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1 week ago | straitstimes.com | Ong Sor Fern

SINGAPORE – Can a library have too few books and too much space? Wandering around the roomy sprawl that is the Punggol Regional Library recently, my first thought was – there could be more shelves and more books. Perhaps it is churlish of me to complain about too much space at the library. It says something about Singapore that public libraries are regularly upgraded and swanky new town hubs incorporate library spaces as a matter of course.

2 weeks ago | straitstimes.com | Ong Sor Fern

Who: Ms Shanya Amarasuriya, creative director of B.P. de Silva Jewellers, a Singaporean heritage brand established in 1872. Ms Amarasuriya, who declined to reveal her age, studied gemology and jewellery design at the Fashion Institute of Technology New York. The fifth-generation jeweller took on the role of creative director in 2018. “I have a few short reads and magazines on my nightstand at the moment. Join ST's Telegram channel and get the latest breaking news delivered to you.

2 weeks ago | straitstimes.com | Ong Sor Fern

UPDATED Apr 04, 2025, 11:30 AM

3 weeks ago | straitstimes.com | Ong Sor Fern

A Tapestry Of Sacred Music Get all fired up by sacred music at the Esplanade this weekend. Literally so, in the case of the Namaskaraya and Magul Bera performances by Sri Lanka’s Buddhika Ranaweera & Company, which will open the festival with conch shells, drums and fire at the courtyard on April 4. There are some intriguing programmes on offer.

3 weeks ago | straitstimes.com | Ong Sor Fern

SINGAPORE – The NUS Singapore History Prize, the richest of its kind in the country, has doubled from $50,000 to $100,000. The prize will also now be open to arts and multimedia. The Department of History at the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences (Fass), National University of Singapore (NUS) announced the changes in a statement on April 1. The prize is financed by an anonymous donor, who has doubled the endowment for the award.