Joyce ZK Lim

Business Correspondent

Joyce is a business correspondent covering work and workplaces. She was previously The Straits’ Times China correspondent based in Shenzhen.

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Aged over 50, experienced and looking for work. Will employers bite?

Even as older workers are encouraged to remain in the workforce for longer, the question is whether employers are willing to hire them.

Retrenchments in Singapore inch up in Q3 2026

There were 4,800 layoffs between July and September, up 3.9% from 4,620 in the previous quarter – the highest numbers since late 2020.

Which are Singapore’s best workplaces in 2026?

Memory chipmaker Micron Technology retained its crown as Singapore’s best workplace among companies with 1,000 or more staff, in an annual ranking by consulting firm Great Place To Work.

Employers urged to look beyond degrees, job titles when hiring under new skills-first framework

Acting Minister for Manpower Jasmin Lau said employers typically begin assessing applicants by asking about previous jobs and educational qualifications.

‘Why would I want to harm myself?’: Some delivery riders look to cut hours as haze worsens

Delivery riders working in the Clementi area told ST that their eyes were irritated and throats sore after plying the roads for hours in the haze.

MOM weighs ‘action’ against firms that can afford retrenchment benefits but refuse to pay: Jasmin Lau

Of the 12% of employers that did not pay retrenchment benefits to their employees, only about a fifth said they had financial difficulties, said Acting Manpower Minister Jasmin Lau.

Be Monkey King? Young Chinese find work in theme parks’ role-playing boom

Yao Fancheng plays ancient Chinese poet Su Shi at the China Folk Culture Village in Shenzhen. He makes sure to draw from verses familiar to people of different generations to “ensure that everybody can participate”.

Rumbling trucks, busy border crossing: How China feeds Vietnam’s factory boom

/This aerial photo taken on Sept 9, 2023 shows a view of the port of the Friendship Pass in Pingxiang, South China's Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region.

Durian trade is a high-stakes hustle in Chinese border town

jycolour - Thai durians sold on the street in Pingxiang.

Credit: ST PHOTO: JOYCE ZK LIM

Chinese malls hold quirky contests to draw shoppers as footfall slows

People participate in a garlic peeling contest at the Longgang Wanda Plaza in Shenzhen on Aug 8.

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