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SINGAPORE: Former Transport Minister Lui Tuck Yew’s latest appointment as Singapore’s Ambassador to the United States of America has drawn mixed reactions online. Many congratulated the ex-ruling party politician, while some doubted whether the appointment was based on merits or connections.
A former Chief of Navy, Mr Lui left the Republic of Singapore Navy in 2003 and became CEO of the Maritime and Port Authority . Two years later, in 2006, he was made CEO of the Housing Development Board . Maid goes on emergency leave for a month and then asks employer to cancel her work permit as she wants to join another familySINGAPORE: An employer who sent her maid on “emergency leave” found out that the helper did not want to come back to return to work for her.
In an anonymous post to a Facebook support group for helpers and employers alike, the woman explained that her maid went on leave and told her she needed to go as it was an emergency. Trying to be kind, the family sent her back for a month. The woman added that after returning home, the maid asked her to cancel her Work Permit as “she wants to join another family where she used to work on her off days”.
According to a recent article, a report published on May 30 divulged that in 2022, the median price for private housing in the country was US$1.2 million . According to the report, Singapore had the highest median price in Asia Pacific. It also bagged the number one spot in the region when it came to the most expensive places to rent private housing, according to the most recently updated Home Attainability Index by the Urban Land Institute Asia Pacific Centre for Housing.
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