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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: hawkers

‘Drinks at 30 cents is unheard of these days’ — Singaporeans rave over hawker couple who continues to sell 30-cent drinks

‘Hawker food is the main culprit’ and other musings — Singaporeans react to 14-year high core inflation rate

Elderly food stall owner tells Nicole Seah she’s planning to retire; with rent now $6K monthly, it’s becoming unsustainable for her

‘Higher prices are necessity for hawkers’ — Netizen says after customer insults his aunt, a Cai Png stall assistant, after prices increased by 50 cents

KF Seetoh: THANK YOU to all who worked through CNY; ‘frontline, uniformed, necessary/essential service, F&B industry folks’

Customer: Mala stall operator increases food price every time I asked ‘how much’ and then shouts ‘go away!’ when confronted

5 cents, not money? Hawker stall @ Yishun Street refuses coin as payment, throws Kopi-O in sink

After Redditor starts Google Map to help disadvantaged hawkers, netizens jump in to add 190+ more

KF Seetoh appeals to public to help hawkers living on ‘a prayer and hope’

Amy Khor denies that hawker centres are declining in popularity