What's impostor syndrome like for young hawkers? Millennials taking on the mantle are tired of the constant comparisons to ...
It’s not that Singaporeans don’t want to have kids—what they don't have is a life shaped to fit one right now.
"We need systems that effectively prevent such violations and protect workers when they occur—not only when a case becomes large or public enough." ...
I remember the first time I wandered the back alleys of Geylang close to 10 years ago. As a teenager, I knew I had to experience the vice central everyone would chatter about at least once in my life.
Renée Ting was barely 19 years old in 2011 when she first got the call telling her that she was hired at BooksActually. To the quiet teenager, the bookstore was her escape from the volatility of home.
I am an ‘average’ Singaporean. I’ve lived in Ang Mo Kio for 20-plus years, in an upgraded 3-room flat, 15 minutes from the closest MRT. Rain or shine, I spend 90% of my time in flip-flops, much to the ...
It’s a familiar complaint we’ve all heard: “Singapore is boring.” But is that the truth, or just an excuse to dismiss our own cultural richness? Dick Lee, one of Singapore’s most iconic pop legends, ...
Angela’s young adulthood brought a heartbreaking reality: losing both parents to cancer. She recalls her caregiving journey, navigating a role reversal many millennials quietly share—the parents who ...
That was more than a decade ago. Yet her anecdote, shared at a recent RICE dialogue with fellow former NMPs Anthea Ong, Laurence Lien and Chandra Mohan Nair, still resonates today. 35 years after the ...
Beneath the polished image of Singapore’s legal sector, many young lawyers are quietly exiting the field, citing reasons like burnout, shifting life goals, and generational clashes in work culture.
Images from Golden Mile Food Centre/Deen Tulang Specialist by Zachary Tang. Ask a random person on the street about dishes invented in Singapore, and you’ll get a mix of answers, from Chili Crab and ...
We think that GE2025 is defined by just one number: 65.57 percent. An all-too-familiar result, an all-too-familiar parliament, and an all-too-familiar political landscape? Not quite. GE2025 ushered in ...