SINGAPORE – When Singaporeans began working from home, public transport usage fell and taxi and private-hire car drivers’ incomes plummeted, as the dreaded morning commute…
SINGAPORE – It is 8.30am on March 27, 2023. Mrs Aileen Tan takes a water bottle and cardigan from her office locker, picks her desk…
It has been 1,221 days since Manchester United were last top of the English Premier League (EPL). On Tuesday, they reached the summit again by…
The idiot in the stands is a stain on the game. A lout who thinks his idle provocation of athletes is clever. A bonehead who…
SINGAPORE – Singapore students once again came out tops in the latest International Baccalaureate (IB) diploma results released last Monday, outshining their global peers. Of…
1. Once the vaccines are done, do you mind if we find a cure for a Swiss knee? So that we can squeeze one more…
SINGAPORE – Why would a businessman who made his fortune selling high-end sports cars embark on a motorcycle-making venture? “I saw the opportunity to build my…
SINGAPORE – When a road is too narrow to accommodate an actual bus lane, how can traffic planners give priority to buses? The answer: By…
Encouraged by breakdancing’s inclusion in back-to-back Summer Youth Olympic Games (YOG) at Buenos Aires 2018 and Dakar 2026 – postponed from 2022 due to the…
During a recent WhatsApp chat with a colleague on shopping, I confessed to an ignorance about fashion and how I had once thought Burberry –…
For years, javelin in Singapore has been overshadowed by the gold-medal feats of athletes from other throwing events such as discus and shot put. Discus…
SINGAPORE – Three years ago, a comic by French cartoonist Emma depicted a scene familiar to many women. A frazzled mother tries to cook and…
SINGAPORE – As a student at the now defunct Parry Secondary School in Yishun, Sean Mah had a habit of often looking out of the…
More events need to be staged in South-east Asia if the region is to raise the profile of cycling, says 2011 Tour de France champion…
If you want an unadorned quote on competitiveness, you’ve got to rewind. Got to find a 1970s guy who thought public relations meant giving the…
I am writing this from the confines of my room. I am currently serving my two-week quarantine back in Singapore but, being in a hotel,…
Every once in a while, it’s nice to have a reminder of why I do what I do. The monotony of the regimen and rigours…
The Champions League semi-finalists were vanquished. Julian Nagelsmann, the managerial prodigy Real Madrid had wanted, suffered the heaviest defeat of his career. Ole Gunnar Solskjaer…
In the matter of hearts, my mother figuratively has a big one and literally an enlarged one. The first brings a smile, the second recently…
On Oct 16, I attended my first swim meet since our local time trials in January. The LA Current, Cali Condors, NY Breakers and Energy…