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Twelve Cupcakes outlet at Chinatown Point taken on Oct 30, 2025. Home-grown confectionery chain Twelve Cupcakes has ceased operations after being placed under provisional liquidation on Oct 29, according to a notice on the homepage of its website. It did not elaborate on the reasons for its closure.
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E50 winners, guest of honour, Josephine Teo, Minister for Digital Development and Information (front row, eighth from left); organisers and sponsor of the E50 gala event, gathering at the end of the evening’s programme. The 31st edition of the Enterprise 50 (E50) Awards at Resorts World Convention Centre on Nov 24, 2025. 
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Twelve Cupcakes staff to recover part of unpaid salaries from end-March: F&B union

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Twelve Cupcakes outlet at Chinatown Point taken on Oct 30, 2025. Home-grown confectionery chain Twelve Cupcakes has ceased operations after being placed under provisional liquidation on Oct 29, according to a notice on the homepage of its website. It did not elaborate on the reasons for its closure.
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