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  • 2 La Salle Students Suspended After Defending Girl From Bullying FT Student

    2 La Salle Students Suspended After Defending Girl From Bullying FT Student

    2 male students studying at La Salle, a local arts school in Singapore, have been suspended after defending a fellow student from the bullying antics of a foreign student studying in the school.

    According to a witness, a foreign female student had attempted to force a fellow female student to give up her assessment space. In the midst of their argument, a male student approached the quarrel and tried to stop the foreign student from behaving like a bully.

    Even though there was no physical threat or action from the male student, the female student pushed him away in the face with her hands.

    When another male student tried to calm down the situation and approached the foreign student, she grabbed his finger and twisted it, causing the male student to hit out at her in an attempt to escape. Fortunately, the male student missed and the foreign student was unharmed.

    She then proceeded to make a police report, claiming that the first male student had “molested” her and the second had punched her. Her accusations were proven unfounded and the police subsequently stopped pursuing the case.

    Undeterred, the bully continued to cause trouble for the school and the affected students. She eventually forced school administrators to suspend the male students after the bully’s parents came down to the school and made a huge ruckus. According to an eye witness, the parents had marched down to the school to intimidate and harass the students involved in the incident by forcibly questioning students and taking photos of their faces to cause fear and discomfort.

    Meanwhile, the foreign student receive no punishment for her action of physical coercion and bullying against her fellow female school mate.

    The whistlerblower wrote: “Is this really how our college want to treat our student body? Where the represented, loudest mouth, and the most privileged “wins”. As far as we pride ourselves as an “independent” college, perhaps this is the time MOE should know a thing or two about this.”

    He added that the incident was witnessed by many other students and was even reported on Laselle Confessions, although the page has been threatened into removing the post.

     

    Source: www.allsingaporestuff.com

  • Man Can’t Believe Bad Luck – Nose Fractured After Alleged Attack By Caucasian, Facing Charges After Arrest

    Man Can’t Believe Bad Luck – Nose Fractured After Alleged Attack By Caucasian, Facing Charges After Arrest

    IMPLORING FOR WITNESSES to come forward:

    On Friday 3rd February 2017, at Raffles Place MRT station (platform for East-West line heading towards Pasir Ris) at or around 6.30pm, I was attacked by a Caucasian man. He tried to pick a fight and I walked away but he followed me through the mrt station and at the far end near the 3rd door he attacked me leaving me with a fractured nose requiring surgery.

    Unfortunately, as the police and mrt staff did not take down the particulars or statements of any of the numerous witnesses present, I was also arrested and now face possible charges.

    If you saw something please, I implore you to come forward and help me.

    Kindly PM me if you have any info. Thank you!

    Please help to spread the word!

     

    Source: Jason Gavriel

  • Singaporean Auxiliary Officer Not Good Enough?

    Singaporean Auxiliary Officer Not Good Enough?

    I am a auxiliary officer and have been working for close to 2 years. I have many friends that apply security part time work after they finish polytechnic. Nowadays i see there is more demand for security type of jobs.

    But now they are outsourcing to Taiwanese? I know people that are willing to do security job work ok, so don’t say that local Singaporeans don’t want security jobs. People are already looked down for choosing security guard as their first job after finishing school. It doesn’t help these people’s confidence in the job. If employers want to retain them, they must do something. Only officers like us will know this feeling.

    Even salary difference between us and the future Taiwanese officers is so big. What’s the differences they have to get more starting pay than us? They graduate from their own uni we graduate from poly but end up, we do same job. If do same job then why give them higher pay….so they coming here to become supervisors? I have my own family to feed and take care of my parents. actually we should get higher pay.

     

    Abang Super 4

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  • MOM: Retrenchment In Singapore At 7-Year High Since 2009 Financial Crisis

    MOM: Retrenchment In Singapore At 7-Year High Since 2009 Financial Crisis

    The number of workers laid off in Singapore hit a seven-year high in the first nine months of 2016 – the highest since the global financial crisis in 2009, figures released on Tuesday (Dec 13) by the Ministry of Manpower (MOM) showed.

