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Article | Members of the public will soon be able to purchase antigen rapid test (ART) self-test kits at Guardian, Unity, and Watsons retail pharmacies in Singapore from June 16, 2021.The Ministry of Health (Singapore) announced on Thursday, June 10 that the Health Sciences Authority (HSA) has granted interim authorisation for f... | https://mothership.sg/2021/06/self-test-kits-antigen-rapid-testts-pharmacies/ | mothership-sg | Members of the public will soon be able to purchase antigen rapid test (ART) self-test kits at pharmacies in Singapore from June 16, 2021.
The Ministry of Health (MOH) announced today (June 10) that the Health Sciences Authority (HSA) has granted interim authorisation for four ART self-test kits to be sold to the gene... |
Article | Singapore residents should continue working from home whenever possible, even as the country transitions out of Phase 2 (Heightened Alert), the Multi-ministry Taskforce (MTF) announced on June 10, 2021.Finance Minister Lawrence Wong and co-chair of the MTF said that working from home will remain the default for the nex... | https://mothership.sg/2021/06/work-from-home-default-after-phase-2-heightened-alert/ | mothership-sg | Singapore residents should continue working from home whenever possible, even as the country transitions out of Phase 2 (Heightened Alert), the Multi-ministry Taskforce (MTF) announced on June 10, 2021.
Speaking in the press conference, Finance Minister Lawrence Wong and co-chair of the MTF said that working from home... |
Article | Singapore Press Holdings announced several days ago that it is restructuring its media business into a CLG, a not-for-profit entity.We explain what led to this decision, what a CLG is, and who might possibly fund SPH media in future.#MSExplains #media | https://mothership.sg/2021/05/sph-restructuring-clg-explainer/ | mothership-sg | The Singapore Press Holdings (SPH) took the spotlight on May 6 and it wasn't just because of the umbrage that its CEO, Ng Yat Chung, took.
While the public and local memelords are having a field day with Ng's comment, the bigger piece of news is that SPH is restructuring its media business into a not-for-profit entity... |
Article | 30-year-old Nur Ashikin binte Seman has been a foodpanda delivery rider since March 2018.Formerly a stay-at-home-mother for three years, Ashikin told us that after her family was hit with unfortunate "personal problems," she was forced to take on the mantle as the sole breadwinner of the family.Although she had prior j... | https://mothership.sg/2021/05/foodpanda-single-mother-tiktok/ | mothership-sg | Those living in the west may have seen a foodpanda delivery rider with a pink Honda ADV 150 motorcycle, wearing a black helmet fitted with cat ears and braids.
Or perhaps she may have appeared on your For You page on TikTok, clad in her foodpanda uniform doing the latest dance trends.
She is 30-year-old Nur Ashikin b... |
Article | Two years ago, the Ministry of Health (Singapore) announced that Singapore will be banning the use of partially hydrogenated oils (PHOs) in all foods sold in Singapore from June 2021.In a Facebook post on Tuesday, June 1, Senior Minister of State for Health Janil Puthucheary announced that the ban has officially kicked... | https://mothership.sg/2021/06/phos-ban-2021/ | mothership-sg | Two years ago, the Ministry of Health (MOH) announced that Singapore will be banning the use of partially hydrogenated oils (PHOs) in all foods sold in Singapore from June 2021.
In a Facebook post on Tuesday, June 1, Senior Minister of State for Health Janil Puthucheary announced that the ban has officially kicked in,... |
Article | With work from home as a default, taxi drivers and private hire drivers (PHVs) have seen a reduction in ridership.Thankfully, Because We Care and Share and Serve Our City Singapore, together with the Whampoa Community Development & Welfare Fund Committee have come up with a joint initiative – The Drive-Thru Lunch Treat... | https://mothership.sg/2021/06/free-lunch-taxi-private-hire-drivers/ | mothership-sg | With work from home as a default, taxi drivers and private hire drivers (PHVs) have seen a reduction in ridership.
