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Stories you might’ve missed, June 28

Netizen comments that CPF life “has a major flaw, as the payment is fixed by default despite the inflation”

 

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One netizen took to social media commenting that they thought CPF life was a good scheme, except that it had one flaw: the payment is fixed by default despite inflation.

The netizen, who goes by the name of Wong Boon Hong on social media, wrote: “This means for those who live longer, they will start to notice that their allowance is shrinking every year due to inflation”.

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Female manager eavesdrops on a female staff conversation, steals her ideas and constantly focuses only on her

 

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After a woman joined a new company earlier this year, she found that her female manager was behaving rather strangely, to the point where she felt compelled to write about it online, asking others for advice.

In her anonymous post on popular Facebook page SGWhispers, the woman wrote that she encountered “unusual behaviour from female manager”. She added that she started working for a new company at the beginning of the year and that it was her manager who wanted to work with her.

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‘Is this how much cleaners earn?’ — Shocked netizens share a hiring poster for 6-days a week, 8 hours a day cleaning job

 

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Netizens were shocked to learn that cleaners at food courts or hawker centres were only paid about $1500 a month from a poster that looked to hire.

While it was unclear which food court or hawker centre was hiring, the job advertisement was for dishwashing and dish-collection staff. The poster advertised ‘Hire with high salary’.

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18-month-old boy in Singapore dies after suffering high fever and recurrent seizures from COVID-19

 

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Singapore has reported its first death by Covid-19 in a patient aged 12 years old and below on Monday (June 27). The patient had no other past medical history and was previously well, said MOH.

The one-and-a-half-year-old male Singaporean who contracted the virus passed away on Monday; the cause of death was encephalitis (inflammation of the brain) due to Covid-19, said the Ministry of Health (MOH).

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Hougang man loses 50 prized goldfish worth $5000 after otters feast on them

 

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A man received unpleasant news on Sunday morning (June 26) from his helper, who told him that all of his prized goldfish had been killed by otters.

Unfortunately, the otters may have had ample opportunity to carry out their attack on the goldfish in the absence of the dog of the owner, Mr Lim, as his bulldog had died just a week ago. His rare ryukin goldfish cost $100 per fish, which means his losses amount to around $5000.

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