Opinion

Cheng Bock, The Man Who Could Have Been President

First, Dr Adrian Tan Cheng Bock, 76. The former PAP MP for Ayer Rajah and, more important, the man who would and could have been Singapore’s last elected president, is unhappy about being robbed of a chance to try again. In...

Amos is now really famous

This is the 4-D week.  No, I am not celebrating winning $50k playing my favourite numbers, though I wish I am. Sorry, no Huat Ah! It is more like What Dah. What a week. Let’s start with the first D -...

What’s Beauty And the Beast got to do with HUDC and Asean?

What have Beauty And The Beast, HUDC and Asean in common? Let me humbly attempt to answer that question. There are some lessons to be learnt which ultimately may determine our ability to survive in this world, sometimes despite...

Singapore Pools Launches Online Betting with Toto and More Amidst Controversy–Everything You Need to Know

The Singapore Pools online betting service was launched today (25 Oct). The other gaming company which was granted exemption from the Remote Gambling Act (RGA), Singapore Turf Club, said that it plans to launch its online service on 15...

Catherine Lim writes an open letter to PM Lee Hsien Loong

IN VICTORY, MAGNANIMITY, NOT RECRIMINATION: AN OPEN LETTER TO THE PRIME MINISTER Sir It was with much dismay that I read the report ‘Blogger ordered to pay PM 150k in damages’ in the Straits Times of 18 December 2015. I was...

Woes of the middle class

By Augustine Low Not much has changed in the last ten years since this piece was first published. Some great points here to think and ponder about. What exactly are we fighting for? Middle-class parents walk a constant tightrope. One the...
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Yet another man duped in rental scam as rental prices continue to soar

SINGAPORE: A 25-year-old Malaysian man working in Singapore, recently found himself the victim of a rental scam after desperately...
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51-year-old woman loses $76K she saved to buy HDB flat in mooncake scam

SINGAPORE: A 51-year-old Singaporean woman, surnamed Li, is reeling from a devastating financial loss after falling victim to a scam involving a fraudulent mooncake...

How to present your resume with confidence even if you’re chronic job hopper

It is quite challenging to change jobs often and at the same time have a good resume to show your future employers. While changing jobs...

Hotel boom in Singapore as Asia’s wealthiest bring in S$6billion in investments amid post-Covid travel surge

SINGAPORE: More money is flowing into Singapore from some of Asia’s wealthiest. These high-net-worth individuals are boosting their investments in hotels amid a surge...

‘A great relaxing holiday!’ Tan Cheng Bock returns from road trip to Malacca

SINGAPORE: Opposition leader Tan Cheng Bock shared over social media that he’d had “a great relaxing holiday” after he returned from a trip to...

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