The Independent SG

Singapore News

‘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: high food prices

Thai Fried Kway Teow costs $6, but customer says it’s ‘just like economy fried kway teow’ with only egg and very little veg

Customer complains about ‘miserable 3.5-4 small slices of fish’ in soup that cost $9.50

Diner shocked after price of hor fun goes up by $2 at Toa Payoh eatery in just 1 month

Customer pays $2.80 for “pathetic” ice jelly finished in ‘2 mouthfuls’

Whopping $15.45 for small bowl of fish soup sparks calls for boycott of Tang Tea House

‘$15.45 for a small bowl of sliced fish soup…omg!’ — Netizens shocked at customer’s food order

‘Toast Box gonna bankrupt us peasants…’ — High prices of laksa, curry, shock netizens

‘All hawker foods getting more expensive. Without govt help, the poor & elderly suffer most’ — Man calls out cai png stall

‘Have more respect and empathy to those elderly who come for your meal’ — Woman tells stallholder serving cai png with ‘pathetic & miserable’ servings

‘$8 for this plate of mediorce food. Omg!’ — Shocked customer warns others