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Chin Soo Fang

Senior Correspondent

Soo Fang is a senior correspondent covering community, politics, social issues, consumer, culture and heritage. She first joined The Straits Times as a bilingual correspondent, where she had a column, Everyday People, in both English and Chinese. She left to helm corporate communications in several companies before rejoining the ST newsroom post-Covid-19. She was first drawn to journalism as a youth correspondent with Chinese-language daily Lianhe Zaobao during her schooldays.

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Singapore courts young travellers with new campaign

A woman cycling past shophouses in Koon Seng Road in Katong, 12 April 2024. Peranakan shophouses in Katong and Joo Chiat provide a glimpse of Singapore’s past.

Singapore’s tourism receipts set new high in first three quarters of 2025

STB said it expects 2026 international visitor arrivals to reach between 17 to 18 million, and for tourism spending to reach between $31 billion and $32.5 billion.

Chinatown galloping into Year of the Horse with CNY street light-up

The Year of the Fire Horse begins on Feb 17, with Chinatown’s Chinese New Year celebrations running until March 18.

FairPrice freezes prices of chilled pork, popular seafood and veg ahead of CNY

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Step up efforts to support older workers, NTUC urges employers and Govt

Senior enrolled nurse Lilian Teng helps a patient who is getting out of bed after the PreSAGE Smart Predictive Patient Monitoring system triggered an alert during a demonstration at TTSH on Jan 28, 2026

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Embracing mother tongue, one book at a time: Reading clubs seek connection to culture

Members of the Maya Illakiya Vattam, a Tamil reading club founded in 2019, sharing their thoughts during the reading session at Woodlands Regional Library on Jan 11, 2026.

Countries must strengthen trust at home amid efforts to build resilient world order: President Tharman

Providing good jobs has to be at the centre of public policy in all societies, said President Tharman Shanmugaratnam.

Galloping into the Year of the Horse with fun CNY festivities in Singapore

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Ms Kiarra Mae Mojica, 32, Nurse, with her daughter Karla Romia Awayan, 4, both tourists from Philippines, in front of eight magnificent, life-sized horse lanterns, crafted using techniques dating back more than 1,000 years, gallop amidst the “Four Gentlemen” of Chinese culture — the plum blossom, bamboo, orchid and chrysanthemum — as Gardens by the Bay prepares its signature Chinese New Year floral display, Spring Blossoms: Gallop into Prosperity, in celebration of the Year of the Horse, in the Flower Dome on Jan 12, 2026. 



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Pilot programme brings SG Culture Pass offerings to nursing homes

Over 800 seniors have participated in group outings coordinated by Active Ageing Centres, community centres and nursing homes.

Over 10,000 jobs to be offered with launch of year-long job fair initiative in East Coast

(From left) East Coast GRC MPs Dinesh Vasu Dash, Edwin Tong, Tan Kiat How and Jessica Tan at the launch of the East Side Best Careers initiative on Jan 14.