Stories of workers of Singapore
While everyone is discussing the Open Electricity Market, how much do you know about the workers who work to supply electricity to our homes? We reached out to two workers who shared their lifelong learning journey and who they depend on for workplace support. Giving workers more say at work Abdul Jalil bin Idros is…
My life has been full of comparisons, me being mostly on the losing end. I was born into a traditional Hokkien family where customs and traditions were meant to be upheld. Being the first male grandson, there were a lot of expectations to be someone high-flying and academically smart. However, my life was pretty much…
Singapore is an amazing melting pot of food all over the world. Many of us have tried Spanish paella, Indian curries and Korean bibimbap. But have you tried Sarawak laksa before? I had the opportunity to interview Roy Ong, the hawkerpreneur behind Bukit Merah Hawker Centre’s famous Sarawak laksa, and learnt how much sweat, blood…
It is a busy Monday morning in Tan Tock Seng Hospital (TTSH). An elderly man, lost in the multiple corridors of one of the oldest hospitals in Singapore, stops a TTSH staff walking by to ask her for directions. He is Chinese, and desperately asks in dialect where a certain clinic is. She is Indian,…
One thing that many people don’t worry about, but they should, is ensuring they themselves and their family have enough financial protection and plan for their future. I’m saying this not as a financial advisor today, but because I’ve been through several circumstances that forced my family to face an uncertain future. When a family…
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…
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,…
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….
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…
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…