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Tin Pei Ling to change job scope after discussions with Grab and PAP, Singapore News
Member of Parliament (MP) Tin Pei Ling and Grab Singapore have "mutually agreed" to change her job scope, after questions were raised about potential conflicts of interest. This comes just one week after the tech giant confirmed Tin had joined in January as its director of public affairs and policy. The role would have seen her manage the company's relations... → Read More
11,504 new Covid-19 cases in Singapore, highest in more than 3 months, Singapore News
Singapore has reported its highest number of new Covid-19 cases in more than three months. The 11,504 cases on Tuesday (June 28) is the most since March 22 when it was over 13,000. This figure is also more than double the 5,309 cases on Monday. However, it should be noted that the case count on Tuesdays is usually higher, as... → Read More
Singaporeans experience tremors from Indonesia earthquake, Singapore News
Saw things shaking or felt giddy this morning? Many people in Singapore reported a rare experience with tremors on Friday (Feb 25). This is likely due to an earthquake that struck nearby Indonesia. The Meteorological Service Singapore's website shows a magnitude 6.0 quake struck the western coast of Sumatra at a depth of 10km at 9.39am. Indonesia's geophysics agency BMKG... → Read More
Household members of Covid-19 close contacts to be isolated too: PM Lee, Singapore News
Household members of people found to be close contacts of confirmed Covid-19 cases will also be isolated moving forward, Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong has announced. Currently, only close contacts are notified by authorities. PM Lee was addressing the nation today (May 31) regarding the new normal, covering contact tracing among other things. "Our experience has shown that if a... → Read More
Letter from the Editor: We only have one Earth, World News
Science and journalism operate on fundamentally one shared value: facts. And facts have shown that our planet Earth is in peril. Unless we do something about it, the damage may soon be irreversible. We at AsiaOne believe in using our reach to drive positive change in governments, companies and individuals. As Singapore pushes its Green Plan 2030 on the back... → Read More
Letter from the Editor: You can now read more news and faster on AsiaOne, Singapore News
Are you a fast and voracious reader? AsiaOne's newsroom and engineers have together created a new feature that offers you all our stories at a glance, in an easy-to-digest format. Newslite is a one-stop feed that serves you not only the headlines but the key points from every article. In today's connected world, there is an information overload that traditional... → Read More
Heng Swee Keat to announce latest Covid-19 support measures on May 26, Singapore News
Finance Minister Heng Swee Keat will announce another round of Covid-19 support measures next Tuesday (May 26). This comes after the Government's Unity Budget in February, Resilience Budget in March and Solidarity Budget last month, which have so far totalled almost $60 billion. Heng, who is also Deputy Prime Minister, will deliver the Ministerial Statement in Parliament at 3.30pm. It... → Read More
Kukubird, the fashion brand, rides on Singapore interest by offering 'special', Singapore News
We wish we could spare you the slang generally considered crude in Singapore, but the saga seems to have wings. Kukubird, the fashion brand from the UK that shares an unfortunate name with our local slang for penis, is now penetrating the Singapore market by offering a "special rate" to customers here. This comes after the internet spotted Kukubird's existence half the world away recently. We… → Read More
Over half of Singaporeans believe there’s life after death: Survey, Singapore News
Of all the polling data Singapore has on hand — from the salary increment expected when switching jobs to what we think of doing nothing — we now have one on death and the afterlife. It's official: most Singaporeans believe there's life after death. → Read More
Manchester United fanboys in Singapore included one Lee Chong Wei, Singapore News
By now, English football giants Manchester United are back in Europe preparing for the new season kicking off on Aug 9. Not long ago, the team's sporting idols were in Singapore thrilling local fans at the National Stadium and at sponsor events around the island. United played a friendly match with Italy's Inter Milan on July 20 and did not forget to chronicle their time here on social media. → Read More
