Micro apartment, granny flat: What affordable housing looks like for Asia-Pacific millennials

Micro apartment, granny flat: What affordable housing looks like for Asia-Pacific millennials

Real estate developers like Spilytus are building micro flats in sought-after areas, such as Ebisu and Nakameguro. This explains their popularity among young people, who like living in prime locations at reasonable rents, said Keisuke Nakama, the company’s president. Spilytus, which has been developing these shoeboxes for a decade, reported an occupancy rate of 99 … Read more

Young Singaporeans open up about why they feel lonely, yet struggle to lean on others

Young Singaporeans open up about why they feel lonely, yet struggle to lean on others

When surveyed about the last time they felt lonely, respondents’ stories fell into three broad categories. Some of them felt a mismatch of expectations, where one party valued a friendship more than the other party did. There were those who said they always felt like an outsider to their group of friends or family. Others … Read more

Is politics behind the difficulties of Malaysia’s education reform?

Is politics behind the difficulties of Malaysia’s education reform?

CRITICISM OVER POLICY SHIFTS The seeming rollback of the DLP is not the first such change in policy on the language of instruction used in schools. In 2003, the then PM, Mahathir Mohamad, introduced the use of English for teaching maths and science, amid concerns about Malaysians’ poor standard of English. By 2012, the then … Read more

Safety measures in place, but expert sees greater risk of sinkholes with climate change

Safety measures in place, but expert sees greater risk of sinkholes with climate change

For example, when rainfall saturates the soil, it can undermine the integrity of the ground beneath Singapore’s concrete jungle. And with structural weakening, there is the potential for more holes in the ground, “leading to greater risks of sinkholes”. Conversely, droughts can lower the water table — the boundary between water-saturated and unsaturated ground — … Read more

Gen Z Filipinos, the loneliest youths in Southeast Asia, are struggling. This is how and why

Gen Z Filipinos, the loneliest youths in Southeast Asia, are struggling. This is how and why

The pandemic and heavy use of social media are just two of the contributing factors to the social isolation faced by the country’s youth. The programme Insight delves deeper and finds out what is being done to help them. Read original article here Denial of responsibility! Pioneer Newz is an automatic aggregator of the all … Read more

She makes hyper-realistic baby dolls for a living. They go for as much as US$6,000

She makes hyper-realistic baby dolls for a living. They go for as much as US,000

It took an additional two to three months for the fraudulent account to be removed from the website after Lee and her followers reported it. One way to verify a reborn doll’s authenticity is to consider its price. The scammers were selling their imitations for US$220 each, while her dolls were priced at about US$1,500 … Read more

3 reasons to watch CNA’s 3-part series on dying alone in Singapore

3 reasons to watch CNA’s 3-part series on dying alone in Singapore

Experts believe more cases remain unreported. For instance, when Bobby Tan’s aunt, 77, died in her home, it was days later when her neighbours, alerted by an unusual odour, called the police. By then, her body had begun decomposing on her sofa. Heng and Tan’s aunt are only two of the many elderly individuals who … Read more

The Gulf beckons to more Asians. This is how they’re answering the call

The Gulf beckons to more Asians. This is how they’re answering the call

A former commando from Singapore, a national footballer from Indonesia, an AI expert from China — they are some of the Asian migrants eyeing new heights in the Middle East. The documentary Gulf Falcons tells their stories. Read original article here Denial of responsibility! Pioneer Newz is an automatic aggregator of the all world’s media. … Read more

Rat map: Tracking the rodent infestation in Singapore

Rat map: Tracking the rodent infestation in Singapore

Rat map: Tracking the rodent infestation in Singapore Read original article here Denial of responsibility! Pioneer Newz is an automatic aggregator of the all world’s media. In each content, the hyperlink to the primary source is specified. All trademarks belong to their rightful owners, all materials to their authors. If you are the owner of … Read more