Japan's Abe urges Hong Kong freedoms in Xi meeting
Hong Kong should "continue to be free and open", Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe told the Chinese president on Monday, ...
Day: 23 December 2019
Man puzzled with higher MRI scan fee at Changi General Hospital compared to private clinic
On Friday (20 December), the Straits Times (ST) forum published a letter written by a man called Lim Chuan Poh. ...
India bids to bust citizenship law 'myths' with cartoon Muslims
by Abhaya SRIVASTAVA India's ruling party launched a video with animated Muslim characters on social media Monday as part of ...
Singapore scholar points out that while we say Singapore 'needs more talent', we never ask 'what is talent?'
"Government scholarships in Singapore do a good job in identifying administrators, but administrators are not leaders, and should never be ...
Bedridden cancer patient forced to be physically present at EPF office in Johor Bahru to make withdrawal
A cancer-stricken woman, who is also bedridden, was forced to make her way to the Malaysia's Employees Provident Funds’ (EPF) ...
Affluent Singaporeans' savings and retirement aspirations leave much to be desired
According to the Wealth Expectancy Report 2019 by Standard Chartered, almost half of the wealth creators in Singapore may still ...
Two men arrested in connection to six bottles of Kratom discovered in Malaysia-registered lorry
Six bottles of brown liquid, believed to be Kratom and remnants of a similar liquid, were discovered in a Malaysia-registered ...
Activist Jolovan Wham highlights the ease of deportation and lack of rights for migrant workers in Singapore
On Sunday (22 December), civil rights activist Jolovan Wham took to his Facebook to point out and question the possibilities ...
Riot police break up Hong Kong rally for China's Uighurs
by Jerome Taylor Hong Kong riot police broke up a solidarity rally for China's Uighurs on Sunday -- with one ...
Elephants in Thailand 'broken' for lucrative animal tourism
by Sophie DEVILLER and Jonathan KLEIN Separated from their mothers, jabbed with metal hooks, and sometimes deprived of food -- ...