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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

Yahoo Singapore — SINGAPORE - Hartatik* was in her third month of employment in Singapore in 2017 when the Indonesian domestic worker began to experience constant physical abuse by her employers. Her ordeal coincided with the tumultuous phase of the married couple's relationship, as the young Singaporeans struggled to look after a toddler and a two-month-old infant.
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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

Yahoo Singapore — Animal welfare organisations in Singapore are urging tighter rules on pet cremation services following the case of a dog that died at a controversial pet boarding facility and was reportedly cremated without its owner's knowledge. Among their proposed measures, the mandatory scanning of microchips in pets by service providers prior to cremation.
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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

Yahoo Singapore — Even as countries around the world introduce more measures to curb the unhealthy habit, industry players, experts and consumers are calling on authorities to hold discussions and work towards substituting regular tobacco products with purportedly less harmful options such as e-cigarettes.
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Singaporean father and son 'ghostbusters' keep the faith

Singaporean father and son 'ghostbusters' keep the faith

Yahoo Singapore — In 2006, a woman approached "Ghostbuster" Grand Master Chew Hon Chin, 72, for help to deal with "a problem" that had plagued her for eight years. The woman, who was in her 20s, came into Chew's shop in Katong Shopping Centre accompanied by her boyfriend.
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Singaporean doctor recounts harrowing boat mission to break Gaza blockade

Singaporean doctor recounts harrowing boat mission to break Gaza blockade

Yahoo Singapore — It was on the last leg of sailing in the afternoon of 29 July, about 49 nautical miles from Gaza, when the small boat that Dr Ang Swee Chai was on entered troubled waters. The Singaporean doctor was among 22 people on board the Freedom Flotilla Coalition 's (The Return) that was aiming to break Israel's blockade of Gaza.
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Mining the cryptocurrency craze as rigs sprout across Singapore

Mining the cryptocurrency craze as rigs sprout across Singapore

Yahoo Singapore — With the digital currency fever taking Singapore by storm, companies that host computing "mining rigs" have been popping up over the island, some even as recent as last month.
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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

Yahoo Singapore — Former Sungei Road Thieves' Market vendor Chan Ah Ling, 71, now splits her week between two sites - a roving "pasar Sungei" and a weekend market at Woodlands Recreation Centre.
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Farewell Funan: Thank you for the memories

Farewell Funan: Thank you for the memories

TODAY (Singapore) — 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

TODAY (Singapore) — Every year, a small team of eight takes turns planting onions and chillies into the ground around the Bras Basah- Bugis precinct to “ward off” rain during the annual Singapore Night Festival (SNF), which typically takes place in July or August.
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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

TODAY (Singapore) — At 70 years old, Mdm Ooi Ah Yang works two jobs — a cleaner by day and cardboard collector by night — in order to support herself and two brothers aged 78 and 62.
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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

Channel NewsAsia — For 17 years, Nasir Nong, 46, starts his shift as early as 6am and ends as late as 8pm, working on average 12 to 14 hours per day, up to 6-and-a-half days a week.
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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

TODAY (Singapore) — Veteran stage actor GT Lye is one of Singapore theatre’s Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde – by his own admission – except, his alternate persona is a Peranakan matriarch. His roles as a female impersonator have made a name for him, and he has dedicated over 30 years of his life to the art form.
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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

TODAY (Singapore) — Ahmad Kassim was only seven when Japanese troops invaded his home near Masai, Johor, shortly after noon. His eldest brother, who was then 20, understood the severity of the situation and got the family to flee.
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Painting the faces behind Thieves' Market

Painting the faces behind Thieves' Market

todayonline.com — Over the last few months, 20-year-old Brendan Mayle Kor has been spending his Saturday afternoons studying the faces and mannerisms of the elderly vendors at Sungei Road Thieves' Market very closely, looking for every line and crease that tells a story of their lives.
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Growing a national garden, one plant at a time

Growing a national garden, one plant at a time

todayonline.com — It is 7pm on a Sunday and Felicia Chua is among some twenty other workers at the Gardens by the Bay who are just starting off the first of 12 consecutive all-night shifts at the Flower Dome.
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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

todayonline.com — A flat left almost devoid of furniture and reserved for poetic musings. Another, a three-room home converted into a "family-friendly" gym, complete with exercise equipment and a glass wall to record one's fitness routine.
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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

todayonline.com — Sometimes it's lamb stew on the menu, other times it's roast duck. For the past few months, Marina Bay Sands (MBS) has been donating excess food prepared for banquets to the less fortunate.
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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

todayonline.com — Mr Murali, a lawyer who also contested the 2015 General Election (GE) as part of the PAP's losing Aljunied team, made his social media entrance much later on March 24, three days after he was announced as his party's pick for the by-election.
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One Singaporean’s journey across the globe — on a Vespa

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

todayonline.com — SINGAPORE — A few days before she crossed the border from Myanmar into Manipur on June 9 last year, a deadly militant attack shook the Indian state. And just days after she left Pakistan in early March this year, suicide bombings took place in Lahore and Mardan.
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