WahLiao Site Architecture | The Hubs, the Map and the Layout of wahliao.com

This page is the map of wahliao.com and the registry of who owns what. One address owns each search intent. Hubs are pages, curated and canonical. Verdicts are posts, dated and categorised by desk. Recurring instruments are pages rebuilt in place at one address. The existing How Shopping Works hub is the Mechanics layer and keeps its address. The 2013 archive stays exactly where it is. Built 26 September 2026 from the White Paper and the Masterplan.

28 September 2026 — reading structure and final health check. The Mall, The Players, The Civilisation Middleman and Buying Culture now have 32 chapter destinations and four return-to-index links. Their 439 heading blocks were corrected, including 30 repeated body H1 headings; original wording, non-heading blocks, media and page identities were preserved. Nine permanent links now connect the farming cluster with the supermarket guide. The closing inventory contains 458 published pages and posts: the 453-owner crawl plus five newly published supermarket pages checked separately. All 458 have sitemap entries and are reachable in the measured article-link graph; 30 affected or newly published public routes were rechecked successfully. The two missing search descriptions are visible. This is a dated structural check, not a certification of all factual claims or every media asset. The original heading backlog is now 39 owners / 1,380 body H1 headings. The homepage’s legacy featured story, broader fact-refresh work, and dedicated mobile and assistive-technology testing remain outstanding.

Internal-link and site-health audit — 28 September 2026. Checked all 453 published page and post URLs: each returned HTTP 200 and appeared in the XML sitemap. Added 420 visible reading links across 146 existing articles and pages, including return routes from all 125 histories to The Memory. Added 49 further article entries to the earlier archive index. Repaired the eight desk archive paths and other broken references; the Week now accurately states that its issue archive is pending. The unavailable World Education White Paper reference remains as plain text. Original content and media were preserved. The remaining editorial-health backlog includes repeated body H1 headings on 43 pages, the legacy homepage feature, and further claim-by-claim freshness checks. This is a dated navigation and content-structure audit, not a full security, accessibility or performance certification.

Sitemap

wahliao.com/
├── /home/                  static front page: masthead, this week, the desks, latest, start here
├── /week/                  The WahLiao Week: subscribe + archive (posts in category The Week)
├── /diary/                 HUB The Diary            instruments: /weekend/ /events/ /public-holidays/
├── /table/                 HUB The Table            instrument:  /new-restaurants/
├── /ledger/                HUB The Ledger           instrument:  /rates/
├── /big-buy/               HUB The Big Buy          instrument:  /price-index/
├── /address/               HUB The Address
├── /escape/                HUB The Escape
├── /eye/                   HUB The Eye
├── /memory/                HUB The Memory           child category: Singapore History
├── /how-shopping-works-singapore-big-picture/   HUB How It Works (54 pages, canonical, unchanged)
├── /how-we-judge/          trust page
├── /about/  /masterplan/  /white-paper/  /site-architecture/   governance and registry
└── /store/ + Oakley categories                                archive, untouched

Posts carry one desk category: The Diary · The Table · The Ledger · The Big Buy · The Address · The Escape · The Eye · The Memory · The Week
A sub-hub lives as a section on its hub page and becomes its own page at eight or more live pieces.

The hubs

Hub	Address	Category archive	Sub-hubs	Instrument
The Diary	/diary/	/category/the-diary/	This weekend · Events · Free · At night · Rainy day · With kids · Long weekends	/weekend/ weekly, /events/ monthly, /public-holidays/ annual
The Table	/table/	/category/the-table/	Restaurants · Hawker · Cafés and brunch · Bars · Omakase · Buffets and high tea · Supper	/new-restaurants/ monthly
The Ledger	/ledger/	/category/the-ledger/	Cards · Accounts and rates · CPF · Bonds and T-bills · Tax · Insurance · Retirement	/rates/ monthly
The Big Buy	/big-buy/	/category/the-big-buy/	Cost of living · Cars and COE · Renovation · Weddings · Helpers · Phones · When to buy · How to shop wisely	/price-index/ quarterly
The Address	/address/	/category/the-address/	Districts D1 to D28 · Neighbourhood guides · Renting · Resale · New MRT lines	none
The Escape	/escape/	/category/the-escape/	Johor Bahru · Bintan and Batam · KL · Flights and miles · Cruises · Changi	none
The Eye	/eye/	/category/the-eye/	Hype · Fashion · Shopping Singapore · Watches · Tailoring · Museums and bookshops · Gifts	seasonal gift guides
The Memory	/memory/	/category/the-memory/	Before · How Singapore learned to shop · Streets and enclaves · Malls town by town · Lost places	none
How It Works	existing	pages	Shopping · Buying · Spending · Selling · Farming and supermarkets · The Wahliao Way	none

Templates

Home: masthead line, one sentence, subscribe form; this week (the five instruments); the eight desks in two columns; latest six posts; three from The Memory; start here (How It Works); footer links. Hub: standfirst with the keyword in the first line; start here (three anchors); sections as the reader’s questions with read-now and coming-soon lists; the money underneath; how this desk judges; everything on this desk; last updated. Article: byline and last-verified line; direct answer in the first lines; quick facts; body as real questions; the WahLiao Verdict; FAQ; sources; two or three sibling links and one to the desk; one quiet line inviting the reader to the Week.

Menus and settings

Primary menu: Diary · Table · Ledger · Big Buy · Address · Escape · Eye · Memory · How It Works. Secondary: The Week · Price Index · How We Judge · About · Masterplan · White Paper · Archive (Store and the Oakley categories, preserved). Front page: the static Home page; the posts feed remains reachable through every category archive. Tagline: Singapore’s higher-end city guide. What’s worth it, with the bill shown.

