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Shopping in Singapore? | How OWNDAYS Turned Fast Pricing, Open Frames and Quick Spectacles Into Modern Optical Shopping
OWNDAYS changed Singapore optical shopping through transparent package pricing, open frame displays and fast turnaround, making prescription spectacles feel closer to accessible fashion retail.
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Shopping in Singapore? | How Paris Miki Turned Spectacles, Eye Tests and Japanese Optical Retail Into a Mall Service
Paris Miki helped make optical retail a modern Singapore mall service, combining eye tests, prescription lenses, frames and Japanese retail presentation around a product…
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Bank Account Fees in Singapore: Fall-Below Fees, Early Closure and Basic Accounts
Most Singapore savings accounts charge S$2 or S$5 a month if your balance falls below S$1,000 to S$3,000, and many charge about S$30 to…
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Inflation in Singapore: What Core Inflation and the CPI Measure, and Where They Stand
Singapore’s core inflation rose to 2.2% in August 2026, its highest since September 2024. What headline and core inflation measure, why MAS watches core,…
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Silver Support and the Majulah Package: What Older Singaporeans Get
Silver Support pays low-income seniors aged 65 and above up to S$1,080 a quarter, depending on flat type and household income. The Majulah Package’s…
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SkillsFuture Credit in 2026: What You Still Have, What Expired and the S$4,000 at 40
The S$500 top-up from 2020 expired on 31 December 2025, but the original S$500 and the S$4,000 mid-career credit have no expiry. What each…
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Workfare Income Supplement: Who Gets It, How Much, and How It’s Paid
Workfare tops up the pay of Singaporean workers aged 30 and over earning up to S$3,000 a month: up to S$4,900 a year, paid…
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Buying a Resale HDB Flat: The Option to Purchase, the 21 Days and Completion
A resale purchase runs on HDB’s Option to Purchase: an option fee of S$1 to S$1,000, 21 days to decide, and a deposit capped…
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Seller’s Stamp Duty: What You Pay If You Sell a Home Within Four Years
Sell a home bought on or after 4 July 2025 within four years, and Seller’s Stamp Duty takes 16%, 12%, 8% or 4% of…
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HDB Loan or Bank Loan: LTV, MSR and TDSR Explained
Both HDB and bank loans now lend up to 75% of a flat’s price. Your repayments can’t exceed 30% of income for an HDB…
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HDB Housing Grants: The Enhanced Grant, the Family Grant and the Proximity Grant
First-timer families can get up to S$120,000 in the Enhanced CPF Housing Grant, on new or resale flats. Resale buyers can add the Family…
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How a BTO Application Works: The HFE Letter, the Ballot and Booking a Flat
Before you can apply for a BTO flat, you need an HFE letter, which takes about a month and lasts nine months. Then a…
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Shopping in Singapore? | How FortyTwo Made Sofas, Mattresses and Dining Tables Normal Things to Buy Online
FortyTwo helped normalise buying bulky furniture online in Singapore through a broad digital catalogue, home delivery, price comparison and logistics that moved sofas, mattresses…
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Shopping in Singapore? | How Castlery Turned Singapore Furniture Design Into a Direct-to-Consumer Global Brand
Castlery grew from Singapore into an international furniture brand by combining contemporary design, direct-to-consumer economics, digital discovery and physical showrooms for tactile reassurance.
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Shopping in Singapore? | How HipVan Helped Move Singapore Furniture Shopping From Showrooms to Screens
HipVan helped move Singapore furniture shopping online by combining digital discovery, design-led home furnishings, direct delivery and later physical experience spaces for customers who…
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Shopping in Singapore? | How Home-Fix Turned DIY Hardware, Drills and Home Repair Into Mall Retail
Home-Fix brought DIY hardware into Singapore malls, making drills, paint, tools, locks and home-repair supplies approachable to HDB households before rising rents and e-commerce…
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What Was Boon Lay Before Boon Lay? | Plantations, Kampongs and the Rural West Before the MRT Gateway
Before Boon Lay became a major MRT and bus gateway to Jurong, NTU, Pioneer and Tuas, it was part of Singapore’s rural western landscape…
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How the Singapore Writers Festival Works: Passes, Languages and What It Costs
Ten days every November, more than 200 programmes in four languages, and a Festival Pass that cost S$30 in 2025, payable with SG Culture…
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Caring for Leather, Watches and Books in Singapore’s Humidity
Singapore’s humidity sits around 70 to 80 per cent, which is ideal for mould. Leather, watches, cameras and books do best at 40 to…
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Quartz, Automatic or Hand-Wound: Watch Movements Explained
A quartz watch keeps better time than any mechanical one and needs little more than a new battery. An automatic winds itself as you…
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Diamonds Explained: The 4Cs and What a Grading Report Tells You
Carat is weight, colour runs from D to Z, clarity from Flawless to I3, and cut is graded Excellent to Poor. What the 4Cs…
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How Pawning Works in Singapore: Interest Caps, the Six-Month Rule and What Happens If You Don’t Redeem
Singapore’s pawnbrokers can charge at most 1.5% a month, and you have six months to redeem. Miss that, ignore the notice, and the item…
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Singapore Art Week and ART SG 2027: When They Run, What’s Free and What Costs
ART SG returns to Marina Bay Sands from 22 to 24 January 2027, anchoring Singapore Art Week’s ten days of exhibitions, light shows and…
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How Singapore’s Libraries Work: Membership, Borrowing Limits and Free eBooks
Library membership is free for Singaporeans and lets you borrow 16 physical items and 16 eBooks for 21 days. PRs pay a one-off S$10.69;…
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Bespoke, Made-to-Measure or Off the Rack: The Tailoring Terms Explained
Bespoke means a new pattern cut for you, several fittings and weeks of handwork. Made-to-measure adjusts an existing pattern to your measurements. Off the…
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916 Gold Explained: Purity, Workmanship Charges and How Buyback Works
916 gold is 91.6% pure, the 22-karat standard of Singapore jewellery. What you pay is the day’s gold price by weight plus a workmanship…
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Fake Goods in Singapore: What the Law Says About Buying, Bringing In and Selling Counterfeits
Importing, selling or distributing counterfeit goods for trade is a crime in Singapore, with fines of up to S$100,000 and five years’ jail. What…
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Home Broadband in Singapore: Speeds, Contracts and What the Price Hides
Fibre broadband in Singapore now starts under S$30 a month, even at multi-gigabit speeds. But the headline price hides activation fees, promotional prices that…
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PARF and COE Rebates: What You Get Back When You Deregister a Car
Deregister a car before it’s 10 years old and you get part of its ARF back, plus the unused COE. Budget 2026 cut the…
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ERP 2.0: The New On-Board Unit and What Drivers Pay
From 1 January 2027, every Singapore-registered vehicle needs the satellite-based On-Board Unit. Gantries are coming down, ERP zones get blue road markings, and charges…
