Insight

No flashy robots, just a quiet transformation: How Singapore’s food and retail sectors are using AI

The Lo & Behold Group’s chief operating officer, said using AI to analyse data allowed restaurant Fico to maximise table turnover.

How a missed 2,000-kueh order pushed a heritage S’pore brand to adopt AI

HarriAnns Nonya Table central kitchen staff making moulding kueh bugis in JTC Bedok Food City.

Singapore’s shops and restaurants scoring quick wins with AI

Rifeng Gao, The Lo & Behold Group’s chief operating officer, inside Fico restaurant on Sept 2.

Indonesia needs to grow more rice, corn and sugar. Can its forests survive?

The New Age

‘She wanted to go home with me’: The S’pore seniors who keep their peers company

The Kindred Hearts are among a growing group of older Singaporeans who are spending their retirement supporting peers in need.

Asian Insider

Belitung: A beach escape closer to Singapore than Bali

hbbelitung - Belitung is a draw for tourists looking for a more relaxed vacation where they do not have to jostle with big crowds.

Credit: Hariz Baharudin

Asian Insider

Beyond Bali and Batam: How new routes are changing Singapore’s ties with Indonesia

aafly - Singaporean Zachary Lee (extreme right) with his family, his friends and their families on vacation in Belitung.
ST Photo: Hariz Baharudin

Asian Insider

No ghosts, just good food: Pontianak shines on the Equator

ktpontianak - Evening boat rides along the Kapuas River are a popular Pontianak attraction for locals and visitors alike. Two and a half centuries after the first sultan drove out the city's resident ghosts by cannon fire, the riverbanks remain reassuringly unhaunted.
Credit: Karina Tehusijarana

Asian Insider

West Sumatra, where you find buffalo supermodels and a village called ‘Singapore’

aapadang - A traditional Minangkabau rumah gadang stands amid rice fields in West Sumatra. The house is built largely from wood and topped by distinctive gonjong, the upward-curving roof peaks associated with Minangkabau architecture. Such rooflines are a common sight across West Sumatra, appearing not only on private homes such as this one but also on government offices and other public buildings.

Credit: Arlina Arshad

70 pre-schools in S’pore closed each year from 2023 to 2025. What’s driving the closures?

The total number of pre-school operators fell from 408 in 2023 to 296 in 2026.

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