According to a survey by recruitment agency Randstad, about 2 in 5 workers in Singapore would rather not take a job if they are not able to work from home.

The survey was conducted with about 1,000 employed respondents who are working in Singapore, between the ages of 18 and 67.

77% of the survey respondents say that they value remote working, with about 42% saying that they wouldn’t accept a job that doesn’t let them work from home.

80% of the respondents said that flexible working hours were important to them, and 50% of them said that their jobs allowed flexible working hours.

About 52% of the respondents said that their employers allow remote working.

About 40% of the respondents said that they would rather be jobless than be unhappy in their job, with about 50% of the respondents saying that if they can’t enjoy life, they would quit their job.

An 11-month-old baby was conveyed to the hospital following an accident between an SCDF ambulance and two cars on Monday.

The accident took place at the junction of Geylang and Tanjong Katong, at about 6.45pm.

A spokesperson from SCDF said that a patient from one of the cars was assessed for minor injuries and conveyed by another SCDF ambulance to KK Women’s and Children’s Hospital in a conscious and stable condition.

They added that the ambulance was responding to another incident when the accident happened, and its blinker lights were on at the time of the accident.

At the time of writing, police investigations are ongoing.

Photos of the accident were taken by an eyewitness, showing a BlueSG rental car with a damaged bumper.

The ambulance was also seen with some damage to its rear.

According to The Straits Times, the BlueSG car had apparently collided into the rear of the ambulance, causing the ambulance to get trusted forward and hitting another car that was in front.

The baby was inside the car that was in front.

As a result of the accident, traffic along that road was congested for about an hour.

Facebook user Jun Xu shared how he visited a 7-Eleven outlet at Dhoby Gaut to pay his bills, when a man behind him cut his queue.

He then proceeded to pay his bills after the “queue cutter” was done, and gave his phone to the staff to scan for the transaction, before keeping his phone.

The staff then asked him for his phone again, saying that she needed to scan again, which Jun Xu proceeded to do so, before keeping it.

However, the staff then asked him for his phone for a 3rd time to scan again, to which he asked the staff “how many time you want to scan?”

The woman then asked her why was he so angry, and cited the earlier incident where she allowed the man to cut Jun Xu’s queue.

He then turned her back and left after that, to which the staff then allegedly said something “nasty” about him.

Jun is now demanding an apology from 7-Eleven “no later than 11am today or else (he) won’t even speak further and let the lawyers handle this matter”.

Here is his full post on Facebook

7-11 doby ghaut,

Out of courtesy I didn’t take any photos however please read about my personal bad experience:

I went to 7-11 doby Ghaut mrt to pay my phone bills at 10:20am, there was a lady in front of me and I queue up and behind me there was a man who came in with a newspaper and cut my queue and paid first.

1. your staff allowed the man who bought newspaper to cut my queue and went ahead and pay seeing that I was queuing. Who in this world isn’t rushing for time? I am rushing too than why let the man go first??

2. Than next- when I gave her my phone to scan, she scan once, I kept my phone, she said need scan again, than I take out and let her scan, after that I kept again and guess what the 3rd time she say scan again.

So i said” how many times do u want to scan” ? She said that it’s only the 3rd time! How can she even say that? It shouldn’t even be 3 times! She didn’t even say sorry!

She even answered me why I am so angry just because the Man cut my queue, so she acknowdge she did wrong but yet think I shouldn’t be upset??

When I turned my back and walk away, she mumbled some very nasty words about me.

I want 7-11 To look into the CCTV and see how ur staff has treated me. I reserve all legal rights to sue dairy farm on how this employee of yours has treated me and mumbled those nasty words when I turned my back and walk away.

What kind of service is this? I demand a apology no later than 11am today or else I won’t even speak further and let the lawyers handle this matter. This is not just bad service! This is utterly rudeness

Source: Jun Xu on Facebook

Singapore’s Meteorological Service, the Meteorological Service Singapore (MSS) mentioned on Tuesday (16 Aug) that the weather forecast for the month of August is set to continue as wet weather for the remainder of the month and temperatures might go below 23 degree celsius.

It added that in the following two weeks, during the periods of late morning to afternoon, moderate to heavy thundery showers of short time frames are expected.

As compared to the first half of August, it is also expected that there will be more thundery showers come the second half of August.

