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Last evening at about 7pm when I tried to exit TPE to SLE, a med size lorry cut across my car from the left lane to filter to my lane. It was close. Good thing I slowed down. FOund out the drive was a foreign talented driver. Do foreign workers have valid driving license and how they get those licenses ? Any brothers and sisters here can share ?
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CNA reports : Two Australian rescuers contaminated in Japan SYDNEY: Two Australian search and rescue personnel showed low levels of radiation contamination after their helicopter was forced to make an emergency landing in Fukushima on Wednesday. Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard said contamination was detected on their boots after ice on the helicopter blades forced them to land some 20 kilometres (12 miles) outside the exclusion zone around the Fukushima nuclear plant. "I have been briefed that early this morning a US helicopter carrying four Australians and some New Zealand personnel had to land at Fukushima airport. There were issues about ice on on the rotor blades," she said. "The landing was 20 kilometres outside of the evacuation zone. "All members of the team have now travelled back to where our search and rescue team are working. "On return two of the team were tested for contamination and they showed low levels of contamination on their boots. "They went through decontamination procedures and the advice to me is they are well and the degree of contamination was low level and on their boots." Some 145 Australians remain unaccounted for in Japan since Friday's massive earthquake and tsunami, although there have been no confirmed casualties so far. Hope that our 5 SCDF officers are safe .....
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need inputs from bros and sis here..... what it takes to become one?? -where to study -whom do we approach for help if interested to take up as a career? Thks
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Nokia workers mourn death of Symbian, thousands walk out We know how you feel about the apparent death of Symbian, and you had to figure that those most affected by it wouldn't be feeling too good either. Those people are, of course, the 1,500-odd workers at Nokia's Tampere office who have crafted the OS through the years, over a thousand of whom apparently walked away from their jobs today as a sort of non-violent protest -- or maybe just to get a preview of what their Friday afternoons will look like once Elop starts dropping the axe. It should be noted that they used their flexible work schedules to enable this, so this is one orderly bit of social dissonance that shouldn't result in any accelerations of whatever layoffs are to come. Source: Engadget Finally, it is game over for Symbian and madness that Nokia will be making Windows Phone, should have bought over Palm instead and use their WebOS.
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By Brett Michael Dykes From Yahoo! blog The Upshot A construction crew in the south-central Chinese city of Changsha has completed a 15-story hotel in just six days. As the United States and China battle over the finer points of currency manipulation at the G-20 summit, American negotiators may want to take note of this startling testimonial to the productivity of Chinese workers: A construction crew in the south-central Chinese city of Changsha has completed a 15-story hotel in just six days. If nothing else, this remarkable achievement will stoke further complaints from American economic pundits that China
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Police in Munich have put a stop to a ring of thieves that included BMW employees who were stealing car parts from the factory and selling them on the black market. Authorities say that the gang stole over
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A jurong recycling company's boss eats up workers Money$$$ after worker finish 1 full month of work with OT. the boss is liek Ming Yi like to eat for their own good and dont feel ashame. Isit a disgrace to singaporeans?? Next time all those foreign worker will say that singaporean boss are all scammers
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Looking for 4 general workers on 6 sept- 12 sept 7am to 11pm
Pufferfish1 posted a topic in Lite & EZ
any bros from cleaning company, need 4 staff from 6 sept till 12 sept 7 am to 11pm . general cleaning of club house and driving golf balls picking machine. please pm me -
Just saw one with all the YOG stickers, including the give way sign infront the windscreen. Only thing this bus doesnt have is the blinking LED lights. The bus was full of old and Indian worker driving towards industrial park. Best of it it was quite a beat up bus, I am very sure this bus is not the real stuff...... is this legitimate? Fake YOG BUS!
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100,000 more foreign workers By Chua Chin Hon, US Bureau Chief Singapore can expect the number of foreign workers to increase by at least 100,000 this year. -- ST PHOTO: ASHLEIGH SIM HOUSTON (Texas)- SINGAPORE can expect the number of foreign workers to increase by at least 100,000 this year in response to the demands of the booming economy, said Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong. Speaking to the Singapore media here on Tuesday as he wrapped up a six-day visit to the United States, Mr Lee said the government had taken steps to moderate the number of foreign workers, but a rise was inevitable given the strong growth. He added: 'It cannot be helped because with the market so tight, if we don't allow the foreign workers in, you are going to have overheating. 'But we are managing the number of foreign workers. Their levies are being calibrated to moderate the inflow. 'But even with that, I would imagine there would be more than 100,000 extra foreign workers this year. I cannot see it otherwise. We have to accept that.' The Ministry of Trade and Industry released fresh economic data and estimates on Wednesday morning showing that Singapore's economy could grow by 13 to 15 per cent this year, up sharply from the earlier forecast of 7 to 9 per cent.
