Morning Briefing: Top stories from The Straits Times on March 23, 2025

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Faster immigration clearance at Tanah Merah Ferry Terminal after $20m upgrade

It now takes about five minutes for ferry passengers to get to the departure gate.

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Unite and work together to build Tengah into a vibrant, beautiful town: PM Wong

He called on residents there to help build community bonds and encouraged them to partner with the grassroots and volunteers.

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GE2025: Competing plushies, giant banners – parties get creative in battle for hearts and minds

Parties have kicked their election campaigns up a notch since the release of the EBRC report on March 11.

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Hougang flat PMD fire: ‘I told my wife to throw our daughter out the window so I could catch her’

More AMDs caught fire in 2024. One of them involved a PMD at Block 313 Hougang Avenue 5.

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$1.9m seized, 25 arrested in anti-scam blitz by police and banks

The operation took place from mid-February to early March.

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Auxiliary cop in vegetative state after drunk driver crashed into him was about to get married

He was working at Tuas Checkpoint in March 2023 when the incident happened.

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Tastemakers: How two former national softball teammates grew you tiao into a $2 million chain

A shared interest in doing business led two friends to start a snack venture together in 2019.

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‘I needed to protect her against dark thoughts’: Father of 5, whose wife had postnatal depression

Why do women experience this condition and what are husbands doing to help them?

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Are Singaporeans worried about retirement?

Some are driven by fear and don't ever want to stop working, while others are unbothered despite little financial planning.

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Malaysian influencers jazz up modest homes for clicks and income

The country’s public housing is often associated with shabby surroundings and bare facilities.

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