Netizen says taxi drivers ‘show too much attitude’ and ‘just want to hire drunkards with long distance on Friday night!’

 

A frustrated netizen took to social media to complain about picky taxi drivers who ask for the passenger’s destination before accepting the ride. “Hiring taxi on Friday night can be officially announced as only for long trips,” wrote Facebook page Complaint Singapore member Autumn Flower on Saturday (May 14).

The netizen shared that at least 50 hired taxis passed by on Friday night while waiting in Tiong Bahru. “Nevermind, I understand it’s not my day. Have to wait.” After waiting half an hour, one available taxi finally arrived. The driver asked the passenger for the destination, which was Serangoon. “He didn’t even give respond me properly and just closed the window and flew away,” wrote Autumn Flower. “What kind of attitude do some taxi drivers have?”

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SDP appeals against High Court’s POFMA direction decision on ‘S’pore 10 million population claim’

 

Photo: FB screengrab/Chee Soon Juan

Opposition Singapore Democratic Party (SDP) is appealing against the High Court’s latest decision dismissing its application to cancel the correction direction over its claim that Singapore’s population would reach nearly 10 million by 2030.

The matter initially arose from a comment put forth by Secretary-General Dr Chee Soon Juan during a televised 2020 General Elections (GE) debate, where he said that the People’s Action Party (PAP) was “toying with the idea” of having a population of 10 million.

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35% Additional Buyer’s Stamp Duty (ABSD) On Transfer of Residential Property Into All Living Trusts – What Does This Mean for Us?

 

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The Ministry of Finance announced that an additional buyer’s stamp duty of 35% will now apply to any transfer of residential property into all living trusts, with effect from 9 May 2022.

With the Additional Buyer’s Stamp Duty (ABSD) now applying to all trustees, does this new rule bring about a significant impact on the market and does it actually affect us?

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Man says he rather work as security officer earning $2K than apply admin jobs at 200 places and attend 20 interviews

 

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Comparing two jobs offering a similar salary, a netizen opined that he would much rather work as a security officer than perform an administrative role in an office.

In a Facebook post to popular page Voice Your Grievances, a netizen known by the name of Keyloid Ng wrote: “Office admin jobs are the most useless jobs in sg”.

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‘More foreign workers required’ — Singapore Business Federation on SG’s manpower shortage

 

The Singapore Business Federation (SBF) issued a policy paper on Thursday (May 12) recommending steps to support the needs of the services sector, including reclassifying different businesses within the sector. This would allow them to have more foreign workers in order to fight the manpower shortage.

The steps would enable businesses to have the workers they need in the light of reopened borders and the resumption of tourism, social, and business activities. “There is an urgent need to recalibrate manpower supply in the Services industries to enable companies to operate at optimal capacity, so as to deliver the level of service that Singaporeans and visitors expect,” SBF said in the policy paper.

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