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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: price increase

Customer: Stall changes size of Chwee Kueh to raise price, but ‘taste is worst off’ and ‘no more queue, very soon will close shop’

Chicken rice on menu S$4.50 but customers must pay either S$5.50 or S$6.50 upon ordering because ‘kampung chicken is expensive’

Netizens complain about “shameful price increase” of fried Kuay Teow from $3.50 to $4.50

Man was charged 20 cents more for Kopi C Siew Dai, asks why, netizens attribute inflation and salaries have not increased

Another ERP increase ‘yet traffic problem not solved’, still using same excuse: netizen

Hawker @ Lau Pa Sat tells customer stingray BBQ costs S$20 when listed price is S$16; customer also spots hawker telling cashier to ‘keep’ S$4 change instead of giving back to customer

Letter to the Editor: Bidding of motorcar COE should be confined to individual car buyers and bid deposit increased much higher than motorcycles

‘Petrol food taxi transport all up up.’ Netizens fret about hike in GST, ERP and other costs

Experts say next public transport fare hike could be more

Public concerned that tourism vouchers may result in vendors marking up prices