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Singapore richer, healthier than most English-speaking countries?

SINGAPORE: Singapore is getting so accustomed to superlatives that...

Singaporeans more open to talking about death, but few take concrete steps to prepare

SINGAPORE: A recent survey by the Singapore Management University...

‘This is daylight robbery’: Toast Box patrons upset with difference in menu pictures and actual items

SINGAPORE: Some Toast Box patrons have raised concerns over...

TikToker draws mixed reactions after questioning Singapore’s ‘cleanest city in the world’ tag

SINGAPORE: A TikToker has drawn mixed reactions online after...

Business

‘I’m just a burden,’ 35 year-old Singaporean mum feels defeated after months of job rejections following redundancy

SINGAPORE: A 35-year-old Singaporean mum of two felt completely...

New DBS CEO says businesses should ‘look at new opportunities where they can grow’ amid trade tensions

SINGAPORE: DBS Bank’s new CEO Tan Su Shan said...

4 Singapore tour bus operators suspended from entering Malaysia for unauthorised express services and selling tickets online

SINGAPORE: Four tour bus companies based in Singapore had...

What fresh grads can do in the face of fewer vacancies, tougher job market

SINGAPORE: Amid the current tough job market, recent graduates...

Singapore Politics

Singaporeans weigh in with wish list for next Cabinet, the next Minister for Defence has big shoes to fill

SINGAPORE: We are all guessing on the upcoming Cabinet...

Ng Chee Meng asks PM Wong to exclude him from government role in new leadership lineup

SINGAPORE: Jalan Kayu MP and National Trades Union Congress...

Australian think tank piece says GE2025 results mean Singaporeans have become ‘incredibly savvy voters’

SINGAPORE: The Lowy Institute, a think tank based in...

PM Wong confirms Pritam Singh to remain as leader of the opposition

SINGAPORE: In a Facebook post on May 5, Prime...

Monthly Archives: November 2018

Town Gas tariff to go up by 2.29% between 1 Nov to 31 Dec 2018

All tobacco products soon required to have health warnings and standardised packaging, said MOH, but more needs to be done to reduce smoking

Today’s top tech news, Nov 01: Malaysian minister says won’t give in to cabbies’ demands to ban Grab

Luxury property prices in Singapore surged to become the world’s fastest appreciating market globally

StarHub retrenchments begin, with laid-off employees offered ‘generous’ compensations

Netizens blast Media Literacy Council for “blatant misinformation” on young cyberbullies and for trying to laugh issue off when confronted

Ex-GIC chief economist calls Govt’s basic income policy “pathetic”; says increasing funding to help the poor will not require tax hike

ESM Goh reveals he approached Ho Ching to join politics but “Lee Hsien Loong and Singapore would be against it”

Lee Kuan Yew suggested that Lee Wei Ling should join PAP but Lee Hsien Loong was against it: Goh Chok Tong

“I thought of Hsien Yang for politics but he would be outshone by his brother”: Goh Chok Tong