/articles/police-launch-drive-warn-about-scams
SINGAPORE - Cases of cyber scams are five times more common today than a year ago, and the police want people to be aware of such online traps.
An anti-scam public education campaign using a…
/articles/tales-bandits-and-mystics-old-queenstown
Documentary series recalls 1960s life in S'pore's first satellite town
MEMORIES of Singapore's first satellite town are being brought to life – from the shooting of notorious gunman Lim Ban Lim to a…
/articles/journey-national-day-parade-then-and-now
Many young Singaporeans may not have seen these memorable photos of the first National Day Parade on 9th August, 1966 forty-eight years ago.
National Day Parade - Then
Many young Singaporeans may…
/articles/senior-artists-prove-age-no-barrier-pursuing-passion
ENCOURAGED BY ART PIONEER DAD, SHE FOUND HER OWN VOICE
Visual artist Kartika Affandi, 85, began her love affair with art as a young child, painting live subjects under the watchful eye of her…
/articles/royal-jaunt-jaipur
The capital of Rajasthan offers striking palaces, sumptuous food, superlative crafts and, for the first time, a suite in the royal residence for tourists
When we arrive for dinner, there are dancers…
/articles/managing-caregiver-stress-during-covid-19
Be adaptable, set up video calls for your charge and don't forget self-care
Family caregivers, particularly those looking after seniors with dementia, may face potentially debilitating stress with…
/articles/cant-go-outside-try-going-inside
My 87-years old dad went through the second world war, the India-Pakistan partition and even went to jail for Mahatma Gandhi’s Jail Bharo Andolan. Chatting with him on the current pandemic was…
/articles/recipes-personal-touch
Mrs Janice O'Connor compiles 100 recipes of her own and her friends' into a new cookbook, including her late mother's kee zhang, made from scratch
It was a joke made by her husband - Courts Asia's…
/articles/app-help-unlock-memories-persons-dementia
SINGAPORE - Visiting the Tanjong Pagar Railway Station to see trains. Slurping on syrupy ice balls while riding a ferris wheel at Great World Amusement Park. Watching a Teochew opera in Chinatown.…
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/articles/active-ageing-rewire-after-you-retire
You have looked forward to this day. Finally, you are free to wake up at any time you want and spend your day as you wish. It’s your retirement day!
Now that work is out of your life, it’s…
/articles/go-walking-tour-and-see-india-foot
When Mr Nitin Amlani moved to Bangalore with his family for work in 2013, he found himself in an unfamiliar territory.
Originally from the state of Maharashtra, in central India, he did not…
/articles/monstrous-tides-kimberley-coast
In Western Australia's Kimberley region, 11m tides create dramatic ocean waterfalls while the same ocean movements sustain the country's oldest operating pearl farm
Our small runabout boat employs…
/articles/how-do-summer-road-trip-around-us-kids
My daughters Happy and Bee have grown up in Asia. Since we left New York City for Singapore 12 years ago when Happy was four, and Bee was born here, both girls know little of their homeland. The…
/articles/generation-grit-teen-looked-after-dementia-stricken-dad-age-14
Melissa Chan became her father's caregiver at the age of 14 when he was diagnosed with young onset dementia. She shares her story in this series on millennials who inspire us.
The signs were there,…
/articles/trunks-familiar-objects-help-seniors-unlock-memories
Heritage Trunks initiative aims to stimulate conversations and encourage reminiscences
In his younger days, Mr Chia Wang Chong would dab a bit of Florida Water cologne - a cheaper alternative to…
/articles/new-bicentennial-roadshows-bring-history-heartland
Life for Mrs Dolly Leow now is very different compared to when she was a child some 60 years ago.
There were no mobile phones and television sets, and not even plastic bags, she said,…
/articles/spotlight-indian-muslim-pioneers
Exhibition showcases 100 stories of S'poreans and their ancestors who came here before 1965
In 1952, the town of Kadayanallur in Tamil Nadu, India, was gripped by a prolonged drought. And due to the…
/articles/7-places-visit-2019
SINGAPORE – New year, new adventures. Join the party to mark the 30th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall, delve deeper into beloved Japan or rediscover the romance of Egypt. The hottest…
/articles/find-adventure-new-south-wales-beyond-sydney
NEW SOUTH WALES - It is a brisk morning in Mudgee, New South Wales, warmed by the roar of propane burners that lift our hot-air balloon (www.balloonaloft.com) off a rugby field.
As we gain…
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