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For Figment, Home is Where the Art is
Fang Low, founder of boutique co-living space Figment doesn’t just want to rent out beautiful shophouse homes. He has big plans for the company…
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Give and Take
Veteran educator Jayne Nadarajoo shares what it means to establish Singapore’s first college for differently-abled young adults, and in pursuing…
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Steering the Future of Healthcare
At-home cancer tests that could detect the disease even in the absence of symptoms? They could very well be a possibility in the future.
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What's In My Portfolio: Khir Johari
Khir Johari is the author of The Food of Singapore Malays: Gastronomic Travels Through the Archipelago
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A Ride Across Opportunities
While visiting his favorite local spots, an automotive executive discovers a harmony of contrasts.
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New Era of Luxury: Art in Flux
If the past two years have proven anything, it’s that there is no one-size-fits-all approach to enjoying luxurious pursuits like collecting art.
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New Era of Luxury: A New Way to Shop
The SaleSale not only breathes life to past-season designer fashion, it also boasts a new retail concept that addresses the needs and wants of the…
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New Era of Luxury: A Matter of Taste
There’s nothing more luxurious than unforgettable experiences – whether it’s through dining or retail. The recent establishment of V3 Gourmet…
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Industrial SAM
Edmund Cheng talks about SAM at TPD against the background of his unstinting support for local arts development.
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Chef Julien Royer Gets Personal
At chef Julien Royer’s new restaurant Claudine, a meal is more than just luxurious ingredients and precise cooking – it’s also an extension…
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An Artist's View of the Universe
A graphic language that developed out of three rudimentary forms – a dot, a line, and a plan – has allowed artist Sun Yu-Li to tell manifold…
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Outlook 2022: Part 5
Why the pandemic has restored our faith in the indomitable human spirit. A special feature powered by Ferrari.
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Outlook 2022: Part 4
Why the pandemic has restored our faith in the indomitable human spirit. A special feature powered by Ferrari.
Outlook 2022
Outlook 2022: Part 3
Why the pandemic has restored our faith in the indomitable human spirit. A special feature powered by Ferrari.
Outlook 2022
Outlook 2022: Part 2
Why the pandemic has restored our faith in the indomitable human spirit. A special feature powered by Ferrari.
Outlook 2022
Outlook 2022: Part 1
Why the pandemic has restored our faith in the indomitable human spirit. A special feature powered by Ferrari.
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EY Entrepreneur of the Year 2021 Singapore Revealed
MiRXE's founders are named EY Entrepreneur of the Year 2021 Singapore
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An Autumn to Remember at JAAN
Chef Kirk Westaway introduces a new autumn-themed 'Reinventing British' menu at the 2 Michelin-Starred restaurant
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Rising Proposition
The state of the real estate market in Singapore has always been a talking point, if not a national obsession. Moray Armstrong, Managing Director…
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What's In My Portfolio: Violetta Shishkina
Violetta Shishkina is the CEO and Co-Founder, Fe/male Switch
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Asking the Right Questions
As VP Bank sets its eyes on the Asian market, its newly appointed Asia CEO Pamela Hsu Phua is leading the charge by getting to the bottom of what…
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A Conversation With: Nidhi Gupta of Portcast
Nidhi Gupta, Co-Founder & CEO of Portcast, shares how technology has significantly shaped the logistics sector and how her start-up company is aiming…
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What's In My Portfolio: Desmond Chow
Desmond Chow is the founder and CEO of Singapore Crawfish
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Time to Transform
What makes NTT Ltd. the best partner for a company’s digital transformation? Its CEO for Asia Pacific, John Lombard, tells all.
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This Rolex Awards Laureate is Working Tirelessly to Unlock the…
The world’s coral reefs may be largely gone by the 2030s, but a biologist’s discovery of coral reefs that are thriving under harsh conditions…
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Coming to One's Senses
By evoking emotions through touch, smell, and sight, understanding the basic fundamentals of how people operate can measure the success of brand…
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Making A Difference
Benjamin Soh of STACS on green and sustainable financing, his entrepreneurial journey, and the importance of empowering team members in ways they…
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What's In My Portfolio: Rehan Amarasuriya
Rehan Amarasuriya is the Executive Director of The 1872 Clipper Tea Co.
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A Personal Touch
Even as the world becomes increasingly transformed by digitalisation, Nicholas Goh, CEO of Verztec Consulting believes in the deeply personal, human…
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Right State of Mind
Antoinette Patterson of Safe Space™ is a strong advocate of positive mental well-being in the workplace – as it very well should be
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What's In My Portfolio: Alvin Poh
Alvin Poh, Entrepreneur and Founder of the Super Scaling brand
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Difficulty swallowing pills? Corina Huang is out to change that.
