/articles/special-needs-and-ageing-well-part-2
Have you ever wondered what the concerns of ageing parents of an adult with special needs might be?
In this article, Part 2 of a three-part series titled Special Needs and Ageing Well, we cover…
/articles/outsmart-pickpocket-how-travel-safely
Travellers are easy prey for pickpockets, but being vigilant in a foreign land goes a long way to not losing your possessions
In 2012, on the first night of engineer Ng Chee Keong's holiday in…
/articles/everyday-pioneers-tell-their-stories
Two authors write book to celebrate the regular folk who are part of the nation's fabric
In a five-month labour of love, two women sought out 50 everyday pioneers to detail their lives in…
/articles/tofu-beat-heat
Baked marinated tau kwa will not work up a sweat and goes well with salad, a grain bowl or sauteed vegetables
If my colleagues and I are right, you should be reading this while a thunderstorm…
/articles/pork-steak-midnight-diner
Make a pork steak inspired by Netflix series Midnight Diner: Tokyo Stories, about the rich lives of ordinary Japanese people
For several years now, I have spent 10 days in Tokyo in January. I used to…
/articles/causes-week-2017-befriending-former-dakota-crescent-residents
Every Saturday morning, former Dakota Crescent resident Yee Dew Eng welcomes volunteers who come knocking on her door in Cassia Crescent, which is about 400m from her previous residence of more than…
/articles/nurturing-love-nature
My Turf is a fortnightly series that aims to tell the untold stories in our neighbourhoods. In this instalment, we look at how community gardens in the heartlands have flourished in recent years.
The…
/articles/lose-your-senses-science-centres-new-interactive-exhibition-ageing
An interactive exhibition on the effects of growing old is open to the public at the Science Centre Singapore from today.
Called Dialogue With Time - Embrace Ageing, the latest permanent…
/articles/tommy-koh-reflections-octogenarian
Three lessons from a man who helped make Singapore and the world better
In 1965, when Singapore became independent, the life expectancy here was 67 years.
According to the World Health…
/articles/lives-they-live-special-person-special-personal-mission
While the pioneer leaders were the original architects of Singapore, everyday heroes helped build society here. This is another story about such people in the series, The Lives They Live.
When Mrs…
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/articles/tanglin-halt-then-and-now
Tanglin Halt - Then
The street name and the shop name in these photos told us that we arrived in Tanglin Halt after our earlier walk down memories at Commonwealth Avenue, Queenstown in…
/articles/police-launch-drive-warn-about-scams
SINGAPORE - Cases of cyber scams are five times more common today than a year ago, and the police want people to be aware of such online traps.
An anti-scam public education campaign using a…
/articles/tales-bandits-and-mystics-old-queenstown
Documentary series recalls 1960s life in S'pore's first satellite town
MEMORIES of Singapore's first satellite town are being brought to life – from the shooting of notorious gunman Lim Ban Lim to a…
/articles/journey-national-day-parade-then-and-now
Many young Singaporeans may not have seen these memorable photos of the first National Day Parade on 9th August, 1966 forty-eight years ago.
National Day Parade - Then
Many young Singaporeans may…
/articles/senior-artists-prove-age-no-barrier-pursuing-passion
ENCOURAGED BY ART PIONEER DAD, SHE FOUND HER OWN VOICE
Visual artist Kartika Affandi, 85, began her love affair with art as a young child, painting live subjects under the watchful eye of her…
/articles/royal-jaunt-jaipur
The capital of Rajasthan offers striking palaces, sumptuous food, superlative crafts and, for the first time, a suite in the royal residence for tourists
When we arrive for dinner, there are dancers…
/articles/managing-caregiver-stress-during-covid-19
Be adaptable, set up video calls for your charge and don't forget self-care
Family caregivers, particularly those looking after seniors with dementia, may face potentially debilitating stress with…
/articles/cant-go-outside-try-going-inside
My 87-years old dad went through the second world war, the India-Pakistan partition and even went to jail for Mahatma Gandhi’s Jail Bharo Andolan. Chatting with him on the current pandemic was…
/articles/recipes-personal-touch
Mrs Janice O'Connor compiles 100 recipes of her own and her friends' into a new cookbook, including her late mother's kee zhang, made from scratch
It was a joke made by her husband - Courts Asia's…
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