Migration of existing content

Existing	Count	Desk	Method
What Was X Before X? (category Singapore History)	17	The Memory	Singapore History made a child of The Memory; desk category added to each post
Shopping in Singapore? histories (category shopping)	52	The Memory	Desk category added to each post; all linked from the hub
Singapore Shopping series and how-to-shop guides	15	The Big Buy, The Eye	Desk category added; linked from the hubs
Hype and fashion posts	11	The Eye	Desk category added; linked from the hub
How-X-Works pages	54	How It Works	Unchanged
Store, News, Oakley, Review, Celebrities	about 130	Archive	Unchanged

Registry: build status

Date	Item	Status
26 Sep 2026	Nine desk categories; Singapore History parented under The Memory	Live verified
26 Sep 2026	Eight hub pages: Diary, Table, Ledger, Big Buy, Address, Escape, Eye, Memory	Live verified
26 Sep 2026	Seven instruments: Week, Weekend, Events, New Restaurants, Rates, Price Index, Public Holidays	Live as shells; first editions October 2026
26 Sep 2026	How We Judge; Home; this page	Live verified
26 Sep 2026	Menu, static front page, tagline	See the Masterplan ledger for the outcome
26 Sep 2026	Desk categories on existing posts	In progress; recorded here as completed

27 Sep 2026, first editions. Four instruments now carry their first edition at the same address: /weekend/ (2 to 4 October 2026), /events/ (October 2026), /rates/ (October 2026) and /public-holidays/ (2027). Still shells: /week/, /new-restaurants/, and /price-index/, whose first basket is priced in the week of 12 October. Verdict drafts held unpublished pending the named byline and receipts: free things to do, CPF explained, districts explained (The Diary, The Ledger, The Address) and best hawker centres (The Table). Reported from the editing API; browser-checked on publication.

28 Sep 2026, supermarket series. Seventeen practical guides now sit as child pages of the How It Works page How Supermarket Works | The Grocery Distribution Network (page 3487), which carries a series index at its foot: 4267 supermarkets-in-singapore; 4269 senior-citizen-discount-supermarket-singapore; 4271 best-before-vs-use-by-singapore; 4274 supermarket-plastic-bag-charge-singapore; 4276 save-money-on-groceries-singapore; 4289 cdc-vouchers-supermarket-singapore; 4292 nutri-grade-singapore; 4293 supermarket-house-brands-singapore; 4294 wet-market-vs-supermarket-singapore; 4295 supermarket-promotions-singapore; 4302 why-groceries-expensive-singapore; 4303 24-hour-supermarket-singapore; 4304 online-grocery-delivery-singapore; 4305 jb-grocery-shopping; 4306 halal-groceries-singapore; 4324 premium-supermarkets-singapore; 4326 japanese-korean-supermarkets-singapore. Ownership: the hero page owns the explanation of the grocery system; The Memory owns the chain histories; this series owns practical shopping questions. Pending: the cheapest-supermarket verdict, after the Price Index basket is priced in the week of 12 October, and a best-time-to-shop guide, after store visits. Status: published via API; public-page check pending.

28 Sep 2026, supermarket series, second set. Five further guides added as child pages of the same hero page, and its series index now lists 22: 4351 food-recall-singapore; 4352 grocery-budget-singapore; 4353 stockpile-food-singapore; 4355 supermarket-loyalty-programmes-singapore; 4357 food-donation-singapore. Ownership unchanged: the series owns practical shopping questions. Open item: confirm whether yuu points still apply at Cold Storage and Giant after the 2025 change of owner, and update the loyalty page. Status: published via API; public-page check pending.

28 Sep 2026, open item closed. yuu is confirmed as still accepted at Cold Storage and Giant after the 2025 change of owner, per yuu’s official site. The loyalty page (4355, supermarket-loyalty-programmes-singapore) was corrected the same day: yuu Points are worth half a cent each (200 points = $1), not one cent, and the page carries a dated correction note. Status: updated via API; public-page check pending.

28 Sep 2026, Visiting Singapore series. New hub page 4346 /visiting-singapore/, the visitor lane of The Diary, with ten guides as child pages (following the supermarket-series precedent): 4347 3-day itinerary, 4348 SG Arrival Card and entry requirements, 4349 Changi Airport to the city, 4350 trip cost, 4354 getting around, 4356 where to stay, 4358 best time to visit, 4360 laws and fines for visitors, 4363 what to eat, 4364 GST refund for tourists. Ownership: this series owns visitor intents only. The Diary keeps “things to do in Singapore”; The Table keeps venue verdicts; The Escape keeps residents’ border forms (post 4340) and Johor Bahru; the 28 Sep posts on fares (4310), taxis (4308) and departures (4338) are linked, not repeated. Ten further guides are planned; the hub lists them as coming soon.

28 Sep 2026, supermarket series, third set. Five further guides added as child pages of the How Supermarket Works hero page (3487), whose series index now lists 27: 4383 how-to-read-food-labels-singapore; 4384 alcohol-sale-time-singapore; 4386 local-produce-singapore; 4389 chilled-vs-frozen-meat-singapore; 4392 price-kaki-compare-supermarket-prices-singapore. Ownership: the Price Kaki page owns price-comparison tools; the cheapest-supermarket verdict remains reserved for the Price Index. Status: published via API; public-page check pending.

28 Sep 2026, Visiting Singapore series, third set. Ten further guides added as child pages of the hub 4346 /visiting-singapore/, which now links all twenty under Read now and New: 4387 layovers, 4390 Jewel Changi, 4393 Singapore with kids, 4395 Singapore on a budget, 4401 money and tipping, 4404 SIM cards and eSIMs, 4405 is Singapore safe, 4406 what to wear, 4407 heartland towns, 4408 1-day and 5-day itineraries. Ownership unchanged: visitor intents only. The kids guide covers visiting with children and leaves the island-wide things-to-do-with-kids list to The Diary; the budget guide leaves free things to do to The Diary; the heartland guide sends Punggol readers to eduKatePunggol’s Complete Punggol Guide. The same day, the Night Safari hours and SkyPark prices were corrected on The Diary (4049), the itinerary (4347) and the trip cost page (4350), at the owner’s instruction. Status: published via API; public-page check pending.

28 Sep 2026, Visiting Singapore keyword cloud. New instrument page 4419 /visiting-singapore-keyword-cloud/, the keyword map for the Visiting Singapore series: 469 terms in sixteen clouds, each naming its owning guide, plus 14 terms held aside for the pages that already own them (The Diary, The Table, The Escape and the 28 Sep practical posts). Script-checked for duplicates. Town-level terms for Punggol, Sengkang and Bukit Timah were left to their own clouds, so the six clouds do not overlap on those towns. Status: published via API; public-page check pending.

