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5 Very Valid Reasons Adult Singaporeans Have for Continuing to Live With Their Parents
5 Very Valid Reasons Adult Singaporeans Have for Continuing to Live With Their Parents
Expats often look upon adult Singaporeans living with their parents with a mixture of disgust and scorn, ...
9 December 2016
If Singapore’s Average Wealth Per Adult is So High, Why Don’t Most Singaporeans Feel Rich?
If Singapore’s Average Wealth Per Adult is So High, Why Don’t Most Singaporeans Feel Rich?
So, apparently Singaporeans are some of the world’s wealthiest people. If this recent report is to be believed, ...
7 December 2016
Is the Slowing Economy Really Going to Be That Bad for Singaporeans?
Is the Slowing Economy Really Going to Be That Bad for Singaporeans?
Ask any Singaporean about the economy, and he’s likely to turn to you with a black face. Everybody knows ...
7 December 2016
Do Singaporean Millennials Really Have a Reason to Be Gloomy?
Do Singaporean Millennials Really Have a Reason to Be Gloomy?
There are many good things to be said about Singaporeans—hard-working, unaggressive and rule-abiding. But ...
5 December 2016
3 Ways Singaporeans Should Deal With 2017’s Slower Income Growth
3 Ways Singaporeans Should Deal With 2017’s Slower Income Growth
The end of the financial year ranks right up there with Christmas on the scale of most-hotly-anticipated ...
5 December 2016
3 Reasons There are So Many Singaporean Victims of Internet Love Scams These Days
3 Reasons There are So Many Singaporean Victims of Internet Love Scams These Days
The City of Love Singapore is not. We’re not people who wear our hearts on our sleeves. In fact, a Singaporean ...
29 November 2016
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Here’s How Singapore Will Be Affected Without the F1 Night Race
Back in 2014, Gwyneth Paltrow and Chris Martin popularised the phrase “conscious uncoupling” to describe ...
28 November 2016
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4 Scams That Singaporeans Are Still Falling For and What You Should Know
Singaporeans are very proud of the fact that theirs is one of the safest cities in the world, often citing ...
21 November 2016
3 Reasons Why Toys “R” Us is The One Retailer in Singapore That Will Never Shut Down
3 Reasons Why Toys “R” Us is The One Retailer in Singapore That Will Never Shut Down
Retail businesses have had it bad in Singapore. Once-bustling malls now look like Lim Chu Kang on a Saturday ...
14 November 2016
How Singaporeans Can Gear Up for the Lousy Economy in Singapore’s Future
How Singaporeans Can Gear Up for the Lousy Economy in Singapore’s Future
One of Singapore’s biggest claims to fame has been the fact that, well, the country’s pretty wealthy. On ...
11 November 2016
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3 Ways the Falling US Dollar Could Affect Singaporeans
Once again, 2016 has given us proof that anything can happen and will happen in a democracy. If you thought ...
9 November 2016
4 Reasons Singaporeans are So Easily Scammed These Days
4 Reasons Singaporeans are So Easily Scammed These Days
Ask anyone from Hong Kong, Mainland China or India what they think of Singaporeans, and you’ll often hear ...
8 November 2016
These 3 Industries are Booming Thanks to Singaporeans’ Lifestyles
These 3 Industries are Booming Thanks to Singaporeans’ Lifestyles
Remember the old days when Singaporeans used to head to Orchard Road in order to shop till they dropped? ...
7 November 2016
5 Ways Singaporeans Parents Make Having Kids More Expensive Than it Has to Be
5 Ways Singaporeans Parents Make Having Kids More Expensive Than it Has to Be
Everyone in Singapore knows raising kids here is expensive. That’s why the government has gone so far as ...
31 October 2016
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3 Things to Keep In Your Bag That Stop You From Spending Money When You Go Out in Singapore
Going out in Singapore can be a terrifying experience if you’re broke. Grab a drink at Clarke Quay and ...
28 October 2016
3 Ways Singaporeans Can be Encouraged to Make Fewer Medical Insurance Claims
3 Ways Singaporeans Can be Encouraged to Make Fewer Medical Insurance Claims
Let’s say you get into an accident and end up getting rushed to the hospital for surgery. After the initial ...
27 October 2016
3 Big Things on Singaporeans’ Minds About Retiring and Growing Old
3 Big Things on Singaporeans’ Minds About Retiring and Growing Old
One of the most striking sights to first-time visitors in Singapore is the number of elderly people working ...
25 October 2016
Graduating With a General Degree? Here’s Why Young Singaporeans Shouldn’t Panic
Graduating With a General Degree? Here’s Why Young Singaporeans Shouldn’t Panic
There’s been a lot of talk about how hard it’s been for recent graduates to find jobs. But let’s be clear—there’s ...
21 October 2016
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3 Real Reasons Singaporeans Want to Get a Flat Before Having a Kid
So if you’ve been following the local news or at least have a Facebook account, you’d have read about Josephine ...
19 October 2016
3 Money Saving Tricks That are Totally Not Worth the Time and Effort
3 Money Saving Tricks That are Totally Not Worth the Time and Effort
I’ve actually considered giving up shampoo because I read on the Internet that you could wash your hair ...
10 October 2016
3 Random Lifestyle Purchases That Singaporeans Think Make Them Cooler, But Actually Cost a Ton of Money in the Long Run
3 Random Lifestyle Purchases That Singaporeans Think Make Them Cooler, But Actually Cost a Ton of Money in the Long Run
Despite our world-class education system, some Singaporeans seem prone to doing things without thinking. ...
7 October 2016
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5 Vices That Cost Singaporeans Big Money
The steoreotypical Singaporean uncle’s main hobbies are gambling at the casino, buying 4D and Toto, drinking ...
4 October 2016
3 Suggestions That Might Make the “Great” Singapore Sale Actually Worth Going For Again
3 Suggestions That Might Make the “Great” Singapore Sale Actually Worth Going For Again
Once upon a time, life in Singapore was one big sale. Orchard Road was The Place to Be in town, and the ...
3 October 2016
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Here’s What Singaporeans Should Know About the Revamped CPF Investment Scheme
We all like Deputy Prime Minister Tharman Shanmugaratnam. According to a recent Yahoo! poll, some 69% of ...
29 September 2016
7 Psychological Reasons Why Singaporeans Keep Overspending
7 Psychological Reasons Why Singaporeans Keep Overspending
Oops, I did it again. That seems to be the refrain of the many Singaporeans who aren’t exactly shabbily ...
21 September 2016