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A cleaner mopping the floor of an empty hall at a convention centre in Singapore. Cleaning businesses in Singapore will have to be licensed within five months of the Environment Public Health (EPH) Amendment Bill coming into force, which is expected to happen in April, said the National Environment Agency (NEA). The Bill was introduced in Parliament on Monday (Jan 20). The licensing regime will require cleaning businesses to have mandatory written employment contracts, to provide training and to implement the Progressive Wage Model (PWM). This is to ensure that cleaners receive wages that commensurate with their skills, training and productivity. NEA estimates that 55,000 resident cleaners will benefit from those requirements. Businesses offering cleaning services at premises or any public spaces will need to be licensed, while businesses that deal in specialised cleaning are exempted from the mandatory licensing regime. These include the cleaning of facades, pipelines and utility features, construction sites, clean rooms, hazardous or bio-hazardous areas, animal enclosures, swimming pool or aquariums and domestic cleaning. Cleaning businesses will have to be registered with the Accounting and Corporate Regulatory Authority (ACRA) Singapore or the Registry of Societies and show relevant experience. NEA said cleaning businesses should have at least 50 per cent of their staff trained in at least one module within the Singapore Workforce Development Agency’s WSQ Environmental Cleaning (EC) Framework at the point of the first application. At the time of licence renewal, 100 per cent of their staff should be trained. Under the provisions of the Bill, cleaning businesses found operating without a valid licence will be liable to a maximum fine of S$10,000 or up to 12 months jail or both and S$1,000 every day for continuing offences. Service buyers who engage unlicensed cleaning businesses will also be liable to a maximum fine of S$10,000 and S$1,000 every day for continuing offences. Licensed cleaning businesses found to be in breach of licensing conditions may also face a maximum financial penalty of S$5,000 and risk having their licences suspended or revoked. http://www.todayonline.com/singapore/singapores-cleaning-businesses-must-soon-get-licences

Foreigners allowed to use foreign licences temporarily 05:55 AM Aug 17, 2010 Foreigners who become Singapore citizens or permanent residents could be allowed to temporarily use their foreign driving licences to drive here, according to proposed changes to the Road Traffic Act. But the Deputy Commissioner of Police could also make a prohibition order for such drivers if needed. Enhanced powers for the Deputy Commissioner of Police are also in store under the Road Traffic (Amendment Bill). For example, he could suspend a driver's licence if he was being investigated for any traffic incident resulting in serious injury or death, or serious damage to any building or structure. In addition to a police station, the police could also conduct breath tests either at or near the place where a suspected drink driver is arrested. LEONG WEE KEAT URL http://www.todayonline.com/Singapore/EDC10...ces-temporarily Copyright 2010 MediaCorp Pte Ltd | All Rights Reserved OMG!!! I was shocked to read the above, their country license may be "Kopi" license. I fear for our drivers, our children & old folks using/ crossing the road.

http://www.todayonline.com/Singapore/EDC09...cences-on-sale- Electronic licences on sale 05:55 AM Nov 10, 2009 SINGAPORE - Off-peak car (OPC) owners can now buy their electronic day licences for use from Nov 23 when, as earlier announced, these will replace the current paper licence used during restricted hours. OPC users can buy e-Day Licences from 6am to midnight at www.onemotoring.com.sg. This is in addition to the existing channels, such as at SingPost outlets, AXS stations or with mobile-SMS services via MobileP@y. Come Nov 23, OPC drivers will not only enjoy extended hours of use,but also the option of buying the e-Day Licence after using the car so long as they do so before 11.59pm the next day. For enforcement, Land Transport Authority officers will no longer stop vehicles to check for valid licences, but will instead verify the vehicle registration number against system records. OPC users have until next May to return unusued paper day licences that are not torn or tampered with, for a refund or conversion to e-Day licences, at any SingPost outlet or LTA's office at Sin Ming Drive. There are now about 46,600 OPCs on the roads, making up 8 per cent of the car population.

was reading the back of my road tax form... says that must produce NRIC to get the free OPC licences limited to 5??? does that mean OPC car owners can get free day licences/coupons?

Do you agree with the author of this letter to ST forum? My take 1) horn could be to warn kuku drivers 3) even below speed limit also can chain collide 5) yah, new cars should be imported w/o signal lights to lower OMV But not signalling also revoke license? Pay fines not effective? Pls lah, to pay fine tp has to enforce the rules first. Enforcement is so lax for some offense. If there are tp at every stretch of the road catching drivers of any offense, you think people dare to commit them meh? When was the last time someone you knew got fine for not signalling? we already have a system to revoke the license. more enforcement suffice