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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

Man asks how jobseekers stay sane and survive months of unemployment in today’s Singapore job market

SINGAPORE: After noticing that more and more locals are...

‘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...

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 salary

S’poreans say $10k-a-month salary of Haidilao trainee manager is ‘reasonable’ due to hardships in F&B industry

SG man earns over S$200K/year but remains extremely frugal due to fear of ‘going broke’

Fresh grads earning S$10k in Singapore? One man asks how common this salary actually is

Singaporeans earning S$10K-25K/month are still using public transport to work regardless of whether they own a car or not

‘Sign me up’ – S$6k salary for live-in English tutor for Orchard family has tongues wagging

Lecturer who earned RM1900 in Malaysia now earns RM11000 as a cleaner in Singapore

Man says he earns S$8K/month but wants to quit cos he’s “not passionate” about his job

Woman says she’ll only go out with men earning $5K/month

$7K remote job or $9K office job with OT every day? — Netizen wants to know what choice to make

Would you rather have 10k salary but work 50+ hrs/wk with lots of stress or 6k salary & work ~40 hrs/wk with ‘average workload’