Added boost for pregnant workers
Four business groups have decided to band together, at the Government's urging, to get companies to voluntarily grant the extra four weeks to pregnant staff giving birth from Aug 17.
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NTUC helps 1,250 women return to work
Madam Noraisah, 46, found a job through NTUC Women's Development Secretariat and now earns about $400 a month. |
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In Mum's footsteps
The Mirpuri sisters never thought they would end up running a restaurant.
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He looked like a biker, but his values were okay with her traditional family
Madam June Bee Ling, 35, a Singaporean, recalls vividly the reactions she got when she started dating Australian Gene Whitlock, 36, in 1995.
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What they want in a partner
The Sunday Times spoke to 10 dating agencies about the qualities that men and women look for in their other halves and, boy, Singaporeans sure are fussy.
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Pa and Ma play Cupid at the park
Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong has floated the idea of Singapore parents playing matchmaker for their children, like in Beijing. The Straits Times Foreign Desk talks to some parents in Beijing and looks at matchmaking in South Korea, Japan and India.
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'2 becoming 1' on May 21
Starting this year in Korea, May 21 has been designated as "Married Couples Day" with the digits symbolising "two people becoming one".
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Stricter rules to keep out sleaze
The lewd slogans and suggestive pictures used to promote matchmaking services have been axed from Singapore's newspapers and magazines.
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All the wrong moves
Dating agencies say most clients enjoy satisfactory dates but there are horror stories and gaffes too.
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Staying the course pays off for this spunky young woman
At 25, she is a restaurant manager and married mother of one, and has clocked in more working years than a lot of peers her age - with the same employer. -AsiaOne |
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Games people play
I was not thrilled at the thought of going to a singles party but my editor and colleagues urged me to go, saying: "So fun. You never know whom you might meet."
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Friendship programme
One thing you quickly notice about speed dating is how everyone keeps justifying that it's perfectly normal to be there. |
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Third time lucky?
After two years of having to share my singlehood and non-existent Valentine's Day plans with faithful Urban readers, I was given the choice of writing another I-am-single follow-up or detailing a speed-dating experience.
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You win some, you lose some
As an eight-month-old swinging single, the last place I thought I might find a date was at a speed-dating event. But since it's 2008, I thought I'd have an open mind and give speed dating a shot for this article. |
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Match point
Being single is nothing to be ashamed of. There is also no disgrace in getting outside help. Five single reporters give modern-day matchmaking a go.
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Pitch to hitch
The beauty of online dating is that you can find out and choose what you like and dislike without stepping out of your door. |
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The tyrant and the chef
Chef Emmanuel Stroobant and wife Edina Hong have a recipe for success: Just add his cooking creativity to her business acumen.
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'My husband set me on fire when I was pregnant'
Married to a physically and emotionally abusive husband, a young mother was subjected to the worst kind of treatment from her spouse. -AsiaOne |
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Beauty within
She had no make-up on, her was unstyled, but according to the young woman who took a photo of herself, she was beautiful.
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The (illegitimate) way to more babies
Conservative Italy and liberal Britain provide lessons for Singapore. |
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When Papa became Mama
When Frankie first told his friends that he was changing his name to Fanny, most were stunned that he was going to change his sex.
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When guys first see you, they don't care about your character
Contrary to all that hype about beauty coming from within, this personal assistant believes that first impressions do count. -TNP |
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Best director at home too
Actor Adrian Pang is well-known onscreen, but his wife is the power house behind the scenes.