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Hong Kong workers demand minimum wage law Posted: 14 July 2010 1740 hrs Photos 1 of 1 Protestors demanding a minimum wage demonstrate outside the Legislative Council in Hong Kong HONG KONG : Hundreds of workers in Hong Kong called for a minimum wage law Wednesday as lawmakers debated the controversial issue which has long divided the city's business sector and grassroots labour groups. The protesters, many of whom are paid as little as two or three US dollars an hour, said Hong Kong's policymakers and business sector have sacrificed them in the name of competitiveness and preserving the city's free economy. "We are workers! We are not slaves!" a group of Filipino and Indonesian domestic workers chanted outside Hong Kong's legislature building as lawmakers began the debate on the minimum wage bill. "Ironically, Hong Kong is now discussing the road to democracy. But how can there be democracy if workers' interests continue to be attacked by the big businesses?" said Eni Lestari, of the Asian Migrants' Coordinating Body. Labour rights groups have pushed for the minimum wage to be fixed at 33 Hong Kong dollars (4.2 US dollars) an hour, saying anything less would not cover basic expenses with living costs having risen sharply in recent months. But the proposal faced strong opposition from some of Hong Kong's largest employers. Michael Chan, chairman of giant fast-food chain Cafe de Coral -- who was ranked by Forbes magazine as the 35th richest man in Hong Kong in 2009 -- has said his group might issue a profit warning if the proposed hourly rate became law. Chan's comments have intensified anger among the unions, which have demanded that he quit the Provisional Minimum Wage Commission, a government-appointed body tasked to set the minimum wage once the bill is passed. Peter Tsoi, a security guard who works more than 12 hours a day, said he had to apply for welfare because he was only paid three US dollars an hour. "All of my salary is spent on transportation and food," Tsoi told AFP. "It is easy to understand why Hong Kong has one of the world's widest income gaps between the rich and the poor -- the tycoons will only get richer because they are making us work harder and for longer hours while our wages remain unchanged." A survey released this week showed that supermarket giants Park'n Shop and Wellcome, as well convenience stores Circle K and 7-Eleven, paid their workers an average rate of less than three US dollars an hour. - AFP/vm
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Were they poison or something? ----------- Over 100 workers fall into trance A spiritual healer said a number of workers had resisted his attempt to cure them and some even spitted on him. -The Jakarta Post/ANN Thu, May 27, 2010 The Jakarta Post/Asia News Network OVER 100 female employees of an artificial eyelash maker in the West Java town of Garut fell into a trance on Wednesday, forcing the management to bring production to a halt. The rare incident took place just after the workers of PT Surya Garut Indah were about to return to work after a lunch break. Quoting a security guard, Antara reported that one worker fell into the trance, which quickly spread to others. "They became enraged with their eyes turning red, while screaming and uttering unclear words," security guard Nurodin said. It took a spiritual healer over one hour to help the workers regain their consciousness, Nurodin added. The management then asked all the workers to go home to prevent the incident from recurring. The spiritual healer, Junaedi, said a number of workers had resisted his attempt to cure them. Some of them spitted on him, he added. He said the cause of the trance remained unclear. -The Jakarta Post/Asia News Network
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All is not well in Maranello. It would appear that the ripples of the global recession have finally reached mighty Ferrari. According to Bloomberg, the Italian supercar manufacturer has decided to cool production and send a healthy handful of workers packing amidst the announcement that production targets have been nearly halved for 2011. The report points the blame directly at Maserati. Ferrari's sister company has scaled back its orders for Ferrari-built engines, leaving both companies' coffers light. Ferrari is contemplating drastic moves in order to maintain its profitability, including nixing 120 office positions and 150 factory jobs. The company also wants to idle its production facility for a full week -
