ALTHOUGH she graduated among the top of her class pursuing an optometry diploma, Singapore Polytechnic student Jess Tay was planning on going out to work instead of furthering her studies.
MANY parents here and worldwide have little idea of what their children are up to online, a worldwide survey has found.
They do not know whether their children have been a target of cyber-bullying, Internet paedophiles and online fraudsters or been exposed to pornography - or how their children are coping with all this if they have.
THE Ministry of Community Development, Youth and Sports (MCYS) is currently reviewing all its help schemes to make sure that Singaporeans, especially children, don't fall through the cracks during the current recession.
