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By Avelyn Ng

The Year 1965

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THE SINGAPOREAN, JANUARY 2 1986

PAGE 12 o use it Where and how t after NTUC Union Card, On Dec 5, the NTUC launched the much sougho special discounts and services You which entitles some 190,000 union memberns Singaporet . They include depart- provided by 21 reputable establishments i ment stores, bookshops, sports and recreational facilities restaurants andf the e services. We feature here the NTUC Child Care centres ons foe ro card- and your child car d detail its concessions and service participating organisations an Card holders. Save $60 a year on your child-care bill p to $60 per child i n UNION members can now save u o f they send their children t child care fees annually i any of the 12 NTUC child care centres. The extra savings come with thoe aNTU $5 discounC uniont ocarn dth e which entitles union members t monthly child care fees. o exempted from In addition union members are als NTUC Child Care Centres n fee per child. e that is entitled to the $15 registratio t *Fee for child care servic Article extract Union members who produce their union cards 5a dis- a discount of $5 with the Union Card any of the NTUC child care centres will get the $ Fee at t the child care Henderson s also applicable a *Fee count. The discount i centre only describing how t lower costs. Parents' (monthly) t Henderson, where services are a combined income $90 centre a s between $4 $150 alone i d below $140 $1,450 an $200 A union member's subscription o $2,150 $190 $1,451 t $250 the news of 6 a month. Above $2,150 and $ n the fees for months and 6 years- e no discount o e provided for children between 2 There will, however, b NTUC Child Care services ar o Fridays and upto a.m. to 7 p.m. daily on Mondays t old. Service hours are from 7 nursery and kindergarten classes, after-school care and s no service on Sundays. independence 3p.m. on Saturdays. There i emergency care. was broken and received on 9 August 1965

