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SINGAPORE - People here have been socialising less and working more since the circuit breaker last year, a survey has found. It noted that 61 per cent of the 1,000 respondents said they now socialise less frequently with those outside their immediate family than before the restrictions were put in place in April last year. Forty-four per cent also reported that their social circles outside of their immediate family had shrunk over the past year. And while 20 per cent said they socialise with their immediate family more frequently nowadays, 23 per cent said they do so less frequently. The onli...

March 02, 2021 Pexels Fresh university graduates have been reported to earn a higher starting pay as compared to their seniors, ranging from $4,000 to $5,000 a month in business and computing areas. The median salary of a Singaporean is $4.534, what about the salary that you should be getting and what your peers are getting? TL;DR – Which university graduates hold the highest salary on average for each faculty Do note that we are using the basic salary for the calculation. Basic salary refers to only full-time permanently employed graduates. It comprises of the pay before deduction of emp...

The Straits Times Trailblazing women breaking barriers to empower a new generation I am woman, watch me soar, into the future, to the fore. Two among the many young Singapore women determined to carve out a path for themselves in society have their say in the final instalment of our three-part salute to SG women Dr Lavenniah Annadoray, research fellow at the NUS Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine and Singapore Muslim Women's Association (PPIS) president Hazlina Abdul Halim. PHOTOS: MOHD KHALID BABA, PPIS PublishedFeb 14, 2021, 4:00 am SGT https://str.sg/JH4d They can read the article in full aft...

SINGAPORE - People who have recovered from Covid-19 can get reinfected with the virus, as immunity wanes with time, even if they will likely be protected for a time, experts say. Those who recover from the disease would typically mount a neutralising antibody response for a period of time, which generally protects from reinfection, said Professor Teo Yik Ying, dean of the National University of Singapore's (NUS) Saw Swee Hock School of Public Health. Neutralising antibodies are so called because they bind to specific, important sites of the virus, which prevents the coronavirus from infecting...

1. Mr Abdul Samad Abdul Wahab PHOTO: ST FILE Mr Abdul Samad is one of three vice-presidents of the National Trades Union Congress (NTUC), the general secretary of the Union of Power and Gas Employees and chairman of the NTUC Oil, Petrochemical, Energy and Chemical Cluster of Unions. He has been involved with the labour movement for the last 14 years. As NTUC vice-president, Mr Abdul Samad guides the work of NTUC committees. He represents the trade union movement on the boards of SkillsFuture Singapore and the NTUC Learning Hub and is part of the NTUC team in the National Wages Council. Mr Abd...