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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: filial piety

Puzzled son asks how to deal with “my parents with zero savings, investments, and insurance but still take loans for condo, cars, holidays, etc.”

“They had me just as a retirement plan”: 29yo shares that he needs his own life “away from his parents”

Singaporean says his parents demand $900 monthly allowance, despite never providing a stable home or financial support

“My parents call me useless for not earning S$10K/month despite giving them allowance, expensive gifts and yearly overseas trips”

Yet another young Singaporean struggles financially as her father refuses to work despite having “no income, no savings, and no CPF left”

“Do you want me to work until I die?” — Jobless dad asks his daughter and forces her to give him money each month until she’s left with nothing

Singaporeans say they give no financial support to their parents due to student loan debt while others say they provide up to S$1.2K/month

Don’t forget to support your parents: Concerned Singaporean urges generosity toward elderly tissue sellers

My parents have fully paid their S$3.5M home and have bountiful pension but still “complain I don’t give them allowance”

“I’m starting to draw the line now” – Man grows tired of financially supporting his single parent