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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

Man asks how jobseekers stay sane and survive months of unemployment in today’s Singapore job market

SINGAPORE: After noticing that more and more locals are...

‘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...

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: September 2020

‘Is crying the new strategy in Parliament?’ ask netizens

Jamus Lim disputes PM Lee’s view that opposition voters are “free riders”

SPP’s Khan Osman Sulaiman, “Don’t have to cry and be emotional. Just do the right thing”

Ho Ching on PM Lee-Pritam Singh debate: A free rider is not a free loader

PM Lee compares Singapore to Garden of Eden—again: “You leave… you cannot go back”

Tharman tells Jamus Lim to avoid “strawman arguments”, calls them “laughable”

Jamus Lim: voters chose the WP to represent them; they are not ‘free riders’

Chan Chun Sing calls on WP’s Dennis Tan to substantiate allegations of “petty” and “bad politics”

Google, Apple to install contact tracing directly on smartphones

Men in black? Dark shadows? Trump hits full conspiracy theory mode