/articles/how-make-your-resume-stand-out-amid-tough-job-market-during-covid-19-pandemic
Career coaches offer tips on how job seekers can make their skills and experience work for them.
Job seekers are facing tougher competition this year with unemployment on the rise.
Given that one of…
/articles/living-lost-words-struck-aphasia-after-stroke
SINGAPORE - Former physical fitness trainer Sherwin Tang was conducting a workout session at a gym in 2015 when all of a sudden, he had trouble speaking in a coherent manner.
Thinking he was…
/articles/living-lost-words
Brain injuries such as a stroke may lead to aphasia, a condition which robs a person of the ability to speak, write and understand language
Former physical fitness trainer Sherwin Tang was conducting…
/articles/surviving-retrenchment-3-sporeans-share-how-they-picked-pieces-help-family
Three Singaporeans share their stories of how they picked up the pieces after getting laid off, thanks to people who stood by them and cheered them on
HER CAREER COACH
SHE HELPED JOB SEEKER…
/articles/art-digital-platter-seniors-appreciating-and-creating-art-amid-covid-19
The arts can bring cheer to seniors, a group especially vulnerable to Covid-19, when they may feel isolated at home. From the Silver Arts fest going digital to a near-centenarian putting up his first…
/articles/covid-19-will-have-long-tail-effect-mental-health-experts-predict
SINGAPORE - The prolonged Covid-19 pandemic is likely to have a long-tail effect on mental health, as stress levels rise with the uncertainty of the outbreak as well as the economic downturn it…
/articles/spicy-salad-embodies-citys-colourful-culture
Celebrate the Little Red Dot's imperfect, vibrant glory with a funky dish that can be easily thrown together on a hot day
For large parts of my life, I have wanted to be anywhere but here.
…
/articles/expanded-courses-help-seniors-be-digitally-ready
Training topics range from using e-payment and chat apps to spotting fake news, scams
Mr Liu Ming Ching, 59, uses a smartphone app to pre-order food and beat the queue at Koufu foodcourt. He also…
/articles/volunteers-let-their-hair-down-patients
Hairstylists give free haircuts to elderly patients in a hospital, a band plays for residents of nursing homes, while needy seniors will get new pillows from a social service organisation.…
/articles/hipster-cafe-run-senior-citizens
They pick up new skills, build new ties at cafe that forms part of VWO's senior activity centre
In a brightly lit space right next to Khatib MRT station, baristas togged out in striped aprons…
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/articles/50plus-expo-2015-singapore-jubilee-edition
The 50plus Expo was a long-awaited annual event to embark on an active ageing journey for Singaporeans and non-Singaporean visitors.
Due to unforeseen circumstances, the 50plus EXPO 2015 (…
/articles/cool-grandma-runs-her-own-blogshop
Young people are not the only ones hawking their wares online. In 2014, TNP met a then 77-year-old who was doing it too. Today, Madam Ng Suan Loi is still running the blogshop. She turns 80 in 2017…
/articles/lions-befriender-has-been-volunteering-30-years
Lions Befrienders hopes to inspire more people to work with seniors. When the then Ministry of Community Development (MCD) approached his churchfor volunteers to befriend needy elderly 30 years ago,…
/articles/kampung-spirit-revival-more-volunteer-informally
Instead of working with organisations, more are initiating their own efforts to serve causes
Fewer people are donating to charity, but those who are, are giving more generously. When it comes to…
/articles/nus-students-help-seniors-age-well-home
Pharmacy undergrads assist residents in sorting out medication and other health issues
Each day, retired construction worker Goh Chek Eng needs to take a mind-boggling array of pills: 11 in the…
/articles/age-no-barrier-charity-work
Man, 64, joins 1,000km cycling trip to raise funds for kidney patients
At 64, Mr Peter Sng is cycling 1,000km.
He will be riding travelling from Belum, Perak, to Singapore, to raise funds for…
/articles/swimming-coach-big-heart
As a Runninghour volunteer, she runs with people with disabilities
Q What is your secret to looking fabulous?
A Lots of laughter. I'm surrounded by people with empathy and kindness. I also…
/articles/he-has-helped-needy-elderly-30-years
Lions Befrienders hopes to inspire more people to work with seniors
When the then Ministry of Community Development (MCD) approached his church for volunteers to befriend needy elderly 30 years ago,…
/articles/drawing-seniors-out-their-shell-art
In fast-paced Singapore, there are those in need - and those who take up the cudgels on their behalf. This is the fourth in a series on noteworthy causes that The Straits Times will be spotlighting.…
/articles/riding-his-passion-promote-cycling-spore
62-year-old works with govt agencies to push cycling as a mode of transport in a car-lite city
As a child living in a kampung on the small island of Pulau Bukom in the 1960s, Mr Han Jok Kwang would…
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