/articles/special-needs-and-ageing-well-part-3
Have you ever wondered what the concerns of ageing parents of an adult with special needs might be?
In this final of a three-part series titled Special Needs and Ageing Well, we discuss…
/articles/special-needs-and-ageing-well-part-1
Concerns about ageing
Have you ever wondered what the concerns of ageing parents of an adult with special needs might be?
Many COH clients are already over 40 and their parents are…
/articles/special-needs-and-ageing-well-part-2
Have you ever wondered what the concerns of ageing parents of an adult with special needs might be?
In this article, Part 2 of a three-part series titled Special Needs and Ageing Well, we cover…
/articles/outsmart-pickpocket-how-travel-safely
Travellers are easy prey for pickpockets, but being vigilant in a foreign land goes a long way to not losing your possessions
In 2012, on the first night of engineer Ng Chee Keong's holiday in…
/articles/everyday-pioneers-tell-their-stories
Two authors write book to celebrate the regular folk who are part of the nation's fabric
In a five-month labour of love, two women sought out 50 everyday pioneers to detail their lives in…
/articles/tofu-beat-heat
Baked marinated tau kwa will not work up a sweat and goes well with salad, a grain bowl or sauteed vegetables
If my colleagues and I are right, you should be reading this while a thunderstorm…
/articles/pork-steak-midnight-diner
Make a pork steak inspired by Netflix series Midnight Diner: Tokyo Stories, about the rich lives of ordinary Japanese people
For several years now, I have spent 10 days in Tokyo in January. I used to…
/articles/causes-week-2017-befriending-former-dakota-crescent-residents
Every Saturday morning, former Dakota Crescent resident Yee Dew Eng welcomes volunteers who come knocking on her door in Cassia Crescent, which is about 400m from her previous residence of more than…
/articles/nurturing-love-nature
My Turf is a fortnightly series that aims to tell the untold stories in our neighbourhoods. In this instalment, we look at how community gardens in the heartlands have flourished in recent years.
The…
/articles/lose-your-senses-science-centres-new-interactive-exhibition-ageing
An interactive exhibition on the effects of growing old is open to the public at the Science Centre Singapore from today.
Called Dialogue With Time - Embrace Ageing, the latest permanent…
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/articles/finding-cosiness-freezing-swedish-lapland
Kiruna may be known for its bitterly cold temperatures, but that does not mean one has to huddle indoors
One afternoon late last month, in the Swedish Lapland, I take a somewhat apocalyptic…
/articles/talking-seniors-about-old-days-nostalgia-kit
Photos of bygone lifestyles, places help care workers, volunteers engage them more deeply
As a child, to contact her friend living a few floors below her flat, Ms Maria Yee would open the flap of her…
/articles/research-project-captures-industries-old
Wanted: Stories and photos from S'pore's industrial era to add on to official data
The Rollei 35 - once a popular compact camera here - was largely assembled by teenage girls who were employed in…
/articles/singapore-river-ageless
Singapore River is ageless until the end of times, meaning lasting forever, eternal for as long as Singapore last on this planet. Since time immemorial, centuries before Stamford Raffles…
/articles/search-our-roots
A direct descendant of Chew Joo Chiat, Philip Chew was born in 1935 and is a pioneer of Singapore in his own way.
I am pleased and honored to be invited by Philip to attend the launch of his…
/articles/arts-groups-organise-activities-keep-seniors-healthy-and-happy
Groups are organising drama workshops, painting classes and other arts-related activities to help older folk stay healthy
Veteran theatre-maker Catherine Sng says the older you are, the more active…
/articles/hitting-50-and-oh-so-fit-again
You can reclaim your energy when you reach the middle years
I can slide my hands under the soles of my feet without bending my knees. I can hold a plank for more than a …
/articles/rare-photos-give-glimpse-1950s-miniature-zoo
Lions, panthers, baby elephant – they were all part of Pasir Panjang menagerie
MOST children would have been happy with a dog or cat, but when Mr Tong Kok Kong was four, he had a tapir following at…
/articles/scrolling-down-memory-lane
Objects may be inanimate, but they can stir up the most animated of conversations.
"Everything you own has a story, so put two strangers with a familiar object together and they will soon…
/articles/take-walk-through-700-years-history
The wail of an air raid siren pierces the air as visitors sidestep a bomb prop that has "crashed" through the floor of the National Museum, in a space bathed in dramatic red lighting.
This is…
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