The Botany at Dairy Farm is slated to be completed by 2027. (Source: Sim Lian) Sim Lian Group sold nearly half of a 386-unit condo project in Singapore’s Bukit Panjang area on its launch day this past weekend, as residents and investors continued to show an appetite for new homes in the city-state. Despite rising…
ByRachel NgProduced byNational Geographic CreativeWorksPublished February 20, 2023• 12 min readMillions of visitors arrive in Singapore each year, eager to check off their bucket list of hiking through the futuristic Supertrees at Gardens by the Bay or taking in the panoramic views from the Skybar atop the Marina Bay Sands. While these once-in-a-lifetime experiences are…
A recent court case in Singapore regarding a man suing a woman who caused him “trauma” after she rejected him warranted Singapore women’s rights and gender equality advocacy group AWARE to put out a statement. The case in question revolves around K. Kawshigan who filed two lawsuits worth S$3 million in High Court against Nora…
The fourth quarter was dominated by small project launches like the 34-unit Kovan Jewel in northeast Singapore Singapore’s private home prices inched up 0.4 percent in the fourth quarter of 2022 compared with levels in the prior three months to record the slowest growth pace in more than two years, according to data from the…
Criminal offender 39-year-old Lee Cheng Yan had a few requests when he appeared before the High Court today for a criminal motion hearing. First, he wants his Maserati back. Second, he wants a shorter prison sentence. This is coming from someone who dragged a police officer along the road with his car while trying to…
Leedon Green sold the most units in the Core Central Region during a sluggish December Developers sold a mere 170 new private homes in Singapore last month, the lowest monthly tally since 108 units were transacted in January 2009, according to government data released on Monday. The anaemic sales figures, which were updated by the…
ByRachel NgProduced byNational Geographic CreativeWorksPublished December 29, 2022• 9 min readIn Singapore, it seems like art is at every turn. Look closely and you’ll discover masterpieces by surrealist Salvador Dalí, American pop artist Roy Lichtenstein, and Japanese contemporary artist Yayoi Kusama in the most surprising places—in front of an office building, jutting out of a…
There were plenty of good, bad and the ugly moments that happened this year. But 2022 in particular was filled with WTF stories that we either didn’t see coming, confused us or made us cringe to the core. Here’s a taste of what we endured this year: Lee Kuan Yew look-alike Singapore’s late founding father…
It seems that all those courtesy campaigns of the past may have paid off. Make courtesy or politeness our way of life? Apparently, Singaporeans have – at least according to two travel YouTubers. A retired British couple made a YouTube video with the title “Is Singapore just TOO perfect? Our personal opinion” after spending two…
Merry, merry Christmas, lonely, lonely Christmas? It doesn’t have to be. One couple in Singapore are looking to make Christmas a little cheerier for those who’re feeling a tad lonesome during the festive season. In a video posted to TikTok on Monday (Dec 19), David Loh and Esther Chua basically sent out an “open jio” to…