Year in Review: Singapore 2013 Rewind Rap
Cool! There's a rap recap of the year's biggest (or most bewildering) happenings in Singapore by local mash-up makers Fallen Superhero. For more comprehensive year-in-review stories, click the "Year in...
View ArticlePictures: Did you know there was a Tang Dynasty City in Singapore?
Like the Tang Dynasty era in China which ended in 907, Tang Dynasty City in Singapore is now a thing of the past.The S$100 million theme park was opened in 1992 in Jurong as a re-creation of the...
View ArticleGoodbye Genting Highlands, hello 20th Century Fox World!
Genting Highlands as we know it will soon be no more.Yes you’ve heard it right: Resorts World Genting is getting a massive makeover in 2016, when Twentieth Century Fox World opens and essentially...
View ArticleColumn: To be or not to be a housewife — the modern Asian woman's dilemma
There is this one scene from secondary school that has stayed with me until today.One day in a Chinese language class, the teacher asked us a question. Actually the question was directed to the...
View ArticleFive new peak period short bus services to be introduced in 2014
Chua Chu Kang, Pasir Ris and Tampines residents will soon have five new peak period short services (PPSS) to facilitate their journey to nearby MRT stations and bus interchanges.The services will be...
View ArticleOver 5,000 party people witnessed 'sunrise' for the first time at ZoukOut
You'd think one of the highlights of partying on an offshore island — one of Singapore's top attractions no less — would be a beautiful sunrise as closing ceremony. But ZoukOut's always ended on a...
View ArticleTwo Little India establishments in hot soup
Two establishments in Little India were caught breaking the alcohol licensing regulations on Dec. 22.The first incident was when police confiscated a can of unopened beer from a man who bought it from...
View ArticleGirl's hand gets crushed in sugercane juicer while helping dad
A teenage girl's hand was crushed in a sugarcane juicer when she was helping her father at his sugarcane stall at a Toa Payoh Lorong 8 on Dec. 22.According to Channel NewsAsia, the Singapore Civil...
View ArticleAmendment of four bus services in light of MCE's opening
The new Marina Coastal Expressway (MCE) will see the amendment of four SBS Transit buses — bus services 100, 400, 402, 502/502A — when it opens on Dec. 29.The service routes of the buses will include...
View ArticleDavid Beckham to promote Las Vegas Sands brand in Singapore and China
Global integrated resort developer Las Vegas Sands has announced its partnership with iconic model and former footballer David Beckham to expand its footprint in Singapore and Macau.The partnership...
View ArticleSingapore wealth fund buys 50 percent stake in London's Broadgate
Photo: Broadgate, an estate surrounding the Liverpool Street train station, even has a skating rink popular during the holidays; About.comOne of Singapore's sovereign wealth funds confirmed Tuesday it...
View ArticleVideo: 12 types of Singaporean Instagram users
INSPIRING QUOTE WRITER. 'Nuff said. Oh, and another thing: why is this entire video shot in a hotel room? Tags: funny
View ArticleHot or Not? Neko No Niwa cat cafe at Boat Quay
What is is: What used to be a hair salon at one of Singapore's thriving nightlife attractions is the city's first cat cafe run by couple Samuel Leong and Sue Lynn Tan. The two had had to go through...
View ArticleSingapore won't interfere in bitcoin
A statement from the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) reveals the central bank won't intervene with the business of bitcoin. After warning users about the risks of trading bitcoin — that if the...
View ArticleChanges to bus and train services on New Year's Eve
Better file this one, guys — SBS announced today that bus and train services will be extended on the eve of the new year next Tuesday.Bus services will also be re-routed in light of the Marina Bay...
View ArticleThai student makes video about life in NUS
A Thai student at the National University of Singapore Pun Puapipat, who claims he takes photos and videos of everything, has put together a montage of his daily events. Induction cookers, instant...
View Article2NE1's second world tour in Singapore April, 2014
K-pop supergroup 2NE1 has just released on their Facebook page details of their second world tour. 2NE1 will kick things off Mar. 1 at the Olympic Park in Seoul before going to Hong Kong (Mar. 22),...
View ArticleSelf-boarding gates at Changi Airport next year
Starting April 2014, passengers at Changi Airport will have the time taken for them to get on the plane cut by up to 50 percent, with the help of self-boarding gates. Ground staff will still be around...
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