https://www.scmp.com/rss/500678/feed Alan John, former deputy editor of The Straits Times, Singapore, is an editorial consultant with the Post. en https://assets.i-scmp.com/static/img/icons/scmp-meta-1200x630.png https://www.scmp.com It all happened quickly. On January 18 evening, I had a sore throat and a cough. The next morning, I felt worse and went to a clinic, even though the do-it-yourself swab test I did at home was negative. “This is probably not Covid but let’s test you because of your medical history,” the doctor said, referring to my age, 68, and the clutch of prescribed medicines I take every morning for this, that and everything else. He did an antigen rapid test (ART) as well as a polymerase chain reaction... https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/health-environment/article/3165811/living-covid-19-singapore-six-days-home-isolation?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/health-environment/article/3165811/living-covid-19-singapore-six-days-home-isolation?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 04 Feb 2022 06:41:17 +0000 Anastasia Liew is in her element in her central kitchen, wearing a monogrammed white overcoat, hair net and sturdy non-slip shoes. The founder of Bengawan Solo – Singapore’s best known maker of cakes, biscuits and the multicoloured sweet treats known as Nyonya kueh – has perfected the art of management by walking about. “There is no day off for me,” Liew says, as she strides into the steaming hot kueh section. First, she examines the day’s supply of coconuts and pandan leaves, which provide the... https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/society/article/3016555/singapores-anastasia-liew-whats-cooking-her-famous-bengawan-solo?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/society/article/3016555/singapores-anastasia-liew-whats-cooking-her-famous-bengawan-solo?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 30 Jun 2019 06:15:06 +0000 As mysteries go, this was in a class of its own. One day in March 2009, Singapore’s most prominent women’s organisation held its annual general meeting, and everyone expected it to be uneventful. Not many members were expected to turn up, and a team had already agreed to form its new committee. It would be over quickly. Except that it did not go that way, that day. Just before the meeting began, a stream of strangers appeared and soon outnumbered the surprised Aware members present. The new... https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/opinion/article/3008472/singapore-gay-community-still-faces-uphill-struggle-10-years?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/opinion/article/3008472/singapore-gay-community-still-faces-uphill-struggle-10-years?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 02 May 2019 04:00:08 +0000