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A week ago, TRE published an article about Tan Tock Seng Hospital (TTSH) hiring 10 Filipinos as its Patient Service Associates (PSAs) in its outpatient clinics which sparked a furore among netizens who wondered why locals are not hired instead. (read more here) The Ministry of Health just published a clarification on its... 

Hi Editor, Not only is Tan Tock Seng hospital hiring foreigners as clinic assistants, even medical groups are getting foreigners instead of Singaporeans. I graduated with a diploma in Nutrition and Health Promotion from Singapore Polytechnic last year. At that time, I heard Central Clinic and Surgery group is employing... 

TTSH’s recruitment policy has always been to look locally first for suitable candidates. Our patients naturally prefer to interact with Singaporean staff. Our hospital hence engages actively on various local channels to promote our jobs and increase our pool of qualified healthcare professionals to better care for our... 

Hi TR, Your article More Indian babies born last year was a factual one as i understand it. But the comments made on it are so so full of hatred? Why? It may be true that so many people are coming as immigrants, some of them for money, some of them for exposure, and some of them simply in look for work. Whats wrong if... 

Private developer Sim Lian group stands to make ‘obscene’ profits from the sale of its Tampines DBSS flats at Centrale 8 even after giving buyers a ‘discount’ of $100,000. The executive director of Sim Lian Group is Ms Diana Kuik, the wife of PAP losing candidate in Aljunied GRC Ong Ye Kung. According... 

Following the lukewarm public response to the candidacy of the PAP-endorsed presidential candidate Dr Tony Tan, the Straits Times has changed tactic to promote him subtly in another way. Instead of giving extensive publicity to trumpet Dr Tan’s ‘credentials’, ST now evoked the ’spirit’ of former... 

On the eve of the 2011 General Election, Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong apologized profusely to Singaporeans for the past mistakes made by his ministers and made a ‘promise’ to ‘moderate’ the inflow of foreign workers, among other things. More than one month has passed and the status quo remains... 

(Following a letter submitted to HDB by PropertyBuyer.com.sg on behalf of Alvin Eng to appeal against his eviction, ‘An appeal to HDB against eviction‘, HDB has replied. It has rejected the appeal but offers a final counter proposal.) . HDB issued a reply to our appeal and proposal. Even though HDB’s letter... 

Another Singaporean Paul Chan has written to the Straits Times Forum today expressing his concerns about the DBSS scheme and urging HDB to drop it altogether. The recent launch of DBSS 5-room units at Tampines Centrale 8 at a shocking $880,000 sparked a huge uproar among netizens before the developer Sim Lian Group slashed... 

Straits Times, 30 June 2011 ALL three men who have declared their intention to contest the presidential election have made it a point to reiterate their independence from the Government. Former deputy prime minister Tony Tan, announcing last week he would run as an independent candidate, made it clear that he did not have...