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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: xenophobia

SM Lee: Immigration is crucial for Singapore’s survival and future

Singapore security guard allegedly discriminated against Chinese tourist; NParks investigates

Pritam Singh: No issue brings Singaporeans together more readily than the perception of being unfairly treated at the workplace

‘Get off Tiktok, boomer’: Netizens call out ex-PAP MP Amrin Amin for ‘Brisk walker meets flying kicker’ video

K Shanmugam: If SG goes down racist route, eventually all Indians can be a target of hate

Auntie yells ‘get out of my country’ at foreign couple, calls them ‘white tr*sh’

British teen found guilty of hate crime against S’porean student in London

When Singaporeans are unemployed but foreigners have jobs: “It’s not xenophobia”

S’porean student victimised in racist attack in London tells assailants to ‘grow a pair’

Filipinos criticise Duterte for slow response to Wuhan coronavirus