Tag Archives: Productivity

240,000 domestic helpers; Part-time home cleaning services company; Including basic care of children & elderly; Employers’ brutality of domestic helpers; The domestic helper’s case [accused for theft by the employer] on appeal, the guilty charge was acquitted by the High Court; Foreign workers and the 2014 Population White Paper – will harmony at workplaces fix productivity woes and GDP growth?

Posted on January 8, 2017 by tankoktim

================ Part-time home cleaning scheme…. ======== . Part-time home cleaning scheme expanded to include basic care for children and elderly Follow us on Instagram and Tiktok, and join our Telegram channel for the latest updates. Published March 14, 2023 in … Continue reading →

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NUS’s “Law students will be given the human touch”; this module should be made compulsory for all uni undergraduates; NUS: a new College of Humanities and Sciences in 2021; Diplomacy in humility and the human touch;

Posted on August 19, 2015 by tankoktim

“Law students will be given the human touch”, [in Singapore Monitor on 4 Jan 1983], and it was related to a a human relations course started by NUS in July 1983 in the year after the national Productivity campaign was … Continue reading →

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Work, …Workplace happiness, and why humans have to work, the purpose? What is the motto for all workplaces? Rest time at workplace; Work on fours and rest on three? Work-Life balance;

Posted on May 18, 2015 by tankoktim

. ======== . Do we know why humans have to work? If human beings do not, they will not be able to attain true unity and happiness at work, and raise productivity in each company, and even at national level. … Continue reading →

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Workplace unhappiness; Workplace stress;

Posted on April 16, 2015 by tankoktim

========= Work stress comes in many ways… What is the motto “Work with the aim to help others become more efficient”? More at this link: https://tankoktim.wordpress.com/…/work-with-the-aim-to…/ And,… https://tankoktim.wordpress.com/…/workplace-sexual…/ ======= . Forum: It’s not the work, it’s the work environment that … Continue reading →

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Smart Nation: Free Wifi in Public Places in HDB town centres; Make every HDB town centre unique and special to residents; Learn from NYC free wifi booths in their CBD; HDB town centres should have free wifi booths; Police has signboards advising all not to share their bank information with others; Global cyber attack; Some elderly are not computer literate; Postal service should use barcodes for normal mail too for faster sorting of envelopes;

Posted on December 8, 2014 by tankoktim

Good start.  The Govt listened. The Kebun Baru Void Deck WiFi Project, set up by the charity Beyond Social Services   When will the TCs or HDB provide free Wifi in HDB town centres?   I hope it will not be long. … Continue reading →

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2014 Budget? Was the 2013 Budget progressive or regressive?

Posted on March 2, 2013 by tankoktim

2013 BUDGET: WAGE CREDIT SCHEME:  The wage credit scheme is a way to address Prof Lim Chong Yah’s call to freeze the pay of management to narrow the income gap.  It is a way to increase the pay of the … Continue reading →

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Build a seamless elevated ring-expressway system to improve productivity

Posted on March 2, 2013 by tankoktim

We can expect “Engage seniors in plans to boost productivity” in ST Forum, 2 March 2013 will not be the last recommendation.  There will be more suggestions surfacing  in the course of the discussions on the 2013 Budget. We know … Continue reading →

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Build elevated ring-expressway system to ease congestion

Posted on March 2, 2013 by tankoktim

I am glad ST Forum published my letter “Build elevated ring-expressway system to ease congestion” on 7 March 2013.   See JPEG format below. The Govt should build a two-tier elevated expressway ring system to link Jurong to Woodlands, then to … Continue reading →

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Population TFR growth; more child births by having 24-hour child-care centres; Part-time home cleaners and domestic helpers; Enhance the base for formal education of our pre-school children; Bring the cost of pre-school down; NTUC will give to low-income families with children attending NTUC pre-schools a one-time $400 top-up to their Child Development Account (CDA); Grandparents – second helpers of grandchildren; an invaluable source of childcare support;

Posted on January 22, 2013 by tankoktim

======== . Part-time home cleaning scheme expanded to include basic care for children and elderly Follow us on Instagram and Tiktok, and join our Telegram channel for the latest updates. Published March 14, 2023 in todayonline SINGAPORE — A scheme … Continue reading →

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Hotels – not cleaning guests’ room programme

Posted on January 22, 2013 by tankoktim

My letter in Today Voices Online on 2nd Nov 2015. Note: I wrote to the SHA in April 2010. [please see email below]. . ======= . “Promote better security, green practices in hotels” I applaud the Hotel Security Awards organisers … Continue reading →

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National Productivity Fund; “Missing link in productivity drive” – “How to bring the best out of our workers” ; Procrastination – the effects on productivity; The Straits Times says Attendance bonus an unacceptable policy to drive productivity;

Posted on March 8, 2011 by tankoktim

======= . National Productivity Fund Act 2010: https://sso.agc.gov.sg/Act/NPFA2010?ProvIds=al-#top= .========== . The National Productivity campaign was launched in 1982 [now under the National Productivity Fund Act 2010]. The Fund was topped up in the 2011 Budget with S$1 billion. So grateful … Continue reading →

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