Mr Ting, a Muslim convert, has an Indonesian spouse and a Singaporean daughter, each dwelling in Jakarta. His daughter has simply began college, and Mr Ting stated she feels “comfortable” there.
Furthermore, he prefers to concentrate on his work in Rwanda, noting that even household might be a “distraction” in a international land.
“The reason why I had my wife and daughter stay together is because I have postings all over, so let the daughter grow up with the mother,” he stated, including that he visited them “pretty often” when he was primarily based in Singapore.
Mr Ting plans to make use of his 60 days of collected go away – COVID-19 prevented him from going dwelling – to see his household someday this 12 months and take a “well-deserved” break, together with a journey to Singapore to settle administrative points.
“I won’t be here forever,” he stated of his time in Rwanda. “It’s a pleasant challenge.”
ELECTRIC MOTORCYCLES IN SINGAPORE?
Singapore can also be difficult itself to part out ICE automobiles by 2040 in a push to chop emissions. While electric automobiles could be gaining reputation within the nation, adoption of electric motorcycles severely lags behind.
Land Transport Authority figures present that in 2021, solely 5 of Singapore’s 141,594 motorcycles had been electric.
According to a public transport analyst, challenges to adoption embrace a lack of charging infrastructure and the high price of electric bikes in comparison with their ICE counterparts.
“While key producers have began producing electric motorbikes, the whole electric bike ecosystem nonetheless lags behind the electric automotive market,” Mr Satya Ramamurthy, international co-head of public transport at KPMG, beforehand advised CNA.