Published November 7, 2009 S'pore takes nothing for granted: Swee Say With global shift, there's constant worry that things can go wrong By LEE U-WEN THE Singapore economy may be in recovery mode now, but the government is far from feeling comfortable as it looks ahead to the next 5-10 years. http://www.businesstimes.com.sg/mnt/media/..._UWSWEESAY7.jpg As a result of this downturn, the world has changed. The only way for Singapore to stay ahead and keep prospering is to be faster than the other economies Labour chief Lim Swee Say said that while the country is very much a first-world nation - be it in public transport, healthcare, standard of living and so on - the feeling among its leaders is that 'the best is yet to come'. Speaking during a dialogue at the Insead Leadership Summit yesterday as part of the international business school's 50th anniversary, Mr Lim said that there would always be a 'sense of insecurity' that things can go wrong because Singapore is a small country and is heavily dependent on others to prosper. 'We look at the next 5-10 years - what's happening to the global economy? There is a global shift taking place,' said Mr Lim, who is also a Minister in the Prime Minister's Office. 'As a result of this downturn, the world has changed - the better competitors are becoming cheaper, the cheaper ones are becoming better. So the only way for Singapore to outdo them is to be faster than the other economies.' During the question- and-answer session, a delegate from the Philippines asked Mr Lim for his views on the 'brain drain' her country was facing as talented workers leave for greener pastures such as Singapore. Mr Lim replied that while Singapore continues to adopt an 'open-door policy' for foreign manpower, the eventual wish is for all the 10 Asean economies to be integrated and successful. 'Will the Philippine economy do well enough to attract Singapore talent to go there to work, or talent from other countries? It's for their leadership to make it happen,' he explained. 'In Singapore, we don't depend on other countries, hoping for them to enable us to grow. We live in the real world. Nobody owes us a living. We are going to go all out to make sure our economy is competitive.' With talent becoming more global, it is impossible for Singapore to try and build a wall to stop good people from leaving, or to prevent foreigners from entering. 'We can't do that so that Singaporeans can have all the jobs. The Singapore economy will go down the drain if that happened,' said Mr Lim. Earlier in the day, Singapore Press Holdings (SPH) chief executive officer Alan Chan was named as one of 50 Insead alumni to have had an exceptional career and made a difference to the business world. He is the only Singaporean and Asian to earn this honour. Mr Chan was among the second batch of 10 individuals cited by Insead dean Frank Brown during the school's Leadership Summit Asia event held at its Singapore campus in Ayer Rajah Avenue. --- ah yo pls stop bashing us le leh... the last 2 decades, no foreign talent policy, singapore was doing better.. everything also our fault... sianz
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My complain to LTA... hee hee... happy reading ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ I would like to make known my disgrunt at the traffic situation this morning along Upper Serangoon Road (towards Woodsville Flyover before the ERP gantry Bendemeer Road). I set off early as usual so to avoid the rush hour jam and avoid ERP charges at the said gantry (I believe most motorist on the road at that point of time is like-minded with me). The moment we hit the stretch of road near Woodleigh MRT station, traffic start to come to a crawl. The usual 3 mins drive from that point to the ERP gantry became a 15 mins drive. Why? It was because 1 lane along Upper Serangoon Road (after Poton Pasir MRT) was closed. There were LTA cones placed along that road but no road diversion signs. Adding insult to injury, there wasn't a single worker on the closed road... ain't the lane closure supposed to mean so form of road works was supposed to be carried out? I would have taken a photo if I could. Perhaps you can go take a look now... mostly likely still no workers there. The clock showed 730am and the 4-lane road became 2 lanes, coz 1 lane was closed for god-know reasons and 1 lane became the bus lane. Due to the congestion, motorist like me who set off ealry ended up paying the ERP charges. So, is the LTA (or rather the main contractor) going to reimburse us the ERP charges? Most likely not right? But for courtesy sake, at least post the lane closure situation on one.motoring.com's traffic news. So that motorist can choose an alternate route.
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http://news.sky.com/skynews/Home/UK-...00909115376037 'Jobs For The Brits' As Demo Hits Plant 11:07am UK, Monday September 07, 2009 Many people from outside Europe will find it harder to get jobs in the UK under a series of measures designed to favour "home-grown" workers. British firms will be required to advertise for a month in UK Jobcentres before posting the same vacancy overseas. The new rules will also double to a year the qualification period for skilled foreign workers to join multi-national companies. But key public service workers or those with a masters degree will still be encouraged. The measures, being introduced by Home Secretary Alan Johnson, are among 16 proposals put forward by the Migration Advisory Committee. --- SOLI AH NOT IN SG!
