Many of my Brothers (compatriots) feel the stress of foreign workers in Singapore. When we discussed this issue at a deeper level, I realize its goes beyond economics and politics. Its about jobs and emotions. Its also dilemmatic. Their beef…
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She is still coming to terms with the death of her teenage granddaughter, who had committed suicide over two Bs in her O levels. Then three months after the 16-year-old plunged to her death, Madam Ng Siang Mui’s grief- and…
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A female teacher who could not bear with the stresses of her job decided to end it all – by slitting her wrists and jumping off the 13th storey of her flat. The incident took place this morning at 4AM…
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Students in Singapore are among the world’s most hard- working at home, clocking the third-longest time spent on homework, a report released this month has found. The country’s 15-year-olds said that they devoted 9.4 hours to homework a week, in…
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Suicide and heart attack were the top causes of deaths among 15- to 49-year-olds here last year, accounting for 337 lives, while the top killer for those aged 70 and older was pneumonia. These figures, which did not go into…
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