Thankfully, Because We Care and Share and Serve Our City Singapore, together with the Whampoa Community Development & Welfare Fund Committee have come up with a joint initiative – The Drive-Thru Lunch Tre... |
Article | The biggest penthouse unit at Park Nova, a new luxury freehold condo located at 18 Tomlinson Road, has been sold for a staggering S$34.4 million.Park Nova boasts three penthouses, all located on the top-most floors. There are also 2- to 3-bedroom units with study, and 4-bedroom units.It was reported that sales for Park... | https://mothership.sg/2021/05/5-bedroom-penthouse-park-nova/ | mothership-sg | The biggest penthouse unit at Park Nova, a new luxury freehold condo located at 18 Tomlinson Road, has been sold for a staggering S$34.4 million.
Park Nova boasts three penthouses, all located on the top-most floors. There are also 2- to 3-bedroom units with study, and 4-bedroom units.
On the 14th floor is a sky gard... |
Article | ComfortDelGro Taxi is providing a 50 per cent daily rental waiver to cabbies from now till June 13, 2021.This comes after announcements by the government that Singapore would be entering Phase 2 (heightened alert) from May 16 till June 13, 2021.On top of this, ComfortDelGro will also not be increasing fares for custome... | https://mothership.sg/2021/06/comfortdelgro-waiving-daily-rental/ | mothership-sg | ComfortDelGro is providing a 50 per cent daily rental waiver to cabbies from May 18 till June 13, 2021.
This comes after announcements by the government that Singapore would be entering Phase 2 (heightened alert) from May 16 till June 13, 2021.
In Phase 2 (HA), several measures have been implemented such as a limit t... |
Article | From May 17 to June 14, 2021, 18 home bakers will be participating in a charity bake sale for people with disabilities.Each baker will donate at least 20 per cent of their sales proceeds from the bake sale to SPD, a local charity that helps people with physical, sensory, and learning disabilities.Here are five interest... | https://mothership.sg/2021/05/home-bakers-bake-sale-spd/ | mothership-sg | With the onset of Phase 2 (Heightened Alert) from May 16 to June 13, some of us may need a pick-me-up in such times when dining in at F&B establishments is no longer allowed and social gatherings are limited to two.
Treat yourself and your friends and family by ordering some baked goods from the SPD June 2021 bake sal... |
Article | A Product Design student in LASALLE College of the Arts sought to promote greater empathy towards stray cats and designed a void deck installation that allows cats to eat, rest and play, as part of his final year project.Evan Tan hopes that the designs, if they are installed, will not only create a safe space for cats... | https://mothership.sg/2021/06/student-void-deck-fixtures-stray-cats/ | mothership-sg | A Product Design student in Lasalle College of the Arts sought to promote greater empathy towards community cats and designed a void deck installation that allows cats to eat, rest and play, as part of his final year project.
The student, Evan Tan, felt that the presence of community cats is not always welcomed, and t... |
Article | Akihiko Hoshide is an engineer and astronaut with JAXA: Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency.On April 25, it was reported that Hoshide and three other astronauts went up to the International Space Station (ISS) on a commercial SpaceX ship, successfully docking.On May 11, the Japanese astronaut gave a shout-out to Singapo... | https://mothership.sg/2021/05/japanese-astronaut-singapore/ | mothership-sg | A Japanese astronaut gave a shout-out to Singapore, and the school he once attended, from all the way up in space.
Singapore, where I spent 2 yrs in high school. Can you spot my school? #UWCSEA pic.twitter.com/JN0Q9oIPLT — 星出 彰彦 (JAXA宇宙飛行士) (@Aki_Hoshide) May 10, 2021
Commander Hoshide
Akihiko Hoshide is an engineer... |
Article | Fully vaccinated people in the Unites States can forego wearing a face mask and do not have to stay 2m away from others in most settings, whether outdoors or indoors.The White House shared the new public health guidance on social media to relief, anger, and amusement, amongst a mix of emotions from the people.However, ... | https://mothership.sg/2021/05/united-states-fully-vaccinated-no-mask-cdc/ | mothership-sg | Fully vaccinated people in the Unites States can forego wearing a face mask and do not have to stay 2m away from others in most settings, whether outdoors or indoors, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said on Thursday, May 13 in updated public health guidance.
