Rishabh Singhvi and Varun Saraf, who are both from India, met each other in Singapore nine years ago as freshmen. They fell so deeply for local hawker fare that they ditched their banking job to start a hawker food delivery business. Their startup is called WhyQ, which pools orders from hawker centr
Author: Kareyst Lin
The Studios 2017 opens with Haresh Sharma’s Fundamentally Happy
The Studios 2017 season opens with a new Mandarin production of Fundamentally Happy, written by Singapore playwright and Cultural Medallion recipient Haresh Sharma. It is translated and directed by Nelson Chia, Artistic Director of Nine Years Theatre.
Five things to do over the weekend of March 18-19
Join in the Holi celebrations at Esplanade along the riverfront, or check out the largest celebration of cocktails in Asia! The island is partying this weekend, so check out our pick of five exciting things happening in the next two days in Singapore.
Drinking tea lowers risk of dementia by 86 percent: NUS
Tea drinking can lower the risk of cognitive impairment in older persons by half, and genetic risk of Alzheimer’s by as much as 86 percent, according to a study by National University of Singapore (NUS) Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine. The longitudinal study was conducted over 957 Chinese seniors
Coffee shop at Blk 503 Jurong West suspended for a day due to poor toilet hygiene
The National Environment Agency (NEA) has suspended the license of the coffee shop at Blk 503 Jurong West Avenue 1. The coffee shop was found to have violated several health violations related to its toilet facilities, NEA said in a press statement. The eating house, together with all of its food st
Singapore passport ranked 4th in the world for travel freedom
Singapore passport is now ranked fourth in the world for travel freedom, climbing up a spot from last year.
COE prices rise, bike premiums at record high
COE (Certificate of Entitlement) prices for motorbikes saw a ten percent spike, soaring to a record high of S$7,483 on March 15. This was a significant increase from S$6,801 in the previous exercise. During the recent Budget 2017, it was announced that new big bikes would be taxed more heavily.
NUS remains Asia’s top university in Times Higher Education ranking
Despite “very tough competition” from Chinese universities this year, the National University of Singapore (NUS) remains Asia’s top university in the latest Times Higher Education Asia University Rankings released on Thursday, March 16. This is the second consecutive year that NUS has been cro
Singapore’s expected GDP growth rose to 2.3 percent: Economists
Private sector economists have significantly upgraded their full-year forecast for 2017. They projected a Gross Domestic Product (GDP) growth of 2.3 percent this year, up from the previous forecast of 1.5 percent. This was based on a quarterly survey of professional forecasters conducted by the Mone
Technology can help Singapore overcome manpower shortage
At the annual Kent Ridge Ministerial Forum, the Manpower Minister Lim Swee Say said that while there are legitimate concerns in countries about technology putting workers out of jobs, such a worry would be large unfounded in Singapore. The challenging facing the country now is the shortage of worker
