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Helmi Yusof

Helmi Yusof

DEPUTY EDITOR (LIFESTYLE)

Helmi Yusof is the Deputy Editor of lifestyle news at The Business Times. He covers visuals arts, theatre, cinema, books, travel, leisure and lifestyle trends. He also profiles personalities and leaders from various industries. His Instagram username is @helmiseestuff. Prior to joining The Business Times, he was News Director at video news site RazorTV, and a journalist and sub-editor at The Straits Times.

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TRAVEL

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NEW-GEN ENTREPRENEURS

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NEW-GEN ENTREPRENEURS

Musim Mas scion Chayadi Karim bets on economy hotel brand Kinn

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MOVIES

Fascinating new book surveys 125 years of Singapore cinema

2026-07-16T06:05:00.000Z
Zul Mahmod’s installation at Asia Square Tower 1 absorbs the real-time rhythms of Raffles Place and turns them into a sound composition.
ARTS

The CBD crowd has a new lunchtime companion: art

2026-07-08T10:05:00.000Z
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FEATURE

Can Labubu and Pop Mart survive the future?

2026-07-02T06:10:00.000Z
Artist Dana Lam has been a journalist, artist, playwright, performer, founding member of TheatreWorks (now T:>Works) and two-time president of Aware.
ARTS

At 73, Dana Lam opens her first solo art exhibition

2026-06-25T06:10:00.000Z
The exterior (left) and interior (right) views of Waterwall House, featuring glass interfaces, open voids, split levels and raw concrete walls.
ARTS & DESIGN

Rare brutalist Singapore house opens to the public before changing hands

2026-06-17T06:10:00.000Z
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FEATURE

Why Singapore men are joining the new ‘MenToo’ movement

2026-06-11T06:10:00.000Z
Hiroshi Sugimoto's exhibition in Singapore Art Museum is his largest survey in South-east Asia to date.
ARTS

Hiroshi Sugimoto brings five decades of art to Singapore

2026-06-04T06:10:00.000Z
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