Corina Huang, a winning laureate at the Cartier Women’s Initiative 2021, paves the way for innovative healthcare technology that could possibly…
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Delivering A Quick Result
A scientist and her team are on the final stage of developing COVID-19 tests that are simple and easy to use, and offering quick and reliable results
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Space Crusader
The spatial revolution based on the new way we live, work, and play is firing up entrepreneur Kelvin Lim’s imagination and fueling his quest for…
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Power to the People
Insurance and wealth management has long and often been viewed as an overly complicated affair best handled (almost exclusively) by advisers. So…
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How to Level the Playing Field Once and For All
Yeo Chuen Chuen is the CEO and Founder of ACESENCE, Official Member of Forbes Coaches Council, and a multi-award-winning agile leadership coach
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What's In My Portfolio: Wong Mei Ling
Wong Mei Ling is the General Manager of Diageo Rare & Exceptional
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A Spotless Record
In these troubled times, cleantech entrepreneur Benjamin Chua isn’t just interested in doing well, but doing good.
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Going With the Flow
How was it possible that 2020 was a wildly successful year for F&B and tech company Ebb & Flow, which managed to launch eight concepts at the height…
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The Italian Job
Giacomo Marabiso of ICCS shares that the decision to shift their focus to online initiatives was the secret to supporting Italian SMEs during the…
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King of Convenience
Alex Ng of Pick & GO is out to redefine the convenience store in our ever-changing world
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A New Way of Confinement at KAI Suites
Kevin Kwee, founder of Singapore’s first licensed luxury confinement hotel doesn’t just want to provide a comfortable recuperation experience…
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What's In My Portfolio: Juliane Bailey
Juliane Bailey is the Founder of The Jungle Emporium
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Listening to Do Good
The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic has spurred billionaire entrepreneur and philanthropist Calvin Lo to step into the spotlight to urge others to…
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Bathroom Contemplations
Gregory Crouzeix, Managing Director Southeast Asia of the Hansgrohe Group believes in the importance of spending quality time in the shower
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What's In My Portfolio: Wilson Ang
Wilson Ang is the Managing Director of LABMED
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Running at His Own Pace
One might assume that success came easy for someone like Ong Tze Boon, but he reveals that it was anything but. It took a lot of personal sacrifice,…
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Perfect Solution
Eric Leong, Managing Director and co-founder of Mlion Corporation and winner of EY Entrepreneur of the Year 2020 - Industrial Solutions, is on a…
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What's In My Portfolio: Franklin Tang
Franklin Tang is the Founder and CEO of Habitap
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Making A Connection
Reubiks Academy’s Japhet Lim is on a mission to revolutionize education by connecting students and educators with a few simple taps and swipes…
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Gold Standard for the Silver Generation
Allium Healthcare aims to make a profound difference in the twilight years of Singapore’s affluent elderly. CEO Bernie Poh tells us more.
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Life Lessons
Kenneth Goi, COO and Executive Director of GSH Corporation, looks back on important life lessons that allow him to forge on with confidence
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What's In My Portfolio: Vijay Pillai
Vijay Pillai is the CEO of Caerus Holding
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Joel Low's Pioneering Spirit in Agriculture
By approaching the agriculture industry in Southeast Asia with passion and innovation, Joel Low, Executive Director and CEO of Agrivo, perfectly…
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Putting Things Back in Place
Sporting injuries have played an important role in Dr. Alan Cheung’s life and career as an Orthopaedic surgeon – they have allowed him to be…
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Approaching the Next Normal With a Sense of Purpose
Ms. Tripti Lochan of VMLY&R Asia shares her insights on how brands should approach their audience following a new normal
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Of Place and Time
In a time where everyone is going virtual, Regina Lim, Head of Capital Markets Research, APAC at JLL, makes a case for the physical.
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Caratell's Fearless Forecast
Caratell’s years in the industry, coupled with a nimble approach to the business and understanding of both the market and their clients, results…
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A Stream Of Arias
Baritone Martin Ng will sing well-loved operatic arias in a live streaming concert on 29 September
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Rachel Is Now Live
Ms. Rachel Pang, Founder of Shopavision, capitalizes on the booming livestreaming e-commerce trend by launching a platform that could possibly change…
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A Life in the Arts
A first-time recipient of the NAC Patron of the Arts Award, Dr Woffles Wu has been the art community’s longstanding friend.
