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![The Gen Z Handymen Trying To Repair a Broken Industry]()
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![SkillsFuture for the Soul: What 6 Weeks of Sewing Taught Me About Subsidised Self-Discovery]()
SkillsFuture for the Soul: What 6 Weeks of Sewing Taught Me About Subsidised Self-Discovery
SkillsFuture for professional development? Nah. SkillsFuture for personal growth? Yes.
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![A Letter to My Brother, From Halfway Out the Closet]()
A Letter to My Brother, From Halfway Out the Closet
"I've come to terms with possibly losing Mum and Dad if they ever found out. But losing you… that might break me."
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![Return to Kinabalu: A Family’s 10-Year Journey Through Trauma, Grief and Survivor’s Guilt]()
Return to Kinabalu: A Family’s 10-Year Journey Through Trauma, Grief and Survivor’s Guilt
A Mount Kinabalu quake survivor reckons with what it means to be given a life when so many others perished.
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![When Caring for Dementia Pushes You to the Edge of Suicide]()
When Caring for Dementia Pushes You to the Edge of Suicide
"Every day I’d find myself retreating to the toilet to have a good cry just so no one can see my pain."
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![If an MP Works Late and Doesn’t Post About It, Did It Even Happen?]()
If an MP Works Late and Doesn’t Post About It, Did It Even Happen?
The wayang paradox of local politics.
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![Objects in Shirt Are Larger Than They Appear—and so Are the Constraints]()
Objects in Shirt Are Larger Than They Appear—and so Are the Constraints
What happens when your chest grows before your self-confidence does?
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![Singapore’s Independent Bands Earn Their Stripes at Phil Studio—But Who the Hell Is Phil?]()
Singapore’s Independent Bands Earn Their Stripes at Phil Studio—But Who the Hell Is Phil?
How did a Korean-Spanish man from France with two master’s degrees, a PhD, and multiple black belts end up as a pillar of Singapore's alternative music scene?
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![Caught on Camera, Condemned for Life: The Fate of School Bullies After Going Viral]()
Caught on Camera, Condemned for Life: The Fate of School Bullies After Going Viral
How do we hold them accountable without closing the door on change?
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![GE2025, Graphed: A Mathematical Look at Voting Power Across Singapore]()
GE2025, Graphed: A Mathematical Look at Voting Power Across Singapore
A theoretical physicist runs the numbers.
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![Singapore’s Bike Paths Aren’t Built for the People Who Use Them Most]()
Singapore’s Bike Paths Aren’t Built for the People Who Use Them Most
It’s a bumpy road to becoming a cycling city.
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![Did We Hope for Too Much?]()
Did We Hope for Too Much?
Even before all the rallies, drama, slogans, and external anxieties, had Singaporeans already made up their minds on who to vote for?
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![The Hope and Heartbreak of Singapore’s GE2025]()
The Hope and Heartbreak of Singapore’s GE2025
RICE captures the emotions on the ground between the two political parties that are set to shape Singapore’s 15th Parliament.
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![Chee Soon Juan and the Politics of Persistence]()
Chee Soon Juan and the Politics of Persistence
33 years on, could the SDP chief finally catch a break?
Random Opinion
"It’s easy to conflate learning with upskilling, but they aren’t the same. ‘Lifelong learning’ is often championed, but what they really mean is lifelong upskilling—and by extension, lifelong productivity and lifelong employability."