WOK WISDOM

WOK WISDOM

A Connoisseur’s Field Guide to Singapore’sBest-Value Zi Char DiningFeaturing: Kok Sen Restaurant · Est. 1965 Introduction: The Art of Zi CharZi char — literally 煮炒, meaning ‘cook and stir-fry’ in Hokkien — is arguably Singapore’s most...
CPF Life-Cycle Investment Funds

CPF Life-Cycle Investment Funds

Singapore Budget 2026 — Retirement Adequacy ReformPublished February 2026 | Based on ST Analysis & Financial Expert Commentary Background and Policy ContextSingapore’s Central Provident Fund (CPF) system underpins retirement savings for the...
One Raffles Place: Potential Divestment

One Raffles Place: Potential Divestment

OUE Real Estate Investment Trust & United Overseas BankFebruary 2026 | Singapore Commercial Real Estate Executive SummaryOn February 20, 2026, the manager of OUE Real Estate Investment Trust (OUE Reit) confirmed via a Singapore Exchange (SGX) filing that OUB...
Singapore’s Shrinking Homes

Singapore’s Shrinking Homes

Urban Compression, Housing Policy & Spatial InequalitySingapore | 1995–2025 | Urban Studies & Housing PolicyExecutive SummaryOver the past three decades, Singapore has experienced a measurable and sustained contraction in residential floor areas across both...
PREGO

PREGO

Fairmont Singapore · Raffles CityA Comprehensive Dining ReviewEst. 1986 · Italian Cuisine · February 2026 Opening: Four Decades and Still StandingThere is a certain gravity that settles over a restaurant when it has outlasted the careers of most of the chefs who have...
US-Iran Crisis

US-Iran Crisis

I. THE GEOPOLITICAL FACTS ON THE GROUND The situation is more acute than most realize. Trump has told reporters that Iran has “10 to 15 days at most” to strike a deal, warning it would be “unfortunate for them” if talks...
HAI TIEN LO

HAI TIEN LO

Pan Pacific Singapore · Level 3 · Promenade MRTJoyous Abundance Menu — Lunar New Year 2026A Comprehensive Culinary Review, Dish Analysis & Symbolic Study I. Ambience & SettingHai Tien Lo, perched on Level 3 of Pan Pacific Singapore along the Marina Bay...
FORK & FLAME

FORK & FLAME

Singapore’s Definitive Guide to Budget Steak Buffets————————————A long-form editorial review of four budget-tier steak buffetsReviewed in Singapore, 2025The Armoury · Stirling Steaks · Boeuf · Bochinche IntroductionSingapore’s dining culture has long demonstrated a...