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What No One Tells You About Losing Your Religion

In Singapore, we make it a point to respect all religions and faiths. Do Singaporeans also respect if people choose to un-believe / unsubscribe from their religions?

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Water prices going up, should we panic yet?

TL;DR – Water does fall from the sky, but it’s getting more expensive.

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Why Smart Singaporeans Fall for Stupid Love Scams

According to the Singapore Police Force, internet love scams are up 65% in 2016. Why do the most educated Singaporeans still fall for them?

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5 Stresses Security Guards Go Through That The Public Should Know About

In recent years, high profile cases of security guards being abused or abusive have been reported via online media. Well, those few cases were brought into the cold light of day to be commented on by...

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The Effect a Post-Secondary Education Can Have on Your Salary

Choosing to further one's education is an important decision. Sure, income has been increasing more rapidly for people without post-secondary education, but evidence is still overwhelmingly in favor of...

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Debt Repayment Tools Singaporeans Can Use in 2017

  These debt repayment plans can help Singaporeans enjoy true abundance and fortune in the Year of the Rooster. No one likes to think about “unlucky” things like debt, but ignoring the problem only...

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Singaporean abolitionist groups call for halt to execution scheduled for 21...

Joint statement from We Believe in Second Chances and the Singapore Anti-Death Penalty Campaign on the scheduled execution of Jeffrey Marquez Abineno (previously known as Jeefrey bin Jamil) for this...

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How Bad is Singapore’s Drink Driving Problem?

What’s the risk of running into a drunk driver on the roads late at night in Singapore? The team at ValuePenguin went back through years of Singapore traffic accident statistics and examined data from...

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Q&A: How can security guards use new technology like the SGSecure app to...

Okay, I have checked out the SGSecure app and it looks good. You can just take a video or photo with your phone and send it over to the police along with an incident report. You can also make emergency...

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HP Enterprise’s Huge New Investment Into the Start Up Community Seeks to...

Hewlett Packard has a long standing relationship with Singapore, dating back 40 years, and is about to upscale its investment in the country with ambitious plans to spend $140 million (USD) through its...

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Three Things More Expensive for Singapore Parents Than Milk Powder

The cost of milk powder in Singapore has risen to a level even PAP MPs cannot endure. If you weren’t paying attention, the rise in milk powder prices has been hogging quite a few headlines. How...

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Q&A Interview with Farah Natalya – SMU Economics and Business Student

Education is one of the most important factors that influence a person's resources and experiences, and we want to share experiences of the up-and-coming generation professionals in Singapore. In this...

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The 7 Myths of Home Financing that prevents Singapore home owners from being...

You probably have some sort of reviews on your finances every so often. Of the numerous items that we look at, one of those closest to our hearts, and may often always be at the back of my minds as...

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4 Questions That Lee Hsien Loong Cannot Answer About Oxley Road

It’s already a couple of weeks plus since the Oxley Road affair broke, but it already feels like forever. While Singapore waits another week plus for the Parliament session on 3rd July 2017 (where...

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International School Fee Survey 2017

The process of moving your family abroad for a new job or assignment holds many costs, both overt and hidden. One of the largest of these can be finding a new school for your children, especially if,...

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Simi parliamentary privilege?

So what exactly is ‘parliamentary privilege’?

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Why Singapore’s Election May be Overshadowed by the Oxley Road Scandal

As fans of American politics can testify, it is hard for anything to overshadow the spectacle of a general election.

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Here’s How Much It Costs To Put A Ring On It In Singapore

In Singapore, the road to happily ever after often begins with a ritual called wedding budgeting and planning, followed by a lot of intense emailing and Googling. It’s seen as a once-in-a-lifetime (for...

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What’s The Point Of Becoming A Smart Nation?

Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong spent a large segment of his National Day Rally speech elaborating on Smart Nation, which he described as “using IT comprehensively to create new jobs new business...

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Singapore is riding the technological wave but are we ready?

Put together, these three bright spots demonstrate that Singapore is able to ride the wave of technological disruptions. The question is, are we, as individuals, ready to do so too?

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