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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: Bilahari Kausikan

Bilahari Kausikan says US-China tensions are not a “new Cold War”

Veteran diplomat defends “boring city” Singapore in response to WSJ article

Ex-Diplomat Bilahari Kausikan Accuses Presidential Candidate Tan Kin Lian of Sexism and Racism Following Controversial Posts

Ex-diplomat advises Singaporeans against idolizing TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew

Tommy Koh and Bilahari Kausikan have just shown us why the post-pioneer standard of Singapore’s Foreign Ministry has been declining

Is Singapore’s former top diplomat taking another dig at Foreign Affairs Minister Vivian Balakrishnan?

Bilahari Kausikan slams Vivian Balakrishnan’s “profoundly misleading” comments in Bloomberg interview

Bilahari Kausikan calls Facebook and Apple “Two scorpions in a bottle”

Bilahari Kausikan on violence in Washington DC: Idealism and idiocy

Gloomy 2021 forecast for South-east Asia by retired diplomat Bilahari Kausikan