This week’s top reads from The Straits Times, Feb 7, 2026

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The S’pore collector who rejected a $1.3m offer for Pokemon card

It would have been a more than 70 per cent profit for Mr Chew Zhan Lun.

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S’pore’s youngest buskers: School’s in, but show goes on for these 10-year-old boys

Primary 5 pupils Shayne Ko and Elijah Seah perform outside MRT stations and malls.

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When couples split up before moving into their HDB flats

Eligible spouses can apply to retain flats for themselves and their children or ask for the homes to be sold.

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Singaporeans queue up to buy gold as prices plunge

UOB headquarters, S’pore’s only bank offering physical gold products to retail investors, saw brisk business.

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Better work-life balance: S’porean mum runs baking business from JB rental home

She rents a studio apartment in JB for $640 a month and spends three days a week there.

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If death’s really optional, would you like to update your CV when you’re 100?

What the longevity culture doesn’t quite explain is what you’re supposed to do with the extra decades.

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Fake S’pore neighbourhood police centre found in Cambodian scam compound

A set-up mimicking the facade of Woodlands East Neighbourhood Police Centre was discovered.

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From Duke to deportee: 7 things about disgraced ex-actor Ian Fang

He had his PR status revoked and will be deported after his jail term for sexually penetrating an underage girl.

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