Tan See Leng

Bloomberg defamation case unprecedented for malice and aggravation: Ministers’ lawyer

Senior Counsel Davinder Singh and Mr Low De Wei at the Supreme court on May 22.

TOC’s Terry Xu ordered to pay more than $154,000 in costs to Shanmugam, Tan See Leng

Mr Shanmugam, the Coordinating Minister for National Security, was awarded $$44,398.25 in disbursements, while Manpower Minister Dr Tan was awarded $32,064.25.

Parliament supports motion on ‘no jobless growth’ amid AI disruption

Tan See Leng speaking in Parliament on May 6, 2026.

New skills and workforce agency a ‘two-horse chariot’, not ‘two-headed monster’: Minister

The new Skills and Workforce Development Agency will bring together career guidance, skills training and job matching.

About 90 employers penalised every year for not giving domestic workers mandatory day off: MOM

Manpower Minister Tan See Leng said the “vast majority of employers” comply with the mandatory rest day.

Fresh grads take longer to land first jobs, but no broad decline in employment: Tan See Leng

Manpower Minister Tan See Leng said the employment rates have remained “broadly stable” for young graduates aged 25 to 29.

No need to raise penalties for late retrenchment notices for now: Tan See Leng

In 2025, 80 per cent of the retrenchment notifications were filed before the required deadline of five working days - up from 70 per cent in 2024.

More durable dental implants, cheaper fuel cells with launch of industry research lab at NTU

(Left to right) CEO National Dental Centre Singapore Professor Goh Bee Tin and Professor Ng Kee Woei, Chair, School of Materials Science & Engineering holding up a model of a dental implant and a sample of a nanocomposite coating during the opening of the NTI-NTU corporate laboratory on April 20, 2026.

Internal Bloomberg and government e-mails in the spotlight as defamation trial wraps up after 7 days

These e-mails were part of the evidence relied upon in court by the claimants, (from left) Manpower Minister Tan See Leng and Coordinating Minister for National Security K. Shanmugam and the defendants, Bloomberg and their journalist Low De Wei.

High Court to hear submissions for Bloomberg defamation trial on May 22

It follows seven days of trial that began on April 7, which saw (from left) Manpower Minister Tan See Leng, Coordinating Minister for National Security K. Shanmugam and Bloomberg journalist Low De Wei in the witness stand.

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