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Champions of local music talent

Every week, new songs are released by young and rising names in the Singapore music scene, such as R&B/electronic singer Theodora, whose songs have racked up more than two million streams on Spotify. While traditionally, international record companies such as Universal, Sony and Warner have had a hand in putting out music by Singapore talent, […]

Inaugural Edwin Thumboo Prize goes to RI student

A new annual academic prize, named for eminent Singaporean poet Edwin Thumboo (above), will recognise outstanding pre-university student writing on English literature. Thumboo, who is Emeritus Professor at the National University of Singapore (NUS), is one of Singapore’s earliest and foremost poets in the English language. The inaugural Edwin Thumboo Prize will be presented on […]

Privacy issues to the fore after Andy Hui scandal

HONG KONG • Did the taxi driver who sold a 16-minute video of actor Andy Hui’s hanky-panky with actress Jacqueline Wong to newspaper Apple Daily break the law? Is it acceptable when advertisers tap the Hong Kong scandal to promote their brands or messages? These issues have been pushed to the front now that the […]