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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