40% of employees want early retirement: Randstad survey
Close to 40 percent of employees here want to retire 10 years before 65, the retirement age set by the government, according to the 2014 Ranstad Award survey. The survey of 6,546 employees revealed...
View ArticleAnthony Chen's 'Ilo Ilo' opens in New York
Celebrated Singaporean film Ilo Ilo premiered in New York yesterday. The 2013 film, which depicts the struggles of a Singaporean family during the 1997 Asian financial crisis, and their relationship...
View ArticleMayday to headline 2014 Formula 1 Singapore Grand Prix on September 19
Taiwanese rockers Mayday will take to the Padang Stage to headline the post-practice entertainment on the first day of the 2014 Formula 1 Singapore Grand Prix. They are the first high-profile act to be...
View ArticleDrunk man arrested for causing nuisance at Mustafa
A 22-year-old man has been arrested for causing nuisance and assaulting the staff of Mustafa Centre. On Saturday morning, police officers deployed to the scene found the suspect in an unsteady state...
View ArticleDr Woffles Wu slapped with four months suspension
Popular plastic surgeon Dr. Woffles Wu has been suspended from practice for four months by the Singapore Medical Council (SMC). In 2012, Dr. Wu had gotten an employee to shoulder the blame for a...
View ArticleViral Now: Hilton Worldwide makes big boo-boo
Yesterday, one of the world's biggest hotel groups made a boo-boo on Twitter. Traveling to #Shanghai soon? Its airport, @FansofChangi, was deemed the best. See why here: http://t.co/EqzkrWBGYh —...
View ArticleDrone worry, it's normal
Seeing a lot of flying objects hovering in the air a lot lately? Dont' freak out. Shutterbugs in Singapore are fully embracing the use of drones in aerial photography. Some 80 photography of them...
View ArticleDear tourists, we swear our videos are usually better than this
Singapore, we love you, just the way you are (save for a bunch of kinks better discussed in another story), so why you gotta do yourself like this? There's only one way the recent promo video uploaded...
View ArticleCool Beans: Singapore's newest daytime music event is a mega yacht party
Love the sea and all-day parties like Tanjong Beach Club's Full Steam Ahead? Prepare to get wild this April 26. New music event series Boats and Beats will see 200 people partying onboard not just one...
View ArticleSingapore welcomes one-of-a-kind Pita Bakery on Bali Lane
We're excited about the newest kid on the Kampong Glam block, Pita Bakery, which — you guessed it right — sells the Mediterranean staple fresh from the oven. The first of its kind in Singapore, Pita...
View ArticleVideo: Shoving, vulgarities abound as two men fight it out in shopping mall
A video of two men fighting at the Compass Point shopping mall on Sunday has been going viral. In the video, each can be seen shoving and shouting at each other in full view of the public and what...
View Article28 Hong Kong Street, Bacchanalia, Jaan clinch top industry accolades at WGS...
Photo: Winners at this year's World Gourmet Series Awards of Excellence ceremony Decided by over 14,000 public votes, the World Gourmet Series Awards of Excellence was held on the morning of April 5 at...
View ArticleElectro duo Disclosure playing at Zouk on May 17
English electro duo Disclosure will bring their exciting live set to Zouk on May 17. Brothers Guy and and Howard Lawrence have garnered a huge following ever since their debut album Settle (2013) which...
View ArticleA whopping 23 arrested in joint operation that lasted 17 hours
23 people were arrested in a 17-hour joint operation involving officers from the Ang Mo Kio Police Division, Central Narcotics Bureau and Singapore Customs. Followings checks conducted in Ang Mo Kio,...
View ArticlePhotos: Singapore gets 'sakura' season after longest dry spell in a century
Everytime someone asks us what season it is in Singapore, we only have two options by way of an answer: dry and wet. Not this time. We're actually experiencing some sort of a spring season, thanks to...
View Article11 picked up for fighting at Choa Chu Kang construction site
11 suspects were arrested in relation to a case of rioting at a Choa Chu Kang construction site on Sunday. The suspects are between 21 — 26 years of age. Officers deployed to the scene found a...
View ArticleProfessor Kishore Mahbubani named one of 50 world thinkers for 2014
British current affairs magazine Prospect has named the National University of Singapore's (NUS) Professor Kishore Mahbubani as one of its top 50 world thinkers for 2014. The Dean of the Lee Kuan Yew...
View ArticlePopular messaging app LINE launching first Singapore pop-up store this month
LINE, one of the world’s leading mobile messaging apps, has just shared surpassed 400 million in total number of registered users. To celebrate this achievement and as part of their commitment to...
View ArticleGiant retail warehouse Big Box opening in Jurong at year-end
Giant retail warehouse Big Box will open in Jurong Gateway by year-end. The eight-storey building houses an area of over 1.3 million sq. ft., making Big Box the largest of four warehouse retail...
View ArticleNew VIP club Altimate opening April 17
Singapore's got one of the highest concentration of millionnaires in the world, so it was only a matter of time before another super VIP club opened to give Marina Bay Sands' Pangaea a run for its...
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