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Determined for an Everest date
All-woman team which planned to scale the world's highest peak in March was hampered by lack of funds, among other reasons. -myp |
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Retain talented women with pro-family measures
A pro-family working environment would boost the morale of female employees and raise their productivity. -myp
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Writer's block blues
Jean Tay was inspired to learn that top playwrights struggle to put words to paper too |
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Women better, but we still want the men
Both genders agree that women are more honest, intelligent, compassionate, outgoing and creative. But get this, a poll suggests that men still make better leaders than women. -TNP
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Model foster mum calls it a day
The woman with a 'mother's heart' finally retires after being foster mum to 43 abandoned babies, and abused or neglected children for 32 years. |
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Confinement nannies from China
With a shortage of confinement nannies in Singapore, this enterprising gynaecologist from Beijing will bring in specially trained nannies from China after setting up a confinement home in July. -TNP
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No maid then, and still none now
Even though my husband and I work, we don't believe in getting a maid to help raise our children. |
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A miserable start
Married to a farmer, Filipina Lalaine Oligario Lomboy arrived in Singapore in 2000 to work as a housemaid.
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Shocked to see spittoons
Ms Santha Bhaskar left India for Singapore in 1955. Married to K.P. Bhaskar, 83, artistic director of Bhaskar's Arts Academy; they have three children, aged 45 to 50. |
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Michelin's Swiss Miss
Irma Dutsch, who is here for a gourmet festival, tells how she made good in a man's world.
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Teachers called me 'Korean Girl'
Suzanne Jung was only 5 when she first came to Singapore. She didn't feel alienated but it did take her a little time to adjust to life and culture here. |
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Two of a kind
One's flashy, the other is quiet. But their love for films brought Woffles Wu and wife Lim Juay Yong together.
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Michelle Obama among 10 best dressed women
She made it to People magazine's list. -AFP |
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She calms their fears
Dr Tan Wee Kiat believes that a dentist must be a good communicator.
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Beach beauty with brains
The staid, intellectual world of chess just got sexy. Stunningly beautiful Russian beach model Alexandra Kosteniuk won the Queen of Chess title at the Women's World Chess Championship. -NST |
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She cares for orphans like they're her own
For the past six months, this caring neighbour has been taking care of two orphaned teens since their parents passed away. -TNP
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Lady of luxe
Jane Luhur-Soon's home is filled with beautiful things, but more precious to her are the people whose visits infuse the space with a gentle kampong spirit. |
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A garden to call home
Architect Gwen Tan loves plants so much, her condo in Punggol is teeming with greenery.
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Mum with Midas touch for property
Almost all her property investments have paid off so far. Next: An Alpine ski chalet? |
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Thai First Lady - no simple housewife
If the wife of Prime Minister Somchai Wongsawat was not banned from politics, it might have been her turn now to be Thailand's first female prime minister. -ANN/The Nation
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Botak and his boss
An impish humour and a solid marriage with a Singaporean have kept 'Botak Jones' on course. |
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Dinner with Dewi Sukarno
After a brief moment of awkwardness, the former First Lady began holding court, telling personal stories and offering real-life advice.
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Tech body's 1st woman chief
Tan Yen Yen, Hewlett-Packard Singapore's managing director, heads the Singapore Infocomm Technology Federation. |
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Fame comes too late for this singer
Nicole Lai was an unknown local back-up singer whose time in the sun may have finally come, except that it's too late, as she lost her batter with skin cancer. She leaves behind a 15-year-old daughter. -ST
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Hainan brides get free legal help
Half of the 50 pro bono cases handled by Hainan Hwee Kuan involve them. |
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Call me an entrepreneur
Madam Yan Hong may be in Singapore because her son studies here, but she takes umbrage if you call her a peidu mama.
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Tough life for 'study mamas'
'The last thing we want is more rules, making it harder for us to find jobs,' a study mama said. 'We just want a simple life and a good education for our children.' |
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Struggle from day one for divorced mum and daughter
When Madam Zhang Jin Mei found out in 2002 that her husband was cheating on her, she divorced him and left China to start a new life in Singapore with their only child.
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House-hubby wants money, not kids
Wife hands hubby a $700,000 household allowance, which he uses to buy an extra-marital flat in Taiwan. What follows is a bitter divorce and revelations of a husband and father who did little for his family. -TNP |
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A run for cancer
Ten women MPs are not in the running for a political cause this time, but for Singapore's first-ever "Woman Against Cancer" initiative.
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