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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...

Tag: 2019 Hong Kong protest on extradition bill

AGC statement against Eugene Thuraisaingan raises questions, says son of former AG Walter Woon

HK’s youngest convicted protestor: 12-year old pleads guilty to vandalising police station, railway interchange

US Senator accuses PM Lee of siding with “Communist China” and “shaming the brave people of Hong Kong”

Chinese University of Hong Kong at the root of protest

SG Fb Page calls HK protestors ‘mindless roaches,’ netizens react saying “Stay in China forever!”

$5.5 billion moved from HK to Singapore since protests began—Bloomberg report

Minister Shanmugam points out lessons Singapore can learn from HK protests

More trouble expected for Hong Kong with Fitch credit rating downgrade, planned weekend protests

Xiaomi’s Redmi in hot water with Chinese media over HK protest ad references

NUS, NTU and SMU postpone student exchange programmes to HK