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2 weeks ago | 
channelnewsasia.com | Amanda Yeap
Ms Wong Noorina May thought the S$55,000 renovation for her resale flat was off to a promising start in 2023. The 42-year-old homemaker had been impressed by the makeover her cousin’s new home received, and on her husband’s suggestion, decided to hire the same interior designer, Mr Yusoff Ayub, who ran Icon Design & Build Consultants.
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3 weeks ago | 
channelnewsasia.com | Amanda Yeap
For most of her adult life, Ms Shelly Chan, 41, steered clear of Chinese-made electronics. Growing up, her parents had been wary of “Made in China” goods after experiencing a string of unreliable household appliances that did not last. “So even though we were not well-to-do, my parents insisted on spending more for household appliances that were not 100 per cent made in China,” said the business marketing consultant.
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3 weeks ago | 
channelnewsasia.com | Amanda Yeap
For most of her adult life, Ms Alyssa Yeo has been single. The business development manager is 36 this year, has a good sense of humour, is thoughtful and well-travelled. Apart from one serious relationship in her early 20s, she has no one now to call her significant other. She has had her share of "crushes", first dates that led nowhere, as well as short-lived situationships that never turned into relationships.
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4 weeks ago | 
channelnewsasia.com | Amanda Yeap
Sometimes when I’m not working, I find that I still am – in my head. I could be at home, chilling on the sofa while watching an episode of The White Lotus, a TV series on HBO Max. But somewhere in the background of my brain, some quiet thoughts are gnawing at me: I haven’t finished the legwork for my upcoming article. There are emails I need to reply to, and ideas I should jot down lest I forget about them before my next meeting. And it’s not just work.
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1 month ago | 
channelnewsasia.com | Amanda Yeap
Fed up with property flyers, Pasir Ris resident Amara Ong once confronted a flyer distributor while he was in the process of slipping one into her Housing and Development Board flat, telling him to "take it back". While she admitted that she might have startled the distributor who was just doing his job, the 36-year-old accountant said her aversion to flyers began after moving into her resale flat in 2020.
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1 month ago | 
channelnewsasia.com | Amanda Yeap
SINGAPORE: A new hawker centre in Bishan and a rejuvenated Toa Payoh town centre are among several plans that Transport Minister Chee Hong Tat pledged to carry out for the constituency should he be elected, he said on Wednesday (Apr 30). Mr Chee, who is the anchor minister for the Bishan-Toa Payoh Group Representation Constituency (GRC), said that while much has been achieved over the past decade, there is still much more he hopes to do for residents in the years ahead, if elected.
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2 months ago | 
channelnewsasia.com | Amanda Yeap
SINGAPORE: Job concerns in Singapore are real in light of the United States’ sweeping tariffs, and worries about cost of living were among the reasons the government took action in this year’s Budget, said Minister for Home Affairs and Law K Shanmugam on Tuesday (Apr 29). But when the opposition suggests that many things can be given for free, it would be wise to ask questions, he added. "We are successful because we always tell the truth directly.
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2 months ago | 
channelnewsasia.com | Amanda Yeap
SINGAPORE: Health Minister Ong Ye Kung has criticised the Singapore Democratic Party’s (SDP) proposals on Monday (Apr 28), saying that the party should “explain honestly” what they are suggesting. He added that the proposals do not have “a snowball’s chance” of contributing to a thriving Singapore, and are “mere populist calls” aimed at winning seats in parliament, he said at a People’s Action Party (PAP) rally in Sembawang.
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2 months ago | 
channelnewsasia.com | Amanda Yeap
SINGAPORE: Senior Minister Lee Hsien Loong said on Sunday (Apr 27) that he does not fault labour chief Ng Chee Meng or the labour movement for having supported the aborted Income-Allianz deal. Addressing a point made by Workers' Party (WP) chief Pritam Singh on Saturday that not a single labour MP had raised the issue in parliament, Mr Lee said it was understandable why they did not do so, as the deal was initially seen as reasonable by the National Trades Union Congress (NTUC).
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2 months ago | 
channelnewsasia.com | Amanda Yeap
SINGAPORE: The NTUC will "learn the right lessons" from the aborted Income-Allianz deal, and while the labour movement always strives to do its best, sometimes it falls short, labour chief Ng Chee Meng said on Sunday (Apr 27). "We humbly acknowledge the public feedback. I've initiated a review in NTUC Enterprise so that we can learn the right lessons humbly, and do better for fellow Singaporeans. "In NTUC, we will do our best. And sometimes, I'm sorry that it is not good enough.
