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Xi-Trump phone call: More trade talk to come but US-China tensions remain

3 weeks ago | straitstimes.com | Michelle Ng |Joyce Lim

UPDATED Jun 06, 2025, 09:20 PM
Onward and Upward｜化嫉妒感為力量 | 追新聞

3 weeks ago | thechasernews.co.uk | Michelle Ng

當 Vivien Leigh 憑《亂世佳人》贏得奧斯卡最佳女主角，而她的演員丈夫 Laurence Olivier 雖然也通過另一部片子獲提名但沒贏，他們倆在頒獎典禮結束後回家途中，在車裏經歷了小插曲。被嫉妒沖昏了頭腦的 Olivier ，伸手去搶奪 Leigh 的奧斯卡雕像，多年後他跟兒子這樣解釋他當時的行為：“It was all I could do to restrain myself from hitting her with it. I was insane with jealousy.”我很理解 Olivier 的心情，因我每次讀到好的作品，我的嫉妒心就會燃起來，然後我會問自己， why haven’t you thought of writing this way?
Onward and Upward｜不要讓下一代淪為 AI 年代的輸家 | 追新聞

1 month ago | thechasernews.co.uk | Michelle Ng

上個月，The Atlantic 記者 Derek Thomspon 研究美國政府公布的勞動數據後，發覺一個驚人現象：過去40年，大學畢業生的就業情況從沒像2025年那麼糟糕。 Thomspon的結論是，這跟 AI 有關。 “As law firms leaned on AI for more paralegal work, and consulting firms realized that five 22-year-olds with ChatGPT could do the work of 20 recent grads, and tech firms turned over their software programming to a handful of superstars working with AI co-pilots, the entry level of America’s white-collar economy would contract.” 創業家 Daniel Priestley 有兩個孩子。作為家長的他，認為在 AI...
China eases tax refund rules for tourists

1 month ago | straitstimes.com | Michelle Ng

BEIJING – Visitors to China might soon find it easier to claim tax rebates at the store’s checkout – and that could mean a little extra cash to spend during the trip and fewer queues at the airport. Experts say this might boost the economy, but the key is getting more retailers on board the programme.
Onward and Upward｜GCSE English 難在甚麼地方？ | 追新聞

1 month ago | thechasernews.co.uk | Michelle Ng

“我覺得 GCSE 英文比較難考，對於我們這些國際生，因沒從小在英國這邊” – 前幾天鬆仔在他的YouTube 談到英國可能提升對BN(O)港人的英語要求時，回憶他當年來英國讀書要過英文這一關的情況。其實 GCSE English 之所以難，是因它不單考驗考生對英語的理解力和表達力，還考驗他們觀察力。以下面這條來自 past paper 的考題和我的解答為例，題目雖然簡單，要閱讀的 passage 也不深，但沒有細緻的觀察力，還是不容易拿到最高分的。閱讀文章：This extract is from the beginning of a short story by H E Bates, set in the 1930s. Hartop and his wife own a van from which they sell produce to people in their local area, and their daughter, Alice, works with them.
Onward and Upward｜“AI is coming for your jobs” | 追新聞

1 month ago | thechasernews.co.uk | Michelle Ng

“AI is coming for your jobs. Heck it’s coming for my job too,” Fiverr CEO Micha Kaufman warned on X earlier this week. He then went on to map out the way he thinks AI has changed the rules of the workplace: “what was once considered ‘easy tasks’ will no longer exist; what was considered ‘hard tasks’ will be the new easy, and what was considered ‘impossible tasks’ will be the new hard.”Kaufman’s view echoes my thoughts on AI.
‘Natural that voters want it all’: Why specific estate plans still mattered in GE2025

1 month ago | straitstimes.com | Michelle Ng

SINGAPORE – More sheltered walkways and cleaner estates may appear as rather provincial concerns, but the results of the 2025 General Election show that a considered town plan and municipal management chops have become baseline expectations for many voters here.
GE2025: Humbled and surprised; PAP MPs-elect vow to continue work for residents in West Coast, Jurong

1 month ago | straitstimes.com | Andrew Wong |Michelle Ng

SINGAPORE – The support that residents of West Coast-Jurong West GRC gave to the PAP was “very humbling”, said Minister for National Development Desmond Lee on May 4, adding that his team will not take their trust lightly.
GE2025: PAP wins Jurong East-Bukit Batok GRC, Jurong Central SMC

1 month ago | straitstimes.com | Michelle Ng |Syarafana Shafeeq

SINGAPORE – The PAP has won the newly created Jurong-East-Bukit Batok GRC, securing 76.66 per cent of the votes against Red Dot United (RDU) in the May 3 General Election. The ruling party also clinched the Jurong Central SMC, also newly created, with 80.51 per cent of the vote against RDU.
GE2025: ‘Our commitment continues’: Desmond Lee on PAP’s plans for West Coast-Jurong West GRC

1 month ago | straitstimes.com | Michelle Ng

SINGAPORE – Initiatives to help residents cope with various concerns, including jobs and the cost of living, have been rolled out by the PAP team in West Coast-Jurong West GRC over the last five years, and the team intends to continue with this work if elected, said National Development Minister Desmond Lee on May 1. On the last day of hustings, Mr Lee, who leads the PAP team contesting the group representative constituency, pledged his team’s commitment to continue serving residents in the area.