by Christie Lee | Feb 13, 2017 | 2017, Company of Good
YEAP MEDICAL SUPPLIES – For Yeap Medical Supplies (YMS) Pte Ltd, business and charity work are not mutually exclusive. The distributor of medical devices in Singapore has managed to meld both worlds in the course of its work. Set up in 2000, YMS focuses on the...
by Christie Lee | Feb 6, 2017 | 2017, ST Singaporean of the Year 2016
The Schooling family has been named The Straits Times Singaporean of the Year 2016. Colin, May and Joseph Schooling – aged 69, 61 and 21 respectively – beat 11 other contenders to the award, which is in its second run. Their win was decided after a public...
by Christie Lee | Jan 31, 2017 | 2017, Good Health & Well-being
While Singaporeans are living longer, they are also having fewer children, who are the traditional caregivers. This puts many elderlies at risk of neglect. During their scenario-planning exercise, the Institute of Policy Studies focused on strategies surrounding...
by Christie Lee | Jan 14, 2017 | 2017, Responsible Consumption & Production
The disposable age along with increasing affluence, is resulting in a rising tide of waste generated in Singapore. Since domestic helper Cherryann-Lynn Santos, 36, started working for a family in Singapore nine years ago, she has been “shopping” at the...
by Christie Lee | Jan 1, 2017 | 2017, ST Singaporean of the Year 2016
The Singaporean of the Year award is back for the second time and more than 3,600 votes have been cast as of last Friday morning for the 12 candidates shortlisted for the award . Supported by UBS Singapore, the award seeks to recognise Singaporeans who have put the...