Engaging Readers

THE SINGAPOREAN, 1ST AUGUST, 1980 PAGE 5 Local Features

DEAR ANDY is a social service column to help you. Readers are invited to-write in if they have Dear Andy any kind of problems, be they boy-girl relation- ships, the generation gap, imcompatibility with colleagues, trouble with bosses or supervisors or any other tension-causing situations such as the Your problems page home, parents, husband, wife or children. To answer your questions is Mr. Anthony Yeo, deputy by Anthony T. Y. Yeo, Director director of the Counselling and Care Centre. Counselling and Care Centre Congrats! THE Singaporean congratulates Mr. Anthony T.Y. Yeo on his appointment as Director, Counselling and Care Centre. Down with HAVE you ever felt *hopeless"and in despair *suddenly slowed down and becoming lethargic *negative towards yourself and thinking anything but good about yourself Letters * oversensitive and get hurt easily * angry and yet unable to express your anger the Please address your letters to: * withdrawn and guilty? Deat Andy, The Singaporean, If your answer is yes to almost all of the above, Trade Union House Annexe, Shenton Way, Singapore 0106. then you would have been having a depression. When a person is depressed, there is a tendency to have negative feelings and thinking about oneself, the future and the world in general. In love with Depression is one of blues? the commonest complaints of people who can be highly irri- the depression. A sug- be dealt with there is married man, seek psychiatric and tably and angry. The gestion is to make a list help available. There is counselling help. In upset for a few stress may make the of positive things about no sharhe seeking pro- fact, many who end up months. person lose control oneself. fessional help and What'll I do? in an ordinary doctor's It is often the expe- of himself and end though it is possible clinic are suffering from rience of those who up feeling helpless. HELP for people to recover Dear Andy, a future. You need to some form of mild fail examinations to For example, a man naturally, counselling You recently wrote realise this before depression. be unduly distressed. who is constantly Fifthly, if the depres- can help him to cope. about marriage and I allowing the relation- Most of those who Some have even con- being harassed by his sion continues for a Some have been known wish to ask you for ship to deepen. feel depressed want to templated and boss to meet dead- couple of months, the to have committed sui- some help. I am in I agree with you that get out of this feeling attempted suicide. lines, produce more person should seek a cide but usually they love with an office we should think of his and usually try to do This emotional and be more effi- professional counsellor would think more care- colleague. He is wife and child. Is is fair all they can to deal reaction is part of cient can feel very for help. The counsellor fully if someone cares married and has a little to them that you be- with it. Sometimes they the depression the distressed: that can give an idea as to enough to listen. son. He has been very come intimate with do not succeed and person experiences makes him vulnera- what needs to be done. If a person is depressed kind, considerate and him? While he may be professional help is after the failure. ble to depression. He will help the person outside physical rea- caring towards me. We able to keep his family needed. 3. When a person begins Dealing with depression to express his feelings sons, he will need regu- go often for lunch and intact and fall in love to think negatively When a person is de- and provide the neces- lar counselling to help with you, there will Causes of Depression sary support needed him resolve unhappy he even bothers to Like most other emo- of himself, his future pressed, he should not drive me home although come a time when he and the world in let, it remain for too during this depressed feelings and to reor- will begin to neglect tional problems, depres- period. He would also ganise his life a little he lives far away from sion does not have a general, he can be long. He needs to deal my place. I can't help his family. depressed. He may with it quickly. make sure the person more. You need to think single cause. It is not gets the kind of addi- Whatever it is, mild feel guilty about the unusual to discover become very critical The first thing to do is relationship because I of yourself too. What of his capabilities to have a medical tional help needed. depression may last for will become of the various contributing Depression , need not about six months and think of his wife and factors making a person and doubt if there is check-up. It helps to be child. When even I relationship for you? a future for him. A sure that there is no cripple anyone. It can begin to fade away. You may end up em- depressed. They include raise the topic of his the physical, emotional, spirit of pessisimism, physical causes and family he would change bittered when you lose gloom and despair should there be, medi- him. He can leave you mental and situational the subject and avoid factors. naturally sets in and cation would be needed. answering my questions. and still have his wife he begins to think Normally, a person is and child. What will 1. One of the physical I have to think of the factors is the physio- that there is no way given anti-depressants, future and I find it you have? out of his problem. tranquilisers and other It will be a good logical make-up of difficult to think of the person. Some This trapped feeling sedatives. a future without him. idea to talk over with can be frustrating to him and prevent the people become de- How should I handle pressed after taking him and aggravate this situation. relationship from deve- his depression. TALK loping further. If he drugs or certain me- In love doesn't want to give dicines. 4. Though we may not Secondly, a depressed you up, you must still be aware of it, person would do well decide to discontinue LACK changing from one to find a friend to talk Dear 'In-Love' the relationship. If you community in Singa- to. Being isolated from It is not uncommon decide not to, then The other physical pore to another can people can intensify the for married men to may need to bear with cause is the lack of be rather stressful. A depressed feelings. On develop a relationship the consequences: rest or proper eating person who has been the other hand, having with other women. habits that makes a used to the familar someone to listen sym- 1) His marriage could surrounding of a pathetically can provide Some continue to be disturbed person irritable, have girlfriends while weak and lethargic. settled community a real sense of relief. 2) You would lose him Thirdly, it is a good married with children. 3) You would continue A person who over- can be disturbed to works himself can the point of being idea to try and find The problem of to feel fuilty about out what is causing the course lies in the fact the relationship that feel a sense of empti- depressed in a HDB ness after that and housing estate. depression. Better still, that such a relationship will not make the the person should make may not have much of situation any better; begin to be depres- What is actually sed. This may not causing the depres- a list of events affecting last long but it is sion is the new place, him and try to deal enough to make him loss of familar peo- with the most manage- feel uncomfortable. ple and environ- able problem he is 2. A person who ex- ment, the movement having. Sometimes the N-day dinner periences loss of a itself. Sometimes the problem and the causes FOUR public-sector Urban Redevelopment unreadiness to adapt can help the person to unions will jointly hold Authority Workers loved one, a precious possession or status to changes makes deal with it better. a National Day dinner Union and the Tele- the situation a little Fourthly, discovering and dance at Hyatt communication Autho- is bound to feel low and moody. This intolerable. Situa- what is positive about Hotel on Aug 16 at rity of Singapore tional factors can oneself can counteract "Remind me to have a word with 7.30 p.m. Clerical Workers Union, unhappy feeling is a normal emotional lead to depression. the negative feelings he that new man when he regains They are the Amal- reaction to loss. 5. Stress can cause de- has about himself. Ne- gamated Union of The charge is $20 Howeyer, it may pression too. When a gative feelings and consciousness ....!" Public Employees, per person. Those prolong and cause person is under un- thinking, if allowed to Public Utilities Board interested may contact the person to be bearable stress, he persist, can aggravate Staff Union, Singapore the AUPE office NTUC This Week 17 DECEMBER 2017 THE JOURNEY 5

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The Best Moments

The Labour Movement is wrapping up yet another eventful year but before we say goodbye in print for good and say hello to 2018 and see you online, we thought we’d relive some of the sweet captures from the second half of the year.

