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The Land Transport Authority of Singapore (LTA) has opened its bike-sharing license application cycle yet again. License applications are open every January and July, and this time round it is open from 22 July to 26 August. This means that companies that want to start offering bike-sharing services, and/or existing …

Singapore aims to phase out petrol, or internal combustion engine (ICE), vehicles by 2040. As part of the Land Transport Authority’s pilot programme on a national-level electric vehicle (EV) Car Sharing initiative, electric-car sharing service BlueSG was launched in 2017. BlueSG, a subsidiary of Bolloré Group, will install 2,000 BlueSG …

Instead of walking home, you might be able to shuttle to your HDB block in an electric car by 2021. Singapore startup QIQ Global unveiled today (12 August) its plans to launch electric microcars for rent. Called the QIQ Pods, they are only 2.4 metres long and 1 metre wide. …

The Tiny House concept has been on a rise, which was one of the propelling factors for serial entrepreneur Seah Liang Chiang to build Singapore’s first Shipping Container Hotel. People around the world are choosing to downsize their living spaces, with a Netflix reality TV show revolving around the topic, …

Few millennial Singaporeans have had the chance to experience the crafts and trades of the eras before us due to modernisation and a diminishing demand. Even though pottery has been growing in popularity, Singapore only has one dragon kiln remaining on the outskirts of the island. Thow Kwang Pottery Jungle …

Calls for cost-effective agritech solutions are growing in Southeast Asia. In a report released by PwC, Rabobank and Temasek, it stated that the agriculture industry may be unable to keep up with Asia’s rapid urbanisation. At the same time, global warming and a worldwide pandemic has increased food insecurity. Singapore, …

Have you ever gone online to look up what food a restaurant serves, or wanted to order takeout but couldn’t find their menus online? Even worse when you manage to find it, only to realise it’s outdated. That’s a problem MM Meal is trying to solve. It’s a locally developed …

To me, receiving or giving flowers as a gift can come off a little lazy. Though they look pretty and may be worth an Instastory to show off how much you’re being cared for, they serve no practical use and eventually die anyway. It just seems like a waste of …

An extension of the services offered by Pet Lovers Centre (PLC), one of the largest and oldest pet store chains in Singapore with 37 stores in Malaysia now, Vet Pharmacy has one main goal in mind. With Vet Pharmacy, pet owners can now drop in and speak about their pet’s …