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![The Fierce Ah Mas Playing Water Polo]()
The Fierce Ah Mas Playing Water Polo
For 70-year-old Fong Nam, her greatest fear isn’t dying—it’s losing the strength to play water polo with her fellow elderly friends.
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![The Unspoken Existential Weirdness of Buying Your First HDB Flat]()
The Unspoken Existential Weirdness of Buying Your First HDB Flat
Are we all just faking it to make it?
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![10 Weeks of Extra Parental Leave Is Great. Guilt-Tripping Employees for Taking It Isn’t.]()
10 Weeks of Extra Parental Leave Is Great. Guilt-Tripping Employees for Taking It Isn’t.
Dear employers, leave is leave.
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![In the Afterglow: The Cancer Survivors Finding Light In Their Night Routines]()
In the Afterglow: The Cancer Survivors Finding Light In Their Night Routines
In the stillness after sunset.
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![Kishore Mahbubani’s Advice for the Cynical Singaporean]()
Kishore Mahbubani’s Advice for the Cynical Singaporean
Is being born in Singapore still a cause for celebration today?
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![The Man At The Centre of Singapore’s Property Agent Drama]()
The Man At The Centre of Singapore’s Property Agent Drama
In a city known for its sky-high housing costs, real estate agency Homeseller is disrupting the market.
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![Hot (Senior) Singles in Your Area: Meet the Aunties and Uncles on Dating Apps]()
Hot (Senior) Singles in Your Area: Meet the Aunties and Uncles on Dating Apps
Everyone and their mother is on Tinder.
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![Bridge Jobs: The New Corporate Gap Year in the Age of Burnout]()
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![Singaporean Workers Clear the Air Around Vaping in Offices]()
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![New Bahru and the Shopping Mall-ification of Our Historical Buildings]()
New Bahru and the Shopping Mall-ification of Our Historical Buildings
How much of its heritage does it truly preserve, and who is it really for?
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![Is PM Wong’s Vision to Redefine Success in Singapore Only for a Select Few?]()
![In the Afterglow: The Cancer Survivors Finding Light In Their Night Routines]()
![Singapore’s Longest Curved HDB Corridor, and the Distance Between Our Neighbours]()
![In Their Own Skin: Portraits of Eczema in Singapore]()
![The Last Generation of Singapore’s Newspaper Stand Vendors]()
![This Body is Not Mine: Living With Gender Dysphoria]()
![The Last Mile: Golden Mile Complex’s Final Hedonistic Hurrah]()
Is PM Wong’s Vision to Redefine Success in Singapore Only for a Select Few?
It's a great idea—but until we make concrete changes, that's all it'll be.
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![Assembly, Boycotts, Convocations: The ABCs of Student Activism in Singapore]()
Assembly, Boycotts, Convocations: The ABCs of Student Activism in Singapore
If many of our most established politicians got their start in student activism, why is it viewed so cynically today?
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![The Samsui Woman Kerfuffle Shows Some Complaints Aren’t Worth Listening To]()
The Samsui Woman Kerfuffle Shows Some Complaints Aren’t Worth Listening To
When the loudest voices find offence in the innocuous.
Random Opinion
"Cost concerns should never be the knee-jerk auto-response because you may unintentionally signal that some lives are cheaper than others."
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