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SINGAPORE: Before she leaves home, Ms Cha Yoo Kyung, 27, always makes sure she has three essential items with her: A food container, cutlery and a reusable shopping bag. She uses them to pack her lunch every day from coffee shops and hawker centres near her office, as part of a conscious

SINGAPORE: When Mr Syukri Azman first reached out to the chief executive officer (CEO) of a logistics firm over professional networking platform LinkedIn, it was out of curiosity to find out how the company managed to secure a tender from a multinational corporation in Singapore.  Little did he k

SINGAPORE: Whenever her air-conditioning unit broke down, Dr Chua Yen Ping used to wonder what needed to be fixed when the repair man could solve her woes in just minutes. So the 48-year-old mathematics lecturer at a polytechnic decided to spend her SkillsFuture credits on a three-month course on air-condi

SINGAPORE: Within just two years, the world had seen the value and trading volume of non-fungible tokens (NFTs) rising rapidly, before tumbling almost just as quickly. Among the notable developments at the early stages of the bull run was when Christie’s auction house in March 2021 sold an NFT of a digit

SINGAPORE: When Certificate of Entitlement (COE) prices hit six figures last year, Mr Muhammad Aiman had no choice but to turn to car-sharing after scrapping his vehicle at the end of the COE's 10-year validity.  Now, the 43-year-old security supervisor who wanted to be known only by his first name re

SINGAPORE: For cat lover Shak, who lives in a two-room rental flat in Boon Lay with his mother, time is the biggest barrier to getting his three cats sterilised. The 39-year-old cat owner, who wanted to remain anonymous as owning a cat in a Housing and Development Board (HDB) flat is cur

SINGAPORE: For 24-year-old Glenc Soh, travelling by bus is much more than just a way to get to his destination. It is also his passion. He had developed a profound love for buses as a child, as his parents would often take him out on bus rides from Ang Mo Kio, where they live. “My parents often

SINGAPORE: Whenever marketing executive Martin Chu travels overseas, he would often create whole itineraries around the coffee joints that he intends to visit.  “There are actually times when I plan my entire trip based on the coffee places around the area,” said the 29-year-old. Mr Chu,

SINGAPORE: Fishing at St John’s Island bright and early last Sunday (Oct 15) morning were three friends — Aiden Raphael Keh, 17, Lin Jiayuan, 21, and Sim Jin Heng, 26. The trio told TODAY that the Southern Islands’ “relatively undisturbed” nature and bountiful marine biodiversity made them ideal

SINGAPORE: When then-19-year-old Ashley Poo told friends that she was diagnosed with clinical depression and anxiety, the young woman who had always come across as confident and assured was greeted with a mixture of shock and confusion. Remarks like “why are you depressed”, “your issues are not that