The Labour Movement Is Concerned About How Will Workers Face the Fourth Industrial Revolution After the third industrial revolution, workers have been doing jobs more or less the same way, albeit with the advent of computerisation. For many, computerisation was thought to be the peak of modernisation. Yet, here we are today facing another industrial…
Foreign Workers From Other Industries Joins Orientation Programme – Help Them Adapt to Living and Working in Singapore Since October 2018, the Ministry of Manpower (MOM) has appointed Migrant Workers Centre (MWC) to conduct SIP for first time non-Malaysian foreign workers in the Construction sector. The SIP began in October 2018 and ended in March…
Singapore to Become World-class in Workplace Safety and Health Practices for Better Business Opportunities The working life takes up more than half of your entire life. In a lifetime, people change workplaces and work environments for better prospects. Thus, work plays a significant role in promoting a haven to brainstorm for ideas, to negotiate terms…
Public Holidays in Singapore for 2020 Countdown for Singapore 2020 Singapore 2020 Happy New Year’s Day will be on Wednesday: Dates of the Singapore Public Holiday 2020 In 2020, there will be 13 public holiday dates and 53 weeks in 2020 to take note: Note: Any holidays that fall on a Sunday will…
Singapore Tops List of Leading Maritime Capitals for Fourth Time Since 2012 For the fourth time running, Singapore has secured first place in the biennial Leading Maritime Capitals of the World report since 2012 when it was first published. The latest report which was released at the Sea Asia conference, held in conjunction with Singapore…
Rich Hong Kong Clients Can Set Up Investment Accounts Digitally by DBS By the third quarter, clients with high assets in Hong Kong would be permitted to set up investment accounts digitally by DBS with hopes to reduce the time taken to open a wealth management account to less than 12 minutes from the two…
Singapore General Hospital Awarded Third Best in the world by Newsweek Newsweek magazine has ranked Singapore General Hospital (SGH) the third best hospital in the world, thanks to its clinical research and “outstanding nursing”. SGH was recognised by Newsweek as a tertiary referral hospital which provided ancillary on-campus specialists centres. SGH was quoted as “providing…
Singapore’s IPOS Ranks No. 2 Among Worldwide Innovative IP Offices In the annual ranking of the world’s most innovative IP offices, the Intellectual Property Office of Singapore (Ipos) ranks number two. Coming in second behind the European Union, Ipos was placed alongside Spain and Chile in its OP Office Innovative Ranking for 2019 by the…
Accounting and Corporate Regulatory Authority (ACRA)’s Website Has a Brand New Look The Accounting and Corporate Regulatory Authority (ACRA) Singapore has a brand new look with focus on more customer centric features and improved user-friendly layout. The features on ACRA’s revamped website includes info-graphics, menus which are intuitive navigation and dynamic visual designs. The information…
Central Bank of the Year Title Awarded to Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) London-based journal Central Banking has awarded the title of Central Bank of the Year to the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS). The award was given in recognition for MAS’s best practices in its policy, economics, governance and management. Winners are determined by…
Singapore’s Continues Reign as Most Liveable Asian City for Expats A new survey has revealed that for the 14th year in a row, Singapore once again holds onto its title as the most liveable city in Asia for expats. There were several factors listed as the reason for this. Among them was how Singapore had…
Singapore in 3rd Place Among Least Corrupted Countries issued by Transparency International’s 2018 Singapore has climbed to the third spot behind Denmark and New Zealand as the top countries with the least corruption within the public sector. Transparency International’s 2018 Corruption Perception Index relies on a scale which starts from zero to 100. Zero being highly…