Girls on the grill: Meet the female chefs manning the hottest, heaviest part of the kitchen for love of fire

The intense physicality of the job doesn’t daunt women like Nadine Tay, Amarit Kaur and Ashley So – just three of the rising number of young female chefs in Singapore who choose to hone their skills in cooking food over fire, and, along the way, are burning up preconceived notions of what women can do.Continue Reading

Government imposes new property cooling measures: Maximum loan quantum limits tightened, loan-to-value limit lowered

SINGAPORE: The Government will tighten maximum loan quantum limits and introduce the 15-month wait-out period for private home owners buying Housing Plank resale flats, as part of  new residence cooling measures to market sustainable property marketplace conditions. The Loan-to-Value limit for HDB financial loans will also be lowered from 85Continue Reading

Singapore introduces new property cooling measures: Maximum loan quantum limits tightened, loan-to-value limit lowered

INCREASE WAIT-OUT PERIOD  Private home owners will have a 15-month wait-out period before they can purchase  a non-subsidised HDB resale even. This will kick in once they have sold their property. The new principle will also apply to people who sold their personal property prior to posting an application toContinue Reading

Man charged for causing alarm after allegedly making bomb threat on Singapore Airlines flight SQ33

SINGAPORE: A 37-year-old man who was arrested after allegedly assaulting cabin crew and claiming that he had a bomb on Singapore Airlines flight SQ33 was charged in court on Thursday (Sep 29). “Preliminary investigations indicate that during the flight, the man had allegedly shouted that there was a bomb on theContinue Reading

Choose from 45 offices, bring your pet on the job: Battle of perks in Singapore’s blooming co-working scene

FLEXIBILITY IS “VALUE FOR MONEY” A 35-year-old HR professional, who declined to be named, summed up his co-working experience as such: “I could work in a different environment for five days in a week. You can’t put a price on flexibility and ever-changing perspective.” He has been using co-working spacesContinue Reading