‘Young generation think they’re entitled to these salaries with no work experience’ — Singaporeans
SINGAPORE — In a video posted on Sunday (Jan 29), a few university students were interviewed on their expected salaries. One young lady said, “I study Business Administration, Majoring in Finance, and I have a double Major in Economics.”
When asked how much she expects to earn when she starts working, she replied, “Okay, there’s a difference between expect and hope…” The interviewer then rephrased the question, asking, “Okay, that you think you will earn.” The young woman then answered, “10,000 SGD.”
Maid wants to break her contract and return home after taking emergency leave, asks if she’ll have to pay fine or blacklisted
SINGAPORE — A foreign domestic helper who recently went on emergency leave back home realised that she might need to break her employment contract because of her family situation. However, she was worried that she would be blacklisted by her employers or that she might have to pay a fine.
In an anonymous post to Facebook group FDW in Singapore (working conditions forum), the maid wrote that this was her first time working in Singapore and that she would have been working for a year coming March. When her mother passed away in December 2022, she took emergency leave for a week and returned home. Her employers paid for her ticket.
Jurong GRC MP Rahayu Mahzam responds to her flyer that says she visited residents on 1 Feb while it’s still January
SINGAPORE — When a flyer was posted on Jan 29 (Sunday) saying that the MP for Bukit Batok East had already visited residents on Feb 1 while it was still January, netizens joked that Ms Rahayu Mazam was “not only a part time MP also a time traveler.”
“Jurong GRC – a land ahead of one’s time,” another Reddit post read. But Ms Rahayu good-naturedly responded to say that the mistake had occurred simply because the wrong notice had been put up.
Maid says her employers made her sign an agreement such that they kept her work permit and passport and only gave her photocopies
SINGAPORE — A foreign domestic worker took to social media asking if it was legal that her employers made her sign an agreement handing over her passport and work permit to them.
In an anonymous post to Facebook page FDW in Singapore (working conditions forum), the maid wrote: “Hello permission to post admin as i want to seek advice and hope you can help me”.
‘Our relationship is quite unlike any other’ — PM Lee on Malaysian PM Anwar Ibrahim’s first official visit to Singapore as PM
SINGAPORE — Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong recently took to social media to share snippets of his meeting with Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim, welcoming him on his first official visit to Singapore as Prime Minister of his country.
In an online post published on Monday (Jan 30), Mr Lee shared his thoughts on meeting with Mr Ibrahim, who was elected Prime Minister of Malaysia, Singapore’s next-door neighbour. “Delighted to welcome Malaysian PM Anwar Ibrahim to the Istana today on his first official visit to Singapore as PM,” wrote Mr Lee. “PM Anwar and I go a long way back.”