The White House shared the new public health ... |
Article | "I think this is a trust and bond that can't be built up with any other helper."When we talk about mothers, we often talk about biological mothers, who give birth to their children and raise them.But there are many mother figures in Singapore who don't share biological ties with the children they care for — our domesti... | https://mothership.sg/2021/05/domestic-helper-mother-co-parenting/ | mothership-sg | In the conversation about mothers, we often talk about biological mothers, who give birth to their children and raise them. But there are many mother figures in Singapore who don't share biological ties with the children they care for — our domestic helpers.
One such domestic helper is 61-year-old Perla De Luna Cuison... |
Article | The Ministry of Sustainability and the Environment, Singapore and the National Environment Agency (NEA) will work on developing an appropriate charging model for disposable carrier bags in supermarkets.Given the possibility that shoppers may need to start paying for plastic bags at local supermarkets, we spoke to sever... | https://mothership.sg/2021/05/plastic-bag-charge-supermarkets/ | mothership-sg | The Ministry of Sustainability & Environment (MSE) and the National Environment Agency (NEA) will work on developing an appropriate charging model for disposable carrier bags in supermarkets.
This was announced in Apr. 2021 in their response to a Citizens' Workgroup’s recommendations to tackle the excessive consumptio... |
Article | In this exclusive interview, we catch up with former Cabinet minister Yaacob Ibrahim to find out what he’s been up to since retiring from two-plus decades of politics.We touch on things he never really said out loud before about being a Malay-Muslim MP and minister, and also find out why he continues to believe in the ... | https://mothership.sg/2021/05/yaacob-ibrahim-interview/ | mothership-sg | Professor Yaacob Ibrahim begins his days bright and early at 4:30am in prayer with the Quran.
These days, in fact, he structures his days around his prayer time — optional prayers at roughly 4:30am, morning prayers at about 5:45, post-lunchtime prayers, the 4:30pm evening prayer, plus of course the 7pm and 9-plus pm r... |
Article | "If Ashraf and I, who are not each other's flesh and blood, could love each other, why couldn't we love a child whom we are going to care for and raise as our own?"Nursyazanna Syaira Suhimi & Ashraf Alami were only a month into their marriage when Ashraf was diagnosed with a tumour in his brain.After some rigorous trea... | https://mothership.sg/2021/05/singaporean-adoptive-mother/ | mothership-sg | When we met Nursyazanna Syaira Suhimi for coffee on an otherwise uneventful afternoon, we could tell that it was going to be a breeze talking to her.
With a parenting book in hand, Syaira entered the cafe and warmly greeted not just us, but the cafe workers who know her as a regular patron as well (which got us a plat... |
Article | In 2015, Anna Lam Kar Yee first got the idea to work on edible cutlery when she came across an Indian company called Bakeys, which was seeking crowdfunding on Kickstarter.According to the now 31-year-old, she “was fascinated by the concept.”After seeing how much single-use plastic waste that people, including herself, ... | https://mothership.sg/2021/05/crunch-cutlery-hsbc-golf/ | mothership-sg | Many Singaporeans probably recall experimenting a lot at home during Circuit Breaker last year, be it with some crafts or cooking.
Like many of us, 31-year-old Singaporean Anna Lam found herself experimenting with a simple recipe for hardtack — a type of biscuit that’s more lasting than the usual ones we eat.
Some ha... |
Article | Singaporeans will soon be able to renew their passports for 10 years at a time, instead of the current five.The Immigration & Checkpoints Authority (ICA) said on May 7 that Singapore Citizens aged 16 and above who submit a passport application from Oct. 1 will get new passports that are valid for 10 years.According to ... | https://mothership.sg/2021/05/singapore-passport-renewal-10-years/ | mothership-sg | Singaporeans will soon be able to renew their passports for 10 years at a time, instead of the current five.
