SINGAPORE: Travelling can be expensive, but how much is too much to spend on travel? One Singaporean earning S$105,000 a year, who plans to take his parents, both in their 60s, on some longer trips, wondered the same, turning to an online forum to ask netizens whether it would be “financially wis...
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Singapore must ensure that it continues to have good government, said Prime Minister Lawrence Wong on Oct. 8. To do so, ministers' salaries must remain "competitive" to attract good talent, he added. PM Wong made these comments at the 24th Forbes Global CEO Conference, an invitat...
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The parents of a 10-year-old Hong Kong girl have been arrested by the local police's child abuse investigation unit after a video of her struggling to carry bags of beers circulated on social media. At one point in the video, bystanders asked why she was carrying so much on her o...
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The recall is due to the possible presence of Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli.
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An American citizen in Singapore rented a semi-detached house in Kembangan where he stayed with his family, and paid only one month's rent. After that, Anthony Thomas Price refused to pay the landlord, citing alleged defects in the property, according to a judgement dated Oct. 5,...
schools
As the haze worsens in Malaysia, all schools under the Ministry of Education in Negeri Sembilan are temporarily closing their gates. Students and teachers have been asked to stay home for lessons and work. One student’s mother didn’t see a school closure notice in the school grou...
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SINGAPORE: Between work, fatherhood and the pressures of everyday life, one Singaporean millennial says he is running out of energy. The man in his late 30s took to Reddit to ask others if feeling burnt out is normal. In his post, he shared that he believed that he needed more en...
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The annual programme also offers recipients opportunities to undertake internships in the BH newsroom.
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Warning: This article contains details of sexual abuse and rape. Audience discretion is advised. A 44-year-old Singaporean man who sexually abused four of his daughters over 15 years was sentenced on Oct. 8 to 16.5 years' jail and 22 strokes of the cane. The victims between 2008 ...
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School closures will be considered when the air quality forecast for the next day exceeds a 24-hour PSI of 300.
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Despite tabling a higher budget, the government expects Malaysia’s fiscal deficit to decline to 3.3 per cent in 2027, progressing toward the target of 3 per cent by 2028....
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Pretty boys, photo cards, and parasocial relationships. Welcome to the new Formula 1 (F1). If you scroll through social media content about F1, you’d notice that the cars and the race now make up just a fraction of what you see. Instead, you'll find fan edits from interviews, mem...