By Shukry Rashid

Members of the public and tripartite partners during the NTUC National Day Observance Ceremony.

Singapore President Tony Tan during the National Day Parade. The 44-strong NTUC contingent practice for 16 weeks for the National Day Parade.

Singapore elects former Speaker of Parliament and veteran unionist Halimah Yacob as the first female President of Singapore on 13 September 2017. The days of low pay and long working hours for security officers are over thanks to changes to the law to ramp up the security industry. Doing her part for the community, 86-year-old Mdm Puvanadevi Sivagnanam, or Joanna as she prefers to be called, volunteers with NTUC Health’s Cluster Support in Bukit Merah. She spends her mornings checking in on vulnerable seniors who need intervention care.

Adopting technology: Senior engineer Victor Lim gets a bird’s-eye view of the factory’s machines through the smart dashboards at Yamazaki Mazak Singapore’s control centre.

NTUC Foodfare’s Rice Garden initiative has given hawkers like Mdm Diep Phuong Mai an opportunity to earn a better living with her own economy rice stall.

Psychologist Shaen Yeo, with her 8-year-old daughter, shares the importance of work-life balance and its impact on workers.

Singapore Maritime Officers’ Union steps up to help 26 seafarers get their rightful dues totalling to some USD$320,000.

Mdm Kashlyn Teo, a Unusual jobs: Leticia 70-year-old UberEATS Anne Dragon, whose delivery driver, finds her family is renowned feet through poverty and in Singapore's horse a broken marriage. racing scene. 8 UNION NTUC This Week 17 DECEMBER 2017 HDBSU: Building on from 50 years! By Ramesh Subbaraman and Shukry Rashid

embers in this union play a big role in ensuring the success of Singapore’s public housing programme. They belong to the Housing and Development M th Board Staff Union (HDBSU) which celebrated its 50 anniversary this year. HDBSU has its roots as a branch of the Amalgamated Union of Public Employees (AUPE) in the early 1960s. In late 1967, a separate entity was established under the name Singapore Housing & Development Board Workers’ Union (SHDBWU), and it worked with the support of AUPE. SHDBWU made a complete departure from AUPE in the late70s. The union changed its name to HDBSU in 1987. As at August 2017, HDBSU had 4,348 union members. Here’a a walk down time to see where the union has been 50and the events surrounding its journey.

Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong, then Minister for Trade and Industry in 1988, attends HDBSU's 20th anniversary dinner.

Singapore's old guard and then Minister for Labour late S Rajaratnam attends the union’s first annual dinner in 1968.

NTUC Secretary-General Chan th Chun Sing graces the 50 HDBSU members who have gone through anniversary dinner of HDBSU the old ways of field work and upskilled to on 11 November 2017. keep up with today’s challenges. NTUC This Week 17 DECEMBER 2017 UNION 9 Reflections… HDBSU members take a trip down memory lane and share what their jobs were like in the early years.

Those days we had to put on the uniform, and we would look like an army officer. Very often, people mistook us for being a traffic police officer. During that time, everything was manual entry. We Mr Tan Soo Khoon (middle) joins HDB management and union leaders in their 50th birthday carried a pocketbook, and we would enter all the bash at the HDB Hub. details of the parking offenders into it. The most challenging shift was the third shift, the midnight shift. When we received complaints from residents in HDB estates, we had to check every vehicle as to Valuing whether they had displayed the parking coupon. And sometimes some residents from the higher floors would start throwing things at us like ice Close Ties cubes, rotten eggs and even small bottles when they saw us doing our checks.”

Close ties between the Housing and Tan Hock Hai, 62, senior estate manager, joined as Development Board management and the a parking enforcement officer 44 years ago union have helped towards national housing goals, says union advisor Tan Soo Khoon.

