Liu Xiangying, 33, Gao Yue Qiang, 32 and Wang Xianjie, 39 - all former drivers at state-linked Singapore transport firm SMRT - were each sentenced to six weeks in prison for conspiring on a two-...
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12 Dec 2012
Four Chinese bus drivers facing possible jail for instigating Singapore’s first industrial strike in 26 years were given more time on Wednesday to explore their legal options.
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6 Dec 2012
Activists in Hong Kong and Singapore have expressed outrage over a crackdown on Chinese bus drivers who staged the city-state's first industrial strike in 26 years to demand better pay and...
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5 Dec 2012
Activists expressed outrage on Wednesday over Singapore’s crackdown on Chinese bus drivers who staged the city-state’s first industrial strike in 26 years to demand better pay.
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3 Dec 2012
Singapore sentenced a Chinese immigrant bus driver to six weeks in prison on Monday for his involvement in the city-state’s first labour strike in 26 years.
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2 Dec 2012
Singapore will deport 29 bus drivers to China and prosecute five others for taking part in the city state's first strike since the 1980s. The order from the Ministry of Manpower came a day after...
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Singapore will deport 29 mainland Chinese bus drivers and prosecute five others for taking part in the city-state’s first strike since the 1980s, the government said on Saturday.
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Four mainland Chinese bus drivers accused of instigating Singapore's first strike since the 1980s were charged yesterday with criminal offences that could land them in prison.
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Singapore's first strike in more than 25 years has highlighted the strains on the nation as it copes with an influx of foreign workers and growing discontent.
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Singapore’s first strike in 26 years petered out on Wednesday with most of the Chinese bus drivers who had stopped working to demand higher pay reporting for duty.
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Singapore yesterday issued a warning to mainland Chinese bus drivers, who are staging the first strike in the city-state for more than 25 years - an act that could land them in prison.
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More than 100 mainland Chinese bus drivers in Singapore refused to work yesterday in a rare case of labour mass action in the city state. The drivers, disgruntled over their pay from state-linked...
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