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Will footpath ban spell the end of e-scooters in Singapore?

Mobot managing director Ifrey Lai says he has about 3,000 e-scooters, worth $1.5 million, languishing in his warehouse in Ubi. They have been paid for and cannot be returned to the manufacturer. After the footpath ban was announced, he adds, about 20

Retailers hit hard by e-scooter ban

Participants in a Tamil debate competition organised by the Tamils Representative Council in conjunction with the Tamil Language Festival in April.

Keeping the mother tongues alive: Need to attract younger people to Tamil

Mr G. Shanmugam, 56, belongs to the 51 per cent in his cohort, aged between 50 and 59 this year, who did not have a post-secondary education, according to figures the MOF released last week. Despite that, he had gone on to become a successful restaur

Born in the 60s: Recipe for success created through hard work

Mr James Seah, 71, and his peers grew up in what the Finance Ministry report called a "fragmented school landscape". Few went on to achieve more than secondary education. Mr Seah says: "In my time, studying until Secondary 4 was already a very big de

Born in the 40s: Times were hard, and being able to study was a big deal

Being Chinese in Singapore: Integrating newcomers

Forging a unique identity: From pasar to ba sha

The push and pull of the Chinese Singaporean identity

Ms Marlene Chua (right) and her sister with their guests on June 17 last year, the third day of Hari Raya Aidilfitri and a Sunday. "It is like having friends over," said Ms Chua.

How Ramadan Diaries series opened minds, homes and hearts in Singapore

Current haze situation not likely to be as severe as that in 2015: Experts