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  • Prime Gold International Banned By MOM From Hiring Foreign Workers For Discriminating Against Singaporeans

    Prime Gold International Banned By MOM From Hiring Foreign Workers For Discriminating Against Singaporeans

    A local marine company has been banned from hiring foreign workers for two years after the Manpower Ministry (MOM) found that it discriminated against Singaporeans.

    The MOM had discovered that Prime Gold International had sacked 13 Singaporean workers and replaced them with foreign workers.

    This was after the workers complained to the MOM in June. The ministry said that it investigated the complaints and found the reasons cited by the firm for sacking the workers – poor work performances and inadequate qualifications – were not substantiated.

    It said in a statement on Monday that the company had “denied Singaporeans fair opportunities for employment and career development”, and that the company’s move “affects the livelihood of Singaporeans already in employment”.

    The ministry said that it was the first time it imposed such a ban, but it did not say when the ban started.

     

    Source: www.straitstimes.com

  • Shisha Banned In SG From Today

    Shisha Banned In SG From Today

    Shisha will be banned in the Republic from Friday (Nov 28) via the publication of the Prohibited Tobacco Regulations made under Section 15 of the Tobacco (Control of Advertisements and Sale) Act, announced the Ministry of Health (MOH) on Thursday.

    As a transitional measure, existing licensed tobacco importers and retailers who import or sell shisha tobacco will be allowed to continue importing and retailing shisha tobacco until July 31, 2016, MOH said. This is to allow them ample time to deplete their stock and restructure their businesses away from shisha.

    Those who flout the ban could be fined up to S$10,000 or jailed for up to six months or both. Repeat offenders face a fine of up to S$20,000 and up to 12 months’ jail or both.

    Members of the public who have information on the import, distribution, sale or offer for sale of shisha tobacco by unlicensed operators can tip-off authorities via the reporting lines 66842036 or 66842037.

    Parlimentary Secretary for MOH Associate Professor Muhammad Faishal Ibrahim had earlier said in Parliament that in view of health risks associated with shisha smoking, and to prevent the proliferation and entrenchment of shisha smoking in Singapore, a ban would be effected at end-November.

     

    Source: www.channelnewasia.com

  • Indonesia Mulls Stopping Sending Domestic Workers Overseas from 2019

    Indonesia Mulls Stopping Sending Domestic Workers Overseas from 2019

    In about five years’ time, Singapore households may no longer be able to hire foreign domestic workers from Indonesia.

    The Indonesian government is considering ending the practice of sending female workers overseas as it said many of them suffer mental and physical abuse while working overseas. Indonesian Vice President Jusuf Kalla was reported by the Jakarta Globe to have said this last Friday (Nov 21).

    As Indonesians make up about 70 per cent of the 200,000 foreign domestic workers in Singapore, maid agencies in the Republic have expressed concern.

    Ms Winnie Wang, overseas recruitment senior adviser for Advance Link International, said: “I think, at the beginning, employers of foreign maids will definitely be affected. The advantages of getting an Indonesian maid are firstly, there is no language barrier. Most of the maids from Indonesia are trained to speak English.

    “Moreover, they speak Bahasa Indonesia, which is welcomed by most Singapore employers because they can speak some Malay also, so there is no communication breakdown.”

    Meanwhile, maid agencies said that Singapore is currently not the ideal overseas destination for many Indonesian women as higher salaries are offered in other places like Hong Kong and Taiwan.

    To meet the demand for foreign domestic workers in Singapore, the Manpower Ministry launched a pilot project last August that aims to bring in 400 workers from Cambodia. Since then, only 350 workers have been brought in.

    Mr Ronnie Toh, an employment consultant with A C Toh Enterprises, said: “We do need a lot of these Cambodian maids but the shortage of the maids, I think, is due to the supplier over in Phnom Penh, in Cambodia itself. I think they should open the market for more suppliers.”

     

    Source: www.todayonline.com

  • Shisha To Be Banned

    Shisha To Be Banned

    SINGAPORE: Shisha is no less hamful than other forms of tobacco use, so the Ministry of Health (MOH) intends to prohibit the import, distribution and sale of shisha from later this month, said Parlimentary Secretary for MOH Associate Professor Muhammad Faishal Ibrahim in Parliament on Tuesday (Nov 4).

    According to the National Health Survey 2010, 7.8 per cent of young adults aged 18-29 years smoke shisha at least occasionally, compared to 1 per cent among older adults. The Student Health Survey found that the proportion of students who used alternative tobacco products, including shisha, had increased from 2 per cent in 20009 to 9 per cent in 2012.

    Dr Faishal said that in view of the health risks associated with shisha smoking, and to prevent the proliferation and entrenchment of shisha smoking in Singapore, the ban will be effected later this month.

    “However, as a transitional measure, existing licensed tobacco importers and retailers who import or sell shisha tobacco will be allowed to continue importing and retailing shisha tobacco until Jul 31, 2016,” he said.

    “This allows such importers and retailers ample time to deplete their stock and restructure their businesses away from the shisha business.”

     

    Source: channelnewsasia.com

  • MDA Allows Local Tertiary Institutions To Show Film on Exiled Chinese Communists

    MDA Allows Local Tertiary Institutions To Show Film on Exiled Chinese Communists

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    SINGAPORE & JOHOR BARU – The Media Development Authority is giving leeway to institutions of higher learning to show films that are restricted or not allowed, including To Singapore With Love.

    It also said it has accepted a request from the Yale-NUS College to screen the film on Singapore’s political exiles, for classroom teaching and discussion only.

    The 70-minute documentary, by local film-maker Tan Pin Pin, 44, received a “Not Allowed for All Ratings (NAR)” classification from the MDA last Thursday.

    That was because the film’s contents “undermine national security” and distort the legitimate actions of security agencies as acts that victimise innocent individuals, the MDA had said.

    Films classified as NAR are not allowed for public exhibition or distribution.

    In its most recent statement on Friday, MDA said it “recognises that lecturers and students of media or related courses at tertiary institutions may require access to a wider variety of films, including films that are classified R21 or NAR.

    “Some leeway is provided to these institutions to screen films for educational purposes, on condition that these films have either been previously classified by the MDA, or prior approval has been sought from the MDA before the films are acquired.”

    Also on Friday, more than 350 Singaporeans crossed the Causeway to Johor Baru to catch Tan’s film, which was showing as part of an annual Freedom Film Festival.

    The film has already been shown in Petaling Jaya and will go to Kuantan and Penang next.

    In total, more than 410 people attended, with at least 20 on the waitlist. This was almost triple the number of participants that organisers were anticipating.

    Organisers had to book an extra, larger room to accommodate viewers.

    The documentary film includes interviews with nine political exiles who fled Singapore and now live in Britain and Thailand. Most were members or supporters of the Communist Party of Malaya, according to the MDA.

    It has been touring the international film circuit for about a year, and will make its way to the Philippines and London in the next few weeks.

    Source: http://www.straitstimes.com/news/singapore/more-singapore-stories/story/singaporeans-arrive-johor-baru-screening-documentary-sin#9