AirAsia QZ8501 - Analysing AirAsia QZ8501's black boxes might prove to be a difficult task for investigator Nurcahyo Utomo, who knew the pilot Captain Iriyanto personally."Iriyanto was my senior and he is the one who taught me how to fly. I could not imagine how am I going to listen to his last words," said Nurcahyo to New Straits Times.
He said: "We are listening to a recording that represents the last moments before the crash and it is disturbing. There are times where the investigators would get unnerved listening to the recording."
Indeed, the voice recorder black box had been found too. This with the data recorder black box will, hopefully, provide the clues to what exactly happened to the plane before it crashed.
1."Govt to set up more anti-corruption measures in Public Service: PM Lee - AsiaOne Jan 13, 2015
SINGAPORE - Stronger measures will be put in place to improve Singapore's laws on corruption by providing more platforms and increasing manpower in the Public Service sector, said Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong Tuesday morning.
A One-Stop Corruption Reporting Centre will be established to provide more outlets for the public to make complaints in a more discreet and accessible manner, said Mr Lee. The Government is currently reviewing the country's laws on corruption, and manpower at the Corrupt Practices Investigation Bureau's (CPIB) will increase by over 20 per cent, added Mr Lee at the Public Service Values Conference.
He said the principal reason why the Public Service has been able to do good work for Singapore is because Singaporeans trust them. The recent high-profile corruption cases in the force has affected Singapore's ranking in the Transparency International Corruption Perceptions index by falling to seventh spot this year. These cases "hurt" the agency's reputation locally and internationally, said Mr Lee, and also dis-serviced the exemplary behaviours the officers have done such as officers."
Some recognition that 'High pay does not necessarily means no corruption!' finally. It is true that the public servants in S'pore are, like any other decent and socially responsible countries, good people who do not abuse their position and authorities and trust to commit frauds. Hopefully it is NOT due to they were PAID extremely well but that they have this sense of honour and shame that stop them from committing frauds and corruptions.
2. "Almost half of Singapore employees believe companies not ready for Gen Z workers: Survey - CNA 13 January 2015
SINGAPORE: Less than half of Singapore employees believe their organisations are well prepared to meet the needs of Generation Z workers, according to a Randstad survey report released on Tuesday (Jan 13).
Only 53 per cent of the employees polled said their companies were ready, despite 66 per cent indicating that this generation of workers, between 14 and 19 years, will be essential for driving innovation, the Randstad Workmonitor survey report said.
These findings are "concerning", according to Associate Director at Randstad Singapore Jaya Dass, as these Gen Z workers will enter the workforce in the next few years.
“To successfully integrate the next generation into the workplace, employers need to understand the unique characteristics of Generation Z, which is typically associated with coveting greater work-life balance, increased workplace flexibility and more rapid advancement opportunities,” she added.
The executive added that each generation has unique workplace expectations, working styles and skills. Gen Z workers, for example, are expected to be comfortable with online collaboration tools and tech platforms, she said.
In fact, 68 per cent of current employees believe these workers will be able to teach them a lot about the use of technology, Ms Dass said.
Randstad’s Q4 Workmonitor survey was conducted between Oct 23 and Nov 5, and sampled more than 400 respondents in Singapore. The quantitative study is conducted via an online questionnaire among a population aged 18-65, working a minimum of 24 hours a week in a paid job and not self-employed."
For me, it is important to recognize EACH generation of workers their peculiar needs. E.g. work-life balance and 'fast track promotion', etc.
While SOME of the PECULIAR NEEDS can and SHOULD be met as much as possible, some like 'fast track promotion' will depend on the opportunities available besides the competence of the workers. Of course, the truly very good can WALK into another higher paying and 'prestigious' job, most may need to balance the 'opportunities for promotion and COMPETE with fellow Gen-Z!!
Gen-Z can work anyway they like as long as they are DELIVERING the mutually agreed performance targets and still stay as a team with their co-workers. Of course, here too, some jobs lend themselves to be the prime candidates for tele-porting while some MUST HAVE face-to-face personal interaction for success. Hence, the Gen-Z and Gen-Y or Gen-X will have to DELIVER stellar results measured against the mutually agreed, hopefully, SMART goals!
