The veteran finance minister shared a decades-long friendship with Lee Kuan Yew and played a pivotal role in ensuring a smooth leadership transition in the city state.
With a pandemic-induced labour shortage adding years to the wait times for future builds, prospective homeowners are turning to the resale market – but this means the HDB price index has risen for 14 straight months, and is now just shy of the record high set in April 2013.
Asian countries such as China and Indonesia have long had a stranglehold on Olympic badminton, leaving the West with an uphill fight.
Singapore’s third-biggest supermarket chain reported soaring revenue during the Covid-19 pandemic, but its mass-market strategy means it is still seen as a budget option.
A combination of cheaper rents and the ‘tactile, communal’ draw of physical spaces has seen newer, nimbler firms succeed even as some older companies falter.
A lack of privacy triggered by Covid-19, long wait times for new flats and changing values are some reasons Singaporeans are leaving the nest.
The spike in donations is driven partly by a government support payout and a campaign for those not needing the cash to donate it. But challenges remain.
Some places of worship in Singapore are dipping into their reserves to keep operations running as donations dry up amid the coronavirus pandemic.
The satellite team has been a huge success in the Singapore Premier League, winning all 11 trophies on offer since 2016 and drawing bumper crowds. But what does its dominance say about the standard of local football?
The Lion City is doing its best to encourage its citizens that vocational training is as worthy as university study – but social stigmas remain, even for high-flyers.
Hong Kong eateries like Tim Ho Wan, Honolulu Café and Mak’s Noodles are using the Lion City as a launch pad into the rest of Southeast Asia. And their current popularity is just an appetiser of what’s to come.
With no alternative entertainment options in the Lion City, many are literally gambling their wages away.