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Home buyers using more cash and CPF savings to fund down payments

Home buyers are putting more of their own money into property purchases, even as home prices and mortgage sizes have climbed sharply over the past five years. This suggests that buyers are not simply borrowing proportionately more to keep up with...

法国爆发大规模示威反生活费高涨

（巴黎综合电）因不满生活费高涨、公共服务退化，法国多座城市爆发大规模示威，部分地区局势失控冲突升级，演变为法国数十年来最严重暴乱之一，导致数百人受伤，至少2000人被捕，经济损失难以估量。 综合法新社和路透社报道，巴黎、马赛、尼斯、南特、波尔多、利摩日、里尔、图卢兹和斯特拉斯堡等城市上星期六（10月17日）爆发规模不一的抗议活动，趁乱洗劫行为此起彼落。 据法国官方统计，当天有超过55万人走上街头，示威活动组织单位则估计参与人数多达80万人。游行活动大多时候和平展开，但也有大量暴乱分子趁火打劫，砸...

Program pementoran baru Mendaki perkasa belia berpotensi

Pelajar peringkat sekolah menengah hingga prauniversiti boleh meraih manfaat daripada pendedahan kepada industri, rangkaian profesional serta peluang biasiswa dan latihan amali menerusi program pementoran baharu Yayasan Mendaki. Dinamakan Mekar Belia,...

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Grace Fu: 7 syarikat diberi notis undang-undang, henti kegiatan pembakaran di Indonesia

Tujuh syarikat telah diberikan notis undang-undang yang meminta mereka supaya menghentikan kegiatan pembakaran di tanah milik mereka di Indonesia serta mengemukakan pelan untuk memadamkan kebakaran tersebut, kata Menteri Kemampanan dan Sekitaran, Cik...

WEALTH ACCUMULATES. ATTENTION DOES

A SENIOR tech executive living in Singapore recently asked us to review retirement and long-term savings accounts he had accumulated earlier in his career. He believed most of the money was invested in equity strategies. It was not. Some of the...

Pilot’s Watch Mark XX “Mercedes-AMG PETRONAS Formula One™ Team”

The third official team watch dedicated to our longstanding partner combines the legible design of the Pilot’s Watch Mark XX with a 40-millimetre case crafted from lightweight yet highly rigid Grade 5 titanium. This metal is prized throughout F1™ for...

DEATH OF THE SALESMAN

Selling things is hard. Selling books? Even harder. For instance, Singapore may have one of the highest literacy rates in the world, but that does not necessarily translate to people being willing to spend money on books. Over the years, a number of...

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Smash Hit

Tatler Padel Series Singapore served six divisions of champions, immersive brand activations, and a Regional Finals triumph up for grabs

THE COVER

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In ready-to-wear and couture, designers are turning to surrealism to reimagine what fashion can be.

Itwas a moment that would knock the breath out of anyone entering the Grand Palais: a massive beanstalk sprouting up to what could have been the high heavens, as if all those fair ytales you read as a child were suddenly manifested in front of you. At...

高级珠宝的独门绝技

高级珠宝的世界，总习惯以克拉说话。 钻石多大、祖母绿产地、蓝宝石是否经过加热，这些因素决定了宝石的稀有程度。然而，当珍贵宝石来到顶尖珠宝世家手中，真正决定作品珍稀的，是怎么突破材质原有的形态。让金属消失宝石如何被牢固于珠宝上？答案往往离不开金属。无论是镶爪、包镶还是底座，即使结构被处理得再纤细，黄金或铂金的痕迹依然隐约可见。 Van Cleef & Arpels梵克雅宝却反其道而行，让承托宝石的金属从视线中消失，使色彩成为唯一的主角。 工艺可追溯至1920年代。1926年，创办人Alfred...

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AW26 MAXIMALIST STYLE LUXE LIVING HERMÈS’ DAZZLING, DIVINE EQUINE

LEGACY

Apple is probably the most prolific consumer electronics brand in the world. The iPhone revolutionised an entire industry. And in all my years as a technology editor, I have yet to come across any product that is instantly recognisable by just about...

READY, SET, GO

Vacheron Constantin updates the Overseas Dual Time with lightweight titanium.

THE BUSINESS OF PASSION

William E. Heinecke, Founder and &KDLUPDQ RI 0LQRU ,QWHUQDWLRQDO has built one of Asia’s most LQÀXHQWLDO HPSLUHV <HW PDQ\ of his ventures began not in a boardroom, but through personal SDVVLRQV IRU À\LQJ WUDYHO DQG automobiles.

Woman of Influence

adidas-sponsored content creator Novita Lam turned a corporate career into a successful social media presence. This is how she did it.

FOURTH NATTAWAT

A year a er his first AUGUSTMAN cover, the actor has become a superstar. What interests him, however, is whatever still scares him.

PUBLISHER’S NOTE

You could say I have a restless soul — I’ve always loved to travel. So, when I came back to Indonesia in the late 1990s after studying overseas, I wanted to explore more of Asia. But the Western magazines I read only covered Japan and Thailand and that...

GIVING MYSELF GRACE: ON WRITING A NOVEL, AND GROWING UP

Author Divya Maniar looks back on writing her debut novel – and what her book’s protagonist has taught her about herself

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智能保健新风潮

E Neighbourhood Table

There’s plenty to whet the appetite in this issue of Epicure, and we begin close to home with our neighbour Malaysia. Kuala Lumpur, in particular, offers so much to eat that keeping up with its ever-evolving dining scene can be a deliciously daunting...

COVER STORY Beyond the icons, Sydney unfolds in Redfern, Marrickville and Pyrmont – rooted in Indigenous legacy and the harbour

Editor’s LETTER

When we began brainstorming this issue of Vogue Man last December, our conversations circled around cultural shifts and emerging fixations, one of which was the rise of the fujoshi, a Japanese term describing female fans who have been devoted to yaoi...

Tatler Best Restaurants

Discover the restaurants, anonymously reviewed and judged by our expert panel, that earned a place in the Tatler Best Guide

Director’s Note

For many of us, going to the cinema to watch a movie was a rite of passage. But these days, we are spoiled for choice – one need not “go” anywhere to watch a flick or two with device in hand. It is thus timely that writer Alvin Tan shows us how the...

Expat Living has a wide and wonderful readership, and our Kids’ & Family Guide – now in its 17th year! – fittingly includes a range of different voices.

Firstly, keep an eye out for the honest feedback from our panel of expat and local mums dotted throughout this year’s publication. They shed light on everything from choosing a doctor and breastfeeding, to handy apps and postnatal workouts, along with...

A Crafted Space

A. Lange & Söhne's largest flagship in Asia-Pacific

AI教育的突破与缺口

人工智能（AI）正以前所未有的速度改变各行各业，从生产制造到金融服务、从医疗健康到学术研究、从零售电商到交通物流，甚至延伸至法律、媒体与公共治理领域，全面推动结构性转型。这股浪潮也正席卷教育领域，推动形成一个关键词— AIEd (AI in...