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The Challenges Of Living And Working In Singapore

CAN Singapore continue to build on a strong past and build a bright future that is often promised? The past and today are two very different worlds. The make up...
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Awaiting 2024 With Trepidation

IF 2022 was a challenging year emerging from a post-covid funk, how does 2023 compare? It’s been an eventful year with hostilities escalating into wars around the world and geo-political...
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Why Are We Losing Our Memories?

THE expressions on the faces above say it all. In the journey back to the days of our youth, before the time of Internet and social media, we were able...

A Future In Esports?

IT may seem like time wasted by the young as they play games well into the night, but that’s just a biased generational view of esports. When you have the...

House Of Peranakan Curios

HE has spent a large proportion of his life actively keeping this heritage alive. But Alvin Mark Yapp, a true-blue Baba, avoids going overboard about his Peranakan heritage. His trick, he...
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Sport And Politics Double Fault

THE Novak Djokovic pre-tournament drama Down Under offered some unexpected entertainment for the neutrals watching from the sidelines. Having been served his marching orders by the Full Federal Court of...
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Does The Government Listen?

WALKING a central path and providing fair commentary, while still taking a stand, has kept long-time journalist and editor PN Balji out of harm’s way. He has always been careful...
Jerry Chua

Jerry Cooks The Hu’s Sound

JERRY Chua’s man cave occupies a bedroom in an unassuming corner HDB flat in Pasir Ris. From his mixing studio, which occupies the entire length of a wall, many songs...
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Could The Silver Generation Become Drone Pilots?

BUDGET 2023 has aspirations for Singapore to be part of the new era of global development. Beyond the bold statement you realise it’s not a new desire. For the longest...
Controlling Corruption

Friday Focus: Controlling Corruption

RECENT cases of corruption involving corporations and members of the private and public sectors seem to have dulled the lustre of Singapore’s reputation for running a clean business environment. The...