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LBW to housewives: Tell hubby to top up your CPF

Er Dr Lee Bee Wah, MP Nee Soon GRC NMP Chia Yong Yong spoke out in Parliament on 3 March 2015 against greater flexibility for Singaporeans to withdraw their CPF savings. In her speech, she implied that CPF savings do not belong to individual members because they are enhanced by co-payments from employers and through top-ups...

PRC flies to S’pore to take test for another PRC

It was reported in the media last week (27 Feb) that a PRC who flew into Singapore to take a language proficiency test on behalf of another PRC was sentenced to 5 months' jail. Lina Zhang was promised 7,000 yuan (S$1,515) by a middleman to help pass the International English Language Testing System (IELTS) exam for another...

PRC ‘landlord’ jailed 11.5 years for raping tenant

Yesterday (6 Mar), a PRC who works in Singapore as a technician, was sentenced to 11.5 years' jail and six strokes of the cane for raping a 23-year-old Malaysian beautician, reported the media. The PRC rented a HDB flat at Bishan. He partitioned the flat into smaller rooms which he then sublet to others. He and his wife occupied...