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Uninsured teenager’s hand crushed by machine

Tan Li Xuan, 14 (Photo: Shin Min) A 14-year-old Singaporean, Tan Li Xuan, had her hand crushed on Sunday (22 Dec) while helping her father at his drink stall. She was operating the sugarcane juicer when her hand was accidentally caught in the machine. Her grandmother Lim Ah Ger, 69, suspects that Li Xuan had been trying to dislodge...

Tan CJ: PAP will certainly govern SG in the near future

Acting Manpower Minister Tan Chuan-Jin (Photo: ST) In an interview with Bloomberg TV aired on Friday (27 Dec), Acting Minister Tan Chuan-Jin opined that the People's Action Party (PAP) will "certainly be governing Singapore in the near future". PAP still has the support of many, he said. "They believe that PAP remains the party...

Half of production PMEs retrenched are S’poreans

(Photo CNA) HGST, a Western Digital company that specialises in data storage, has retrenched 530 workers from its Singapore facility. Most of those retrenched are production managers, and about half are Singaporeans which means the other half are foreigners. It is not known who decided who should be retrenched. But if the decision...