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Sep 13, 2026
Shilpa ShadesHOST
About 230 employees and freelancers have sought help from the Singapore Fitness Alliance to find new jobs.
Shilpa ShadesHOST
Former staff are also still uncertain over their September salaries and CPF contributions.
Shilpa ShadesHOST
Meanwhile, customers have reported more than $609,000 in losses from unused memberships, packages and services.
Shilpa ShadesHOST
Singapore is sending 34 young people to Shanghai for what's been dubbed as the Olympics of Skills.
Shilpa ShadesHOST
About 230 employees and freelancers have sought help from the Singapore Fitness Alliance to find new jobs.
Shilpa ShadesHOST
Former staff are also still uncertain over their September salaries and CPF contributions.
Shilpa ShadesHOST
Meanwhile, customers have reported more than $609,000 in losses from unused memberships, packages and services.
Shilpa ShadesHOST
Singapore is sending 34 young people to Shanghai for what's been dubbed as the Olympics of Skills.
Liv Lewis-LongHOST
So then moving on to another part of the world, we're going to Singapore and Singapore is quite different to both countries.
Liv Lewis-LongHOST
They have something called the Central Provident Fund, the CPF.
Liv Lewis-LongHOST
It's a compulsory national saving system with contributions coming from employers and employees.
Liv Lewis-LongHOST
For employees aged 55 and under on a typical wage, total contributions in 2026 are 37% of wages, 20% coming from the employee and 17% coming from the employer.
Liv Lewis-LongHOST
Yes, but that money is not used in the same way as other retirement schemes.
Liv Lewis-LongHOST
It's not just locked away for retirement.
Liv Lewis-LongHOST
CPF savings can be used for health care and for housing and retirement.
Liv Lewis-LongHOST
So it is exactly what it sounds.
Joshua VongHOST
Income Insurance has terminated the proposed sale of Hive, its digital insurance platform, to Singapore-headquartered fintech firm Embed Financial Group Holdings.
Joshua VongHOST
The decision comes after the fintech firm was taken to court for allegedly failing to make mandatory CPF contributions for six employees.
Joshua VongHOST
The Straits Times has been told that its twenty-seven employees who were supposedly due to be transferred to Embed Financial will remain employed by Income Insurance for now.
Joshua VongHOST
This comes after the insurer said in June it would sell Hive for an undisclosed sum.
Joshua WongCORRESPONDENT
Income Insurance has terminated the proposed sale of Hive, its digital insurance platform, to Singapore-headquartered fintech firm Embed Financial Group Holdings.
Joshua WongCORRESPONDENT
The decision comes after the fintech firm was taken to court for allegedly failing to make mandatory CPF contributions for six employees.
Joshua WongCORRESPONDENT
The Straits Times has been told that its 27 employees, who were supposedly due to be transferred to Embed Financial, will remain employed by Income Insurance for now.
Joshua WongCORRESPONDENT
This comes after the insurer said in June it would sell Hive for an undisclosed sum.
Joshua WongCORRESPONDENT
Income Insurance has terminated the proposed sale of Hive, its digital insurance platform, to Singapore-headquartered fintech firm Embed Financial Group Holdings.
Joshua WongCORRESPONDENT
The decision comes after the fintech firm was taken to court for allegedly failing to make mandatory CPF contributions for six employees.
Joshua WongCORRESPONDENT
The Straits Times has been told that its 27 employees, who were supposedly due to be transferred to Embed Financial, will remain employed by Income Insurance for now.
Joshua WongCORRESPONDENT
This comes after the insurer said in June it would sell Hive for an undisclosed sum.
Joshua WongCORRESPONDENT
Income Insurance has terminated the proposed sale of Hive, its digital insurance platform, to Singapore-headquartered fintech firm Embed Financial Group Holdings.
Joshua WongCORRESPONDENT
The decision comes after the fintech firm was taken to court for allegedly failing to make mandatory CPF contributions for six employees.
Joshua WongCORRESPONDENT
The Straits Times has been told that its 27 employees, who were supposedly due to be transferred to Embed Financial, will remain employed by Income Insurance for now.
Joshua WongCORRESPONDENT
This comes after the insurer said in June it would sell Hive for an undisclosed sum.
Shilpa ShadesHOST
Experts say integrating palliative care and surgery will help meet previously unmet needs such as chronic pain, depression and anxiety.
Shilpa ShadesHOST
More than 800 senior Zakat beneficiaries received around $3.3 million in CPF retirement account top-ups in the first year of the MUIS CPF Match Retirement Savings Scheme.
Shilpa ShadesHOST
The scheme, introduced in 2025, provides eligible seniors with MUIS-funded top-ups of up to $2,000 into their retirement accounts.
Shilpa ShadesHOST
MUIS contributed about $1.66 million from Zakat, which is the collection of tithes from the Muslim community.
Shilpa ShadesHOST
This money is then matched dollar for dollar by the government.
Shilpa ShadesHOST
MUIS says it will continue to reach out to eligible seniors who have yet to participate in the MUIS CPF MRSS.
Shilpa ShadesHOST
Ministry of Foreign Affairs Vivian Balakrishnan was in Johor yesterday to officiate the opening of Singapore's new consulate in Johor Bahru.
Shilpa ShadesHOST
Singapore's Consulate General in JB has been operating from its new premises at Mid Valley South Quay since December 2025.
Shilpa ShadesHOST
Experts say integrating palliative care and surgery will help meet previously unmet needs such as chronic pain, depression and anxiety.
Shilpa ShadesHOST
More than 800 senior Zakat beneficiaries received around $3.3 million in CPF retirement account top-ups in the first year of the MUIS CPF Match Retirement Savings Scheme.
Shilpa ShadesHOST
The scheme, introduced in 2025, provides eligible seniors with MUIS-funded top-ups of up to $2,000 into their retirement accounts.
Shilpa ShadesHOST
MUIS contributed about $1.66 million from Zakat, which is the collection of tithes from the Muslim community.
Shilpa ShadesHOST
This money is then matched dollar for dollar by the government.
Shilpa ShadesHOST
MUIS says it will continue to reach out to eligible seniors who have yet to participate in the MUIS CPF MRSS.
Shilpa ShadesHOST
Ministry of Foreign Affairs Vivian Balakrishnan was in Johor yesterday to officiate the opening of Singapore's new consulate in Johor Bahru.
Shilpa ShadesHOST
Singapore's Consulate General in JB has been operating from its new premises at Mid Valley South Quay since December 2025.
Ahmad AkhtarHOST
The Ministry of Manpower has arrested four people from the construction sector for suspected offences such as employment kickback and phantom workers.
Ahmad AkhtarHOST
Two directors allegedly made fraudulent CPF contributions to locals not under their employment, also known as phantom workers.
Ahmad AkhtarHOST
This allowed them to inflate the foreign worker quota to bring in more migrant workers.
Ahmad AkhtarHOST
MOM says another 21 individuals are assisting in investigations.
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