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The Man on the Wings
On the virtual ‘eve’ of a resort’s opening, Dusit Thani Laguna Singapore general manager Eric Piatti contemplates the virtues of the decision…
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What's In My Portfolio: Graham Pullen
Postgres regional vice president Graham Pullen shares how the open-source database could easily help innovate and accelerate team processes.
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Internalized Structures
In his works, young filmmaker Jerome Ng demonstrates how landmarks are as much in the hearts and minds of people in actual spaces.
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Digital Connection
Entrepreneur Yian Huang brought his passion online with a podcast series that delves deep into human connections
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Primed for the New Paradigm
As economies reopen and businesses get to test new strategies, Hitachi Vantara’s Joe Ong offers insights into equipping the enterprise for the…
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We Want Change. When Do We Want It? Now!
If there’s anything we’ve learned in the past few months, change – and changing quickly – is the only way forward. By producing facial masks…
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What's In My Portfolio: Diego Dultzin Lacoste
Mr. Diego Dultzin Lacoste is the Co-Founder and Chief Finance Officer of OnTheList
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A New Dawn for B.P. de Silva Jewellers
B.P. de Silva Jewellers’ Creative Director, Ms. Shanya Amarasuriya, is steering the 148-year-old Singaporean luxury brand towards a new normal
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Busy As Usual
Her days are packed full with work and family commitments, but wellness coach and businesswoman Lilian Tan does not break her stride with the Lexus…
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Where Will You Live & Work In The Future?
Proposed blueprints for a ‘city of the future’ have just been through a rough and unexpected test. While some will be returning to the drawing…
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What's In My Portfolio: Bryan Koh
Baker, food scholar and award-winning author
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Profile of the Month: Christopher Wehner
BMW Group Asia’s Managing Director Mr. Christopher Wehner is confident that electromobility will drive the future.
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What's In My Portfolio: Adeline Kueh
Senior Lecturer, MA Fine Arts Programme, LASALLE
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Talking film with Nicole Midori Woodford
Cloaked in critical acclaim and recognition, Singaporean filmmaker Ms. Nicole Midori Woodford happily straddles the boundary between short and feature…
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Profile of the month: Ashish Manchharam
With the recent reopening of Wanderlust, 8M Real Estate founder and managing director Ashish Manchharam proves once again he has got the golden touch…
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Sonja Piontek wants to travel the world and speak to all nations
Ms Sonja Piontek uses her rich and varied professional experiences to inspire and move audiences.
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Profile of the month: Dr. Pauline Erica Tay
Our March cover profile is stem cell researcher and Celligenics COO Pauline Erica Tay, who is building the ecosystem that propels Singapore’s biomedical…
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What's In My Portfolio: Martin Ng
Baritone & Artistic Director, The Arts Place
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Man To Machine - Sophistication Of Its Own
A bon vivant finds superlative features and conveniences in his Lexus ES that answer his lifestyle needs
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Profile of the month: Alfred Chua
The recent acquisition of The Wok People by an international conglomerate puts it firmly on track for sustained growth and further expansion into…
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A Conversation With: Øivind Slaatto
He has designed objects that have become stand-ins for who he is, but as this exclusive conversation with Portfolio proves, Mr. Øivind Slaatto is…
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Profile of the month: Peter Tay
Ahead of the launch of Peter Tay’s second monograph, Editor-in-Chief Marc Almagro ponders the recurrent themes of the Peter Tay backstory, and…
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Profile of the month: Markus Schuster
Audi Singapore Managing Director Mr. Markus Schuster discusses what the journey of going electric means for the automotive industry.
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Power Supply
Zuzu Hospitality Solutions aims to equip independent hotels with tech resources and support services for increased profitability in this period of…
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Screen Queen: Yuni Hadi
For Singapore International Film Festival Executive Director Ms. Yuni Hadi, movies represent journeys and experiences that are transfixing, transportive…
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Renaissance Man
Mikimoto’s Yasuhiko Hashimoto talks to us about the new Marina Bay Sands boutique, personal style, and the jewellery he is most obsessed with.
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Profile of the month: Loh Lik Peng
Unlisted Collection founder Mr. Loh Lik Peng brings together the best of taste, style and acumen to create hotels and restaurants that embody exceptional…
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Call the Tune
The Holmefjord-Sarabi brothers are taking the music education business to the next level.
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Profile of the month: Edward Tan
For Mr. Edward Tan, Executive Director of the Hong Seh Group, understanding the past and knowing the importance of change ensures that he is on the…
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The Beauty of Being Small
The man behind the luxury accessory brand, Ethan K, is not in a rush to open shops in every fashion capital. His game is in keeping close involvement…