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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: Hawker Centres

MSE, NEA to invest $1 billion to upgrade and build new hawker centres

Local wonders why people bring their dogs to hawker centres when it isn’t allowed, but many defend responsible pet owners

Marine Parade hawker places record S$10K bid for stall as she believes it’s a worthwhile investment, but other hawkers disagree

‘I reckoned it was salary problem’ — Netizens vent their exasperation over the state of hawker centres with dirty tables

‘1st world country with 3rd world Hawker Centre & people’ — S’poreans on uncleanly state of hawker centres

‘Our hawker centre cleanliness is getting worse’ — Singaporeans react to birds eating off empty plate rack

Bugis hawker centre stallholders collect their own tableware as contractor faces manpower shortage

Newly opened Bukit Canberra hawker centre sells $3.50 budget meals

Man says that after hawker operations were turned over to food court management, ‘tables were left dirty with utensils not properly cleaned and always wet’

Man misses the old days when hawkers were at every corner, people could use their own cutlery and didn’t have to clear tables