Stories you might’ve missed, June 14
Man earning $12.5K monthly says there are days he works until 3am taking calls, asks if he should quit
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First female CFO appointed at Singapore Airlines
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SINGAPORE: Singapore Airlines announced on Monday (June 12) that it is appointing Ms JoAnn Tan as its Chief Finance Officer (CFO), the first woman to hold the position.
Ms Tan, a graduate of Imperial College in the UK with a Master of Engineering and who has been with Singapore Airlines since 1999, is currently the company’s senior vice president of marketing planning.
Read more here...“The bus isn’t even crowded, why people nowadays so kepo ah?” — Singaporeans clap back at post on woman leaving her bag on bus chair
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“In Singapore they tell us to suck it up” — Netizens react to photo of airline transport staff allegedly bowing to apologise for flight delay
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SINGAPORE: A picture of how airline staff responded to passengers after a flight was allegedly delayed was shared with the online group Umbrage Singapore. The post, shared on Thursday (June 8), was captioned “In Singapore they tell us to suck it up,” and has since been circulated on Facebook.
Singaporeans who caught wind of the post took to the comments section to compare the photographed incident and how such incidents are dealt with in Singapore.
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Jocelyn Chia stands by MH370 joke
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SINGAPORE: Comedian Jocelyn Chia found herself in hot water last week for a series of jokes that caused outrage in Malaysia. Several high-profile Singaporean figures, including Foreign Affairs Minister Vivian Balakrishnan, issued an apology, given that Chia, born in the US, was raised in Singapore and held dual citizenship until adulthood.
The comedian herself, however, has not backed down. She told CNN that she had performed the routine in the clip that went viral online last week over “a hundred times” in the past one and a half years without any problems. However, she added that the clip, which was only a part of her show, had some necessary context missing.