Singapore – Over nine in 10 children living in Singapore prefer to spend more time with their family than making money while becoming a football player is kids’ top career choice. The fifth annual Children’s Career Survey conducted by Adecco Singapore has found that 96% of children, aged between seven to 14, said it’s more …
BRISBANE (Australia) – AUSTRALIA’S third-biggest city Brisbane was besieged on Wednesday by once-in-a-century floods that could hit up to 20,000 homes, as the death toll in raging torrents rose to 12. Thousands of people took refuge with friends and central districts were eerily quiet as the river city of two million battened down for its …
THE authorities are exploring the option of installing closed-circuit television (CCTV) cameras in housing estates in a bid to nab high-rise litterbugs, said Minister of State for the Environment and Water Resources Amy Khor in Parliament on Tuesday. Two trials were carried out last year in HDB blocks along Commonwealth Close and Bukit Panjang Ring …
THERE will be fewer new drivers on the road this year compared to last year, going by fresh statistics from the Traffic Police. The number of people taking up lessons to get their driving licences is estimated to have dipped by 30 per cent between the period from January to September last year, and the …
PETA stands for People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals. People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals(PETA) has launched an outdoor campaign targeted at highlighting the cruel practices behind fashion. Created by McCann Erickson Singapore, the outdoor campaign runs on 12-sheet poster sites throughout the island, advertising images of fictitious high fashion products such as …
US – A postman who delivered mail nude in freezing temperatures has been arrested. According to a police report, the 52 year-old postman had decided to deliver mail in the nude to cheer up a stressed-out female colleague. The postman from Milwaukee, Wisconsin, had managed to deliver the mail in freezing temperatures on 4 December …
Singapore – In light of new financial regulations, banks have plans to raise fixed pay for staff, a trend which Standard Chartered Bank Asia’s chief executive, Jaspal Bindra describes as “worrying”. In December, the European Union (EU) approved regulations that restrict how much senior bankers can receive in bonuses, in an effort to curb excessive …
SINGAPORE: The starting pay for fresh polytechnic graduates rose 5.3 per cent last year, to an average gross monthly salary of S$1,871. Post-National Service (NS) diploma holders earned an average gross monthly salary of S$2,183, an increase of about 2.5 per cent from 2009. During the economic downturn in 2009, post-NS diploma holders’ gross average …