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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: high food prices

Hot dog bun goes up from $1.70 to $2, the seller even asks for the bun’s plastic bag back

We walked away from cai fan food stall without paying even after ordering since the hawker charged us $11.60 instead of $7.40

S$17.50 meal at hot pot stall shocks diner; she regrets not reading the food reviews first before ordering

“One fresh, one rotting!” — ‘Ah Kau’ laments that grapefruit is “cheaper and more fresh lehhh” in JB than in SG

“S$12 for 1 piece of asam pedas fish?” — Customer left in a state of disbelief with the ‘high price’ he was charged for his fish meal order

Additional charge of $6 for Chinese sausage turns cai png definitely uneconomical

“Economical bee hoon” for $7.70? — Customer asks coffee shop at Punggol to confirm price, but shop “auntie simply ignores her”

$7.40 for kaya toast set deemed “ridiculous” by Singaporeans online

Exorbitantly priced $9.30 cai png stuns hawker centre diner

S$5.10 for 3.5 thin fish slices in soup at SGH — Diner complains; Koufu apologises