Alleged discrimination based on nationality continued to top the list of complaints received last year by the Tripartite Alliance for Fair and Progressive Employment Practices (TAFEP), with the banking and information technology sectors still the most problematic. These cases made…
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A man was jailed 10 weeks for assaulting a cabby on Sept 22, last year. Arne Corneliussen, 50, a programme management director of a courier company, had pleaded guilty to one count of voluntarily causing hurt to Mr Chan Chuan Heng,…
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Singapore maintained its global ranking as the most expensive city for a second straight year on higher prices of items from wine to cars, according to the Economist Intelligence Unit. The island nation beat Paris, Oslo, Zurich and Sydney, which…
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Singapore was just named the world’s most expensive city by the Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU). The cosmopolitan city-state is one of the most densely populated areas in the world, but it’s also one of the wealthiest, with about 105,000 millionaires living…
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I’m coming up on my 13th year in Singapore. We don’t say “back home” anymore. This island, with its hum and harmonious society, is home. After 20 years overseas, it’s the U.S. that feels foreign. What keeps us here? The…
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