28 Sep 2026, Visiting Singapore series, fourth set. Five further guides added as child pages of the hub 4346 /visiting-singapore/, now 25 in all, linked under Also new: 4438 Muslim-friendly Singapore, 4441 accessible Singapore, 4442 healthcare for visitors, 4445 arriving by cruise ship, 4449 solo travel. Ownership: visitor intents only; the halal page sends grocery questions to the supermarket series’ halal groceries guide. At the owner’s instruction the same day, the out-of-date “Coming soon” line was removed from the hub and the 5-day ticket range on 4408 was corrected to about S$130 to S$220. Status: published via API; public-page check pending.

28 Sep 2026, supermarket series, fourth set. Five further guides added as child pages of the How Supermarket Works hero page (3487), whose series index now lists 32: 4433 organic-food-singapore; 4437 formula-milk-price-singapore; 4440 rice-singapore; 4444 eggs-singapore; 4447 cultivated-meat-singapore. Ownership: the series owns practical shopping questions; the formula page explains prices and rules and gives no feeding advice. Status: published via API; public-page check pending.

28 Sep 2026, Visiting Singapore series, fifth set. Four further guides added as child pages of the hub 4346 /visiting-singapore/, now 29 in all, linked under Newest: 4526 2-day and 4-day itineraries, 4527 etiquette and Singlish, 4528 business travel, 4529 the apps to install. Ownership: visitor intents only; the new itinerary page takes the 2-day and 4-day terms from the 3-day and 1-and-5-day pages; business travel covers visiting executives on a visit pass and sends work-pass questions to MOM. Status: published via API; public-page check pending.

28 Sep 2026, supermarket series, fifth set. Five further guides added as child pages of the How Supermarket Works hero page (3487), whose series index now lists 37: 4858 fruit-season-singapore; 4859 fresh-fish-seafood-singapore; 4860 fresh-milk-singapore; 4864 vegetables-singapore; 4865 zero-waste-shop-singapore. The series heading on the hero now carries the anchor wl-grocery-practical, added by another session; it was kept when the list was extended. Status: published via API; public-page check pending.

28 Sep 2026, supermarket series, sixth set. Five further guides added as child pages of the How Supermarket Works hero page (3487), whose series index now lists 42: 4953 costco-singapore-bulk-buying; 4955 chicken-price-singapore; 4957 self-checkout-singapore; 4960 grocery-shopping-singapore-new-residents; 4962 diaper-price-singapore. Ownership: the new-residents guide owns resident grocery set-up and links out to the series; visitor intents stay with Visiting Singapore (4346). The self-checkout page gives general information, not legal advice. Status: published via API; public-page check pending.

28 Sep 2026, Visiting Singapore series, sixth set. Five further guides added as child pages of the hub 4346 /visiting-singapore/, now 34 in all, linked under Latest: 4982 visa requirements (from ICA’s list updated 25 June 2026), 4984 driving as a visitor, 4985 beating the heat (the NEA Heat Stress Advisory), 4986 lost passport, wallet or phone (ICA’s rules for visitors), 4987 luggage storage (Changi’s published rates). Ownership: visitor intents only; the visa page takes the visa terms from the SG Arrival Card page (4348), which keeps the arrival card. The keyword cloud (4419) was retitled to 647 terms at the owner’s instruction. Status: published via API; public-page check pending.

28 Sep 2026, Visiting Singapore series, seventh set. Two further guides added as child pages of the hub 4346 /visiting-singapore/, now 36 in all, linked under Just added: 4995 extending your stay (ICA’s visit pass extension rules) and 4997 duty-free allowances (Singapore Customs’ concession and GST relief). Ownership: the duty-free page takes the customs-allowance terms from the SG Arrival Card page (4348). The driving guide (4984) gained a dated paragraph and link confirming the licence rules against the Singapore Police Force’s Traffic Police page. Status: published via API; public-page check pending.

28 Sep 2026, supermarket series, seventh set. Five further guides added as child pages of the How Supermarket Works hero page (3487), whose series index now lists 47: 5013 pork-price-singapore; 5014 buy-food-overseas-online-singapore; 5016 cooking-oil-singapore; 5017 pet-food-singapore; 5018 grocery-shopping-seniors-singapore. Ownership: the overseas-ordering page owns personal food imports by post; the Johor Bahru page keeps traveller limits. The seniors page links to, rather than repeats, the senior discounts page. Status: published via API; public-page check pending.

28 Sep 2026, ownership overlaps resolved. Two overlaps between the supermarket series and the desk explainers were settled in favour of the desk posts. The Table’s durian season post (4262) owns “durian season singapore”: the fruit-seasons page (4858) had its search title and description changed to lead with fruit seasons, and now links to 4262 for durian varieties and prices; its slug and page title are unchanged. The Ledger’s Child LifeSG Credits post (4443) owns the family support schemes: the nappies page (4962) now links to it and covers only spending them on baby supplies. Status: updated via API; public-page check pending.

28 Sep 2026, desk archive links corrected; one open item closed. On all eight desk hubs, the “Everything on this desk” archive link had been changed to a category address that does not exist (for example /category/table/). Each now points to its actual category archive: /category/the-diary/, /category/the-table/, /category/the-ledger/, /category/the-big-buy/, /category/the-address/, /category/the-escape/, /category/the-eye/ and /category/the-memory/. Only that one paragraph was changed on each hub; the rest of the paragraph, including The Memory’s link to eduKatePunggol’s town guide, was kept word for word. The open item on The Table hub is closed: both figures now read S$33.57, corrected by the reading-structure audit earlier the same day. Status: updated via API; public-page check pending.

28 Sep 2026, The Escape’s standing answer. The Escape hub (4053, /escape/) now carries its standing answer, the third desk after The Diary and The Table: “Ten ways out, priced” under the opening paragraph (Johor Bahru by Shuttle Tebrau and by bus, the RTS Link’s status, Batam, Bintan, Desaru Coast by ferry, Kuala Lumpur by coach, air and train, Melaka by train), each with a dated price and a verdict, and a five-question FAQ after “How this desk judges” linking to the desk’s Causeway and border-forms posts; schema type set to FAQ. Ferry fares come from Sindo Ferry’s own fare page and the onePA PAssion listing for Batam Fast. Inserted as new blocks; no existing text changed. Ownership note: the visitor guide 4997 (duty-free allowances) owns arriving visitors’ allowances; The Escape’s Duty-Free and GST Allowances When You Come Back to Singapore owns returning residents. Status: published via API; public-page check pending.

