Shannon Chow
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- Sep 24, 2026
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What to do with your first pay cheque (opens the original)
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Straight to your inbox. Money, career and life hacks to help young adults stay ahead. [SINGAPORE] It’s been almost a year since I started receiving a monthly pay cheque. To be honest, my life hasn’t changed significantly since graduation. I still go to my usual dinner haunts with friends and splurge on yet another pair of jeans, although I now have responsibilities like giving my parents an allowance. And yet, it feels like there are money milestones I have yet to tick off. I haven’t sorted out
‘Why not finish and graduate?’: Why these students hit pause on university (opens the original)
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Straight to your inbox. Money, career and life hacks to help young adults stay ahead. [SINGAPORE] In her fourth year at the National University of Singapore (NUS), J Tan did what most final-year students were doing: scrolled through the student job portal. Fresh from a semester-long exchange, she was confronting life after graduation. “I was thinking, okay, this is real now,” says Tan, who declined to give her full name to avoid being identified by employers. “Everyone was planning their next st
Rain, risk, and revenue: Young founders on taking a side hustle full time (opens the original)
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Straight to your inbox. Money, career and life hacks to help young adults stay ahead. [SINGAPORE] Coleman Chua buzzed with excitement on the opening day of The Digicam Depository’s first pop-up stall in Chinatown in 2024. After a year of selling retro digital cameras on Carousell and Instagram, this would be the moment he felt his side hustle was becoming a full-fledged business. Then, it rained. And not a single customer showed up. “I’m not a religious person by any chance. But I was so distrau
Are public sector jobs truly an ‘iron rice bowl’? (opens the original)
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Straight to your inbox. Money, career and life hacks to help young adults stay ahead. [SINGAPORE] A year ago, Sarah (not her real name) attended an interview for a policy officer role at a government ministry. Part of the reason was that she had known government jobs to be “iron rice bowls”, a Chinese term for occupations with guaranteed job security. So she was surprised when she was told the role was not permanent but a three-year contract, and that this was “standard practice” in the public s
Run clubs are booming and brands want in (opens the original)
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Straight to your inbox. Money, career and life hacks to help young adults stay ahead. [SINGAPORE] Last month, runners from Easy Pace* Run Club gathered at the Red Dot Design Museum for what appeared to be a typical evening run. But among the runners decked out in the latest shoes and jerseys, an odd group seemed to stand out: representatives from brokerage firm Tiger Brokers. During warm ups, its representatives mingled with participants and encouraged them to start their investing journey. The
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