‘You’re almost 30, why are you still at home?’: 28 yo local shares US friends ridicule him for living with parents
SINGAPORE: A 28-year-old Singaporean man who still lives with his parents has taken to social media to ask whether it’s actually common for people in their late 20s to...
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Gerald Giam: Should the public know the price for 38 Oxley Road?
SINGAPORE: In Parliament last week, Workers’ Party (WP) MP...
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Government moves to preserve 38 Oxley Road as national monument
SINGAPORE: The National Heritage Board and the Singapore Land...
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WP MP Louis Chua: Hawkers should not have to shoulder the burden of providing S’poreans with cheap meals
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SDP chief Chee Soon Juan invited to speak in London and Oxford in November
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Lee Hsien Yang asks how long it will take PAP Govt to decide on Oxley house fate
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Red Dot United launches ‘Parliament Watch’; Sec-Gen Ravi Philemon takes on shadow minister role
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WP to raise questions in Parliament about jobs for new grads, public transport, bullying
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