The future of life in HDB will be smart, sustainable and keep up with the aging population: DPM Heng, Housing News & Top Stories

[ad_1] SINGAPORE – The Housing Board’s Future of Life (HDB) will see smart accessories giving homeowners the option to monitor their energy consumption and control smart appliances, and also directional signs with larger fonts and pictorial symbols. This is to ensure that smart and sustainable living keeps up with Singapore’s …

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Parliament: Koh Poh Koon Argues with Workers’ Party MPs Over Minimum Wage, Says Exercise Could Turn into Political Auction, Politics News & Top Stories

[ad_1] SINGAPORE – The Workers’ Party’s proposal for a universal minimum wage could leave workers and businesses in a worse situation, and the exercise to determine the wage level turns into a political auction, it said on Thursday (October 15) NTUC Deputy Secretary General Koh Poh Koon. He added that …

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Work-from-home and job security: MPs share their thoughts on how workers, families and businesses can move forward after COVID-19

[ad_1] SINGAPORE: On the second day of discussions on Deputy Prime Minister Heng Swee Keat’s roadmap for Singapore’s post-COVID-19 economy, 19 members of Parliament took the floor to raise concerns about job security and how Singapore could change afterwards of the pandemic. Here is what some members of the House …

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Nanny convicted of poisoning two girls in her care

[ad_1] SINGAPORE – A nanny accused of poisoning two babies in her care was found guilty by the court on Thursday (October 15). When 39-year-old Sa’adiah Jamari cared for a five-month-old baby girl for two months in 2016, her mother discovered that the baby returned from these sessions unusually sleepy …

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