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Alarm bells should go off in your head if your organisation does any of these 3 things

Posted on November 7, 2019November 8, 2019 by The Editor

For many workers, the workplace is almost like a second home – the place you spend the most time outside your actual home. There is no undermining the effect the workplace culture and environment can have on a worker. We read about the recent Aljunied-Hougang Town Council (AHTC) saga in the news and their slide…

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Why does NTUC and PAP have a symbiotic relationship?

Posted on October 18, 2019October 18, 2019 by The Editor

For the average Singaporean, the National Trades Union Congress (or NTUC) is more often associated with a supermarket and insurance, than being a congress of trade unions in Singapore. Many also may not understand that NTUC has a symbiotic relationship with the People’s Action Party (or PAP), and how the symbiotic relationship benefits Singaporeans. What…

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Why Singapore Needs To Change Its Approach To Tackling Inequality

Posted on July 22, 2019 by The Editor

Inequality is a hot topic in Singapore, triggering calls to rethink meritocracy and improve social mobility. The latest government buzzword is “enabling meritocracy”, explained by Second Minister for Education and Finance Indranee Rajah as uplifting the bottom (not capping the top) – to improve access to these opportunities among the less advantaged and make the…

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Does Orchard Road Deserve To Die?

Posted on August 6, 2018 by The Editor

Orchard Road, Singapore’s famous stretch of large departmental stores, luxury boutiques, restaurants and hotels, has been through better times. Singaporeans and foreigners have started to get bored with this street and would rather take their spending overseas, and go online in search of better, cheaper items – and who can blame them? Not only are…

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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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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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Seah Kian Peng: Need for moral reasoning in policies

Posted on May 21, 2018May 22, 2018 by The Editor

In an emotive speech which went viral, MP Seah Kian Peng raised the issue of the justification why teachers will have to pay for parking during the debate on the President’s Address. Instead of looking at policies only in terms of dollars and cents, MP Seah Kian Peng says the government should also include moral…

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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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Who Are The Workers of Singapore?

Posted on May 18, 2018May 23, 2018 by The Editor

We, the workers of Singapore, come together as one united people, regardless of race, language or religion, to build a better place for our families and dreams, based on skills and opportunities, so as to achieve happiness, prosperity and progress for our lives. These are the stories and thoughts from us, the workers of Singapore….

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