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Chan: SG identity should be based on a common future

Minister Chan Chun Sing At the National Youth Integration Forum last Saturday (22 Nov), Social and Family Development Minister Chan Chun Sing said that Singapore's identity is not just about the past but our "common future". He was speaking to some 300 local and foreign tertiary students at a session held at the ITE College...

Court rules widow has mental capacity to revoke LPA

PRC tour guide Yang Yin The Family Court today (24 Nov) ruled that the 87-year-old widow Mdm Chung Khin Chun's application to revoke the Lasting Power of Attorney (LPA) of PRC tour guide Yang Yin is valid. This will stop all Yang's legal power over the management of her assets. The court said that Mdm Chung, indeed, has the...

MOM to outsource FT enforcement checks

According to a media report yesterday (23 Nov), the Manpower Ministry (MOM) is currently considering to outsource some of its foreign manpower enforcement checks to external security firms. It will be conducting a trial next year to see if external contractors can do the work of its own foreign worker enforcement officers. At...