible jobless (ST 28 Dec)
Dec 28, 2009 Don't forget the invisible jobless It makes sense to shed more light on the economically inactive By Sue-Ann Chia, Senior Political Correspondent THE Manpower Ministry said earlier this month that the resident unemployment rate [...]
After Layoff Survey 2009 from MOM (Asiaone forum)
Six months after I kena retrenched, MOM sent me a survey. Said that according to some stupid acts, I am required by law to complete the survey by a certain date (Asiaone forum) ============================================== The cover letter [...]
The Singapore Solution (National Geographic Magazine)
The Singapore Solution How did a sleepy little island transform into a high-tech powerhouse in one generation? It was all in the plan. By Mark Jacobson If you want to get a Singaporean to look up from a beloved dish of fish-head [...]
Out of work, and loving it (ST 21 Dec)
Dec 21, 2009 working life 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 [...]
A Year of Trials and Triumphs (ST 19 Dec)
Dec 19, 2009 BATTLES OF 2009 A year of trials and triumphs If you imagine the Singapore scene as a boxing ring, what would you say were the biggest matches to enthrall, excite and exasperate Singaporeans this year? Today, we review 2009 - in five [...]
Graduates dealt harder jobs blow (ST 16 Dec)
DESPITE signs of a turnaround in the job market, university graduates are no better off. In fact, more of them are without jobs and taking longer to land a job, according to revised official figures released yesterday. Part of the reason is [...]
Opinion: Are The Integrated Resorts Really Good For Us?
Gilbert Goh I applaud the move by the integrated resorts to check on the names of gamblers before allowing them to enter the casinoes when ithey open next year. I am not in favour of having the integrated resorts (IR) in our country in the first [...]
Thank you! A Farewell Message from Me To You
Dear Readers I have ended my 2-month visit in Singapore and will return to Sydney tonight (12 Dec) to be with my family. I have missed them greatly and hope to spend Christmas with them. During this period, I have met up with some of the [...]
