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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: Budget

Hawker writes to PM Lee on FB, says having food courts open is a torture to all stall vendors who pay monthly rental with no one there

DPM Heng: All political office holders to take three-month pay cut

Another S$48 billion given in Resilience Budget on top of the S$6.4 billion; cash payout to S’poreans tripled

Cabby wants to use some of his CPF money during Covid-19 outbreak

Economics professor: Budget 2020 is “less than meets the eye”

Heng Swee Keat says GST hike cannot be scrapped, says their “approach is to tax lightly”

“Manpower Minister Josephine Teo does not seem to have a sufficient understanding of labour market economics”, says Ex-GIC chief economist

Ex-PAP MP describes this year’s Budget as a “Blockbuster” one

Dr Tan Cheng Bock says “more can be done” for the Budget

SDP: ‘Whenever the PAP government gives you a chicken wing before the elections, you can be sure they will try and take the whole chicken back’