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Mar 6, 2022 • 29min
#363: $1600 Base Pay For NSmen
Reservist make-up pay to be automated, $1,600 base pay for all regardless of rank. This has long been a bugbear for some NSmen, especially for self-employed people and platform workers whose incomes are harder to calculate or prove.
Read more: https://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/budget-debate-how-nsfs-and-nsmens-lives-will-be-improved
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Mar 6, 2022 • 26min
#362: Expiry Date On Degrees
Member of Parliament Ang Wei Neng sparked heated discussions over his "radical idea" on Mar. 1 of having a "time stamp" on degrees conferred by local universities.
Read more: https://mothership.sg/2022/03/ang-wei-neng-university-degree-response/
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Mar 2, 2022 • 22min
#361: Next Level Malay Cuisine
“We want to bring Malay cuisine to another level, and serve restaurant-quality food – but not at restaurant prices.” said the Chinese man.
Read more: https://www.todayonline.com/8days/sedap-modern-nasi-lemak-taiwanese-style-fried-chicken-ramen-eggs-hip-bugis-cafe-1820631?cid=telegram_tg-single_social-free_26012019_today

Mar 2, 2022 • 20min
#360: Malaysia Helps Evacuate Singaporean In Ukraine
A Singaporean was among a group of 12 people who have been evacuated from Ukraine’s capital, Kyiv, following Russia’s invasion of the country. The group, which was also made up of nine Malaysians and two Ukrainian dependants, arrived at the Korczowa-Krakovets border of Ukraine and Poland on Sunday (Feb 27) at 5.45am, Malaysia’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs said in a Facebook post.
Read more: https://www.channelnewsasia.com/singapore/singaporean-evacuated-ukraine-invasion-kyiv-poland-malaysia-foreign-ministry-2522776

Mar 2, 2022 • 27min
#359: Ukraine Russian Conflict Updates
President Vladimir Putin dramatically escalated East-West tensions by ordering Russian nuclear forces put on high alert Sunday, while Ukraine’s embattled leader agreed to talks with Moscow as Putin’s troops and tanks drove deeper into the country, closing in around the capital.
Read more: https://apnews.com/article/russia-ukraine-kyiv-business-europe-moscow-2e4e1cf784f22b6afbe5a2f936725550

Feb 27, 2022 • 34min
#358: Malaysian Pay Gap
In a culture where it is taboo to talk openly about our salaries, and worse yet, go against company policy for doing so, many Malaysians are often left in the dark to what is an acceptable salary. Unsurprisingly, an Instagram account that is trying to bridge this knowledge and income gap is recently going viral.
Read more: https://says.com/my/lifestyle/malaysian-pay-gap-instagram-page-promote-wage-transparency
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Feb 27, 2022 • 34min
#357: Former MOH Deputy Lead Jailed
A former deputy lead of the Data Management Unit set up by the Ministry of Health (MOH) to combat the COVID-19 pandemic leaked the daily number of COVID-19 cases to a chat group of 50 people, even offering a small prize to those who managed to predict the figures.
Read more: https://www.channelnewsasia.com/singapore/zhao-zheng-former-deputy-lead-moh-data-unit-jailed-osa-leak-covid-19-numbers-2512291
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Feb 27, 2022 • 31min
#356: Russia Ukraine Update
Russian President Vladimir Putin launched a full-scale invasion of Ukraine last week that has already cost more than 200 civilian lives and drawn global condemnation. Moscow says Kyiv’s forces must surrender and the country should agree to become a “neutral” territory, conditions seen widely as unacceptable by Ukraine.
Read more: https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2022/2/27/russias-invasion-of-ukraine-list-of-key-moments-from-day-4
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Feb 23, 2022 • 35min
#355: Bang Oredi
A knife-wielding man was shot and arrested by police outside Clementi Neighbourhood Police Centre, said the police in the early hours of Friday (Feb 18).
Read more: https://www.channelnewsasia.com/singapore/police-arrest-man-clementi-police-centre-gunshot-2505181
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Feb 23, 2022 • 28min
#354: OCBC Phishing Scammers Caught
Thirteen people have been arrested, with seven of them charged, for their suspected involvement in the recent spate of OCBC bank phishing scams between December 2021 and January 2022, said the Singapore Police Force (SPF) on Sunday (Feb 20).
Read more: https://www.channelnewsasia.com/singapore/police-arrest-13-people-7-charged-ocbc-bank-phishing-scams-2509956
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