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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: Ng Eng Hen

US now viewed in Asia as ‘a landlord seeking rent’ — Ng Eng Hen

Singaporeans breathe a sigh of relief after SG fighter jets spring into action from bomb threat on Air India Express flight en route to Singapore

MINDEF: Scammers impersonating Ng Eng Hen on WhatsApp

“Two Ministers in this pic — me and guess who?” — Ng Eng Hen posts throwback school photo; Singaporeans guess who is who

Ng Eng Hen says Leong Mun Wai ‘twisted facts’ about new citizens enlisting for NS

Netizens recirculate video where Ng Eng Hen shuts down Leong Mun Wai: “I suggest he does not make another speech”

Defence Minister: MINDEF prepared to allow NS disruptions for international competitions

Defence Minister Ng Eng Hen: ‘Take a few breaths and give Dr Mahathir the respect that he is due, don’t jump up & down each time he speaks’

“Showing off to the world our million-dollar paid minister’s bombastic English” — Netizens react to Dr Ng Eng Hen’s vocabulary that has reached meme-worthy status

Leong Mun Wai was told off by Ng Eng Hen for “not germane” questions and “assertions that went completely against” what latter said