by Eleanor Yap | Jul 28, 2017 | Miscellaneous
To celebrate Singapore’s 52nd birthday, there will be many sporting activities across the island. There’s something for everyone during this year’s GetActive! Singapore (GASG), which takes place from July 29 to August 9, 2017. GASG aims to attract all Singaporeans to...
by Eleanor Yap | Jul 27, 2017 | Miscellaneous
Come and cheer for Team Singapore at the upcoming SEA Games and Para Games. Want to support Team Singapore at the 29th SEA Games and 9th ASEAN Para Games being held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia? Sport Singapore is offering fans and sports enthusiasts to catch these games...
by Eleanor Yap | Jul 25, 2017 | Health
Here are 5 tips to get you on track to control your diabetes. Diabetes is a global epidemic expected to affect over 640 million people by 2040, putting one in every 10 adults at risk of the many life-threatening health complications associated with the disease...
by Eleanor Yap | Jul 21, 2017 | Reflections
Looking back at how this flea market came about and why it is important to find a permanent home for it. BY: Yeo Hong Eng What a pity! That market which opened in the 1930s during the Depression Days for the poor to tide their poverty days over was closed on July 10,...
by Eleanor Yap | Jul 20, 2017 | Products
New packaging and honey in lozenges. Haddrell’s of Cambridge’s UMF Manuka Honey from New Zealand sports a new packaging at Nature’s Farm. The brand has also recently come up with a line of UMF 16+ Manuka Honey Lozenges in three different flavours to add to its...
by Eleanor Yap | Jul 17, 2017 | Health
Finding a way to mend your relationship. BY: Eleanor Yap It is actually common to see children drift away from their parents and barely keep in touch or sometimes never. Though it is sad to see that a child one has borne is no longer close as once was, you shouldn’t...
by Eleanor Yap | Jul 12, 2017 | Miscellaneous
Lien Foundation takes two Singaporean seniors to Japan to explore eldercare services. Lien Foundation’s latest project Genki Kaki is a 10-part series of short films and articles that highlight the rich diversity of services for seniors in Japan and what...
by Eleanor Yap | Jul 11, 2017 | Health
Recent study shows that pet dogs help adults aged 65 and over stay active. For older adults, owning a dog increases the likelihood of achieving World Health Organization (WHO)-recommended levels of physical activity, according to a recent study done in the UK....
by Eleanor Yap | Jul 6, 2017 | Finance
PayNow lets you transfer funds from one bank to another using your mobile phone or Singapore NRIC. There will be a new peer-to-peer funds transfer service called PayNow, where customers of seven participating banks can send and receive Singapore Dollar funds...
by Eleanor Yap | Jul 5, 2017 | Caregiving
There are now 13 Go-To Points in Yishun for lost seniors with dementia. Sree Narayana Mission Nursing Home in Yishun is the first nursing home in Singapore to become a Dementia Go-To Point. With the nursing home, there are now 13 Go-To Points in that area that...
by Eleanor Yap | Jul 4, 2017 | Inspiring Figures
Edwin Khoo has faced challenges after challenges, and each time, he took the lessons in his stride. BY: Eleanor Yap Things were tough for Edwin Khoo, 61, when he was growing up. The environment and people around him brought him down, but he never let it get the...
