When condo defects emerge years later, who pays?
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Phishing scams using S’pore police logo re-emerging, public warned
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‘Am I not ambitious enough?’ Singapore worker who doesn’t want to climb corporate ladder asks
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First auction of seized luxury bags from S$3b money laundering case closes, bringing in more than S$1.1m
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75-year-old grandfather allegedly locked out of HDB flat he paid for, sleeps rough for a month
SINGAPORE: A 75-year-old man in Singapore has allegedly been forced out of the HDB flat he fully paid for, after a dispute with his own 55-year-old daughter led to his eviction roughly a month ago. The elderly man is said to have spent about a month sleeping rough before a family...