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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: yeoh lam keong

‘Ho Ching forgot me’ — Ex-GIC chief economist and Michelle Yeoh’s cousin, Yeoh Lam Keong

Congratulations from opposition figures pour in after Lee Hsien Yang announced Li Shengwu was awarded a 2023 Sloan Research Fellowship

Yeoh Lam Keong Supports Jamus Lim’s Call to Delay GST Hike

Yeoh Lam Keong: Working poor desperately need another $500-600 in cash from Workfare Income Supplement scheme

POFMA correction orders issued to TOC, ex-GIC economist Yeoh Lam Keong and People’s Power Party Goh Meng Seng

Ex-GIC economist Yeoh Lam Keong disagrees with Lawrence Wong, says ‘the most important gap Gov’t needs to fill in is money to help the poor meet basic needs’

Higher CPF interest rate would help resolve ‘inadequate retirement savings problem’ — Lee Hsien Yang agrees with Yeoh Lam Keong, ex-GIC chief economist

“Manpower Minister Josephine Teo does not seem to have a sufficient understanding of labour market economics”, says Ex-GIC chief economist

Dr Tan Cheng Bock on poverty in Singapore: “many citizens do not even have enough to meet their basic needs”

Tan Cheng Bock’s party invites Ex-GIC chief economist Yeoh Lam Keong to speak about inequality as part of series