The Immigration and Checkpoints Authority (ICA) said on May 7 that Singapore Citizens aged 16 and above who submit a passport application from Oct. 1 will get new passports that are valid for 10 years.
"This w... |
Article | Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong confirmed that for now, there will be no extension to the Phase 2 (Heightened Alert) that began on May 16 and is scheduled to last until June 13.Nor will P2HA be "upgraded" to a full Circuit Breaker. PM Lee stated that the existing measures have succeeded in bringing down the number of ca... | https://mothership.sg/2021/05/pm-lee-phase-2-heightened-alert-update/ | mothership-sg | Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong confirmed that for now, there will be no extension to the Phase 2 (Heightened Alert) that began on May 16 and is scheduled to last until June 13.
Nor will P2HA be "upgraded" to a full Circuit Breaker. PM Lee stated that the existing measures have succeeded in bringing down the number of ... |
Article | In November 2019, Yoo EunHye started Unnie K-Shop to bring quality skincare products from South Korea and teach local users how to use these products.The proof of quality is literally in her own skin.“We are real, ordinary people - we’re not models. We don't secretly go to aesthetic clinics and spend tens of thousands ... | https://mothership.sg/2021/05/unnie-k-shop-sponsored/ | mothership-sg | Yoo EunHye - a new mum in her mid-thirties - barely has any wrinkles or laugh lines, and boasts a youthful, glowing complexion.
My first instinct would have been to ask her for the brands of skincare products she was using, but that would be making a common “misstep”, one that most Singaporeans fall for - a misconcept... |
Article | Young adults aged 39 years and younger will be vaccinated after students get their shots, Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong said in a live nationwide broadcast on Monday, May 31.Priority will be given to the graduating cohorts for 'O', 'N', and 'A' Levels, as well as special needs students, he elaborated. Other students a... | https://mothership.sg/2021/05/pm-lee-young-adults-vaccine-after-students/ | mothership-sg | Young adults aged 39 years and younger will be vaccinated after students get their shots, Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong said in a live nationwide broadcast on Monday, May 31.
Graduating cohorts to be prioritised
Currently, vaccination of those aged 40 to 44 is ongoing.
PM Lee announced that the next group to be vac... |
Article | Here’s our resident contributor Abel Ang’s latest sharing on our #LessonsOnLeadership series — making a big change in terms of how we might currently think about our careers and how we prepare ourselves for our next moves. Read on: | https://mothership.sg/2021/05/career-advice-abel-ang/ | mothership-sg | COMMENTARY: "Manage your career as if you are a start-up."
Writing for Lessons on Leadership, a new series hoping to inspire the next generation of Singaporeans through the stories of Singapore’s many successful business leaders and entrepreneurs, our contributor Abel Ang shares his top career advice for young Singapo... |
Article | From May 29, 2021 onwards, overseas S'pore citizens & PRs must test negative for Covid-19 before flying into S'pore.#covid #travel | https://mothership.sg/2021/05/overseas-spore-citizens-prs-pre-departure-covid-19-test/ | mothership-sg | All Singapore citizens and permanent residents (PR) who are overseas must present a negative Covid-19 polymerase chain reaction test result before they are allowed to depart for Singapore from May 29, 2021.
The Ministry of Health (MOH) announced this updated travel requirement on May 26, 2021, citing a worsening globa... |
Article | Tracy Heah and Debbra Lee struggled with being new mothers when their kids were born.Apart from coping with the constant demands of their newborns, they also struggled with guilt – guilt over having thoughts of hurting their babies and not being as good as the mothers around them."It's important for people who are goin... | https://mothership.sg/2021/05/postnatal-depression-mothers-stories/ | mothership-sg | Tracy Heah remembers vividly the months spent tending to her son after he popped out of her.
The initial joy from birthing a healthy baby boy was cut short by despair — sheer despair at the incessant noise that came out of the little creature day and night.
Why won't you stop crying?
