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NTUC claims credit for unionising SMRT PRC bus drivers

Lim Swee Say, Secretary-General of NTUC praising NTWU, with 3 words: "Pride, commendation and respect". In a recent hour-long phone interview with 2 journalists from Yahoo! Singapore, former SMRT bus driver He Jun Ling shared his story from China by providing more details of the SMRT bus strike in November last year...

185 SMRT PRC bus drivers had petitioned MOM in 2010

Gan Kim Yong, Manpower Minister in 2010. In a recent hour-long phone interview with 2 journalists from Yahoo! Singapore, former SMRT bus driver He Jun Ling shared his story from China by providing more details about the SMRT bus strike last year. Some 171 PRC bus drivers took part in the strike on 26 November 2012 with 88 continuing...

S’pore has 500,000 people in ’emerging affluent’ class

Singapore has 500,000 people in 'emerging affluent' class. According to market research agency Datamonitor, Singapore has about 500,000 people in the "emerging affluent" class with investible assets of $50,000 to $200,000. This segment of people is expected to increase by 10% year-on-year in the next 3 years. Their liquid...