OPINION | Employers are offering money to employees, but where are the employees?
I’ve just come back from a night out with a colleague who had just come back from a trip to India. We decided to celebrate the evening as the “only boys” in the company and ended up at Hooters in Clark Quay to enjoy a few beers (buy two, get one free).
While Hooters is best known for its very politically incorrect uniform for waitresses (the place is called Hooters for a reason), what struck me about tonight’s evening was the fact that the restaurant is suffering from one of the most acute issues facing businesses today – a shortage of labour. The situation was such that they had to close their indoor section and for the first time in my life, I saw this sign on the door:
‘My dear son, Mummy is very sorry to have brought you into this family where your father loves playing with his hp rather than with you’
What do you do when your husband appears to prefer playing games on his cellphone rather than spending time with his own child? For one mum, writing an apology letter to her son and posting it online—even if she did it anonymously—seemed to be part of the solution.
Her letter, posted on the SG Whispers page on Thursday (June 16) begins this way: ‘To my dear son D. Mummy is very sorry to brought you into this family where your father apparently loves playing with his hp rather than with you.’
Woman allegedly punched 5 times by delivery rider in Chai Chee for responding with “Oi!” after near collision
A woman was allegedly punched five times by a food delivery rider who almost collided with her on an electric bicycle. Food delivery rider Ms Shen was on her way to fulfil an order at Block 36 Chai Chee Avenue on June 14 when another food delivery rider also on an e-bike hastily made his way out of the carpark.
The man narrowly missed Ms Shen as he sped past her. She then instinctively responded, “Oi!”. According to Chinese-language newspaper Shin Min Daily News, the man waited for Ms Shen to finish her delivery. The man was still there when she returned to the void deck to retrieve her e-bike. “Oi, what oi,” he asked fiercely. The man didn’t wait for a reply and punched Ms Shen in the face. He allegedly punched her at least five times before leaving.
2 S’pore men spotted peeing under tree near Johor CIQ Complex, M’sia police looking for them
Despite the Customs, Immigration and Quarantine (CIQ) Complex up ahead having public toilets, two men were caught on camera peeing under a tree, in plain sight of all the nearby buses. The men reportedly drove a Singapore-registered car at the Malaysian-Singapore border at around 11:10 am on June 11.
A photo of the incident was uploaded by Facebook page SG Road Vigilante – SGRV, showing two men standing beside each other under a tree. There was a row of buses on the road in front of them. “Please at least do it facing the bushes and not in front of all the buses. Also, do note there are public toilets in the immigration buildings,” the caption added. Malaysian news site Free Malaysia Today reported on June 14 that Malaysian police were trying to identify the two men.
OPINION | Josephine Teo, the minister who oversaw soaring COVID cases for migrant workers, who refused to apologise is now head of a fund to help the needy, the mind boggles
This week saw Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky deliver a special virtual address at the Shangri-La Dialogue, an event that is organised by the International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS). President Zelensky is somewhat of an international celebrity now, a heroic figure in a devastating war whose YouTube videos and other social media updates are widely shared. His participation would no doubt have generated a certain buzz for Singapore’s status as a facilitator for important events. The fact that President Zelensky wore a T-shirt designed by Singapore’s Ava Soh no doubt generated even more fanfare.
Yet, President Zelensky will not be popular with Russia and its allies. What does China really feel about President Zelensky is anyone’s guess. After all, while China has not outrightly proclaimed support for Ukrainian independence, it has not overtly declared support for President Putin either. That said, China has been a historic ally of Russia and, especially, against the United States. In the Singaporean context, how are we navigating the tightrope between conflicting international relations?