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PM Wong’s 64% pay rise makes global headlines, but Singaporeans defend ‘clean wage’ system
SINGAPORE: This week’s parliamentary sittings opened with some important news, with Prime Minister Lawrence Wong announcing on Sept 8 (Tuesday) a significant increase in salaries for those in political office . This is the first time in 15 years for such a pay raise, and it came after recommendat...
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20 and counting: NUS Computing’s CVWO celebrates proud student tradition of tech for social good - NUS
20 and counting: NUS Computing’s CVWO celebrates proud student tradition of tech for social good NUS - National University of Singapore
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Everyday people in WWII: New book tells Singapore’s history under Occupation through personal items
Featuring more than 200 objects, the book uses short, visually driven text.
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Million-dollar question: Will Singapore’s ministerial pay hike attract talent from private sector?
Political office-holders will get a one-off pay increase of up to 9 per cent from Oct 15.
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Overall MRT reliability hits all-time high in August, DTL posts 99.3% improvement from July
On average, trains clocked 2.88 million train-km between delays lasting more than five minutes.
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‘Should I just suck it up… or leave?’: Man nearing 30 feels stuck after 5 years on S$3,000 salary
SINGAPORE: People can end up feeling trapped by the timelines they set for themselves. Sometimes it’s because of a lack of career progression, other times it’s because of stagnant pay, but for some, it’s both. A Singaporean man approaching 30 wrote on r/askSingapore about the same dilemma after f...
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'They didn't tell us upfront': True Fitness staff, gym members caught off-guard by sudden closure
Singapore's consumer watchdog says it received 28 complaints from True Fitness members, with reported losses of more than S$63,000.
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AI firm Anthropic says it disrupted election manipulation operation targeting voters in Malaysia
Anthropic says its Claude AI was used to build a voter-targeting system covering all 222 parliamentary constituencies in Malaysia, while the threat actor also unsuccessfully pursued a contract with the country’s communications regulator.
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Kf Seetoh on ministerial pay raise: It’s hard work, BUT what’s your KPI?
SINGAPORE: In a social media post on Wednesday (Sep 9), food guru Kf Seetoh weighed in on the salary increase for Singapore’s political office holders announced by Prime Minister Lawrence Wong in Parliament the day before. They will be getting a raise of as much as 9% beginning Oct 15. For minist...