Helping (strong) hands

A maid agency is planning to bring in a batch of about 30 male domestic workers
trained in caregiving from Myanmar by the end of next month (Feb 2013).
There is a strong demand for male helpers to take care of elderly clients whom
the more petite maids may have difficulty handling. A few other agencies have
brought in such male helpers on an ad hoc basis in the past two years.

You saw it here first

I did this comic in 2002, to suggest how our public transport operators can get
more revenue (you can read the original post here):



Ten years later, in 2013, this news came out:



Let's hope we'll finally get to see those seats in the trains real soon!

Young people say thanks to elders on Gratitude Day

2 January 2013 was Gratitude Day, organised by Blossom World Society
for the young to honour their parents for raising them.

They got down on their knees, said emotional words of thanks,
and served their parents tea.


There was barely a dry eye in the hall during the tea ceremony.
Many were moved to tears by the emotional outpourings.
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And then:

Population growth

The number of people in Singapore rose to 5.31 million in 2012.
Most of increase stemed from 100,000 foreigners entering over the past year.