Adults in Singapore are consuming more sodium and calories. This is due to them eating out more often, according to findings from the National Population Health Survey by the Ministry of Health (MOH), and the National Nutrition Survey by the Health Promotion Board (HPB). The findings were announc...
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What do you do if your wife leaves you and your 6-year-old son, forcing you to become a single father at the age of 27? For single father Raymond Wong, it was a shock but also an inevitable outcome. “I saw this coming when my son was around four to five years old. She didn’t both...
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The family of 16-year-old Yap Shing Xuen, who was stabbed to death in a school in Selangor, Malaysia, has filed a civil lawsuit in the Kuala Lumpur High Court against government agencies, the male student involved, and his parents. The mother, Wong Lee Ping, posted on Facebook on...
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Singapore government workers will not be paired with colleagues from the same agency when they sign up for the new dating pilot, FirstDate, by the Government Technology Agency (GovTech). The pilot is open to unmarried public officers aged 21 to 35, GovTech told The Straits Times ...
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Mohamed Faizal Mohamed Salim was last seen near Block 135 Simei Street 1 on Oct 3.
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A man in Taiwan discovered that the boy he had raised as his son was not biologically his after relatives and friends commented that they did not look alike. He subsequently took his former wife to court to challenge his legal status as the boy’s father, Taiwanese news outlet Chi...
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A second initiative at Paya Lebar Quarter will focus on creating employment opportunities for PWDs.
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A new health communication passport will capture the communication preferences and support needs of these patients.
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The task force also recommended introducing future care planning across adult disability services to help people with disabilities and their families plan ahead....
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Families worry about whether children with disabilities will be able to find and keep a job, as well as live independently, after they graduate from special education schools at 18....
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These were part of recommendations from a report that addressed the worries of those with disabilities and their caregivers.
