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Jurong Bird Park: 52 years of sights and flights to remember
A bird park, a conservation centre, a tourist attraction, and a field trip, in many ways Jurong Bird Park is all these things and so much more to different people. First opened in 1971, Jurong Bird Park will be pulling down its shutters on 3 Jan 2023 after 52 years in operation. It will be…
Top civil servant Sim Kee Boon sacrificed family for country, book says
Former top civil servant Sim Kee Boon was not immortal, says his granddaughter Leanne Sim. In fact, he was as human as could be with all the flaws that came with being a man. And writing his biography took two geneses and eight years before it was completed. Ms Sim, who co-wrote her grandfather’s book,…
A law to “cancel” the cancel culture
A law to deal with cancel culture is in the pipeline, Home Affairs and Law Minister K Shanmugam announced on 22 Aug. “In the feedback we have received, many are worried about being cancelled, and I take that very seriously. My Ministry, the Ministry of Law, has been looking at measures to deal with the…
9 in 10 say lifestyle impact environment, only 2 in 5 cut food waste, survey shows
More than 9 in 10 in Singapore believe that lifestyle choices have “some” or “a huge” impact on the environment, a joint survey found. And though the top actions that respondents think have the biggest impact on helping the environment are reusing and upcycling, reducing food waste and cutting down one-time use disposables, only half…
Sexist ads: Who even approves them?
A sexist ad, posted by dating website Match.com was recently banned by the British Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) earlier this month – four months after it was posted on popular video-sharing app TikTok in June. ASA is an independent regulator that enforces the country’s ad rules. The clip showed a subservient woman giving a man…
People are reading fewer paperbacks, digital books growing in popularity, NLB says
Reading only during their spare time – that was what many adult and teenaged Singaporeans did last year, according to a 2021 study by the National Library Board (NLB). While this is encouraging, paper books are losing their standing with this group of readers who prefer whetting their literary appetite digitally. The NLB’s 2021 National…
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Private homeowners exempted from 15-month wait for resale HDB on case-by-case basis
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