28 Sep 2026, alcohol overlap resolved. The supermarket series’ alcohol page (4384, alcohol-sale-time-singapore) shares the 2015 liquor law with two Table posts. Ownership: The Table’s drinking rules post (4281) owns drinking in public places, and its drinks prices post (4282) owns why alcohol costs so much; 4384 keeps buying takeaway alcohol at shops and the 10.30pm sale cut-off. On 4384, the search description was narrowed to shop sale hours and links to 4281 and 4282 were added; its search title, slug, page title and other text are unchanged. The Table posts were not edited. Status: updated via API; public-page check pending.

28 Sep 2026, halal overlap resolved. The supermarket series’ halal groceries page (4306, halal-groceries-singapore) and The Table’s halal, Muslim-owned and no pork, no lard post (4258) share a short section on signs that are not certification. Ownership: 4258 owns what those signs mean at stalls, coffee shops and restaurants; 4306 owns checking halal status on groceries, imports and in-store counters. On 4306, one sentence linking to 4258 was added after its signs list; its search title, description, slug, page title and other text are unchanged. The Table post was not edited. Status: updated via API; public-page check pending.

28 Sep 2026, desk explainers, The Address third set. Five further posts in the hub section “How does renting and buying a home work?” on /address/, which now lists 15, ordered by buying stage: 5039 the BTO application and HFE letter, 5043 buying a resale flat (the Option to Purchase), 5040 housing grants (EHG, Family Grant, Proximity Grant), 5041 HDB loan or bank loan (LTV, MSR, TDSR), 5042 Seller’s Stamp Duty (the four-year schedule from 4 July 2025, per IRAS). Ownership: HDB process and financing rules only; resale prices, neighbourhoods and the renting guide stay with the hub’s planned pieces. The grants post names the Family Grant but leaves its exact amounts to the reader’s HFE letter. Open item carried: the October to December electricity tariff for 4456 had not been announced at time of writing. Status: published via API, with no content warnings; public-page check pending.

28 Sep 2026, GST-allowance overlap resolved. The supermarket series’ Johor Bahru page (4305, jb-grocery-shopping) and The Escape’s duty-free and GST allowances post (4371) both state the returning-resident GST relief; the figures agree (S$500 after 48 hours away, S$100 after less, no duty-free liquor from Malaysia). Ownership: 4371 owns GST relief and duty-free allowances for returning residents; 4305 owns the food limits on a JB grocery run. On 4305, one sentence linking to 4371 was added at the end of its GST section; its search title, description, slug, page title and other text are unchanged. The Escape post was not edited. This closes the supermarket series’ review of overlaps with the desk explainers listed on this page. Status: updated via API; public-page check pending.

28 Sep 2026, The Address’s standing answer. The Address hub (4052, /address/) now carries its standing answer, the fourth desk after The Diary, The Table and The Escape: “Ten neighbourhoods, priced” under the opening paragraph, giving HDB’s median 4-room resale price (Q2 2026, HDB Annex C, released 24 July 2026) and median 4-room rent (Q1 2026, HDB Annex D, the latest published) for Central Area, Queenstown, Toa Payoh, Bukit Merah, Bishan, Punggol, Tampines, Sengkang, Woodlands and Jurong West, each with a verdict; and a five-question FAQ after “How this desk judges” linking to the desk’s stamp duty (4397) and minimum occupation period (4388) explainers. Schema type set to FAQ. Inserted as new blocks; no existing text changed. Ownership: the standing answer gives ten towns only; the planned “HDB Resale Prices Across Singapore” guide keeps the full island-wide table, and Punggol detail stays with eduKatePunggol. Update the rents when HDB publishes its Q2 2026 rent table. Status: published via API; public-page check pending.

28 Sep 2026, desk explainers, The Ledger third set. Five further posts in the hub section “How does money in Singapore work?” on /ledger/, which now lists 15, grouped as payouts, your money, borrowing and scams: 5051 Workfare Income Supplement (CPF Board’s 2025 amounts), 5055 Silver Support and the Majulah Package’s Earn and Save Bonus (MOM’s tables), 5054 SkillsFuture Credit (the 2020 top-up’s expiry and the S$4,000 mid-career credit), 5056 inflation (core 2.2% in August 2026; MAS forecast 1.5% to 2.5%), 5057 bank fall-below and early closure fees. Ownership: government schemes and bank charges only; the planned CPF, tax, SRS, savings-account and insurance guides keep their scope, and 5057 ranks no account. One table row on 5057 was corrected the same day to name the Standard Chartered account the source describes (Unlimited$aver, not Bonus$aver). Status: published via API, with no content warnings; public-page check pending.

29 Sep 2026, desk explainers, The Escape third set. Five further posts in the hub section “How does leaving Singapore work?” on /escape/, which now lists 15, ordered by trip stage (paperwork, getting there, paying, problems, coming back): 5112 UK ETA, US ESTA and EU ETIAS (ETA £20 from 8 April 2026; ETIAS due in the last quarter of 2026), 5114 travelling with medication (HSA’s three-month rule), 5116 MFA eRegister and the 24-hour Duty Office, 5120 the International Driving Permit (AA Singapore, S$20), 5121 card foreign currency fees and dynamic currency conversion. Ownership: residents’ travel rules only; visitor intents stay with Visiting Singapore (4346), and card recommendations stay with The Ledger’s planned card guide, so 5121 names no card to use. The hub’s standing answer and FAQ, added by another session, were not changed. Open item: update 5112 when ETIAS opens. Status: published via API, with no content warnings; public-page check pending.

