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Tea Ideas

This is How A Social Enterprise Finds Talent

Posted on July 18, 2018 by jules

Jacinta Ong has been a small business owner running Tea Ideas for the last 6 years, but this didn’t stop her from dreaming bigger than many corporations. More than half of her employees are senior mature workers, and she has set her sights on hiring employees with special needs in the future. But let’s learn…

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The Girl Who Lost Her Mother

Posted on July 12, 2018 by jules

I don’t remember my mother much. She died when I was just 3 years old. I was left behind with a 6-month-old sister. Our dad didn’t want us. When my mum was pregnant with a second child, my dad hit her until she miscarried. But then he made her pregnant again with my younger sister,…

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Nook Holland Village

This Job Pays You To Drink Wine With People

Posted on July 10, 2018 by jules

Kishok, 22, is one of many F&B staff working in Holland Village. But what sets him apart from the rest is that he doesn’t have to wait on customers. His job title is Service Ambassador, which is basically to host customers and make them feel at home at The Nook, the bistro he works for….

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Why A Mother Spends 15 Hours To Travel & Work in Singapore

Posted on June 27, 2018June 27, 2018 by jules

I’ve been in Singapore’s F&B industry for 15 years, progressing from a waitress to a manager today. 6 days a week, I wake up at 8am, but only reach home at 12 midnight. I hardly get to put my son to sleep, and I worry about him when I’m not close by. This is because…

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The Girl Who Loved To Bake

Posted on June 26, 2018 by jules

My name is Gitu. It was my childhood dream to be a professional chef. But I didn’t start out knowing that I wanted to become one. I’m the youngest of three girls. My two sisters are 8 and 6 years older than me. When I was a young girl, they were already teenagers and had…

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Who Made The Trump-Kim Summit Possible (Besides The Politicians Obviously)?

Posted on June 12, 2018 by jules

So much exposure has been given to Donald Trump and Kim Jong-Un for their historic Trump-Kim summit in Singapore. The Trump-Kim summit was announced only on 10th May 2018, and materialised just over a month later How did Singapore pull off the Trump-Kim summit in a month? Whether or not Singaporeans agree that we should…

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socash

The Day I Took Cash From A MiniMart (Legally!)

Posted on June 4, 2018June 4, 2018 by jules

One day, I walked into a minimart and took $30 cash from the cashier. I didn’t need to threaten, steal surreptitiously or swindle. I didn’t have to point a gun or a knife, but my mobile phone. And the cashier even asked me for help on how to take the money from him. Welcome to…

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careshield life

Five Problems With CareShield Life

Posted on May 31, 2018June 4, 2018 by jules

When CareShield Life burst onto the news on what was supposed to be a quiet Sunday, it created quite a bit of a stir. Did you think “WLE another sudden announcement by gahmen, spoil my Sunday night, super no mood liao”? Having had a few days to sit and think about CareShield Life, before deciding…

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difference

Private Hire Driver Shows Us The Difference One Man Can Make

Posted on May 30, 2018 by jules

How often do we wonder: what difference can one person make? I was impressed by the readiness of Mr Peter Tung at making an effort to be ready to help others, after reading an article about him in The New Paper. This man not only learnt first-aid, but is also a first-aid instructor. He also…

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How Singapore Society Punishes Families of Inmates and Ex-Offenders

Posted on May 20, 2018May 23, 2018 by jules

In 2016, there were 11,229 local inmates held in prisons, penal institutions or correctional institutions in Singapore according to data.gov.sg. A Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy report showed that of the 9,502 total convicted penal population in 2016, 6,666 (or 70%) were convicted for drug-related offences. When an inmate isn’t the only one punished…

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