About 3,000 people granted One passes in 2024 to anchor talent in S’pore: MOM
[Straits Times] - 02/5/2025
One Passes are typically given to the top 5 per cent of the entire workforce.
In Singaporean newspapers
Singapore monitoring impact of Meta’s move to end fact-checking programme
Meta’s move, announced in January, mirrors what X has been doing.
[Straits Times] - 5/02/2025
About half of Sec 1 student cohorts in affiliated secondary schools have no prior connections
This is more than double the requirement by the Ministry of Education.
[Straits Times] - 5/02/2025
RTS Link operator opens corporate office in JB in latest milestone for rail project
Work on the operating assets for the 4km cross-border link is 45 per cent done.
[Straits Times] - 5/02/2025
$7b to be spent on marriage and parenthood initiatives in FY2026
This is over and above subsidies in other areas such as education and housing.
[Straits Times] - 5/02/2025
Ex-security officers jailed for taking photos with loaded gun at Woodlands Checkpoint
One of them uploaded the photos on Instagram as he thought the attention would be “cool and funny”.
[Straits Times] - 5/02/2025
S’pore will use Fica and Pofma if there is social media manipulation during GE: Sun Xueling
This comes as Singapore gears up for a general election which must be held by November 2025.
[Straits Times] - 5/02/2025
BBC tells some staff in Singapore bureau to reapply for jobs amid restructuring exercise
Affected staff have been given the chance to compete with external candidates for new roles.
[Straits Times] - 5/02/2025
More financial help and extended childcare leave on MPs’ wish list for families
More than 20 MPs spoke during a six-long debate.
[Straits Times] - 5/02/2025
PSP assistant secretary-general Ang Yong Guan will not stand in the next GE following suspension
The PSP said on Feb 5 that it accepted the Court of Appeal’s decision to suspend Dr Ang.
[Straits Times] - 5/02/2025
Removing CMIO race framework may result in worse outcomes: Shanmugam
He was responding to a question from PSP NMP Leong Mun Wai, who had asked when the Government plans to review the model.
[Straits Times] - 5/02/2025
Employers receive award for caring for domestic worker after her surgery
The annual awards saw some 200 nominations for domestic workers and employers.
[Straits Times] - 5/02/2025