29 Sep 2026, The Ledger’s standing answer. The Ledger hub (4051, /ledger/) now carries its standing answer, the fifth desk after The Diary, The Table, The Escape and The Address: “Ten numbers that run your money” under the opening paragraph, covering CPF interest for 1 October to 31 December 2026 (2.5% and 4%, the 4% floor extended to 31 December 2027, per the CPF Board on 22 September 2026), the extra interest tiers, the 2.6% HDB concessionary rate, the S$8,000 and S$102,000 wage ceilings, the 2026 retirement sums (S$110,200, S$220,400, S$440,800), the S$79,000 Basic Healthcare Sum and S$100,000 deposit insurance, each with what it means; and a five-question FAQ after “How this desk judges” linking to CPF Explained, the SDIC explainer (4427) and the Rates page. Schema type set to FAQ. Inserted as new blocks; no existing text changed. Ownership: the standing answer gives the structural numbers only; monthly market rates stay with /rates/, and full CPF mechanics with /cpf-explained/. It explains and does not advise, as the hub states. Update items 1 to 4 each quarter when the CPF Board announces new rates. Status: published via API; public-page check pending.

29 Sep 2026, desk explainers, The Big Buy third set. Four further posts in the hub section “How do household costs work?” on /big-buy/, which now lists 14, grouped as utilities, home and family, cars, getting about, pets and funerals: 5133 the town gas tariff (23.48 cents per kWh before GST for July to September 2026), 5136 childcare fee caps and subsidies (S$610 and S$650 caps from 1 January 2026), 5137 e-bike and e-scooter rules (LTA standards; the UL2272 possession offence from 1 June 2026), 5138 HDB renovation hours and rules (HDB’s February 2026 guide). Ownership: official rules and tariffs only; the planned renovation-cost guide keeps renovation prices, and The Ledger’s family-support post (4443) keeps the CDA and Baby Bonus. Open items: add the October to December gas and electricity tariffs to 5133 and 4456 once announced. Status: published via API, with no content warnings; public-page check pending.

29 Sep 2026, supermarket series read-back. An editing-API read-back lists 47 of 47 practical guides published as child pages of the How Supermarket Works hero page (3487), from 4267 supermarkets-in-singapore to 5018 grocery-shopping-seniors-singapore, each at its expected address, with last-modified times matching the logged edits. One page was edited by another session: the wet market guide (4294) gained a single link line before Read next, to The Memory’s FairPrice co-operative history; its other text is unchanged. This is an API read-back, not a public-page check: a reader-side fetch could not reach the guides and returned an older cached copy of the hero page, so every supermarket entry above stays marked “public-page check pending” until the owner confirms the pages in a browser.

29 Sep 2026, desk explainers, The Eye third set. Five further posts in the hub section “What should I know before I buy, borrow or look?” on /eye/, which now lists 15, grouped as what you wear, jewellery and its paperwork, care, then libraries and events: 5143 jade Types A, B and C, 5144 the kebaya’s UNESCO inscription (NHB’s nomination record), 5146 perfume concentrations, 5149 pearl types and GIA’s seven value factors, 5151 leather grades. Ownership: rules, terms and mechanics only; first-hand verdicts, prices and named shops stay with the planned guides. One read-next link on 5144 was corrected the same day to the 27 September address of “How a Hawker Centre Works” (4240). Also the same day: the Escape’s card-fees post (5121) now links to The Ledger’s credit-card owner (WP5113). Status: published via API, with no content warnings; public-page check pending.

29 Sep 2026, supermarket series, eighth set. At the owner’s approval, five further guides added as child pages of the How Supermarket Works hero page (3487), whose series index now lists 52: 5148 beef-price-singapore; 5150 gluten-free-allergy-friendly-shopping-singapore; 5155 bread-singapore; 5158 hampers-singapore; 5161 supermarket-opening-hours-public-holiday-singapore. Ownership: the holiday-hours page covers supermarkets only and links to The Diary’s Chinese New Year closures post (4331) for everything else; the hampers page names no brands; the gluten-free page is general information, not medical advice. The Masterplan’s build register (WL-MP-081, WL-MP-082) was not changed. Status: published via API; public-page check pending.

29 Sep 2026, Moving to Singapore series. At the owner’s approval (“Go”), a new top-level hub page 5152 /moving-to-singapore/, the new-resident lane, with ten guides as child pages: 5154 work passes (MOM’s 2026 and 2027 qualifying salaries and COMPASS), 5157 Dependant’s Pass and Long-Term Visit Pass, 5160 the first two weeks, 5162 Singpass for foreigners, 5163 opening a bank account, 5164 healthcare and insurance, 5168 schools for newcomers’ children (MOE’s AEIS and S-AEIS), 5170 converting a driving licence (Traffic Police), 5172 bringing a pet (AVS), 5173 shipping belongings (Singapore Customs’ GST relief). Ten further guides are listed on the hub as coming soon. Ownership: new-resident set-up questions only; the series links to, and does not repeat, The Address (renting and stamp duty), The Big Buy (utilities, broadband, road tax, the planned helpers guide), The Ledger (bank fees, savings accounts, deposit insurance, credit scores, CPF), the supermarket series’ new-residents page (4960), The Escape (residents travelling abroad) and Visiting Singapore (visitors); it ranks no bank, insurer or school. Two corrections were made the same day on pages published minutes earlier: 5157 now states, per MOM, that both Employment Pass and S Pass holders earning S$12,000 can sponsor parents; and two internal links on 5164 and 5170 were corrected to the Escape and Big Buy posts’ actual addresses. Status: published via API; public-page check pending.

29 Sep 2026, supermarket series closed to new titles. At the owner’s approval, the How Supermarket Works practical series (hero page 3487) is closed to new guides at 52 and moves to maintenance, in line with the Masterplan build register’s treatment of the grocery guides as a maintenance cohort. The two recorded grocery gaps stay where the register puts them: the cheapest-supermarket basket with the Price Index (WL-MP-081) and best time to shop after field observations (WL-MP-082). Maintenance covers refreshing dated facts, festive hours and cross-links, not new intents. Cross-link added the same day: the new-residents grocery guide (4960) now links to the Moving to Singapore hub (5152), which already linked to it for a first shop; its other text is unchanged. Status: updated via API; public-page check pending.

