SINGAPORE: While plans for a national bicycle sharing scheme have been scrapped, grassroots organisations and companies have been working in tandem to make cycling the preferred way to get around. On Saturday (Apr 29), Jurong-Clementi Town Council was the latest to...
SINGAPORE: At the birthday parties and family celebrations Nigel* used to attend, alcohol was freely available. He was then in his early teens. “It was just there, and the uncles would say, come here and have a drink young man,...
SINGAPORE: US President Donald Trump unveiled on Wednesday (Apr 26) a major tax reform package that aims to simplify the US tax system and bring about massive tax cuts for businesses and individuals. The proposal includes slashing the corporate...
SINGAPORE: About 2,000 more public housing flats and a new mixed-used development that’s integrated with the bus interchange will be built in Pasir Ris in the next few years, announced the Housing and Development Board (HDB) on Saturday (29 Apr). The...
SINGAPORE: The Bukit Timah Nature Reserve abounds with dense vegetation, a variety of forest animals, noisy insects - and the ruins of an old Chinese kampung so well-hidden that few know it exists. Flanked by thick foliage, this piece of...
SINGAPORE: Despite a lacklustre climate in the retail sector, companies such as Pet Lovers Centre are bucking the trend. Managing Director Ng Whye Hoe, however, has seen both ups and downs. Taking over in 1995, some 22 years after it...
SINGAPORE: The Bukit Timah Nature Reserve abounds with dense vegetation, a variety of forest animals, noisy insects - and the ruins of an old Chinese kampung so well hidden that few know it exists. Flanked by thick foliage, this piece...
SINGAPORE: Fun fact: Did you know there used to be a daycare centre up at Caldecott Broadcast Centre (CBC)? That was one piece of trivia discovered by the Singapore Heritage Festival’s (SHF) creative director Christie Chua while preparing for the...
SINGAPORE: PepsiCo on Thursday (Apr 27) opened a US$93 million (S$130 million) concentrate plant in Singapore, which will manufacture and supply beverage concentrates for more than 1 billion consumers in 20 Asia-Pacific markets. The new 20,000-sqm facility, which is PepsiCo’s...
SINGAPORE: The Istana grounds will be open to the public from 8.30am to 6pm on Labour Day (May 1), the President's Office announced on Wednesday (Apr 26). One of the highlights of the open house will be "Learning City" activity booths,...
