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Ilyas Salim

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emaililyas@sph.com.sg
The Oceanarium is relaunching its signature Ocean Dreams overnight programme, which will run across four select weekends between November and December.

Glamping with the fishes at the Singapore Oceanarium

Its signature Ocean Dreams overnight programme returns as a luxurious glamping experience with an educational twist

From left: Dementia Singapore director of advocacy and communications Bernard Lim, Dementia Singapore CEO Jason Foo, Dementia Singapore chairman Dr Philip Yap, independent consultant and caregiver Michelle Lam, and Pureprofile's Asia research lead for data and insights Eugenia Chung.

Opportunity and emotional costs add to dementia caregivers’ burdens, says panel

After government subsidies, the typical caregiver pays about S$24,000 a year in care costs, study finds

The collaborative effort was acknowledged by Minister for Education and Minister-in-Charge of Social Services Integration Desmond Lee (front row, in blue), who says that it is "wonderful to see this partnership of organisations".

OCBC brings together property agents and staff volunteers to clean seniors’ homes

The collaboration marks the first time a bank has partnered property agents for a community service outreach effort

The new feature will include smart text resizing in English and Mandarin, meaning that it will adapt the app’s interface to the customer’s preferred text size and device’s screen dimensions to avoid the typical technical issues.
TAKING HEART

OCBC banking app to roll out text size options to improve accessibility for seniors

The bank says that 70% of screens on its app have been redesigned to incorporate this feature, which will be launched from...

During the event facilitated by HSBC and Trybe, Singapore and US golfers Shannon Tan and Lauren Coughlin (top row, third and fifth from left, respectively) met with seven youths and talked about overcoming challenges.
TAKING HEART

Pro golfers share life lessons to inspire youths

Shannon Tan and Lauren Coughlin talk about how they learned from the hurdles in their careers

A StanChart volunteer guiding a senior in using during the fraud awareness event in January.
BANKING ON THE COMMUNITY

Tapping partnerships and people to raise scam awareness

Amid the rising number of incidents, StanChart is leveraging its networks and resources to teach seniors how to better protect themselves online

Guided by StanChart and Prudential volunteers, the children were given a limited budget to shop for groceries. 
TAKING HEART

Learning financial literacy through a supermarket trip

StanChart and Prudential kickstart year-long programme to teach underprivileged children basic money management concepts

Orbital by Samantha Harvey
BOOKS

Booker Prize finalist: Orbital finds beauty in the stillness of space

Set in a spaceship, Samantha Harvey’s novel invites readers to savour Earth’s majesty from orbit – even if the journey sometimes...

A rendering of a CO2-removal plant in Singapore. The Republic and Japan will exchange best practices for cross-border CCS and insights on related technologies.

Singapore, Japan to deepen cooperation on carbon capture and storage technologies

Both countries will also pool expertise and resources to expedite the adoption of CCS processes in the region

On the Singapore Exchange, losers outnumber gainers 72 to 60.

Singapore shares open lower on Wednesday; STI down 0.1%

SINGAPORE shares started trading in positive territory on Wednesday (Aug 21), mirroring overnight gains in the global markets.

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