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Thursday #sgroundup: Singapore risks business cred with foreign labour restrictions

·Nurul Azliah Aripin

31 July 2014 at 7:37 am

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Singapore risks business cred with foreign labour restrictions

People wait to watch a laser light show along Marina Bay overlooking the central business district in the evening in Singapore May 28, 2014. REUTERS/Edgar Su

Singapore risks tarnishing its business-friendly reputation by implementing new labour laws that require companies to prioritise hiring locals over foreigners for middle income jobs, analysts say.

"There is a risk that Singapore might slide down the scale in terms of how open it is," said Chua Hak Bin, head of emerging Asia economics at Bank of America Merrill Lynch in Singapore.

Ten of 12 recruitment agencies polled by Reuters said filling vacancies has become tougher in the past year, a trend set to continue.

https://sg.news.yahoo.com/singapore-risks-business-cred-foreign-labour-restrictions-082758707--sector.html#OQSa1qK

In Singapore, tech-savvy gang members use Facebook to find new blood

The research showed that youths who socialise with peers who are friends with, or who are themselves, gang members are highly susceptible to being drawn into the gang.

According to a study by the National University of Singapore (NUS), social media is increasingly becoming the tool of choice for gang members to recruit new blood.

The research showed that youths who socialise with peers associated with gangs are highly susceptible to being drawn into the group.

A total of 36 juvenile delinquents of ages 15 through 18 were reportedly involved in the study.

https://sg.finance.yahoo.com/news/singapore-tech-savvy-gang-members-123332183.html

Israel mobilises extra troops as US tops up army's ammo

Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (C) and Defence Minister Moshe Yaalon (L) attend a cabinet meeting in Tel Aviv July 31, 2014. Netanyahu, facing international alarm over a rising civilian death toll in Gaza, said on Thursday he would not accept any ceasefire that stopped Israel completing the destruction of militants' infiltration tunnels. Gaza officials say at least 1,372 Palestinians, most of them civilians, have been killed in the battered territory and nearly 7,000 wounded. Fifty-six Israeli soldiers have been killed in Gaza clashes and more than 400 wounded. Three civilians have been killed by Palestinian shelling in Israel. REUTERS/Dan Balilty/Pool (ISRAEL - Tags: CONFLICT MILITARY POLITICS CIVIL UNREST HEADSHOT)

Israel mobilised 16,000 additional reservists Thursday to bolster forces fighting in Gaza as Washington gave its ally the go-ahead to raid stocks of emergency US weapons stored on Israeli soil.

The call-up, which raised the total number of Israeli reservists to 86,000, came shortly after Washington said it had agreed to restock Israel's dwindling supplies of ammunition, despite rising concern over the death toll in Gaza, where more than 1,360 people have been killed.

https://sg.news.yahoo.com/israeli-shelling-north-gaza-un-school-kills-20-033934875.html

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu also said that he would not accept any ceasefire that would stop Israel from completing the destruction of militants' infiltration tunnels.

https://sg.news.yahoo.com/gaza-toll-soars-israel-days-completing-tunnel-hunt-033427644.html

Both sides must stop fighting at MH17 crash site: Malaysia PM

Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak, right, is greeted by Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte, left, upon his arrival in The Hague, Netherlands, Thursday, July 31, 2014. Razak is making his first official visit to the Netherlands in the wake of the Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 disaster, in which an ill-fated passenger jet bound from Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur was shot down in eastern Ukraine on July 17. Razak and Rutte are expected to discuss plans for the repatriation of the remains of the Malaysian victims. (AP Photo/Phil Nijhuis)

Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak appealed Thursday for an "immediate cessation" of fighting between Ukraine government forces and rebels around the crash site of flight MH17 near the Russian border.

"I ask the immediate cessation of the hostilities in and around the crash site by both Ukraine and separatist forces," he said after talks with his Dutch counterpart Mark Rutte in The Hague.

https://sg.news.yahoo.com/both-sides-must-stop-fighting-mh17-crash-malaysia-105049621.html

Also, the OSCE security and rights organisation said its monitors, accompanied by Dutch and Australian experts, have reached the crash site.

https://sg.news.yahoo.com/international-experts-reach-plane-crash-east-ukraine-osce-110839968.html#4ilefab

Singapore Bloggers Get Caught Up In A Social Media Misunderstanding

It is beef between “Asia Pacific’s Top Blogger” and the “Celebrity Blogger”. Xiaxue strikes again, and draws tension between her and twenty-year-old blogger Eunice Annabel. If you haven’t been keeping up with the online community then you would be utterly clueless as to what’s going on; but you must have at least heard of social media marketing agencies Nuffnang and Gushcloud. Both Nuffnang and Gushcloud provide marketing services and manage a group of bloggers for endorsements and advertisements deals etc. Bloggers under Nuffnang are ieatishootipost, Velda Tan, Bong Qiu Qiu; and the bloggers under Gushcloud are Berlin Ng Huixuanxuan, Tammy Tay, Naomi Neo, just to name a few. Eunice Annabel, a Singapore blogger under Gushcloud, drew attention after uploading a picture on her Instagram on July 25. Mustering a poised look, she sits posed in the centre of 12 other fellow bloggers and her caption boasts: “So you wanna be on top? Gotta beat us first.” The photo has since garnered over 5,000 likes but veteran blogger Wendy Cheng, or better known as her pseudonym — Xiaxue, did not seem too pleased about it. Xiaxue, managed by Nuffnang, has been blogging for nearly 11 years. She is well-known for her headstrong character through her blog posts, and also ... The post Singapore Bloggers Get Caught Up In A Social Media Misunderstanding appeared first on Vulcan Post.

Eunice Annabel, a Singapore blogger under Gushcloud, drew attention after uploading a picture on her Instagram on July 25. Mustering a poised look, she sits posed in the centre of 12 other fellow bloggers and her caption boasts: “So you wanna be on top? Gotta beat us first.”

The photo has since garnered over 5,000 likes but veteran blogger Wendy Cheng, or better known as her pseudonym — Xiaxue, did not seem too pleased about it.

The day after Eunice’s bold statement, Xiaxue, 30, made her thoughts known by posting a similar picture on Instagram with the following caption: “Wanna be on top? Why don’t you quintuple your followers first? You look like you can’t count, so maybe you can’t. Ask your math teacher for some help.”

https://sg.news.yahoo.com/claws-drawn-singapore-bloggers-caught-033003177.html