Singapore society

Laughing matters – even when confronting your own mortality

Humour helps keep us from becoming too stiff and robotic. A society that can laugh at itself is one that can still see itself clearly enough to improve, says the writer.

Talking too much while live-streaming caused her voice to change

Ms Elaine Heng live-streams almost every day on platforms like TikTok and Shopee.

Live-stream mum learns to block out trolls and not overshare

Ms Natalia Rajahmany, 34, live-streams full-time to sell her Ela Beauty products.

Grappling with pay cut, tech skills and isolation to pursue her passion for cooking

Ms Joyce Mak, a mother who does live streams promoting cooking and skincare products from home, with her streaming set-up at home on May 12.

S’pore depends on migrant workers. Why do we accept conditions we would never tolerate ourselves?

Generic of construction workers at a construction site in Clementi on April 16, 2026. Can be used for stories on foreign workers, migrant workers, workplace safety

A man fell unconscious at a coffee shop. Life went on

What grinds our world to a halt may be just a brief interruption in someone else’s.

Can’t fix school bullying if society continues sending mixed messages

Young people do not learn only from what teachers tell them in classrooms. They also absorb cues from the world around them.

Lifelong learning: 2 electrical workers, 2 diplomas and a family vision

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Power maintenance technical officer Mr. Balamurugan Alagarsamy, 24, and his father, electrical supervisor at Seng Kang Hospital Mr. Venkatasamy Balamurugan, 54, who are taking a Singapore Polytechnic diploma course together.

Lifelong learning: Father and son give up weekends to do AI diploma together

Lifelong learning: Back to school with dad or mum in Singapore

Ms Poh Ying Xia (left), 38, co-founder of Sunny Bunny Montessori Infantcare and Preschool, and her mother, Ms Ng Chooi Choo, 68, a retired teacher, at the preschool on March 10, 2026. Feature on inter-generational learning: Ying Xia, who bought over her autistic son's preschool, and her retired mother, a former teacher, are doing an NIE diploma course on early childhood development together.

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