How to survive Chinese New Year spring cleaning
Spring cleaning doesn’t have to be a painful affair, so here’s a simple survival guide to getting your house in order, and transforming it into good family bonding time too!
Yini Chua
Writer / Scriptwriter / Research Writer
Four ways pets benefit children's development
Pets are not just cute, cuddly creatures that entertain children and become their best friends throughout their childhood. In fact, interaction with animals can aid your child’s learning and development in several ways.
Internal buy-in for Sustainability and CSR
How to create support for corporate social responsibility initiatives among skeptical employees.
Re-innovating LED Illumination (Lux Photonics Consortium)
A collaborative project by The Photonics Institute (TPI) and Technolite could make unreliable LED illumination a thing of the past.
Languages in danger of extinction
Up to ninety per cent of the world’s languages could perish within the next hundred years, a phenomenon that is directly linked to the loss of biodiversity, said NTU’s Toh Puan Mahani Idris Daim Visiting Chair Professor, Suzanne Romaine.
Is Qingming tradition fading away?
Every year without fail, Gaw Kay Heng and his wife wake up at the crack of dawn to drive to Bright Hill Columbarium, where the ashes of his departed parents and brother are placed.
NTU, are you sexist?
How could such obvious sexist undertones of Mr. Lee’s comments slip by, undetected, among the supposedly more educated, independent and intelligent citizens in Singapore?
We had a clear financial plan for lift upgrading: Chiam
Former Potong Pasir Member of Parliament (MP) Chiam See Tong said that the previous town council under him would have had no financial issues paying for lift upgrading in the constituency.
Proposed pay benchmark is ‘flawed’: Chen Show Mao
The proposed new framework for ministerial pay is a “flawed new benchmark”, said Workers Party (WP) Member of Parliament (MP) Chen Show Mao on Monday.
It’s okay to skip lecture…sometimes
Charles Darwin was never a hardworking student. But he did one thing right: he pursued his passion.
EX CEO defends SMRT’s maintenance regime at COI
Train operator SMRT had wanted to conduct further checks after the first major train disruption on 15 December last year, but had instead resumed services at the prompting of the Land Transport Authority (LTA).
200 Bangladeshi workers stage sit-out over pay dispute
A group of 200 disgruntled foreign workers went on a seven-hour sit-out on Monday morning in Tampines over a dispute of unpaid salaries.
Don't compare S’pore ministerial pay with other countries: DPM Teo
Despite the suggested cuts, Singapore's leaders remain among the highest-paid in the world.
M Ravi: Death penalty should not be dispensed ‘in an automated, robotic, spasmodic approach’
At the appeal hearing for Yong Vui Kong today, the Court of Appeal, consisting of Chief Justice Chan Sek Long, Justices of Appeal Andrew Phang Boon Leong and VK Raja, chose to reserve its judgment instead of delivering a verdict.
A Pressure Cooker Education System
Singapore’s education system has been proven to be world-class, with students here proving their mettle in international examinations. But many problems lurk beneath this shining exterior.
