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FT worker convicted for acting as employment agent

MOM issued a statement yesterday (15 May) highlighting the first case of an accused being convicted after a Court trial for conducting employment agency (EA) activities without a valid licence. A 28-year-old construction worker from Bangladesh, Ahmead Rubel, was convicted in court last month (30 April) of one count of conducting...

Teo: No need for central authority to screen FT degrees

DPM Teo Chee Hean On Monday (11 May), Hougang MP Png Eng Huat posed a question to PM Lee in Parliament asking whether the Public Service Division of the civil service will consider setting up a central authority to screen foreign degrees for public service employment purposes, in light of the proliferation of degree programmes...

Khaw: Successive generations of BTO flats improving

Minister Khaw Boon Wan Speaking at the BCA's annual awards ceremony yesterday (14 May), National Development Minister Khaw Boon Wan proudly proclaimed that each generation of BTO HDB flats are improving over the previous generation's. He said this is one reason why Singapore's built environment sector has much to celebrate as...