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Don't come back if you can't afford $9 for a plate of chicken (rice)

A plate of chicken rice at $9?

Feb 07, 2022

Adidas Singapore has apologised for overlooking the origins of wayang kulit, or shadow puppet theatre, in a recent Instagram post.

Adidas SG sorry for overlooking the origins of wayang kulit

Nov 18, 2021

UPSET: Vietnamese tourist Pham Van Thoai was in tears when he was refused a refund after buying a phone at Jover Chew’s (above) shop.

Consumer protection act to get more bite?

May 16, 2016

Hoverboards are hot items this holiday season. But why are some of them catching fire?

Hoverboards - hottest thing this holiday season

Dec 15, 2015

The haze in Singapore in early October, 2015.

Boycott companies causing haze, says watchdog

Oct 22, 2015

The Consumer Price Index for 2014 is out. The cost of food, tuition went up. Find out what else.

Jan 23, 2015

HELP NEEDED: At yesterday’s press conference, Sim Lim Square management’s chairman Raymond Chua (left), along with the mall’s managing agent Chan Kok Hong (middle) and Sim Lim Square management’s assistant secretary Sunny Chew (right), appealed for the authorities to be tougher on errant retailers.

Sim Lim Square scourge: Our consumer laws must have bite

Nov 08, 2014