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You can get your groceries at the wet market, the supermarket, or through delivery apps—and each offers you different information to guide your choice. But information isn't the same as guidance.
Montfort Junior School goes co-ed; sign-on bonuses to attract more bus drivers; getting Singaporeans to make more close friends; final bows on homeground before Finnish maestro Hannu Lintu is to helm Singapore Symphony Orchestra; and more.
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