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Archive for the ‘Letters’ Category

Employment Pass qualifying salary increase more than locals?

I refer to the article “Qualifying salary for Employment Pass to be raised from $3,300 to $3,600 from Jan 1: Manpower Ministry” (Straits Times, Jul 26). the article said: “The qualifying salary for Employment Pass (EP) applications will be raised from $3,300 to $3,600, the Ministry of Manpower (MOM) announced on Tuesday...

PUB allowed corrupted staff to stay on for four years until officially charged

Mohamed Sa'ad Bin Mohamed Ali, (Photo: Robin Choo/TODAY) This article - [ PUB technical officer accused of cheating, money laundering ]. - states that anomalies were discovered in 2012 but the investigation by CPIB ended this year. The article also stated that the staff was suspended for one month. That means that PUB...

Tourist to Taxi driver: ‘We go to bed, ok?’

This incident happened to my friend's dad who's a cabdriver but there is no way to verify if it is true. Once the friend's dad picked up a Japanese passenger at the airport. To his surprise, the passenger asked, "We go to bed, ok?" Thinking that the passenger may want to rest at a hotel, the cab driver suggested a few nearby...

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