I won't go overboard to try to over-analysed Gen-Z workers.
He said: "We are listening to a recording that represents the last moments before the crash and it is disturbing. There are times where the investigators would get unnerved listening to the recording."
Indeed, the voice recorder black box had been found too. This with the data recorder black box will, hopefully, provide the clues to what exactly happened to the plane before it crashed.
1."Govt to set up more anti-corruption measures in Public Service: PM Lee - AsiaOne Jan 13, 2015
SINGAPORE - Stronger measures will be put in place to improve Singapore's laws on corruption by providing more platforms and increasing manpower in the Public Service sector, said Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong Tuesday morning.
A One-Stop Corruption Reporting Centre will be established to provide more outlets for the public to make complaints in a more discreet and accessible manner, said Mr Lee. The Government is currently reviewing the country's laws on corruption, and manpower at the Corrupt Practices Investigation Bureau's (CPIB) will increase by over 20 per cent, added Mr Lee at the Public Service Values Conference.
He said the principal reason why the Public Service has been able to do good work for Singapore is because Singaporeans trust them. The recent high-profile corruption cases in the force has affected Singapore's ranking in the Transparency International Corruption Perceptions index by falling to seventh spot this year. These cases "hurt" the agency's reputation locally and internationally, said Mr Lee, and also dis-serviced the exemplary behaviours the officers have done such as officers."
Some recognition that 'High pay does not necessarily means no corruption!' finally. It is true that the public servants in S'pore are, like any other decent and socially responsible countries, good people who do not abuse their position and authorities and trust to commit frauds. Hopefully it is NOT due to they were PAID extremely well but that they have this sense of honour and shame that stop them from committing frauds and corruptions.
2. "Almost half of Singapore employees believe companies not ready for Gen Z workers: Survey - CNA 13 January 2015
SINGAPORE: Less than half of Singapore employees believe their organisations are well prepared to meet the needs of Generation Z workers, according to a Randstad survey report released on Tuesday (Jan 13).
Only 53 per cent of the employees polled said their companies were ready, despite 66 per cent indicating that this generation of workers, between 14 and 19 years, will be essential for driving innovation, the Randstad Workmonitor survey report said.
These findings are "concerning", according to Associate Director at Randstad Singapore Jaya Dass, as these Gen Z workers will enter the workforce in the next few years.
“To successfully integrate the next generation into the workplace, employers need to understand the unique characteristics of Generation Z, which is typically associated with coveting greater work-life balance, increased workplace flexibility and more rapid advancement opportunities,” she added.
The executive added that each generation has unique workplace expectations, working styles and skills. Gen Z workers, for example, are expected to be comfortable with online collaboration tools and tech platforms, she said.
In fact, 68 per cent of current employees believe these workers will be able to teach them a lot about the use of technology, Ms Dass said.
Randstad’s Q4 Workmonitor survey was conducted between Oct 23 and Nov 5, and sampled more than 400 respondents in Singapore. The quantitative study is conducted via an online questionnaire among a population aged 18-65, working a minimum of 24 hours a week in a paid job and not self-employed."
For me, it is important to recognize EACH generation of workers their peculiar needs. E.g. work-life balance and 'fast track promotion', etc.
While SOME of the PECULIAR NEEDS can and SHOULD be met as much as possible, some like 'fast track promotion' will depend on the opportunities available besides the competence of the workers. Of course, the truly very good can WALK into another higher paying and 'prestigious' job, most may need to balance the 'opportunities for promotion and COMPETE with fellow Gen-Z!!
Gen-Z can work anyway they like as long as they are DELIVERING the mutually agreed performance targets and still stay as a team with their co-workers. Of course, here too, some jobs lend themselves to be the prime candidates for tele-porting while some MUST HAVE face-to-face personal interaction for success. Hence, the Gen-Z and Gen-Y or Gen-X will have to DELIVER stellar results measured against the mutually agreed, hopefully, SMART goals!
I won't go overboard to try to over-analysed Gen-Z workers.
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