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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: September 2022

Surprising celebrity divorces after long marriages

‘Free bubble tea shut off my rationality’ — Ramen shop job offer with employee benefits ad receives praise from netizens

Train to Busan? — Empty metro station and barricaded train in Singapore spook online users

Customer ‘really shocked’ that 1 chicken wing, 1 chilli fish cake, 1 ‘kosong’ mee goreng cost $9 at Kopitiam

‘Your parents brought you up perfectly!’ — Single mum thanks two ITE Simei boys who helped take care of her baby at JB customs and got her home safely

Netizen sees ‘more kang kong’ in cannabis leaf-like design on HDB block

Maid starts coming back later and later on her days off, first returns at 9pm, then after midnight; eventually claims she accidentally slept over in her relative’s house

Morning Digest, Sept 28

Lawrence Wong says he’s honoured by ‘succession choice’ and sees himself as a ‘servant-leader’

Stories you might’ve missed, Sept 27