"You just don't know why it's cr... |
Article | Singapore Airlines (SIA) has raised around S$2 billion from completed sale-and-leaseback transactions involving 11 of its aircraft.The deals were arranged with four other parties, and involved seven Airbus SE A350-900s and four Boeing Co 787-10s.According to the CEO of SIA, Goh Choon Phong, “The additional liquidity fr... | https://mothership.sg/2021/05/sia-sale-leaseback-deals-2-billion/ | mothership-sg | Singapore Airlines (SIA) has raised around S$2 billion from completed sale-and-leaseback transactions involving 11 of its aircraft, according to a press release on May 3 by the airline.
The deals were arranged with four other parties, and involved seven Airbus SE A350-900s and four Boeing Co 787-10s.
The CEO of SIA, ... |
Article | Aside from touching on Covid-19 updates and short term measures in his speech, Prime Minister Lee also gave a brief idea of what he imagines will be the new normal:"In the new normal, Covid-19 will not dominate our lives.Our people will be mostly vaccinated, and possibly taking booster shots every year.We will get test... | https://mothership.sg/2021/05/new-normal-singapore-lee-pm/ | mothership-sg | Aside from Covid-19 updates and short term measures, Prime Minister Lee touched on in his speech, he also gave a brief idea of what he imagines will be the new normal.
That phrase has of course been bandied around quite a bit, but PM Lee's reference to it tackled a hypothetical scenario, provided that Singapore meets ... |
Article | The Land Transport Authority (LTA) Singapore has completed its review of Electric Road Pricing (ERP) rates from May 27 to June 27, 2021, both dates inclusive.Following the implementation of Phase 2 (Heightened Alert) measures including full Home-Based Learning (HBL), LTA will be reducing the ERP rates across all gantri... | https://mothership.sg/2021/05/erp-rates-june-holidays/ | mothership-sg | The Land Transport Authority (LTA) has completed its review of Electric Road Pricing (ERP) rates for the June 2021 school holidays.
ERP rates reduced by S$1
Following into the implementation of Phase 2 (Heightened Alert) measures including full Home-Based Learning (HBL), LTA will be reducing the ERP rates across all ... |
Article | Fighting climate change may seem like a mammoth task for an individual.While it is true that this crisis does not have a quick solution, making small tweaks to our own consumption habits can go a long way.For example, did you know that you can buy kale grown in Singapore?More than 20 types of locally produced food can ... | https://mothership.sg/2021/05/mse-buy-local-produce/ | mothership-sg | Fighting climate change may seem like a mammoth task for an individual.
While it is true that this crisis of our generation does not have a quick solution, making small tweaks to our own consumption habits can go a long way.
You’ve probably heard enough of saying no to straws and bringing reusable bags when shopping,... |
Article | Singapore will likely not embark on "further tightening" of prevailing measures to curb the spread of Covid-19, finance minister Lawrence Wong said on Friday, May 28.The current measures in place for the Phase 2 (Heightened Alert) period have been working as the number of new community cases has stabilised, Wong added,... | https://mothership.sg/2021/05/phase-2-heightened-alert-lawrence-wong-no-tighten-rules/ | mothership-sg | Singapore will likely not embark on "further tightening" of prevailing measures to curb the spread of Covid-19, finance minister Lawrence Wong said on Friday, May 28.
The current measures in place for the Phase 2 (Heightened Alert) period have been working as the number of new community cases has stabilised, Wong adde... |
Article | Observers of financial and business news in Singapore might have noticed a trend in recent times — the world's wealthiest individuals are increasingly setting up shop on our tiny island.In the past few years, Google co-founder Sergey Brin, British inventor and entrepreneur James Dyson, as well as son of Haidilao founde... | https://mothership.sg/2021/05/ultra-rich-singapore-explainer/?fbclid=IwAR0Hqhblf0ZZAD0jlxqT1VDGq91P3v99uLMexl9WDtWEyyckhI4m3AX4tZg | mothership-sg | Observers of financial and business news in Singapore might have noticed a trend in recent times — the world's wealthiest individuals are increasingly setting up shop on our tiny island.