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at 5am in the morning, was heading down JTH road. Travelling at 70-80. This lorry just came up from behind me and sped past. At least going 100kmh. And there was a truckload of workers inside..
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According to the new budget, is the govt helping the already retrenched workers in any way? I know there is the SPUR programme for re-training. How about cash rebates?
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http://news.asiaone.com/News/Latest%2BNews...114-100728.html Minister slams DBS Bank Fri, Nov 14, 2008 The Straits Times By Sue-Ann Chia LABOUR chief Lim Swee Say on Friday slammed DBS Bank for failing to consult its staff union on retrenching its workers or exploring other cost-cutting measures first. 'We are disappointed by the sudden decision,' he told The Straits Times when asked for his views on the DBS layoffs. 'There was no prior consultation with the DBS Staff Union. There was no exploration with the union on other cost reduction alternatives,' he said in an email reply on Friday. This is a local bank and a "GIC" bank which should know better yet, there should be no excuse This is very telling about the "power" of workers union in Singapore --- lap sab so the cracks are begining to show so where do we do for help?
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I am impressed that FT are paid $1700pm. Some may say that Singaporeans will shy away from this 7am-9pm, 28days work routine, so have to pay the FT high salary! I heard GRADUATE starting salary are $1700-$2000 in 2007 and 2008! Almost on par,GAWWD! No wonder the properties are booming in Singapore, no wonder car demands are high, no wonder the food court can charged $8.50 for economical rice, etc. Call me naive, but I always thought that construction workers are 'normally' paid around $1k salary.
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MPs handle the heat George Yeo, Lim Hwee Hua assure residents worries will be heard ESTHER NG [email protected] . IT was a two-and-a-half hour affair that, at times, was tense or got downright fiery. . But the two Members of Parliament (MPs) took the heat from unhappy Serangoon Gardens residents in their stride, and by the end of a community dialogue session dominated by one issue
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http://www.straitstimes.com/Breaking%2BNew...ory_271723.html Fined for not paying workers The bosses of two firms admitted not paying 67 workers wages. THE directors of two cleaning firms have been fined for not paying salaries to their workers for up to six weeks. In the first case, the managing director of Home and Industrial Maintenance Services Pte Ltd, Ang Ser Hock, pleaded guilty on Aug 8 to 53 counts of failure to pay salaries totalling $31,268.22 to 53 employees between October 2006 and February 2007. Another 22 counts were taken into consideration during sentencing. The workers were owed wages ranging from a few days to six weeks. Their salary claims were adjudicated by the Labour Court and orders were made for the company to pay the arrears, said the Ministry of Manpower in a statement on Monday. But the orders were not compiled with. A total of 75 charges were then brought against the company and Ang. Ang admitted the offences on Aug 8. As he was unable to pay his fine, he has to serve four months in jail. In the second case, IMM & IMM Cleaning Services Pte Ltd was convicted on Aug 13 on two charges and fined $1,500. Another 12 charges were taken into consideration. Its managing director, Andrew Sivanesan Balakrishnan, was also fined $1,500. The firm failed to pay salaries ranging from one to three weeks to 14 cleaners after terminating their contracts. The salary arrears amounted to $5,573. MOM has prosecuted four cleaning companies since last year for violation of the Employment Act. Another five firms will face similar action soon. Mr Quek Jen Juan, MOM's Senior Assistant Director of Labour Relations and Workplaces Division, said: 'The Ministry is stepping up on our education and enforcement efforts on employment conditions of workers, especially lower salaried workers in sectors such as cleaning. The Ministry has also intensified outreach efforts with partner agencies to raise employers' awareness of their statutory obligations under the employment laws.' -------- Dun buwee toylet janitors hor... we surf net, we surf pawn but most imprt we know our rights and the nos to call MOM to comprain!
