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Two speeds, one city: Singapore’s divergent property markets

Resale flat prices in Singapore’s public Housing and Development...

Desmond Lee: The son also rises, a younger 4G leader emerging in a Gen X nation

The Independent Singapore may have spotted a rising star....

Four teens tried to rob Carousell seller of $83k Rolex watch

SINGAPORE: Two Carousell users narrowly escaped becoming victims of...

Shared car was being driven to repair shop when it caught fire: GetGo

SINGAPORE: A shared car that caught fire along Upper...

Business

Singaporeans dish on how to know when it’s time to quit your job

SINGAPORE: After a local Reddit user who’s been wanting...

With costs rising, S’pore companies freeze wages and look abroad for AI skills

SINGAPORE: Singapore businesses are being squeezed by rising costs...

Is China finally lifting its K-pop ban? BTS company Hybe opens first office in Beijing

BEIJING: BTS’s agency Hybe has opened its first office...

Trade costs force 42% of Singapore firms to raise prices, HSBC finds

SINGAPORE: Rising costs due to tariffs and other trade-related...

Singapore Politics

‘Big party promotion!’: Singaporeans react to Desmond Lee’s appointment as PAP chair, but some look for DPM Gan

SINGAPORE: The ruling People’s Action Party (PAP) announced on...

‘Not my MP?’ — SingPost investigates after Aljunied residents were mistakenly sent flyers from AMK MP

SINGAPORE: A resident living at Hougang Street 21 mistakenly...

A nation’s silent victims: Rise in animal abuse cases sparks petition for urgent reform in Singapore

SINGAPORE: A petition on Change.org is picking up momentum...

‘Now look elsewhere!’ People’s Power Party candidate Samuel Lee resigns

SINGAPORE: Samuel Lee, who contested in the recent General...

Domestic Helpers

‘Not even I can stand how my sister behaves’ — Employer shares concerns after sister’s verbal abuse pushes their maid to resign

Respect their dignity or risk of theft? Singaporeans divided on whether maid’s belongings should be checked

‘Do you check your helper’s luggage on her last day of employment?’ — Maid’s employer seeks advice

Maid says her employer did not give her Labour Day off, even though her contract includes PH entitlements

S’porean employer says the maid never finishes her meal when they eat out, asks S’poreans if it’s mean to tell her to eat at...

She said, she said: Maid said she quit because she was...

New maid has a habit of ‘retorting and speaking under her...

4 weeks’ jail for woman who twisted maid’s ear, poured soy...

Maid who starts work at 5 am daily says her employer...

Helper likes to sing out loud, employer says ‘it is very...

Employer seeks help after longtime maid borrows from loan shark, triggering...

Maid’s employer asks, ‘Can I tell my helper to stop singing...

Employer faces backlash for complaining about buying drinks for maid at...

Employer says her new maid refuses to eat despite saying she’s...

Maid says ‘her employer accused her of things she didn’t do’...