In the past few years, we've seen Google co-founder Sergey Brin, British inventor and entrepreneur James Dyson, and son of Haidilao ... |
Article | From May 22 to 30, the Rahmatan Lil Alamin Foundation (RLAF) is organising a collection to provide aid in the form of health, relief and social services for communities affected by the recent developments in Gaza.Within the first 12 hours, the campaign had surpassed S$800,000.One major donor was the Sheng Siong Group, ... | https://mothership.sg/2021/05/sheng-siong-ceo-donates-s200000-towards-gaza/ | mothership-sg | From May 22 to 30, the Rahmatan Lil Alamin (Blessings to all) Foundation (RLAF) is organising a collection to provide aid in the form of health, relief and social services for communities affected by the recent developments in Gaza.
According to a press release by RLAF, the campaign has surpassed S$800,000 within the ... |
Article | Singapore is approaching the end of the second week of Phase 2 (Heightened Alert).The tightened measures were initially announced for a four-week period, though it was also said that their impact could only materialise "one to two weeks later". While the number of unlinked and community cases has indeed fallen since Ma... | https://mothership.sg/2021/05/will-phase-2-ha-extend/ | mothership-sg | Singapore's approaching the end of the second week of Phase 2 (Heightened Alert).
The period of tightened measures was announced to last for four weeks, from Sunday, May 16, through to Sunday, June 13, 2021.
This means that we're about halfway through, with two more weeks to go till June 13.
There's another reason w... |
Article | This year, 1.4 million Singaporeans will be receiving their GSTV – Cash Special Payment and GSTV – Cash and MediSave from June and July respectively.The GSTV – Cash Special Payment and GSTV – U-Save Special Payment are part of the S$900 million Household Support Package announced at Budget 2021, to provide additional s... | https://mothership.sg/2021/06/gst-voucher-2021/ | mothership-sg | This year, 1.4 million Singaporeans will be receiving their GSTV – Cash Special Payment and GSTV – Cash and MediSave from June and July respectively.
Of these 1.4million, nine in 10 eligible citizens will also receive their GSTV payouts automatically.
Details on the payouts
A Ministry of Finance press release stated... |
Article | The six-station Thomson-East Coast Line (TEL) stage two is getting ready to be open to commuters in the third quarter of 2021.This comes about a year after it was initially scheduled to open.Some 100,000 households in Springleaf, Lentor, Mayflower, Bright Hill, Upper Thomson and Caldecott will be within a 10-minute wal... | https://mothership.sg/2021/05/thomson-east-coast-line-2021-opening/ | mothership-sg | The six-station Thomson-East Coast Line (TEL) stage two is getting ready to be open to commuters in the third quarter of 2021, the Land Transport Authority said on April 30.
This comes about a year after it was initially scheduled to open.
Travelling time to be cut for many
Some 100,000 households in Springleaf, Len... |
Article | Singapore is "a long way off" from being able to open its borders to international travellers in the way that it did before, said Prime Minster Lee Hsien Loong (PM Lee) in an interview on May 19.He pointed out that that it was "not easy to make a match" with another country to establish a travel bubble, as countries wo... | https://mothership.sg/2021/05/pm-lee-covid-international-travel/ | mothership-sg | Singapore is "a long way off" from being able to open its borders to international travellers in the way that it did before, said Prime Minster Lee Hsien Loong (PM Lee) in an interview on May 19.
However, PM Lee explained that Singapore could not afford to seal its borders off to the rest of the world.
This is becaus... |
Article | Singapore has been in talks with several pharmaceuticals to manufacture vaccines and therapeutics locally, including Sanofi Pasteur and Thermo Fisher Scientific.Both companies will be situating their vaccine facilities in Singapore.However, attracting pharmaceuticals and vaccine manufacturers to situate themselves in S... | https://mothership.sg/2021/05/singapore-produce-vaccines-for-region-alvin-tan/ | mothership-sg | Attracting pharmaceuticals and vaccine manufacturers such as Sanofi Pasteur and Thermo Fisher Scientific to situate themselves in Singapore is not just for local benefit, but for the region and the rest of the world as well.
Singapore to be capable of end-to-end vaccine production by 2026
Minister of State for Trade ... |
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