Predicted daily temperature forecast

The forecasted temperature on majority of the days would be between the range of 24 degree celsius to 33 degree celsius.

However on instances of days where it is rainy, temperatures might fall to 23 degree celsius and below.

Nights where the weather are likely to be warm and humid are also expected and temperatures could go to 28 degree celsius.

Areas which could experience these are the eastern and southern coastal areas.

Where to check daily weather forecast

Anyone who wishes to check the daily weather forecast can refer to the MSS or the National Environmental Agency (NEA) website.

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The Ministry of Education said that from 1 October, about 35,000 teachers are set to get a salary increase of between 5 to 10 per cent, to retain them and attract new talents.

Ministry of Education’s statement

Salary Adjustments for Officers on MOE Schemes from 1 October 2022

1. Three groups of MOE staff – Education Officers (EOs), Allied Educators (AEDs) and MOE Kindergarten Educators (MKEs) – will receive salary adjustments from 1 October 2022. This is to ensure that their overall salary packages remain competitive, and so that MOE can continue to attract and retain good educators.

2. Some 35,000 serving EOs, 1,600 AEDs and 800 MKEs will receive a 5% to 10% increase in their monthly salaries. Salaries for EOs and AEDs were last reviewed in 2015, while the MKE scheme was only introduced in 2019.

Enhancements to Education Scheme of Service in 2023

3. MOE will also make two enhancements to the Education Scheme of Service, effective from 2023.

New General Education Officer (GEO) 5A substantive grade

4. A new GEO 5A substantive grade will be created to better recognise the valuable contributions of good-performing teachers in this grade who do not hold a Key Personnel (KP) appointment. Examples of KP appointments include Subject Head or Senior Teacher appointments. Currently, these EOs who do not hold KP appointments and who would typically continue as classroom teachers can progress up to the GEO 5 substantive grade, while those who hold KP appointments can be promoted to the Senior Education Officer (SEO) substantive grades.

5. From next year, non-KP EOs at the maximum salary point of GEO 5 substantive grade who meet the performance criteria for promotion can progress to GEO 5A and benefit from a higher salary ceiling, which will be between that of the GEO 5 and SEO 1 substantive grades.

Enhancements to CONNECT Plan

6. MOE will also enhance the CONNECT Plan, a 30-year retention plan for EOs where a flat rate quantum ranging from $3,200 to $8,320 is set aside for officers each year depending on their length of service, and payouts comprising a proportion of the money accumulated are given every 3 to 5 years of an officer’s career. Starting from 2023, the CONNECT Plan will see an overall enhancement of about 20%, as the annual deposit quantum and payout ratio will be raised to better support officers in the earlier years of their career.

7. Teachers are the core of our education system. Beyond these enhancements to the Education Scheme of Service, MOE will continue to provide opportunities for our educators to learn and develop throughout the course of their career. This includes providing in-service courses to help teachers deepen their content mastery and pedagogy, as well as exposing teachers to diverse experiences outside the classroom through external work attachments.

Images source: MOE

A Japanese store, Don Don Donki, which already have many outlets in Singapore, would be opening an outlet at Jurong Point Shopping Centre.

This comes after neighbouring JCube and JEM, already hold an outlet of Don Don Donki each respectively in their premises.

Outlet to replace current FairPrice premises

The Don Don Donki outlet is set to be at the premises where the current NTUC FairPrice in Jurong Point Shopping Centre is at, Basement 1

Member of Parliament of Pioneer SMC, Patrick Tay, also shared about the opening along with the opening of Hai Di Lao, on his Facebook Page.

Post by the MP

“We heard of Don Don Donki opening soon and now we also have Haidilao Singapore opening as well here in Jurong Point Shopping Centre…looks like we have almost every single F&B joint here in our Pioneer Community plus some of the exciting options like IKEA and Daiso Singapore Concept Store and not forgetting A&W Singapore, KOI Thé Singapore and Jollibee Singapore etc….looks like it’s only Shake Shack left….heard they are exploring but can’t get hold of the best locale in the area 😉

Special thanks to the Jurong Point Shopping Centre™ team, Mercatus Cooperative and NTUC Singapore for making this possible!”

Shared about options available in the community

In his post, MP Patrick Tay also shared about other options in the community such as IKEA, A&W Singapore and many more.

A special mention to Shake Shack Singapore was also seen in his post.

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