The British High Commissioner to Singapore, Her Excellency Kara Owen, presented the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire award to local historian and heritage entrepreneur Jeya Ayadurai at a ceremony held at her official residence at Eden Hall, on 30 August 2023.

CEO of a fast food service outlet and a serving commercial pilot, Mohamed Abdullah is today on the verge of an international expansion effort. He explains how, while encountering setbacks and disappointments throughout life, he has always used them to aspire and achieve more.

The SIET Charity Golf event will be held on Friday, 25 August 2023, at Sembawang Country Club. The event which commenced in 2007, has to date raised more than $1,000,000 in aid of financially needy students who nevertheless desire to succeed academically.

The Singapore Tamil Youths’ Club (STYC) has launched the Singapore Tamils 200 Volume 2, documenting the contributions of 180 Singapore Tamilians. The books will be distributed to libraries in Singapore, as well as to leading research institutions in India, the United Kingdom, China, the United States and elsewhere.

Newly formed destination management company is targetting prospects from North India that could spend S$1 to 2 million per wedding.

New LISHA chairman Regunarth s/o Thyagarajan, 44, has introduced nine new members to the Committee, the majority of them below 50 years of age, and is focused on tackling a range of issues at Little India, including the decreasing footfall.

“Since its founding, Mr Tharman has been prominent and active in SINDA’s efforts for the Indian community. He has served in various capacities at SINDA, as a Member of the Executive Committee from 1992 and as a Member of the Board of Trustees from 1999. He was appointed as Chairman, SINDA Board of Trustees from 2008.”

Ramakrishna Mission Sarada Kindergarten is organising a food & funfair to raise funds to upgrade its infrastructure and to purchase new equipment. The kindergarten was started in 1993 to address the falling standards of Indian school children.

Twenty-eight successful women professionals have signed up to be mentors to aspiring young women as part of the Mentorship to Let Her Shine! programme.

Environmentalist Mr Subaraj Rajathurai, and educators Mr R Sivasubramaniam and Dr Ramanathan Theyvendran received the highest honours from the Singapore Ceylon-Tamil Association (SCTA). However, SCTA President Mr Jeyaseelan Karthigesu appealed for Ceylon Tamils “not to rest or take credit solely from the contributions and sacrifices of our forefathers.”

A record 16 Indian communities are being showcased in this year’s Indian new year celebrations. For the first time, the Bangladeshi and Tamil migrant worker communities will also participate.

Businesses feel that while while the overall spirit and intent of the support measures under Budget 2023 were encouraging, the devil is in the details. What are the specific areas where they need support?

In a recent survey, nine out of 10 respondents revealed that the reality of their situations seldom matched their expectations. Are our expectations in life then pointless? Dr Siva Mahendran explores.