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Cheong Poh Kwan

Assistant Business Editor

Poh Kwan is assistant business editor at The Straits Times, where her team covers jobs, workplace culture, manpower issues and personal finance. She began her career in 2008 as a video journalist covering Singapore news, before transitioning to foreign news. She used to be a policy analyst and journalism lecturer, teaching data storytelling while studying data science. She finds joy in the company of books, music, podcasts, nature and good people.

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These mid-career workers are back in class to learn AI. Is it paying off?

Many attendees at Vertical Institute’s AI workshops are mid-career professionals.
Many attendees at Vertical Institute’s AI workshops are mid-career professionals.

Banks should review financing ties with firms linked to haze: MAS

The three local banks said they uphold a zero-tolerance policy towards clients engaging in activities such as deforestation and open burning. 
The three local banks said they uphold a zero-tolerance policy towards clients engaging in activities such as deforestation and open burning. 

Wilmar discloses Indonesian police probe into plantation fires after SGX’s further queries on haze

SGX RegCo said the latest queries were intended to help stakeholders better assess the basis of the agribusiness companies’ earlier disclosures.
SGX RegCo said the latest queries were intended to help stakeholders better assess the basis of the agribusiness companies’ earlier disclosures.

TSH Resources reports 274 hot spots within estate boundaries after SGX queries over haze

Children wearing face masks in Banjarbaru, South Kalimantan province on Oct 21.  TSH Resources operates 36,000 hectares of planted areas in Kalimantan and Sumatra.
Children wearing face masks in Banjarbaru, South Kalimantan province on Oct 21.  TSH Resources operates 36,000 hectares of planted areas in Kalimantan and Sumatra.

Singapore-listed firm faces Indonesian probe over suspected land clearing by burning amid haze

Several Singapore-listed plantation and agribusiness companies have faced scrutiny over fires in Indonesia that have contributed to the haze in Singapore.
Several Singapore-listed plantation and agribusiness companies have faced scrutiny over fires in Indonesia that have contributed to the haze in Singapore.

Google ramps up hiring for its Singapore engineering centre as AI drives demand for tech talent

Google has hired more than 85 specialists in under six months for the first phase of its Singapore Engineering Centre.
Google has hired more than 85 specialists in under six months for the first phase of its Singapore Engineering Centre.

Radiant World-funded scholarship in UWCSEA under review as S’pore iron ore trader’s legal woes mount

Radiant World’s website says its foundation funds scholarships for talented young women from India to pursue IB at UWCSEA and UWC UK.
Radiant World’s website says its foundation funds scholarships for talented young women from India to pursue IB at UWCSEA and UWC UK.

Singapore tax revenue hits record $97.3 billion, up 9.4% on stronger economy

The Inland Revenue Authority of Singapore collected $97.3 billion in tax revenue in the 2025/26 financial year.
The Inland Revenue Authority of Singapore collected $97.3 billion in tax revenue in the 2025/26 financial year.

Ask what AI can do for you, not what it will do to you: DBS HR chief

DBS Head of Group Human Resources Lee Yan Hong (right) says AI is less a crisis, and more a leadership opportunity. 
DBS Head of Group Human Resources Lee Yan Hong (right) says AI is less a crisis, and more a leadership opportunity. 

Want to know if you are paid enough? Start with these salary guides

Besides the Singapore Salary Guide by The Straits Times, which draws on Ministry of Manpower data, other recruitment firms also publish benchmarking guides using their own data.
Besides the Singapore Salary Guide by The Straits Times, which draws on Ministry of Manpower data, other recruitment firms also publish benchmarking guides using their own data.

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