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Plight of abused foreign domestic workers who seek justice and shelter in Singapore

Plight of abused foreign domestic workers who seek justice and shelter in Singapore

SINGAPORE - Hartatik* was in her third month of employment in Singapore in 2017 when the Indonesian domestic …

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Need for tighter rules on pet cremation services following Platinium saga: AWOs

Need for tighter rules on pet cremation services following Platinium saga: AWOs

Animal welfare organisations in Singapore are urging tighter rules on pet cremation services following the ca…

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Move to introduce cigarette alternatives in Asia stubbed out by government resistance

Move to introduce cigarette alternatives in Asia stubbed out by government resistance

Even as countries around the world introduce more measures to curb the unhealthy habit, industry players, exp…

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Singaporean father and son 'ghostbusters' keep the faith

Singaporean father and son 'ghostbusters' keep the faith

In 2006, a woman approached "Ghostbuster" Grand Master Chew Hon Chin, 72, for help to deal with "a problem" t…

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Singaporean doctor recounts harrowing boat mission to break Gaza blockade

Singaporean doctor recounts harrowing boat mission to break Gaza blockade

It was on the last leg of sailing in the afternoon of 29 July, about 49 nautical miles from Gaza, when the sm…

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Mining the cryptocurrency craze as rigs sprout across Singapore

Mining the cryptocurrency craze as rigs sprout across Singapore

With the digital currency fever taking Singapore by storm, companies that host computing "mining rigs" have b…

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Ex-Sungei Road market vendors travel across Singapore to eke out living

Ex-Sungei Road market vendors travel across Singapore to eke out living

Former Sungei Road Thieves' Market vendor Chan Ah Ling, 71, now splits her week between two sites - a roving …

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Farewell Funan: Thank you for the memories

Farewell Funan: Thank you for the memories

SINGAPORE - For 31 years, it has witnessed gadget trends and computer upgrades come and go.

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A decade on, S'pore Night Festival sees 800 per cent growth in visitors

A decade on, S'pore Night Festival sees 800 per cent growth in visitors

Every year, a small team of eight takes turns planting onions and chillies into the ground around the Bras Ba…

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Cardboard collectors get a free meal a day, thanks to Happy People

Cardboard collectors get a free meal a day, thanks to Happy People

At 70 years old, Mdm Ooi Ah Yang works two jobs — a cleaner by day and cardboard collector by night — in orde…

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Trucking along: Logistics companies invest in tools to improve road safety

Trucking along: Logistics companies invest in tools to improve road safety

For 17 years, Nasir Nong, 46, starts his shift as early as 6am and ends as late as 8pm, working on average 12…

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'I am Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde': Veteran Peranakan female impersonator GT Lye

'I am Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde': Veteran Peranakan female impersonator GT Lye

Veteran stage actor GT Lye is one of Singapore theatre’s Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde – by his own admission – excep…

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Pulau Ubin 'is the place that saved us': WWII survivor Ahmad Kassim

Pulau Ubin 'is the place that saved us': WWII survivor Ahmad Kassim

Ahmad Kassim was only seven when Japanese troops invaded his home near Masai, Johor, shortly after noon. His …

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Painting the faces behind Thieves' Market

Painting the faces behind Thieves' Market

Over the last few months, 20-year-old Brendan Mayle Kor has been spending his Saturday afternoons studying th…

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Growing a national garden, one plant at a time

Growing a national garden, one plant at a time

It is 7pm on a Sunday and Felicia Chua is among some twenty other workers at the Gardens by the Bay who are j…

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HDB reawakened: Japanese duo lends new perspective on S'pore homes

HDB reawakened: Japanese duo lends new perspective on S'pore homes

A flat left almost devoid of furniture and reserved for poetic musings. Another, a three-room home converted …

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Non-profit groups step up efforts to bring restaurant excess to needy

Non-profit groups step up efforts to bring restaurant excess to needy

Sometimes it's lamb stew on the menu, other times it's roast duck. For the past few months, Marina Bay Sands …

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'Like' it or not, social media makes presence felt in Bukit Batok by-election

'Like' it or not, social media makes presence felt in Bukit Batok by-election

Mr Murali, a lawyer who also contested the 2015 General Election (GE) as part of the PAP's losing Aljunied te…

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One Singaporean’s journey across the globe — on a Vespa

One Singaporean’s journey across the globe — on a Vespa

SINGAPORE — A few days before she crossed the border from Myanmar into Manipur on June 9 last year, a deadly …

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