When Roland Tee retired as an auditor in 2009, he realised from reading newspapers that there needed to be a more environmentally friendly way to dispose of our country’s waste. “The more I read, the more I realised that there is so much news related to waste management issues, weaknesses …
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Anyone who has thrown a house party before would probably have received countless bottles of wine as gifts. Despite soya sauce being a staple in Singapore, few would consider it a “gift-worthy” product. Ken Koh, the director of homegrown brand Nanyang Sauce, has managed to successfully turn that narrative around …
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Every year, the James Dyson Award (JDA), an international design award, rounds up young innovators (consisting of current and recent design engineering students) from 27 countries and regions to find a champion design. 2020’s national winner in Malaysia has just been announced, and the recipient is Kuno, a sustainable cooler fridge …
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In 2018, three brothers — Kenny Chan, 35, Johnathan Chan, 32 and Kayson Chan, 29 — saw an opportunity to bring in sophisticated gourmet food inspired by Italian culture into Singapore. The trio realised that consumers are getting more and more sophisticated with their choices of food. They then started …
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Mark Lim, 34 and Timothy Khor, 28, noticed that railing-hailing prices tend to fluctuate erratically. Rates were also different across multiple apps ranging from private-hire app Grab to taxi operator ComfortDelGro. For example, the quoted rate on one app could be S$ 2 to S$ 3 lower on another app …
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Singapore is possibly in the height of its recession, with the economy contracting by 13.2 per cent year on year in the second quarter. The unemployment rate is also at a 10-year high, and it seems like many Singaporeans — both fresh graduates and mid-career — are scrambling for jobs. …
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Singaporean dancer Mohammad Alif Bin Rais (Alif “Aircho”) made a splash last year when TXT, Big Hit Entertainment’s latest newbie group, performed his dance choreography on a live show. Big Hit Entertainment, the record label behind worldwide superstars BTS, reached out to Alif for a partnership in 2019. Alif’s work …
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