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SINGAPORE: For seven years, a Singaporean man thought that he was in a serious relationship with a Malaysian woman. With this, he was the one who paid for her expenses, funded her business ventures, gave her family heirloom jewellery, and even helped her buy a house. However, eve...
Spots which offer both indoor and outdoor seating continue to see diners opting for tables outside, though there appear to be more tourists than locals braving the heat and haze....
Since e-waste collection started in 2021, more than 45,000 tonnes of e-waste have been collected.
SINGAPORE: Two women from a Singapore corporate service provider have been sentenced to imprisonment after recruiting a 69-year-old Singaporean woman as a nominee director for 108 companies, keeping her entirely uninformed about the businesses she was supposedly overseeing. Two o...
In a drunken stupor, a 49-year-old Singaporean woman forcefully kissed two brothers, then 16 and 23, on their cheeks and lips at Boon Lay Shopping Centre. According to court documents seen by Mothership , the woman, Goh Mei Chi, faced two charges for outrage of modesty. She plead...
The American burger chain Five Guys has shut down its outlet at ION Orchard, leaving only one outlet left in Singapore. The restaurant outlet has been closed since Sep. 6, 2026, with the restaurant facade blocked by hoardings. There was no indication as to what might replace the ...
A man, 32, has been charged with six counts of voyeurism and pleaded guilty to four of them. He was sentenced to 10 weeks in jail. The remaining two charges were taken into consideration during sentencing. Aged between 22 and 44, the four female victims were all colleagues of the...
Malaysia Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim on Friday (Oct 9) pledged to implement reforms that he said would allow the country's strong economic growth to trickle-down to ordinary Malaysians....
CNA looks at how artificial intelligence is changing businesses in China – from the rise of solo entrepreneurs and the networks forming around them to its impact on larger organisations....
Goh Mei Chi committed the offences at Boon Lay Shopping Centre after drinking beer.
It is part of a push to build chatbots and narration services reflecting regional languages and dialects.
She stole items worth nearly $90 in total over 12 occasions from the Sin Ming Avenue outlet between May and Aug 2025.
A Singaporean woman, 40, was sentenced to eight weeks and five days' jail for dining and dashing at a Haidilao restaurant, as well as committing a series of petty retail shop thefts, including stealing two loaves of raisin bread. The accused, Ong Rou En, pleaded guilty to three c...
Indonesia has attracted massive investment into its metal industry and smelting, but recent policies have raised concerns from some business players.
SINGAPORE: Singapore’s strong economic growth amid the artificial intelligence (AI) boom may have rebounded consumer confidence and made retail investors betting on the industry optimistic , but it seems it’s not giving the same confidence to the city-state’s job market. Accordin...
Some hotel rooms are going for more than seven times their usual rates, amid a packed calendar of over 40 business conferences and gatherings around the Formula 1 period....
Facing weaker consumer spending and higher operating costs, some operators are trying new ways to build customer loyalty.
The Taiwanese host signed up because she wanted to learn about AI – only to find herself tackling accounting, business and interest rates.
Tan Ee Ren remembers the moment he decided to become vegetarian at the age of 13. Speaking to Mothership at Singapore’s first halal-certified, plant-based sushi train restaurant, Sauté Sushi at Paya Lebar Square, Tan said: “I had watched some videos about the poultry industry, on...
Nine Crystal Jade restaurants remain open in Singapore, with no further outlet closures expected, its receivers say.
A customer who dined at a restaurant in Penang, Malaysia on Oct. 4 was caught on camera apparently pulling out his chest hair and putting it in his food. Sin Chew Daily reported that the man, said to be with his partner, visited the restaurant around 5pm that day. His action was ...
Singapore cannot allow its local food and beverage (F&B) scene to become a "guinea pig for the market-share aspirations of foreign chain restaurants", said Workers' Party MP Jamus Lim. Instead, special care must be taken to protect this culinary heritage — for instance, by ensuri...
SINGAPORE/JOHOR: The first meeting of the Johor-Singapore Cooperation Ministerial Committee (JSCMC) will be held in Singapore on Nov 2, 2026, marking a key preparatory step before the official launch of the Johor-Singapore Special Economic Zone (JS-SEZ) masterplan at the 13th Mal...
JOHOR: The Johor Economic, Tourism and Culture Office in Singapore (JETCO) has deepened Johor’s engagement with the Canadian business community through a closed-door consultation session with the Canadian Chamber of Commerce (CanCham) in Singapore, bringing together government re...
The K-pop star will make an appearance at the pop-up, which is located at Raffles City Shopping Centre.
SINGAPORE: An employer has drawn heavy criticism online after complaining that their family's domestic helper wants four days off each month. Under Ministry of Manpower (MOM) guidelines, domestic helpers are entitled to one rest day each week. As for which day it falls on, the he...
SINGAPORE: An aggrieved worker has shared that his company plans to cut his salary by as much as 40%, just two months after he passed his probation. Detailing his dilemma in a post on the r/singaporejobs subreddit, the worker said he currently holds a managerial role at a small a...
OldTown White Coffee will close its last Singapore outlet in Kallang Wave Mall. Its last day of operations is on Oct. 11, 2026. The restaurant chain serves Malaysian cuisine. "After more than 12 years of serving our valued customers at OldTown Kallang Wave, we would like to annou...
The firm will establish its global headquarters here, and part of its research will look into how artificial intelligence could help badminton players improve their performance....
The goalkeeper said that manpower – not rent – was behind the closure, and he has been learning his mother-in-law's recipes to take over the cooking.
The government will not leave affected businesses and residents to fend for themselves, says Transport Minister Jeffrey Siow.
The eatery was started by a Hong Kong chef over 20 years ago at Sunshine Plaza.
The lights have gone off for the final time at former Singapore goalkeeper Hassan Sunny's Nasi Padang stall in Tampines after six years of physical presence. But we have not seen the last of Dapur Hassan Muslim Food, which first opened for business in October 2020. The eatery wil...
A man who attempted to return empty drink cans to a BCRS machine had his cans rejected as price tags had been pasted on top of the BCRS barcodes the machine typically scans. Taking to Reddit to complain about the issue, user u/Yadobler warned against buying drinks from Ang Mo Sup...
Nearly one in four Singapore businesses adopted AI in 2025, up from about one in seven a year earlier, according to the Singapore Digital Economy Report....
Wong Ee Wei, and married couple Kenneth Tan Hong Chang and Tiffany Lim Hui Peng had pleaded guilty in September.
"Have a business plan covering a minimum of five years, and we will support it," said Mohammed Ben Sulayem, president of Formula 1's governing body, the FIA....
Latest figures from the Singapore Digital Economy Report released by IMDA showed that adoption of AI among enterprises rose from 14.7% in 2024 to 23.5% in 2025....
The 53-year-old actor, who has mostly played supporting and cameo roles in local television dramas, made his feature-film leading debut as a hawker in Anthony Chen's latest film....
JOHOR BAHRU: Johor Investment, Trade, Consumer Affairs and Human Resources Committee Chairman Lee Ting Han has called on the state to ensure that investment flowing into the Johor-Singapore Special Economic Zone (JS-SEZ) translates into real opportunities for local small and medi...
A civil suit against a 39-year-old woman by a late businessman's daughter for taking more than S$1.7 million from him has been dismissed after a High Court judge found that the monies were gifted voluntarily. Chew Yam Song Peter, who ran the seafood wholesale business Evergreen S...