    A total of 13,730 workers were retrenched in the first nine months of this year, an increase from the 10,220 retrenched during the same period last year and the highest since the first nine months of 2009 when 21,210 workers were laid off, according to the ministry’s quarterly labour market report.

    During the third quarter, 4,220 workers were retrenched, down from the 4,800 laid off in the previous quarter but higher than the 3,460 retrenched in the same quarter last year.

    Professionals, managers, executives and technicians (PMETs) were more likely to be made redundant, the MOM report said. These workers formed the majority (73 per cent) of Singapore residents laid off during the quarter, and those with tertiary qualifications also formed the bulk of resident layoffs.

    The overall unemployment rate remained unchanged at 2.1 per cent. Among Singaporeans, the unemployment rate was 3 per cent in September, down from 3.1 per cent in June, and among residents, it was 2.9 per cent, down from 3 per cent.

    However, more job seekers were taking a longer time to find work, with the resident long-term unemployment rate rising to 0.8 per cent in September, up from 0.6 per cent a year ago and the highest September rate since 2009.

    Total employment shrank by 2,700, the first decline in more than a year, MOM findings showed. The decline was primarily due to contractions in the manufacturing and construction industries, affecting mainly work permit holders. Over the first nine months, total employment grew by 14,500, but it was the lowest such growth since 2009.

    “The contraction in total employment, heightened redundancy levels and decline in job vacancies to unemployed ratio reflect the current subdued global economic conditions and ongoing economic restructuring,” the ministry said.

    It added that tripartite partners will continue to help affected workers look for new jobs.

     

    Source: www.channelnewsasia.com

  • Not Enough Local Takers For Tech Jobs

    Not Enough Local Takers For Tech Jobs

    Studies by recruitment firms show a spike in hiring activity in the information and communication technology (ICT) sector.

    The Monster Employment Index, which tracks online job posting activities on a monthly basis, found a 25 per cent year-on-year growth in hiring activity for software, hardware and telecommunications jobs.

    Recruitment firm Robert Walters spotted a 24 per cent rise in hiring activity for the IT job market for the second quarter of this year compared to the same period last year.

    Still, Singapore is struggling to keep up with this booming sector, which has some 30,000 jobs to be filled by 2020, experts told The New Paper yesterday.

    The problem lies in the mismatch of skills, said Minister for Manpower Lim Swee Say.

    At the TechSkills Accelerator Career Services Day in October, he said: “Even if the jobseekers know what ICT jobs they want, they may not have the skills, expertise and experience needed.

    “This applies to not just the newcomers, but also those with some years of ICT experience. The fast pace of technological change means many need to re-learn so as to remain in or re-enter the ICT sector.”

    The skills mismatch means the ICT jobs may be “shoes that are too big to fill” for those not equipped with the right skills, said Mr Erman Tan, president of Singapore Human Resource Institute.

    People also tend to associate ICT jobs with long hours and low pay, said Mr Patrick Thng, an information systems senior lecturer at Singapore Management University (SMU).

    With Singapore looking to countries such as India to plug the manpower gap, the influx of foreign workers has led to lower wages, causing local graduates to shun it.

    Mr Thng said: “We haven’t been producing enough students with some of these deep technical skills… Fewer people are attracted to these courses because the perception is that the hours are long, and the pay is not so good in such jobs.”

    But the situation is looking up, he said. At SMU, there is a heightened interest for the Information Systems undergraduate course.

    “As students get to see successful start-ups – the Googles and Alibabas of the world – they get more excited about getting into innovation, ICT and start-ups,” Mr Thng said.

    For mid-career professionals looking for a change in the ICT sector, they can look to initiatives such as the place-and-train Professional Conversion Programme, which trains mid-career switchers to become ICT professionals.

    Mr Tan suggested those seeking ICT jobs talk to someone in the sector.

    “Understand the pros and cons of the trade, and what to expect, and be mentally prepared for the new challenges.

    “As long as they have the willpower and the right mindset, they will be able to turn those challenges into something positive,” he said.

     

    Source: The New Paper