29 Sep 2026, Moving to Singapore series, second set. At the owner’s approval (“Continue go”), ten further guides added as child pages of the hub 5152 /moving-to-singapore/, now 20 in all and linked under Now live: 5176 income tax for new residents (IRAS residency rules and concessions), 5179 CPF for new permanent residents (CPF Board’s graduated rates, unchanged since 2016), 5181 applying for permanent residence (ICA), 5182 mobile plans, 5183 a monthly household budget (anchored to HDB’s Q1 2026 rents, MOE’s international student fees and card fares), 5184 where new residents live, 5185 changing jobs on a work pass (MOM’s cancellation and short-term visit pass rules), 5186 finding community, 5187 leaving Singapore and tax clearance (IRAS’s Form IR21), 5188 the rules new residents learn the hard way. The hub’s “Coming soon” line was kept and marked as now live. Ownership unchanged: new-resident questions only; the budget and area guides point to The Address for rents and districts, and the CPF guide to The Ledger’s CPF Explained. Every internal link to an existing post was checked against its actual address before publishing. Status: published via API; public-page check pending.

29 Sep 2026, Moving to Singapore keyword cloud. New top-level instrument page 5194 /moving-to-singapore-keyword-cloud/, the keyword map for the Moving to Singapore series (hub 5152): 325 terms in 22 clouds, one per guide plus the hub and a clouds of typed questions, each naming its owning guide, plus 12 terms held aside for the pages that already own them (The Address, The Big Buy, The Ledger, The Escape, Visiting Singapore and the supermarket series). Script-checked for duplicates; one found and removed before publishing, and one near-overlap with the Visiting Singapore cloud dropped. The hub gained one italic line linking to it, as the Visiting Singapore hub does. Status: published via API; public-page check pending.

29 Sep 2026, desk explainers, three further posts. The Big Buy: 5177 HDB fire insurance (CPF Board and HDB pages; names no insurer or premium, because official pages disagree on the current appointed insurer), added to “How do household costs work?” on /big-buy/, which now lists 15. The Diary: 5191 getting into Sentosa, with every way in priced, and 5192 IMDA film ratings, added as a short second list directly beneath the existing sixteen in “How does a day out in Singapore work?” on /diary/, so the existing list was not rewritten. Ownership: 5191 explains entry and transport only; the hub’s standing answer keeps the Sentosa verdict. Cross-check closed: 5191’s monorail figure (S$4 charged on entry at VivoCity, rides between island stations and back to the mainland free) agrees with Sentosa’s own Sentosa Express page, and is consistent in substance with the Diary hub’s “Ten things worth doing” line; neither was changed. Open items carried: the October to December electricity and gas tariffs for 4456 and 5133 had not been announced at 03:29 SGT. Status: published via API, with no content warnings; public-page check pending.

29 Sep 2026, desk explainers, The Diary nineteenth. 5200 park connectors: the named routes (Round Island Route, Coast-to-Coast Trail, Eastern Corridor), NParks’ path types and speed limits, and PCN etiquette, all from NParks’ own pages. Added to the short second list beneath the existing sixteen in “How does a day out in Singapore work?” on /diary/, which now shows 19; the second list was the only block changed. Ownership: routes and path rules only; which devices are legal stays with The Big Buy’s e-bike and e-scooter post (5137), which 5200 links. Status: published via API, with no content warnings; public-page check pending.

29 Sep 2026, Moving to Singapore series, third set. At the owner’s instruction (“Continue writing”), five further guides added as child pages of the hub 5152 /moving-to-singapore/, now 25 in all and linked under Also live: 5198 having a baby as a foreign resident (ICA’s 42-day birth registration and MOM’s newborn Dependant’s Pass), 5199 getting married as foreigners (the Registry of Marriages’ 31-day and 21-day rules), 5201 National Service for sons of PRs (MINDEF’s statements and ICA’s renunciation rules), 5204 preschool and childcare (ECDA’s citizen-only subsidies), 5205 starting a business (ACRA’s resident-director rule). Ownership: new-resident questions only; the preschool guide links to The Big Buy’s childcare fees post (5136) for the fee caps rather than repeating them. The keyword cloud (5194) logs the new terms for its next revision, moving “ns for pr sons” from the PR cloud to the National Service guide. Every internal link to an existing post was checked against its actual address. Status: published via API; public-page check pending.

29 Sep 2026, Moving to Singapore series, fourth set. At the owner’s instruction (“Continue writing”), five further guides added as child pages of the hub 5152 /moving-to-singapore/, now 30 in all and linked under Latest: 5209 applying for citizenship (ICA’s eligibility routes and assessment factors), 5210 the Re-Entry Permit for PRs (ICA’s 180-day rule in force since 1 December 2025), 5211 the Long-Term Visit Pass for spouses of citizens and PRs (ICA’s Pre-Marriage LTVP Assessment), 5212 retiring in Singapore as a foreigner (no retirement visa; ICA’s family-pass list), 5214 the Work Holiday Pass (MOM’s eligibility rules and 2,000-place cap). Ownership: new-resident questions only; the LTVP guide covers spouses of citizens and PRs, while the Dependant’s Pass guide (5157) keeps MOM’s family passes for work pass holders and the head term “long term visit pass singapore”. The keyword cloud (5194) logs the new terms, moving “re-entry permit singapore pr” from the PR cloud to the Re-Entry Permit guide. One line on 5211, that a spouse on an LTVP needs MOM’s permission to work, rests on MOM’s general rules rather than a page checked today; the guide tells readers to check MOM. Every internal link was checked against its actual address. Status: published via API; public-page check pending.

29 Sep 2026, desk explainers, The Address fourth set. At the owner’s approval (“Approve”), five further posts on /address/, added as a short second list directly beneath the existing fifteen in “How does renting and buying a home work?”, so the existing list was not rewritten; the hub now shows 20: 5213 executive condominiums (the S$16,000 ceiling for every EC on sale, S$18,000 for land tenders closing from 24 August 2026; the 8 May 2026 MOP and privatisation changes), 5220 property agents and CEA’s rules, 5221 joint tenancy and tenancy-in-common, 5219 HDB upgrading (HIP, EASE, NRP and the completed LUP), 5215 en bloc sales (current 80% and 90% thresholds; the Land Titles (Strata) (Amendment) Bill passed on 8 September 2026 with 70% and 65% tiers, commencement not yet announced). Ownership: rules and mechanics only; rental commission stays with the planned renting guide, and resale prices, neighbourhoods and MRT lines with the hub’s other planned pieces. Checked the same day: the BTO, grants and loans posts (5039, 5040, 5041) state no income ceiling, so the August 2026 ceiling rise needs no correction there. Open items: add the commencement date to 5215 when announced; the October to December electricity and gas tariffs for 4456 and 5133 were still unannounced at about 17:00 SGT. Status: published via API, with no content warnings; public-page check pending.

