
Success Isn’t Always a ‘Family Affair’ for Singapore Companies
Two leading academics have said Singapore family companies that want to go global must seriously think about succession planning and look beyond the easy way out, which is passing the mantle to its patriarch's own sons. They point to the fact that few Singaporean companies make the leap to world status, and even fewer of those...

Foreign Maids Are No Longer a ‘Luxury’
Low Thia Khiang Foreign domestic workers are no longer a luxury but a necessity for Singaporeans to cope with the growing demands of family life, said opposition MP Low Thia Khiang. As such, he called for a complete removal of the foreign maid levy, which currently costs families between S$170 and S$265. "Hiring a domestic...

New Mobile Application to Help Wannabe Singaporeans
A smartphone application is touting itself as helping aspiring Singapore citizens pass a new mandatory online quiz - even though the quiz has yet to be introduced and the government has never given full details of what it will entail. Since Dec 22 last year, a developer called Glovebox has sold an application to prep users for...
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