Using Singlish words like "sabo" or "kiasu" in your English composition assignments?You will not be penalised if you include these terms "appropriately", said the Ministry of Education (MOE).Responding to queries, the ministry said for formal communication in general, students...
He spent about $180,000 to renovate a shophouse unit in Jalan Pari Burong in Bedok, hoping to operate a coffee shop there, selling items such as chicken rice, porridge and noodles.Businessman Neo Puay Ann, 54, had purchased the place...
SINGAPORE - Pioneer Singaporeans, or those aged 67 and above, will receive letters about their 2016 Pioneer Generation Medisave top-ups from Monday (June 13).In a statement on Sunday (June 12), the Ministry of Finance (MOF) said that this year's...
He used to count down the days to June, because the holidays meant spending time away from books.It was a time when he would travel with his family or go out with his friends. But this year, there is...
He gets up only at noon and the first thing he does is switch on his computer.As the two - yes, two - screens come alive, Mr Aloysius Kee, 19, starts on his daily routine.One screen is for watching...
Students from junior colleges and polytechnics that are under-represented in top British and American universities now have a network of mentors to help them get into such institutions.Singaporean students at the University of Oxford launched the non-profit Project Access...
Close the door, shut the windows, set our social media pages to private; we want strangers to butt out when we are caught up in something too nasty to describe with just a sad-face emoji.When family fights and lovers'...
Madam Lim Kim Choo used to either return home to a strong smell of gas, or rush into a smoke-filled kitchen from her room to salvage a burning pot of food on the stove."I am getting older and more...
Visiting Singapore President Tony Tan Keng Yam and his Mexican counterpart Enrique Pena Nieto witnessed the signing of agreements here designed to boost links between the two countries that established diplomatic relations just over 40 years ago.During their meeting...
More than a decade ago, the area around Bedok Road was nowhere near as hip. It was home to a handful of hardware shops and a few eateries offering traditional Malay and Indian Muslim dishes, say residents and shopkeepers...