As a resettlement inspector, my main role was e has served as an honorary advisor to the Housing and to do a census survey and find out the assets Development Board Staff Union (HDBSU) since 1977, owned by someone before they were rehoused to H a position he still holds today. a HDB flat. These assets included land and property Former Speaker of Parliament Tan Soo Khoon, who is the longest such as chicken coop and pigsty. These would all serving HDBSU advisor and in touch with different generations of be compensated to the owner. Resettlement in leaders of the union, shares his thoughts about the union’s journey. Singapore’s history played an important role as, without it, we could not have built all these NTUC This Week: Tell us about your involvement with HDBSU. Tan Soo Khoon: I was sent to the Amalgamated Union of Public HDB flats, schools and even areas used Employees (AUPE). At that time the People’s Action Party and the by the army such as Lim Chu Kang.” Labour Movement wanted to further strengthen their symbiotic Ng Liang Tat, 65, land inspector, joined as a relationship and a decision was taken to send Members of Parliament resettlement inspector in 1975 to be involved in trade unions as advisors. There, I met the leaders of the HDBSU (then known as the HDB Workers’ Union), which had been first formed as an affiliated branch of AUPE. I became their advisor as well. Soon after I got to know them, the leaders of the HDB Workers’ Union decided to end their affiliation with the AUPE and strike out on Back then, HDB needed the group of their own to become the HDBSU. I made the move to follow them as technicians to do the routine maintenance their advisor. of water pumps. Every month, we had to check and maintain the blocks’ water pumps. In 1989, How would you describe the union’s ties with the HDB after the formation of Town Councils, they took management? Fortunately for me, being their advisor has been a relatively problem- over the maintenance. My job scope was then free one. The leaders of HDBSU have cooperated well with the moved to the testing of new water pumps, and HDB management. Over the years, the HDBSU leaders and HDB it went into new areas such as checking of gas management have valued the close relationship they have with piping installation. In 2002, I became a technical one another. The result can be seen in HDB’s resounding success in officer in the branch and attended to residents’ providing quality homes as well as building vibrant communities for feedbacks and complaints. I joined HDB with an our people. Working closely together has contributed to a national goal. ITE certificate, and obtained a diploma through What lies ahead for HDBSU as it celebrates its 50th birthday? attending evening classes. Skills upgrading Over the years, there has been a constant infusion of new and young is important, and I would always tell my leaders into various levels of leadership in HDBSU. This speaks well for members that we have to take on new its process of leadership renewal and for its future. However, HDBSU skills to remain employable.” must continue to encourage more staff to join the union. About 61 per cent of HDB staff are union members, so there is certainly scope to Tay Peck Kiang, 57, senior estate manager, joined increase the membership figure. as a technician in 1982 10 HOSPITALITY NTUC This Week 17 DECEMBER 2017

aunched in 1994, the EXSA is a national award that recognises individuals who have Serving up L delivered quality service. There were 2,641 recipients from 74 companies across the star, gold and silver award categories this year, marking a 121 Great Service increase in awardees from 2016. EXSA is managed by six industry bodies What does it take to be in the service line and keep customers – Association of Singapore Attractions, Land smiling? We find out from two finalists of the Excellent Service Transport Authority, Restaurant Association of Singapore, Singapore Hotel Association, Singapore Awards (EXSA) 2017’s highest honour, Superstar Award. Retailers Association, Association of Banks in Story and Photos by Avelyn Ng Singapore, and supported by SPRING Singapore.

“I’m lovin’ it” Surina Ismail, 52, is a mother of five, a proud employee at McDonald’s, and a winner of EXSA 2017’s Star Award. She was also one of the five finalists for the Superstar Award category. As the store activities representative, Surina comes up with ideas to engage children at the outlet during special occasions and festivities. She regularly participates in brainstorming sessions to improve the experience for the patrons. Going beyond, she also personally handles small orders to reduce waiting time and customises orders to her customers’ preferences where possible. She shared: “I came to McDonald’s by chance. After I was retrenched from the factory line, I stayed home for five years. I wanted to keep my mind active but was unsure of what to venture into, so my daughter recommended me this job, remembers by name. Surina makes it a point Surina, who has attained several Singapore which has flexible working hours. I tried and to gather feedback and build emotional Workforce Skills Qualifications. have never looked back. As our slogan says, I’m connections. In her conversations with other Earlier in May 2017, Surina received a lovin’ it!” parents, she has exchanged personal experiences, hamper from her supervisor after a customer McDonald’s is unionised under the Food, home remedies and even recipes. sent in a testimonial for her excellent service. Drinks and Allied Workers Union. “There will be misunderstandings and “It was just small gestures on my part, I was complaints but no matter who is at fault, we not expecting anything in return. When I heard FOOTPRINTS IN PEOPLE’S LIVES have to remain calm and restore the customers’ the news, I was jumping for joy. I still keep the Over the past 10 years, Surina has accumulated confidence in us. We are trained to listen, hamper wrapper and basket for memories! a fair share of loyal customers, whom she apologise, resolve and thank them,” added

