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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: Singlish

‘Can or not? Can meh? Can lah!,’ What are the best Singlish phrases to teach a friend?

“No perfect English, never mind… after all, lot of Singaporeans speak Singlish” — Netizens respond to George Goh’s statement on the advantage of imperfect English

“Look for rental in HDB instead of Condo” — Singaporeans advise newbie

Make Singlish tests mandatory for new citizens, not English — Gwee Li Sui, Singlish doyen

Reddit user asks why some Singaporeans change their accent after a short time abroad

Netizen comes across FB post of expat seeking native English teachers in Singapore; thinks ‘aren’t we all native English speakers?’

Thumbs down to US YouTuber for ‘inaccurate, outdated’ S’pore travel guide’

Goh Meng Seng wants Singlish to be Singapore’s second national language

Our English is broken. Accept it, Hri Kumar

What happened in a neighbourhood classroom