by Abriel | Mar 8, 2018 | 2018, Decent Work & Economic Growth, International Women's Day
“From the beginning, we were committed to hiring the working poor,” said Anna Meloto-Wilk. That was in 2007, when she and her sister, Camille Meloto, founded Human Nature, a unique social enterprise that produces health and beauty products. The sisters were certain...
by Abriel | Feb 20, 2018 | 2018, Decent Work & Economic Growth, Singapore Budget 2018
Lower-income families are among groups who could be hit hardest when the GST goes up from 7% to 9% sometime between 2021 and 2025. Finance Minister Heng Swee Keat on 19 February 2018 said the hike is to help pay for “recurrent needs”, such as security...
by Abriel | Feb 20, 2018 | 2018, Decent Work & Economic Growth, Singapore Budget 2018
Goods and Services Tax (GST) will rise from 7% to 9%, but it will take effect only some time from 2021 to 2025, depending “on the state of the economy, how much our expenditures grow and how buoyant our existing taxes are”, Finance Minister Heng Swee Keat...
by Christie Lee | Dec 10, 2017 | 2017, Decent Work & Economic Growth
After suffering a stroke in July last year which affected the left side of his body, Mr Alan Gwee, 50, was jobless for six months. Then he was hired by the Timbre Group to handle the front of house and bar of its new Five & 2 restaurant at Punggol Park. His...
by Christie Lee | Dec 7, 2017 | 2017, Decent Work & Economic Growth
For many former drug offenders such as stroke therapist Kasmawati Kali Ubi, the road to recovery may take a lifetime. The 55-year-old, who went to prison six times from 1981 for using heroin, said it was meeting counsellor Janet Wee four years ago that changed her...
by Christie Lee | Dec 7, 2017 | 2017, Decent Work & Economic Growth
A well-pressed shirt not only delivers satisfaction to the wearer, but in the case of one social enterprise, also gives a helping hand to seniors needing meaningful work. This is the belief of The Social Iron, a social enterprise that started its services in June. ...