Every Scoop Matters Senior Restaurant Manager Joanne Choong, NOT AN EASY ROAD 48, has been working in Soup Restaurant for Joanne now manages a team of 16 and is a crowd 15 years. This year, she was awarded the EXSA favourite, but there was a time she had to make Star Award and appointed by the panel of judges some adjustments at work. Not used to spending among 24 nominations as the sole Superstar hours on her feet and interacting with strangers, Award recipient. Her secret ingredient? Serving Joanne was stressed out when she first joined as from the heart. a waitress. However, she persevered and thrived “We have a family culture within the with the help from her supervisor and with in- organisation and that’s how I treat customers house training. too, like family. I recommend them the right When asked about the challenges at work, soups to drink when they are ill, and the best Joanne recalled an incident when one of the staff seats to take if they are not as mobile. accidentally spilled hot beverage on a child. In “For regular customers who order take-out response, she applied first aid on the child and but cannot find a place to park their cars, I helped to dry her clothes. According to her, quick bring their food to the taxi stand if manpower reaction and attentiveness are of essence during allows and they can make payment on the spot. service recovery. There is a lot of mutual trust,” shared Joanne, in While more food establishments are rolling Mandarin. out e-menus, including Soup Restaurant, Joanne About 80 per cent of her outlet’s clientele are believes there is nothing like what personal repeat customers. touch and empathy have to offer. Snapshots MyNTUC Missing out on the latest news, A quick roundup of what went on in and around privileges and events from NTUC? the Labour Movement recently. Download MyNTUC app now, plus be By NTUC This Week Team privy to everything meant just for U!

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Some 30,000 cleaning and ZERO WASTE NATION SOME INITIATIVES Speaking at the launch, Environment and Water One of the new initiatives under the ITM is waste management workers Resources Minister Masagos Zulkifli said: “In a programme called INCUBATE, where seven are set to benefit from better sustaining a clean and liveable environment, organisations, one of which is NTUC Club, Singapore is also working towards the vision agreed to introduce technology trials for cleaning jobs through upskilling and of being a Zero Waste nation – where waste is and waste management systems on their technology adoption re-defined and innovative technologies would premises. be deployed in waste reduction, separation, Through the ITM, the Government also hopes by 2025. recycling and treatment to enable us to close to push for a broader adoption of outcome-based Story and Photos by Fawwaz Baktee the waste loop. Jobs will be enhanced as the contracts with the use of technology, rather than future of delivering services via system-level contracts based on manpower headcount. infrastructure calls for new skillsets.” A new Skills Framework was also launched The NEA worked with various government at the event. It was jointly developed by agencies, the Labour Movement and industry SkillsFuture Singapore, Workforce Singapore, partners to develop the ITM. NEA, the Labour Movement, and training he environmental services industry, which NTUC Assistant Secretary-General Zainal institutions. includes cleaning and waste management, Sapari said: “We held focus group discussions The framework provides employers with will soon be getting a spruce up with to hear and get feedback from companies and information on the skills that are needed for jobs T workers on the ground on the challenges they in the cleaning and waste management sectors. the launch of the Environmental Services (ES) Industry Transformation Map (ITM) on 11 were facing. NTUC’s focus was mainly to ensure December 2017 at Changi Airport Terminal 3. that our workers upgrade their skills to earn For more information on the Environmental The initiative will help companies to better jobs and pay. Services Industry Transformation Map, drive innovation, train workers and improve “The profile of the workers in the industry visit www.nea.gov.sg/industry- procurement practices. varies. In the cleaning sector, they are more transformation-map. According to the National Environment elderly. As such, we need to instil a mindset Agency (NEA), the ES ITM aims to help about change where they are more comfortable to 30,000 workers achieve higher-value-added jobs use technology. I encourage companies to send through upskilling and technology adoption their workers for training for them to be more by 2025. familiar with technology.”

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