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‘Something better and not less’: Woman says upgrade on playground at Pasir Ris Street feels more like a downgrade

SINGAPORE: A woman took to social media to air...

Singaporean man says he’s confused why people keep saying public housing is ‘unaffordable for low-income individuals’

SINGAPORE: A Singaporean man has sparked a debate online...

“Things will pan out well” – PSP candidate on potential three-cornered fight at Marymount SMC

SINGAPORE: Progress Singapore Party's (PSP) candidate for Marymount SMC...

Ex-WP MP and PSP member call for universal minimum wage

SINGAPORE: The time has come for a universal minimum...

Business

Employee terminated for not agreeing to work on Saturdays, asks Singaporeans, ‘Is this wrongful termination?’

SINGAPORE: A Singaporean employee has allegedly been terminated after...

After CDL fallout, analysts push for clearer governance in Singapore’s family-run firms

SINGAPORE: Property giant City Developments Limited's (CDL's) public boardroom...

‘Depression is setting in:’ Employee desperately seeks advice on how to handle a ‘legendarily bad boss’

SINGAPORE: An exhausted employee took to social media to...

CapitaLand Investment to launch first retail REIT in China’s SSE with RMB2.8B of assets

SINGAPORE/SHANGHAI: CapitaLand Investment (CLI) announced that it has applied...

Singapore Politics

Kala Manickam calls out Ng Chee Meng’s political comeback: ‘Jalan Kayu doesn’t need a politician staging a return‘

SINGAPORE: In a striking public statement ahead of the...

Jamus Lim saying ‘What we’re trying to deny PAP is a blank cheque’ in 2020 debate emerges again

SINGAPORE: While the Workers’ Party’s (WP) Jamus Lim released...

GE2025: Minister Desmond Lee to anchor West Coast-Jurong West GRC, Foo Mee Har passing baton to new faces

SINGAPORE: All eyes will be on the West Coast...

Josephine Teo saying ‘Opposition will turn your house into a house of cards’ resurfaces

SINGAPORE: You know the General Election (GE) is coming...

Tag: Asian parents

‘It’s a mistake’: Parents upset after learning daughter splits rent with older, divorced partner

Young woman shares her parents are not supportive of her decision to remain ‘single for life’ in Singapore

‘Pay your own uni fees and give us a third of your salary’ — Singaporean man’s parents say

Man asks, ‘Are you better or worse off than your parents were at your age?’

Woman leaves home after being unable to support parents’ S$5k/month spending, but they now threaten to call the police if she doesn’t return

Woman refuses to give parents an allowance after they let her starve in university

My dad, despite earning an income is still asking me and my sister S$1K so that he can give angbao to relatives to ‘save face’

‘My mom wants me to study until 10’ — 15-year-old SG student vents about strict screen time limits and packed schedule

“There is hardly a thank you” – M’sian working in SG laments lack of appreciation for how he goes out of his way to spoil his family

Girl, 18, suffering from depression, gets expelled from college; her mum could only ask her, “What have you ever done to make us proud of you?”