Career Tips
Retrenched worker guide: adjacent sectors and Career Conversion Programmes
Retrenchments rose to 4,620 in 2Q 2026 while the six-month re-entry rate fell to 54.9%. Start with an adjacent sector, not your own.
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High Society
Multi-generational HDB flat: Family Care Scheme routes and fall-proofing a flat
HDB's Family Care Scheme gives parents and children two documented routes — proximity priority, and joint balloting for two flats in one project.
People
Where toy collection storage belongs in a small HDB flat, and what keeps it safe
Where a growing toy collection belongs in a small HDB flat: one covered storage zone, packaging cleared out, and what official guidance asks.
Health & Beauty
Hereditary breast and ovarian cancer genetic testing: new from December 2026
Her Healthier SG check-in is fully subsidised, the HBOC genetic test subsidy starts December 2026, and bone density testing remains an announced intention.
Lifestyle
SkillsFuture credit rules by age, and what a training allowance asks of you
SkillsFuture credit rules turn on age, citizenship and course type: check your own layer and any allowance conditions before you enrol.
Travel
Sentosa opening hours: order the fixed-hours stops that close earliest
Sentosa's own attraction and transport pages fix the hours, ticket terms and last rides — here is the checklist that orders a one-day…
Productivity and Life Hacks
ChatGPT can draft your work wardrobe shopping brief — not your size
Hand ChatGPT your work wardrobe shopping brief and gap list; keep size, fit, fabric composition and care with the maker's own product page.
Money Mind
Choosing an expense tracking method: start with the monthly budget check
Expense tracking method, separate savings account or monthly budget check? MoneySense documents all three; to us, the lightest is a one-evening check.
Career Tips
Jobseeker Support eligibility and mid-career training subsidies at 40
MOM's most common reasons for rejected Jobseeker Support applications are checkable, and passing them does not cut off mid-career training help at 40.
High Society
Kidult collecting: set a monthly toy budget and a pause-month rule
The adult collectors profiled by Business Times already cap themselves: one fixed monthly figure, set after essentials, and one pause month when you…