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Daily Cuts - Investing in older workers

Singapore's population is ageing rapidly -- and with a high life expectancy and low fertility rates, there will be fewer young entrants to the workforce. Therefore, companies have little choice but to tap on older workers. Work It's Chew Wui Lynn and Cheryl Goh spoke with Dr Maleena Suppiah, Chief, Learning and Culture at the Tsao Foundation to find out how companies can re-design jobs so that workers can have longer and more fulfilling careers, and why doing so makes good business sense.

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Daily Cuts - Is 'tailgating fee' common among gyms?

Do you normally check if the door is closed behind you when you're at the gym? The big question is - is it even your responsibility? One gym member from Anytime Fitness had to pay $60 ‘tailgating fee’ because an unidentified woman entered the gym behind him without using her own key fob. Anytime Fitness ended up apologising to the member. But Ken Mok, Owner and CEO of Fiitboxx says he doesn’t think the onus is entirely on the member to make sure there is no tailgating. 

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Daily Cuts - Shaping our Tech Start-Up Ecosystem's future

Singapore Today’s Lance Alexander and Daniel Martin speak with Shirley Wong, Chairperson of the SMU Institute of Innovation and Entrepreneurship’s Lee Kuan Yew Global Business Plan Competition Steering Committee, about what could be done to shape the future of the Tech Start-Up Ecosystem here and around the South-East Asia region.

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