In June last year, food and beverage entrepreneur Edwin Lim was given the mammoth task of rebranding an eatery at Singapore Management University that had been struggling to pull in the crowds. Within just two months, he had to hire and train a new team for the restaurant, and come up with a new theme, [...]
Handling kitchen tools can be dangerous, and even experienced cooks often get cuts and burns. But if cooking is difficult for the able bodied, imagine what it would be like if you could not see the sharp knives and heavy pots every cook has to handle. That's where Project Folks comes in. It is a [...]
Singapore is in top place in the international rankings for education. But it wants the next upgrade of its school system to focus on keeping students positive and resilient. It was no accident that Singapore created one of the world's highest performing education systems in five decades. Reminiscent of the examinations for selecting mandarins in [...]
Teacher Tan Pin Pin fiddles with her mobile phone when the first class of the day starts at Edgefield Primary School in Punggol. For good reason though. In March, the school switched to a system that uses a mobile application to log pupils' attendance, instead of doing it on paper. All Ms Tan has to [...]
