Navigating Life with Resilience and RealismThe inevitable has occurred—three members of my close-knit group of five have contracted Omicron. The days of anxious anticipation regarding when COVID would affect us are behind us. I often reminded my friends, “It’s just a matter of time before we get infected.” We are not the type to isolate …
Author: Jack Wong
Jack Wong
Incident Highlights Recklessness of Fleeing SuspectHeng Yong Qin, a 32-year-old man with a history of convictions, found himself in a predicament as he faced potential re-arrest for breaching his remission order. On the morning of March 27, 2021, around 7:30 AM, Heng panicked when a police officer stopped him on the Central Expressway (CTE) for …
Initiatives Aim to Promote Healthier Eating HabitsSINGAPORE: The Ministry of Health (MOH) has announced plans to tackle excessive salt consumption among Singaporeans, as highlighted by Parliamentary Secretary Rahayu Mahzam during the Committee of Supply debate on Wednesday (March 9).Ms. Rahayu noted that residents in Singapore are consuming nearly twice the recommended daily limit for salt. …
Malaysia prepares for post-COVID-19 travel as land VTL with Singapore nears launchSINGAPORE: Malaysia’s Minister of Tourism, Nancy Shukri, announced that land routes between Malaysia and Singapore, via the Johor Causeway and Second Link, will reopen in May alongside the country’s broader lifting of COVID-19 border controls. Prime Minister Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob is set …
Danielle Ng champions healthier work culture while fostering creativity and purposeIt's hard to ignore that, despite advancements, the world still tends to be dominated by men. Even in creative industries like design, challenges remain, including gender parity and toxic work culture. Danielle Ng, 27, Associate Creative Director at Somewhere Else (SWE), is working to change …
Grants and larger flat options introduced to help families secure home ownershipSINGAPORE: Some low-income households will soon benefit from increased grants under the enhanced Fresh Start Housing Scheme, announced on Tuesday (Mar 8). These families will now have the option to purchase three-room flats with shorter leases, a departure from the current two-room Flexi flat …
Emergency Services Respond Swiftly to Flooding IncidentsSINGAPORE: On Monday afternoon (March 7), heavy rainfall across various regions of Singapore resulted in flash flooding in multiple locations.The national water agency, PUB, reported that flash floods were recorded on Jurong East Street 32 at 3:20 PM and Enterprise Road at 4:05 PM. Roads in these areas were …
Embracing Kindness and Understanding for Women EverywhereThank you for refraining from asking when I’ll get married. It stings when you jokingly comment about me applying for an HDB flat alone at 35, labeling me picky when I express my desire not to settle for someone who cannot see and nurture my true potential for life.Thank …
Addressing the Disconnect in Legislative DiscourseThis week was meant to be a pivotal and hopeful moment. With a new Finance Minister presenting his inaugural Budget speech and Singapore gradually emerging from the pandemic, the question of how the nation will navigate this new reality looms large. The parliamentary debate has commenced, and it should have …
Bridging the Digital Divide for Seniors“I first encountered computers during my undergraduate years in the late 1970s and early 1980s,” shared Mr. Han Cheng Kwang, a retired civil engineer and volunteer trainer who offers drone lessons to seniors. “We were taught Fortran programming and used punched cards the size of envelopes for data input, output, …
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