SINGAPORE - People on hoverboards and electric scooters were zipping around Singapore's car-free civic district this morning (March 27) at the second edition of Car-Free Sunday, which takes place on the last Sunday of every month.This time, the route...
In the six years since she moved to her flat, Madam Mok Keat Har and her family have been visited by a variety of government agencies.HDB officials, town council staff, officers from the National Environment Agency (NEA), the police...
Nearly five years ago, Madam Choo Hong Eng became the talk of the town when she won more than $400,000 from a casino slot machine at Marina Bay Sands (MBS), and then proceeded to give it all away.It was...
This year's Budget built on the groundwork laid down to prepare workers for an increasingly uncertain future - but more still needs to be done, four roundtable panellists across the labour spectrum agreed.The participants at The Straits Times' post-Budget...
For many people going about their daily lives, Budget 2016 may have sounded like any other in the past few years. Take accountant Cheong Ying Fen. The 27-year-old said she read the news reports but nothing really stood out...
SINGAPORE - The National Parks Board (NParks) unveiled the Avenue of Heritage Trees at Connaught Drive this morning (March 27), featuring 22 heritage rain trees.The avenue was launched by Senior Minister of State for Home Affairs and National Development,...
Rats in bedrooms, dirty cooking areas, toilets which do not flush - a small number of purpose-built living facilities for foreign workers here are more dump than dorm.Large purpose-built dorms - described as the best way to meet the...
When corporate pilot Cyril Letzelter gets the chance to fly to the United States every three months, he stocks up on clothes for himself, his wife and his two children."Children's clothing at a Walmart in the US can cost...
The cost of high-end housing, private schools and cars may be sky high in Singapore, but for many expatriates, going "local" makes living here quite affordable.And that means eating at hawker centres, buying groceries from wet markets and eschewing...
When one of her patients began to throw a tantrum - shouting and banging her head against the walls - 31-year-old nurse Nur stepped in to try and calm her down.But the hysterical woman kicked her in the chest,...
