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Cold Storage’s curious anniversary; the perils of live commerce; changing home ownership mores; a fascinating historical saga stretching across Egypt, Singapore, and Indonesia; and the renaissance of dinner theatre.
It’s easy to trust a Finn. But how do you get a Finn to trust you? Corrie Tan spends a year in the “happiest” country in the world and tries to find out.
Given Singapore's size and system of government, MPs here have a uniquely broad remit with an accompanying intense workload. And yet, even with their bumper pay packets, almost all choose to have second jobs.
Less diplomatic takes on Xi Jinping's third term, IPS study on food costs vs the reality, linking Oscar-winner Yeoh's success to Singapore, NHB's bid to have another monument recognised as UNESCO World Heritage Site, and more.
Jom has scrutinised PAP remarks and the WP’s 2019 housing paper. We believe it certainly did.
More awareness of invisible disabilities needed, the Lee-Li saga plays out online, migrant writers get a new website, Ninja Van does PR, and more.
It's neither crime nor the weather that's on writer Myle Yan Tay's mind as a student in Chicago. It's booze. Yan tracks his relationship with alcohol and newly made friends in the "Windy City", as a frigid winter approaches.
Workers' Party asks if People's Action Party propagates falsehoods, shoes donated for recycling end up being exported for resale, Cross Cultures at the ACM, carsharing revs up, and more.
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