Amanda Yeap

2 weeks ago | channelnewsasia.com | Amanda Yeap

SINGAPORE: The NTUC will "learn the right lessons" from the aborted Income-Allianz deal, and while the labour movement always strives to do its best, sometimes it falls short, labour chief Ng Chee Meng said on Sunday (Apr 27). "We humbly acknowledge the public feedback. I've initiated a review in NTUC Enterprise so that we can learn the right lessons humbly, and do better for fellow Singaporeans. "In NTUC, we will do our best. And sometimes, I'm sorry that it is not good enough.

2 weeks ago | channelnewsasia.com | Amanda Yeap

SINGAPORE: Opposition parties are beginning to see the uncertainties arising from the tariff war, said Manpower Minister Tan See Leng at a People's Action Party (PAP) rally for Chua Chu Kang Group Representation Constituency (GRC) on Saturday (Apr 26). Dr Tan said the opposition has been asking whether the government has been overreacting to the war, brought on by United States President Donald Trump's sweeping tariffs. "But now, they are beginning to see the uncertainties.

2 weeks ago | channelnewsasia.com | Amanda Yeap

SINGAPORE: People's Action Party (PAP) Members of Parliament have the ability to tap a "direct line" to persuade the front bench when it comes to any issues on the ground, said the party's candidate for Kebun Baru SMC, Henry Kwek, on Friday (Apr 25). Mr Kwek, the single-seat ward's incumbent MP, said this was among several ways that backbench MPs can advocate for people. Others include filing parliamentary questions, organising focus groups and listening to feedback.

2 weeks ago | channelnewsasia.com | Amanda Yeap

Mr Ng Shi Xuan was by his father’s bedside when he realised that the man who raised him was not going to make it. His father, fiercely independent and rarely one to ask for anything, suddenly made an unusual request: he wanted to see his youngest brother, who lived in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Mr Ng, an optimist who had been holding on to the hope that his father would recover from his illness, knew then that it was not going to happen.

3 weeks ago | channelnewsasia.com | Amanda Yeap

SINGAPORE: The goods and services tax system (GST) is designed to take “from the top” and redistribute across the population – a point the opposition should also make clear, Law and Home Affairs Minister K Shanmugam said on Thursday (Apr 24). Speaking to reporters at the launch of the People’s Action Party (PAP) Nee Soon GRC manifesto, Mr Shanmugam gave the example of a typical family living in a three- or four-room flat that will receive thousands of dollars in support.