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‘She is always late’: Singapore man asks how to get deal with girlfriend’s ‘chronic lateness’
SINGAPORE: A man has asked fellow Singaporeans for advice on how to get his girlfriend to be more punctual, saying she is chronically late despite knowing that it bothers him. In a post on the r/ask......
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Beyond Haze: Singapore’s Unpriced Toxicity Risk
By ID Capital Singapore is one of the better regulated countries in Asia when it comes to chemical risk, with strict controls on pesticides, industrial emissions, food-contact materials and hazardous......
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‘Insane to manage’: Singaporean says workload becomes unbearable after half his team is laid off
SINGAPORE: A Singaporean tech worker says his workload has become “insane to manage” after a company restructuring cut his team from six employees to just three, with the remaining workers now putting......
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GrabFood delivery rider allegedly allocated GrabExpress job to dispose of customer's rubbish, paid S$4
A GrabFood delivery rider allegedly received a GrabExpress job to dispose of a customer's rubbish and was paid S$4 for the trip. Four large trash bags left outside the flat The incident came to public attention after an anonymous user posted about it in the Facebook group Complai...
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Thailand declares 2-day govt holiday in Bangkok due to flooding
Thailand has declared a two-day holiday for civil servants from Sep. 28 to 29. According to Reuters , the Thai cabinet approved the special holidays for Bangkok and three surrounding provinces — Nonthaburi, Pathum Thani, and Samut Prakan — due to heavy rainfall and flooding. The ...
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Bella Astillah says she wasn't looking for love before Syed Saddiq, prayed for happiness after being 'tired of feeling sad'
Malaysian actress and singer Bella Astillah said she was not actively looking for a new partner until her fiancé, Muar Member of Parliament Syed Saddiq Syed Abdul Rahman, came into her life. Instead, after going through difficulties in her previous marriage, the 32-year-old said ...
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S'porean tourist, 66, reportedly dies in Italy hotel, carbon monoxide detected in room: Italian media
A 66-year-old tourist from Singapore reportedly died in Italy on Sep. 16. The death was reported by Italian media La Sicilia , a daily newspaper based in Catania, Italy. The paper stated that the tourist died in Rifugio Sapienza, a hotel on Mount Etna. Alleged presence of carbon ...