by Abriel | Jun 14, 2017 | 2017, Sustainable Cities & Communities
Care of the elderly is a booming business as Asia’s ageing population grows, but gaps still remain in the industry. An interview was arranged with Goldencare Group founder Joya Zhao about the difficulties she faced in providing private elderly daycare facilities in...
by Abriel | Jun 13, 2017 | 2017, Sustainable Cities & Communities
Many people with disabilities and those recovering from mental health conditions had cited the lack of social inclusion as a top concern, a National Council of Social Service (NCSS) study showed. It surveyed 2,500 persons with physical disabilities and those...
by Abriel | Jun 13, 2017 | 2017, Sustainable Cities & Communities
While South Korea’s corporate culture is enmeshed in issues of age discrimination, EverYoung, a content monitoring company, is showing that seniors could be an untapped resource in the labour market. It has a strict hiring culture to have only staff over the age of...
by Abriel | Jun 7, 2017 | 2017, Sustainable Cities & Communities
A new initiative by SG Enable paired Singtel finance director Tan Teong Guan, 46, as the Temasek Polytechnic graduate’s mentor, to help Jaslyn Tan, 23, develop workplace skills. SG Enable is a government agency set up in 2013 to support people with disabilities...
by Abriel | Jun 7, 2017 | 2017, Sustainable Cities & Communities
Care of the elderly is a booming business as Asia’s ageing population grows, but gaps still remain in the industry. An interview was arranged with Caring Fleet Services (CFS) general manager Loh Yuan Han about the company’s niche service. HOW DID CFS START? CFS was...
by Abriel | May 30, 2017 | 2017, Sustainable Cities & Communities
Both Mr Chua Weng Foo and Mr Gary Seow are dyslexics but are now successful entrepreneurs. Dyslexia is characterised as a reading disorder in which the brain has trouble properly processing language, making it difficult to spell, read quickly and write. But there...
