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E.W. Barker: First Singapore minister to sign Separation Agreement in 1965

SINGAPORE: A recent social media post about Singapore’s first and longest-serving Minister of Law has received some attention, as it underlined the fact that Edmund William Barker had been the first minister to have signed the Separation Agreement with Malaysia in 1965. Together ...

The Independent SingaporeSep 3, 2026

Bai Nian Food Court lost S$250,000 in 7 months, but owners refuse to give up

SINGAPORE: By any measure, a quarter of a million dollars is a substantial amount of money, and anyone would think that a loss of this size may cause someone to throw in the towel. Apparently, this is not true for the owners of Bai Nian Food Court at Chai Chee, an eight-stall ind...

The Independent SingaporeSep 3, 2026