As one half of a young, married couple who's just moved into our own place, I am only just starting to realise that Chinese New Year (CNY) costs a truckload of money. Up until last year when my folks ran the (very elaborate) CNY show, I have spent every festive season enjoying sumptuous seafood feasts and snacking on "branded" CNY.
For the second year in a row, Nasi Lemak has topped Singaporeans' food and drink-related searches - on Yahoo's Year in Review 2021, that is. On Google's Year in Search 2021, the top spots went to food promo app Oddle Eats and the ever-hyped Eggslut. Meanwhile, the top five spots on Deliveroo's Top 30 Trending Dishes in Singapore all went.
What a year it has been, huh? From the living through the ongoing pandemic to enjoying Netflix sleeper hits, 2021 was a year of adjusting to the new normal and finding hope in the road ahead. Google recently unveiled its Year in Search 2021 lists, which showcases the people, topics, events and places that captured Singapore’s attention this year. The.
KUALA LUMPUR (Feb 15): Menang Corp (M) Bhd has suspended two non-independent and non-executive directors from exercising their duties and functions as directors of the company with immediate effect.
In an exchange filing today, the company said the board of directors had resolved to suspend Datuk Shun Leong Kwong and Marianna Aly Shun.
It said the suspension would be in effect until the conclusion of findings of an independent investigative committee.
The reason for Shun s suspension is to investigate his handling of some land transactions in Seremban 3 and the company s subsidiaries.
Meanwhile, the reason behind the suspension of Marianna is to investigate her conduct in the planning and the organising of the last annual general meeting of the company held on Dec 30, 2020, noted the group.
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Long queues formed outside Lim Chee Guan s Chinatown and Jewel Changi Airport outlets yesterday as shoppers rushed to do some last-minute shopping for bak kwa.
Some joined the queues as early as 8am, although the outlets open after 9am.
Lim Chee Guan said it opened its stores on Monday to walk-in customers after all its barbecue products were sold out online, and will continue to sell its bak kwa until today, or while stocks last.
In response to queries from The Straits Times, a spokesman said yesterday that it had received requests from customers to produce more bak kwa after its online orders closed.