1 Oct 2026, Super Intelligence series. At the owner’s approval (“Begin. Approve publish”), a new top-level hub page 5254 /super-intelligence/, with five guides as child pages: 5255 super-intelligence-vs-ai (owns the house term: Super Intelligence is WahLiao’s name for everything the world calls AI; official names such as the National AI Council keep “AI”), 5256 how-ai-works, 5257 ai-subscription-prices-singapore, 5258 ai-jobs-budget-2026-singapore and 5259 skillsfuture-ai-subscription. Naming rule: Super Intelligence in titles and prose; “AI” kept in slugs, SEO titles, meta descriptions and each guide’s opening lines as the search bridge. Ownership: 5259 owns the SkillsFuture AI Subscription only, and SkillsFuture Credit stays with The Ledger’s 5054, which 5259 links; bank anti-scam protections stay with The Ledger’s 4439 and 4425, which the hub and 5256 link. Ten further titles are listed as Coming soon on the hub. No menu, front page or existing page was changed. Status: published via API with no content warnings; public-page check pending.

1 Oct 2026, Super Intelligence series, second set. At the owner’s instruction (“Continue”), five further guides added as child pages of the hub 5254 /super-intelligence/, now 10 in all: 5261 ai-deepfake-scams-singapore (SPF’s 16 May 2026 release on the faked Zoom call; SPF, MAS and CSA’s March 2025 advisory), 5262 deepfake-laws-singapore (the 2024 elections amendment; the AI intimate-image offence in force from 17 August 2026; the Online Safety Commission from 29 June 2026), 5263 ai-privacy-pdpa-singapore (training opt-outs; the PDPC’s 2024 advisory guidelines), 5264 singapore-national-ai-strategy (NAIS 2.0, the 20 May 2026 update, the National AI Impact Programme, the governance frameworks and AI Verify), 5265 ai-grants-sme-singapore (PSG; IRAS’s EIS AI activity for YA 2027 and 2028). Ownership: 5261 covers spotting and checking fakes only, and bank protections stay with The Ledger’s 4439 and 4425, which it links; 5264 owns the strategy and governance, while Budget 2026’s worker and employer measures stay with 5258; 5265 owns SME support, while tool prices stay with 5257. On the hub, a Now live line and two short sections linking the five were added; the Coming soon line was kept and marked as partly live. No menu, front page or other existing page was changed. Status: published via API with no content warnings; public-page check pending.

1 Oct 2026, Super Intelligence series, third set, and collision check. Five further guides were published as child pages of the hub 5254 /super-intelligence/ by another session between 06:52 and 06:55 SGT, without a registry entry; this entry records them after an editing-API read: 5268 ai-phones-laptops-singapore, 5269 children-ai-singapore, 5270 ai-for-seniors-singapore, 5271 ai-copyright-singapore, 5272 how-to-use-ai-well. The same session regrouped the hub’s guide list into five groups (Start here; Money and devices; Work and business; Safety, law and rights; Family), replacing its Read now, Now live and Coming soon lines, added a “For the whole family” section and one FAQ, and added one read-next link on 5265. Collision check at the owner’s instruction (“Continue and collision check”): no duplicate slugs or intents in the series or elsewhere on the site. 5268 owns whether “AI” devices are worth buying, leaving contract versus SIM-only costs to The Big Buy’s planned phone guide and mobile plans to Moving to Singapore’s 5182; 5269 owns the household angle on children and AI, leaving teaching method to the eduKate sites and childcare fees to 5136; 5270 owns seniors’ first steps, while the supermarket series’ seniors pages (4269, 5018) cover shopping only; 5271 owns AI and copyright, with no other copyright page on the site; 5272 owns practical use and prompting, while 5256 keeps how the tools work. One inconsistency was found and corrected the same day: 5270 said an eligible SkillsFuture course must start on or after 16 September 2026, and 5259 was vague; MySkillsFuture’s own page says the course must end on or after that date, with 60 days to redeem. Both pages now carry a dated correction note; no other text on them changed. Not re-verified: 5268’s device prices; the MacBook Neo launched in Singapore at S$849 for 256GB, so its “from S$999” may reflect a later price rise and needs an owner check. Status: API read and edits; public-page check pending.

2 Oct 2026, Super Intelligence series, fourth set recorded, and the keyword cloud. Twelve further guides were published as child pages of the hub 5254 /super-intelligence/ by another session on 1 October between 07:45 and 08:01 SGT, without a registry entry; recorded here after an editing-API read, which lists 27 guides in all: 5278 ai-agents-explained, 5279 history-of-ai, 5280 who-makes-ai-models, 5281 future-of-ai-2030, 5282 agi-superintelligence-explained, 5283 ai-myths-facts, 5284 ai-glossary, 5285 ai-energy-data-centres-singapore, 5286 ai-careers-singapore, 5287 ai-safety-risks, 5288 singapore-ai-story, 5289 how-to-master-ai. The same day, between about 17:00 and 17:52 SGT, a cross-link pass by another session touched all 27 guides and the hub, adding links to the new guides and regrouping the hub’s guide list into seven groups with a “Using it, and getting good at it” section and a “The bigger picture” section. New top-level instrument page 5344 /super-intelligence-keyword-cloud/, the keyword map for the series: first published at 373 terms in 17 clouds for the first 15 guides, then revised the same day to 635 terms in 29 clouds covering all 27, plus 14 held aside for pages that already own them (The Ledger, The Big Buy, Moving to Singapore, the supermarket series, How It Works, the eduKate sites and ScamShield). Script-checked for duplicates: none. Ownership settled in the cloud: the AGI and superintelligence terms belong to 5282, not 5255; “ai jobs singapore” belongs to the careers guide 5286, while 5258 keeps “ai and jobs singapore” and “will ai take my job singapore”; the agentic AI framework term belongs to 5278. The hub gained one italic line linking to the cloud; nothing else on it changed. Status: published and updated via API; public-page check pending.

