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An international study conducted by Toluna and Blackbox Research found that many Singaporeans confidence in our political leaders are wavering and they are not impressed by the way they have handled the Covid19 pandemic. Only 41% of Singaporeans rated their leaders highly, which means that 59% of those polled rated them less than favourably. The survey also found that about 34% of the respondents were surprised at how poorly prepared Singapore was. This means that 66% of those polled were not surprised by the incompetence of the government.

At the same time, 95 per cent of employees in Singapore want to be recognized and rewarded for a wider range of contributions.

According to a survey by UK-based car dealer Carspring, taxi fares in Singapore are actually the 20th cheapest in the world. The survey supposedly took into account many factors such as the cost to hail a taxi, to travel from city centre to the airport, and cost per km. Do you think it's accurate? If it's really that cheap we wouldn't have to tahan train delays everyday.

Etihad Airways has been made aware of a number of bogus websites on which Etihad Airways tickets are offered in return for participants completing a survey, adding a link to their Facebook account and sharing it with friends, and other similar activities.

According to a Blackbox Research Survey commissioned by Yahoo Singapore, 69% of 897 participants stated that they would support current Deputy Prime Minister Tharman Shanmugaratnam as Singapore's next Prime Minister. 59 year old Tharman led the pack of contenders including, Teo Chee Hean, Heng Swee JKeat, Chan Chun Sing, Tan Chuan Jin, Lawrence Wong, Ong Ye Kung and Ng Chee Meng.

A race survey commissioned by Channel NewsAsia and the Institute of Public Policy showed that the majority of Singaporeans preferred someone of their own race as Prime Minister or President. 2,000 Singapore Citizens and Permanent Residents were surveyed and Malay and Indian participants were oversampled to ensure sufficient minority representation.

Dear customers, You may have received a link to participate in this online survey (in the image below) for a chance to win SGD500 FairPrice shopping vouchers. Please note that this is not created or endorsed by FairPrice and we advise our customers to be wary of such campaigns.

A resident from Blk 432B wrote to me and his current MP Ong Ye Kung. He said that some sales personnel from Hydroflux came to his house, and claimed to be doing a HDB-affliliated survey on water quality. They claimed selected households enjoy a package deal on their water filters, which will be installed in future BTOs.

A survey by Swiss education company English First (EF) says that Malaysia has the highest English proficiency in Asia, even ahead of Singapore and South Korea who came in second and third respectively. According to EF's 2014 index, which surveyed 750,000 adults aged 18 and above, EF said Malaysia and Singapore were the only 2 Asian countries judged to have "a high proficiency" in English.

According to findings from Randstad's Q2 2015 Workmonitor research, one in three Singapore employees find it hard to let go of work even while on a holiday. In addition, half of the 400 surveyed said their superiors expects them to be contactable despite being on holiday. Strong work ethics coupled with greater penetration of technology means Singaporeans find it hard to let go of work during holidays.