How did the worst global health crisis of our time affect you? One year into the pandemic, CNA speaks to people in Singapore to hear their stories.

Singapore writer Ng Yi-Sheng had been using the TraceTogether mobile application for months during the Covid-19 pandemic. He even carried the token out with him when it is not necessary to use both together, because just holding the token made him feel safe.

Each week, TODAY’s long-running Big Read series delves into the trends and issues that matter. This week, we highlight the efforts of unsung heroes in the community who are on a mission to spread cheer amid the Covid-19 gloom. This is a shortened version of the full feature,​ which can be found here.

Job offers have been rescinded, life plans are disrupted. The economic fallout from Covid-19 has raised the prospect of a lost generation in Asia. Will the young people of Singapore and the region find new paths to achieve their dreams?

A sour smell rises as Bangladeshi Ibrahim Khalil, 31, opens his catered lunch, undoing the knots on two plastic bags of curry and lentils. The fish curry, exposed to the morning heat for half a day, has turned rancid again. Still, the curtain installation worker pours all the gravy over his pile of cold rice as he sits crosslegged on the floor, and begins tucking into his meal.

Nothing took me farther from my HDB heartland and shopping mall existence than visiting Mustafa Centre in Little India, Peninsula Plaza at Coleman Street, in the very heart of the city, and Golden Mile Complex along Beach Road.

For those who sleep on the streets, Transit Point @ Margaret Drive offers shelter and a listening ear while they get back on their feet.

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Yesterday, I had a delivery to Ardmore Park. I was about to key in the unit number at the intercom, when the security guard started yelling at me

Fear is growing at a dormitory designated as an isolation area because of an infection cluster, with workers saying they do not have masks, and…

Past midnight, Mr Armel Sharil waited until the metal gates of Kranji MRT Station were pulled shut at 1am before he carefully laid a cardboard on the floor to lie down and rest his eyes.

Low wage migrant workers form almost 1/5 of our population. In light of the community spread of the COVID-19 virus in Singapore, here is a compilation of…

Michael ‘closed one eye’ when he was made to do a full-time job without proper training. But when the company tried to discourage him from resigning using threats and half-truths, he sought help from government authorities, only to have his complaints ignored.

“When I was doing the sums on how much sales I’m making,” Justin Lin, 31, says, “I was like, ‘Wait, I only made $50 bucks today and I worked so hard last night? I gotta change my menu items or I gotta increase the prices.’”

This article calls to attention the narrative gaps of Singapore’s food insecurity, and how the strategic myth of scarcity needs to be rewritten to achieve greater well-being.

SINGAPORE - Senior finance executive Phillip Ang's heart sinks each time he has to use his mobile phone to scan QR codes for contact tracing before entering public places.

A spinal muscular atrophy condition prevents Mr Ang, 55, from moving his hands much, and the QR codes are "always too high", so he has to ask for help.

While the Covid-19 pandemic has accelerated digitalisation in some sectors, it has also raised concerns that vulnerable segments of society are being left behind in a so-called digital divide.

In the absence of a clear measure of the digital divide here, there are some official figures that suggest there could be some who fall through the cracks.

While the Covid-19 pandemic has accelerated digitalisation in some sectors, it has also raised concerns that vulnerable segments of society are being left behind in a so-called digital divide.

In the absence of a clear measure of the digital divide here, there are some official figures that suggest there could be some who fall through the cracks.

To while away her time on weekdays when her children are busy at work, retired dishwasher Wong Ah Moy, 80, often travels from her flat in Tampines to Toa Payoh bus interchange, where she grabs a bite and goes people-watching.

COVID-19 has handed Singapore its deepest recession since the country's independence, but the pain inflicted by the pandemic has been unevenly spread.

Economists have dubbed the crisis as one primed for a "K-shaped" recovery, one where different parts of the economy...

A rising tide lifts all boats and Lingjack was one of the many companies that blossomed during Singapore’s industrial boom in the 70s and 80s, as the small tooling business quickly gained a foothold producing metal works for firms in the marine industry and elsewhere.

In an alternate, pandemic-free universe, Esther, 29, would have been married by now.

A Malaysian citizen with a Singaporean fiance, the last time she was in Singapore was back in early March. “I think I’m forever scarred,” she recalls. “Before leaving the house, I said, ‘Bye auntie! See you in two weeks!”

For seven years, Ms Sook Tan was living the life she had long sought: A stint in Malaysia’s capital Kuala Lumpur, followed by the neon lights of Japan’s Tokyo and finally the buzz of cosmopolitan Hong Kong where she worked as a business coordinator for a coworking operator.

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Improving housing conditions for migrant workers shouldn’t be the only concern – bigger challenges existed well before the current pandemic.

For many Singaporeans, the directives to stay home, wash their hands regularly and wear a mask when outside

Reverend Samuel Gift Stephen leaves his Yishun home each day at 9am, going dormitory to dormitory to keep track of what workers need.

Two yellow wellingtons on Reverend Samuel Gift Stephen’s T-shirt are a reminder to walk a mile in the shoes of labourers in shipyards and construction.

It is 9am and Ella is about to attend her first lecture as a polytechnic student.

She fires up her live lesson, Introduction to Accounting, on her laptop, keeping her camera on long enough for…

The island nation’s impatience with its elderly stems from a misunderstanding of their need for independence as well as community

Throughout the world, overworked health care professionals are being infected with Covid-19, yet the Lion City has kept numbers low.

Earlier this month, Dr Chng Woei was asked by her 24-year-old daughter if the family was not going to have dinner with the maternal grandparents until “this dies down”.

As merrymakers ushered in the dawn of 2020 with high spirits, infectious diseases experts in Singapore were on high alert.