3 Oct 2026, Super Intelligence series: fourth-set check, and closed to new titles. At the owner’s instruction (“Ok do all of it”), the twelve guides recorded in the entry above (5278 to 5289) were read in full through the editing API. Fact check: dated claims were sampled against primary or reputable sources (among them Nvidia’s Q2 fiscal 2027 results, OpenAI’s GPT-6 Sol and Luna release of 22 September 2026, the IEA and Google per-prompt energy figures, the WEF, IMF, Gartner and IDC forecasts, the PNAS and Stanford detector studies, and the history dates); none needed correcting. Every guide in the set that mentions the SkillsFuture AI Subscription uses the correct date rule, a course ending on or after 16 September 2026. Collision check: no duplicate slugs or intents in the series or elsewhere on the site, and the ownership calls already logged in the keyword cloud (5344) stand. Two linking sentences were added to resolve overlaps with desk owners: 5289 how-to-master-ai now links twice to The Ledger’s SkillsFuture Credit post (5054), which owns the Credit, in its paragraph and in its Credit FAQ; 5285 ai-energy-data-centres-singapore now links to The Big Buy’s electricity bill post (4456) for tariffs. No other text on either page changed. Series status: at the owner’s approval, the Super Intelligence series (hub 5254) is closed to new guides at 27 plus the keyword cloud and moves to maintenance, as the supermarket series did. Maintenance covers refreshing dated facts, prices, model names and cross-links, not new intents. Maintenance list: plan prices on 5257 (quarterly; ChatGPT shown at US list prices); device prices on 5268 (the MacBook Neo “from S$999” against its S$849 launch price, pending an owner check); model names and dates on 5280 (monthly, given the release pace); the Online Safety Commission’s later phases on 5262 and 5269, when deepfake abuse and impersonation are added; SkillsFuture AI Subscription terms on 5259 and 5270; the PSG cap and IRAS’s list of qualifying AI spending on 5265; and the National AI Strategy pages (5264, 5288, 5281) when the National AI Council or Missions publish new targets. Status: API reads and edits; public-page check pending.

3 Oct 2026, Visiting Singapore series, eighth set. At the owner’s instruction (“Publish approve”), five further guides added as child pages of the hub 4346 /visiting-singapore/, now 41 in all and linked under a new “Fresh” line (the hub’s other lines unchanged): 5391 plug type and voltage (Type G, 230V, 50Hz), 5392 tap water (PUB’s water-quality pages), 5393 flying a drone (CAAS rules as reported by secondary sources, with readers sent to CAAS), 5394 bringing cash into Singapore (ICA’s and the Singapore Police Force’s S$20,000 declaration rule), 5395 public toilets (SMU’s 2024 survey). Ownership: before publishing, the site and the keyword cloud (4419) were checked. Plug type and voltage were listed only in the hub’s planning cloud; the tap-water terms were owned by Is Singapore Safe? (4405), which keeps safety, and the new tap-water guide links to it; accessible toilets stay with Accessible Singapore. The cloud’s log records the moved and new terms. Every internal link was checked against an actual address. Status: published via API; public-page check pending.

4 Oct 2026, Visiting Singapore series, ninth set. At the owner’s approval (“Publish approve next”), four further guides added as child pages of the hub 4346 /visiting-singapore/, now 45 in all and linked under a new “Also fresh” line (the hub’s other lines unchanged): 5436 shopping rights for tourists (the Competition and Consumer Commission’s FAQs: STB is tourists’ first point of contact under the fair-trading law; Small Claims Tribunals up to S$20,000), 5437 photography rules (the Infrastructure Protection Act, per MHA and the Singapore Police Force; Changi’s filming page), 5438 swimming at the beaches (NEA’s 2026 grades, all seven beaches “Good”), 5440 help for visitors (STB’s Tourist Information Hotline and Visit Singapore’s visitor centres). Ownership: checked against the keyword cloud (4419) and a site search before publishing; no existing page owned these intents. “singapore scams tourists” and “singapore emergency number” stay with Is Singapore Safe? (4405); getting onto Sentosa stays with The Diary’s Sentosa post (5191), which the beach guide links. A planned fifth guide on postage was dropped because SingPost’s current consumer postcard rates could not be confirmed. The cloud’s log records the new terms. Status: published via API; public-page check pending.

12 Oct 2026, Visiting Singapore series closed to new titles, and the keyword cloud revised. At the owner’s instruction (“Ok finish this off”), the Visiting Singapore series (hub 4346 /visiting-singapore/) is closed to new guides at 45 and moves to maintenance; the hub is unchanged. Its keyword cloud (4419 /visiting-singapore-keyword-cloud/) now carries sixteen further clouds, 26 to 41, one for each guide in the sixth to ninth sets: 299 new terms, checked by script against the existing 647 and against the 325 in the Moving to Singapore cloud (5194), with no duplicates, for 946 terms in forty-one clouds. The page title, excerpt, SEO title and SEO description now read 946; the slug is unchanged. Fifteen existing terms stay printed in their first clouds and are owned by the newer guides, as each new cloud’s owner line says. One ownership change: international driving permit singapore, logged on 28 September for Driving as a Visitor (4984), belongs to The Escape’s International Driving Permit post (5120), as the Moving to Singapore cloud already records, so it joins the cloud’s held-aside list, now 15 terms; the visitor’s question is carried as do i need an international driving permit in singapore. Maintenance list: ICA’s visa list (last updated 25 June 2026) and the SG Arrival Card rules; the desk estimates in the trip cost, budget and itinerary guides, and the attraction prices they quote; the Singapore Tourist Pass price; Changi left baggage and bag delivery rates; NEA’s yearly beach grades; the heat stress advisory; GST refund and duty-free rules; the drone rules, which rest on secondary sources citing CAAS and should be checked against CAAS’s own pages; and the STB hotline and visitor centre hours. The postcard postage guide stays dropped, because SingPost’s current consumer rates could not be confirmed. New visitor searches go to the cloud’s log and are answered inside an existing guide. Status: published via API; public-page check pending.

Last updated 28 September 2026. This page is updated whenever an address is added; no address is ever removed.