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Meetiakok got vacancy or not ??? http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/Singapore...ory_265633.html
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Aug 5, 2008 Toyota lays off 800 line workers at Japan plant TOKYO - JAPANESE automaker Toyota has laid off 800 people at a plant in southwestern Japan, or about 10 per cent of the plant's work force, in response to declining sales in North America, a company official said on Tuesday. All the job cuts - carried out in June and August at Toyota Motor Corp's wholly owned subsidiary Toyota Motor Kyushu - applied to workers sent by job-referral agencies. Japanese companies are increasingly relying on such agencies for temporary workers called 'haken' to be flexible to market demand. Prior to the layoffs, Toyota Motor Kyushu, which makes Lexus luxury models, had employed 8,200 workers - 1,950 of them haken - an official said on condition of anonymity, citing company policy. Many Japanese companies demand individual names be left out of comments to the media even if they are official spokespeople. The official said the job cuts were temporary and 500 haken workers will be brought back later this year. He declined to comment on why they would be needed back, saying product plans can't be released. The shift to temporary workers or haken marks a change for major Japanese companies, including Toyota, which used to encourage corporate loyalty among its ranks by offering lifetime employment. Haken agencies have become booming businesses but have set off a spate of social problems such as poverty and discontent, especially among the young. The trend toward these temporary workers drew alarm in Japan when a disgruntled haken employee at a Toyota affiliate went on stabbing spree in June in a crowded Tokyo shopping district, killing seven and injuring 10. The remarks of Tomohiro Kato, the 25-year-old haken worker, expressing frustrations about job stability and getting treated with no respect, added to the public worries about the trend. Toyota, which employs about 12,000 contract and haken workers, about 15 percent of its 80,000-strong work force in Japan, issued a condolence statement for the crime victims at that time. Toyota has avoided the losses of its US counterparts like General Motors Corp and Ford Motor Co But it is projecting its first full-year profit drop in seven years for this fiscal year through March 2009. Toyota reports first fiscal quarter earnings on Thursday. Last month, Toyota lowered its global vehicle sales plan for this year by 350,000 vehicles to 9.5 million vehicles, blaming the sluggish North American market. The pace of Toyota's growth has been slowing to a 1 per cent gain this year in contrast to a 6 per cent climb in 2007. Toyota saw its US vehicle sales plunge 12 per cent in July on year as it struggled to keep up with consumers' growing demand for smaller, more fuel-efficient vehicles. -- AP http://www.straitstimes.com/Latest%2BNews/...ory_264757.html
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Singapore could face another round of inflation if firms raise wages By May Wong, Channel NewsAsia | Posted: 09 July 2008 2154 hrs [image]http://www.channelnewsasia.com/imagegallery/store/php6lMXZT.jpg[/image] Tharman Shanmugaratnam SINGAPORE : Finance Minister Tharman Shanmugaratnam has warned that Singapore could face another round of inflation if companies increase wages to help workers cope with the higher cost of living today. He said this will also affect Singapore's competitiveness and the ability to create jobs. Mr Tharman was speaking to some 500 workers at the Singapore Industrial and Services Employees' Union dinner on Wednesday evening. Higher rice and oil prices have led some Singaporeans to call on the government to set the tone by raising wages. But Mr Tharman said such short-term measures are not prudent. Instead, he said the government has provided assistance to help Singaporeans deal with the higher cost of living. These include S$500 million in GST Credits - to help citizens cope with the increased Goods and Services Tax - and special bonuses for senior citizens. Mr Tharman said Singapore also addresses the problem of inflation mainly through its exchange rate policy. Since the beginning of last year, the Singapore dollar has appreciated by 11 per cent against the US dollar. However, the minister said there is a limit to how much Singapore can allow its dollar to rise to fight inflation. Mr Tharman said if Singapore dramatically strengthens its dollar to offset the higher prices, it will instead hurt economic growth badly. He said oil prices have increased by 50 per cent since the start of this year. And it has gone up by about 100 per cent compared to a year go. Food prices globally are now up to 60 per cent higher than one year ago. Mr Tharman cautioned Singaporeans to brace themselves as oil prices may increase further. He said, "We expect inflation to be between 5-6 per cent on average this year, with inflation being lower towards the end of the year. We also expect inflation in the second half of the year to be lower because the effects of last July's GST increase on inflation will wear out. "However, the recent sharp increase in global oil prices will add pressure on inflation. So we are monitoring this and the impact on inflation closely, and will decide if inflation forecasts for this year need to be revised." Looking at the global situation, Mr Tharman said the weakness in the US economy could extend into next year. But he maintains that Singapore can expect Gross Domestic Product growth to average between four and six per cent this year. Mr Tharman said the lasting solution to inflation is to continue with efforts to help workers upgrade their skills and earn better wages. He said it is also important to help experienced, mature workers stay employed and help home-makers get back to work. This will not only increase the household income, but help improve Singapore's tight labour market. - CNA/ms Source: http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/sin.../359295/1/.html YEAH! MORE GOOD YEARS AHEAD~! MIW CAN RAISE SALARY BUT WE CANNOT.