Fake news: Ferrari squeezes under trailer truck to escape cops, World News
A Ferrari car can probably outspeed a police car. Whether it can outmanoeuvre the cops by changing lanes under another vehicle, however, is not that clear cut until it's tried out. A video showing that feat has been revving up online recently, giving some people the impression that it can be done — and has been done. In the clip, a red Ferrari squeezes under a trailer truck before emerging from… → Read More
DJ Bernard Lim set to remarry and adopt Thai girlfriend's niece, Entertainment News
Wedding bells are ringing for Bernard Lim again. The 51-year-old radio deejay, who divorced in 2007, will remarry this Saturday (July 27) with a simple lunchtime wedding. The bride is Pim Suvarnakuta, a Thai public relations and marketing executive. Bernard revealed too, that the couple would be adopting his girlfriend's niece Minnie, whose mother died from brain cancer last November. → Read More
Manchester United remind Singapore again and again they beat us 8-1, Singapore News
Eighteen years ago, at the old National Stadium, Manchester United thrashed a Singapore selection team 8-1. Eighteen Julys on, United, arguably the most supported football club here, finally returned, although this time no Singaporean had to lace up his boots. Still, when they were in town during the weekend, some in the English team's camp seemed unable to avoid mentioning that night in 2001. → Read More
Original 'Captain Marvel' Bryan Robson: My grandson can't understand why people call me that, Singapore, Lifestyle News
Utter the name Captain Marvel to anyone born this side of the millennium, and the first thing in their minds would probably be the comic-book superhero portrayed by Brie Larson. To a football fan a decade or two older, however, the moniker belongs to a being more human but no less marvellous in his heyday. Bryan Robson was the original Captain Marvel, so christened by fans of Manchester United… → Read More
How can dis b allow? This week in the comments section, Singapore News
Netizens are a difficult bunch to please. They have opinions on everything. And for whatever reason, on the internet, people lose all filters. What is most ironic is how netizens react strongest to posts or tweets they abhor most. They may be trolls or may sincerely mean their comments, but never a day passes when we don't appreciate this gift that keeps on giving. It makes us ask in turn: How… → Read More
Singapore 'poor', 'less developed' and 'very dangerous': Online comment riles internet, Singapore News
Singapore is a lot of things. Small, check. Green, check. Hot and wet, usually. Kiasu, definitely. But words such as "poor", "less developed" and "very dangerous" cannot be further from the truth, regardless of how wholeheartedly you believe in them. An answer to a question on Quora from May 2018 has been dug up by cyber sleuths for its baffling negligence of facts. The question posed: "Where… → Read More
From Yishun man to Singapore man: Benz Hui to apply for citizenship, Entertainment, Singapore News
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Fan Bingbing shoots down talk she's pregnant with tycoon's child, Entertainment News
Just one day after Fan Bingbing announced she has broken off her engagement to Li Chen, the rumour mill is claiming the Chinese superstar is pregnant with somebody else's child. CCTV footage of a pregnant-looking woman resembling Bingbing has been making its rounds online. The person who uploaded the video, which shows the date June 19, claimed it's from Nanjing's World Trade Center, where the… → Read More
Kit Chan has a new best friend
Get together already, netizens screamed. This was the response to Kit Chan posting a series of photos on Weibo on Monday (June 17) of herself and Sheren Tang holidaying in Scotland. The pair looked to be having the time of their lives, with one picture showing Kit planting a kiss on the Hong Kong actress. It was not previously known they were good friends. "This Scotland trip allowed me to know… → Read More
Starlet claims Show Lo cheated with her, Entertainment News
As recently as last year, there was talk of Show Lo tying the knot with girlfriend Grace Chow. That picture of bliss is now perhaps disrupted by claims from a Taiwanese starlet that he had an affair with her in 2016. Several media reported today (June 20) screenshots of Cherry Yu's text messages with a friend, in which she said she dated a "pop king" for six months. The 25-year-old added that… → Read More