THE Infocomm Development Authority (IDA) is introducing a slew of changes to improve the quality of mobile-phone and broadband services, from better coverage to allowing consumers to cap data-roaming charges. The telecommunications regulator is tightening quality of service standards - its first revision in five years - after a rise in the number of complaints of poor mobile signals and dropped...

AUDITORS, especially those working in small and medium-sized practices, can now look forward to a new course to update their skills. The national accounting body yesterday launched the three-level Professional Certificate in Audit Skills programme that will provide training in four key areas: audit planning, testing, completion and reporting. The collaboration between the Institute of Certified...

AROUND 5,000 lorry crane operators will have to take a training course and pass a test if they want to continue in their jobs after September 2013. Under new rules that come into effect then, they must be certified before they can operate Singapore's 3,500-plus lorry cranes, which are frequently used to lift heavy equipment during construction and road works. In the past five years, there...