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Lee Siew Hua

Assistant Life Editor

Siew Hua edits the Design & Living pages and is a Sunday columnist. In Washington, she established ST’s US bureau and joined the World Bank. In Bangkok, she covered Thailand, Myanmar, Vietnam and Cambodia. These overseas postings positioned her for the role of ST’s first travel editor, and she received TravMedia’s inaugural Lifetime Achievement Award (Travel Editor). She has also edited a multimedia luxury magazine, created omni-channel partnerships and covered politics, religion and longevity.

Latest articles

Playful ballet Tiger Tale unlocks the inner child in adults, entrances kids

Tiger Tale begins with a family locked in routine, before being liberated by playfulness.

Ballet celebrates Chinese epic, draws from opera

National Ballet of China’s A Dream of Red Mansions in Singapore.

Silent retreat in Jeju: A perfect reset while living with rumours of war

Four days of silent retreat in the Jeju Island, South Korea has given the author plenty of headspace to consider what to let go.

Happier Grocery is a New York grocery store, but selling food is not the point

Branded merchandise inside refrigerators in Happier Grocery in New York, Jan. 28, 2026. Happier Grocery is an entry point for people seeking a community built on inside knowledge.

A love letter to grey: Lustrous. Uplifting. Stormy. Serene

The writer recently thought about her growing affinity for grey when colour authority Pantone unveiled Cloud Dancer as its Colour of the Year for 2026.

Exit $500 SkillsFuture credit. Enter ChatGPT and joy of learning

The writer was learning with AI, rather than learning from AI, which she imagined is the scenario for much of lifelong learning.

#StrongNotSkinny: Why I want chunky legs

Building nearly 1kg of muscle is not minuscule in the writer's case. 

Walking on water: Seeing Singapore anew after a job switch to design

The writer has become much struck by the pervasiveness of design, whether in the national narrative or our personal lives.

How to crush a full day’s work in two hours in a group full of strangers

Can one do a full day's work in two uninterrupted hours? The writer finds out.

Heard of Bario? Winona? Tiny towns are an escape from excess, and a gift of time

Bario in the Sarawak highlands has a gentle pace.