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Your Say: What can be done to help construction workers beat the heat?

Aaron Low/TODAY

Your Say: What can be done to help construction workers beat the heat?

A TODAY report this week on how full-time national servicemen and foreign construction workers have been affected by the recent hot weather has generated heated discussion online, too. Many readers sympathised with the workers’ plight, noting that they were particularly vulnerable to heat injuries, and their employers could do more.

27/05/2022

Your Say: Resale levy ensures a fair allocation of public housing subsidies, says HDB

Your Say: Resale levy ensures a fair allocation of public housing subsidies, says HDB

By SIA TZE MING, DIRECTOR, POLICY AND PROPERTY, HOUSING AND DEVELOPMENT BOARD

24/05/2022

SME Diaries: How Covid-19 affected our catering business and made us change course in more ways than one

SME Diaries: How Covid-19 affected our catering business and made us change course in more ways than one

By Foo Zhi Yang

22/05/2022

Your Say: What can be done to tackle the issue of fake vehicle licence plates?

Your Say: What can be done to tackle the issue of fake vehicle licence plates?

21/05/2022

Harsher penalties needed for e-vaporiser offences

Harsher penalties needed for e-vaporiser offences

By Shane Britten, chief executive officer, Crime Stoppers International

18/05/2022

SME Diaries: Going fully digital helped our creative agency ride through Covid-19, but talent crunch looms large

SME Diaries: Going fully digital helped our creative agency ride through Covid-19, but talent crunch looms large

By Kimming Yap

15/05/2022

Your Say: More clarity needed on rules for convoys, road gatherings

By Teo Kueh Liang

14/05/2022

SME Diaries: Adapting to online lessons at my tuition centre was a challenge amid Covid-19, but we left no one behind

By Anthony Fok

08/05/2022

Should HDB resale levy be waived or tweaked for owners of older flats?

06/05/2022

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Let bereaved families bid proper farewell to loved ones infected with Covid-19

Let bereaved families bid proper farewell to loved ones infected with Covid-19

By Bernard Chen Jiaxi

04/05/2022

Relook resale levy for long-time HDB owners who want to sell their first flats

Relook resale levy for long-time HDB owners who want to sell their first flats

By Teo Kueh Liang

03/05/2022

SME Diaries: We run a traditional industrial supplies business. Covid-19 gave us the opportunity to modernise

SME Diaries: We run a traditional industrial supplies business. Covid-19 gave us the opportunity to modernise

By Kho Zhi Gang and Kho Zhi Qiang

01/05/2022

3 ways to measure Singapore’s progress to a truly gender-equal society

3 ways to measure Singapore’s progress to a truly gender-equal society

By Lee Yoke Mun, project executive, Association of Women for Action and Research (Aware)

26/04/2022

As Christians, our worship music should not intrude on others’ personal space

As Christians, our worship music should not intrude on others’ personal space

By Patrick Tan Siong Kuan

22/04/2022

SME Diaries: Covid-19 was tough for our car rental business. We made it a priority to protect our hirers and staff

SME Diaries: Covid-19 was tough for our car rental business. We made it a priority to protect our hirers and staff

By Jimmy Ong

17/04/2022

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Cyclist-pedestrian crash — was condo exit's proximity to footpath a factor and what can be done?

Ooi Boon Keong/TODAY

Cyclist-pedestrian crash — was condo exit's proximity to footpath a factor and what can be done?

The uneasy coexistence between cyclists and pedestrians on shared footpaths was once again thrown into the spotlight this week, after a video showing a woman getting knocked over by a cyclist as she stepped out of the gate of her Punggol condominium went viral on Sunday (April 10).

15/04/2022

SME Diaries: Covid-19 nearly killed our diaper firm. After mass resignations and social media flaming, key changes saved us

SME Diaries: Covid-19 nearly killed our diaper firm. After mass resignations and social media flaming, key changes saved us

By Andrew Tan

10/04/2022

Jobseekers’ Diaries: A travel industry veteran, I lost my mum and job in quick succession. Here’s how I start afresh

Jobseekers’ Diaries: A travel industry veteran, I lost my mum and job in quick succession. Here’s how I start afresh

By Jessie Yeo

07/04/2022

Euthanasia not the answer to human-animal encounters that go awry

Euthanasia not the answer to human-animal encounters that go awry

By Toh Yen-Lin

06/04/2022

SME Diaries: Covid-19 almost sank my swim school. My team willingly took drastic pay cuts to keep us afloat

SME Diaries: Covid-19 almost sank my swim school. My team willingly took drastic pay cuts to keep us afloat

By Tan Jian Yong

03/04/2022

Jobseekers’ Diaries: I lost my aviation job when Covid-19 struck. Tech courses helped me switch quickly to a different industry

By Dominic Wong Hon Hoe

01/04/2022

SME Diaries: My design firm specialises in hospitality projects. Covid-19 forced us to dig deep to survive

By Gaurang Khemka

27/03/2022

Consider separate COE category for electric vehicles

By Jonathan Wong Teck Fatt

23/03/2022

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SME Diaries: Covid-19 has been both challenging and eye-opening for our 40-year-old fire protection business

SME Diaries: Covid-19 has been both challenging and eye-opening for our 40-year-old fire protection business

By Tan Yang Yang

20/03/2022

Jobseekers’ Diaries: I feared I wouldn't find a new job at my age. Learning how to use social media changed that

Jobseekers’ Diaries: I feared I wouldn't find a new job at my age. Learning how to use social media changed that

By Winson Gabriel Tay

17/03/2022

Company-sponsored egg freezing should be strictly regulated if Singapore permits procedure

Company-sponsored egg freezing should be strictly regulated if Singapore permits procedure

By Alexis Heng Boon Chin

15/03/2022

SME Diaries: I opened an ang ku kueh stall amid Covid-19. Here’s how I got younger customers to take a bite

SME Diaries: I opened an ang ku kueh stall amid Covid-19. Here’s how I got younger customers to take a bite

By Kelvin Toh Aik Long

13/03/2022

IPs provide Covid-19 hospitalisation coverage for Singapore travellers upon their return

IPs provide Covid-19 hospitalisation coverage for Singapore travellers upon their return

By Pauline Lim, executive director, Life Insurance Association, Singapore

11/03/2022

Use ‘odd and even number’ system for vehicles in opening up land borders with Malaysia

Use ‘odd and even number’ system for vehicles in opening up land borders with Malaysia

By Poh Beng Teck

10/03/2022

Love the taste of MSG? Be conscious of sodium levels, too

Love the taste of MSG? Be conscious of sodium levels, too

By Lim Teck Koon

08/03/2022

SME Diaries: Co-founding a startup amid Covid-19 was a leap of faith, but I wanted to help other breastfeeding mums

SME Diaries: Co-founding a startup amid Covid-19 was a leap of faith, but I wanted to help other breastfeeding mums

By Vivian Lee

06/03/2022

Should degrees come with an expiry date?

Should degrees come with an expiry date?

04/03/2022

SME Diaries: I work for a travel-related software firm. When borders closed, we had to adapt or risk being irrelevant

SME Diaries: I work for a travel-related software firm. When borders closed, we had to adapt or risk being irrelevant

By Roger Ong

27/02/2022

War in Ukraine should make Singaporeans reflect on how prepared we are to defend our nation

War in Ukraine should make Singaporeans reflect on how prepared we are to defend our nation

By Rosanna Cil

26/02/2022

Insurers should provide coverage for S’pore travellers who get Covid-19 shortly after returning from trips

Insurers should provide coverage for S’pore travellers who get Covid-19 shortly after returning from trips

By Wong Chin Kiat

22/02/2022

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