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MPs losing their seat due to affairs makes you think more deeply about what marriage means in a world whose values and views about it have been shifting. Divorce rates have increased. Breaking up percentage is close to 40% in some conservative countries, some even 50/50. On the average, marriages meant to last a lifetime don’t... 

If he gets elected, Ng Kok Song (NKS) says he will be the teh ko-song president (comparing to George Goh’s description of himself as the Mao Shan Wang president). He said: “I’d prefer to be characterised as teh ko-song, you know, Kok Song - ko-song. Teh kosong is tea without sugar, a healthier, better option than Mao Shan... 

Not surprisingly, the Americans are outpacing the Chinese when it comes to buying properties in Singapore. According to Ms Christine Sun, OrangeTee & Tie’s senior vice-president of research and analytics, “Mainland Chinese were the largest group of foreign buyers in Singapore from 2017 to 2022 and in the first quarter...