‘Help! My passport ready for collection but post offices & ICA have no available time slot’ — Netizen asks for advice
Having a valid passport is important these days, with the opportunity to travel after two years of the pandemic. However, renewing one’s passport has been challenging, with long wait times and difficulties with the collection.
One netizen, feeling at a loss when they were unable to make an appointment, crowdsourced for help with getting their passport. Fortunately, others who had the same experience were able to offer useful advice.
“Is This Your Idea Of Public Housing?” — Lim Tean asks after 5-room Dawson HDB flat sells for record $1.418M
A 5-room HDB flat at SkyTerrace @ Dawson sold for an all-time high of $1.418 million, 99.co reported on Wednesday, July 13.
“Keeping up with the most expensive HDB flat ever sold is proving to be a challenge, as flats all over Singapore keep fighting valiantly for the title,” the article read.
SCMP Op-Ed says Lee Kuan Yew’s leadership calibre needed in Asia-Pacific today, also praises examples set by Jacinda Ardern & Joko Widodo
Today’s troubling times require leaders of a high calibre, such as that set by Singapore’s founding Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew, a US university professor wrote in a July 12 opinion piece.
It was published in the South China Morning Post and titled, “Asia needs leaders of the calibre of Singapore’s Lee Kuan Yew to navigate a messy world.”
Where Can I Spend My NS55 Credit Vouchers in Singapore?
Serving National Service (NS) is often one of the most momentous events in a Singaporean male’s life, and perhaps one of the most unique features of Singapore. After all, one cannot underscore the importance of NS more, for it is our only line of defence against any potential external threats that Singapore might face.
As such, as MINDEF marks 55 years of National Service, it is indeed an occasion worth celebrating.
Gerald Giam: Hiring challenges point to more worrying trend of insufficient Singaporeans entering in-demand fields
During a recent visit with residents, business owners talked to Workers’ Party MP Gerald Giam about their challenges in finding people to fill various jobs.
“Their concerns were not simply about difficulties obtaining work passes for foreign workers. Instead these hiring challenges point to a more worrying trend of insufficient Singaporeans entering fields that are in demand by industry,” the Aljunied GRC Member of Parliament wrote in a Facebook post on Tuesday (July 12).