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Chloe Tan

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Chloe Tan is a house byline for InfoHandle’s Lifestyle desk.

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Empty Malaysian-style coffee shop tables with melamine chairs inside a mall food court under cool white lighting, no logos or readable text

Malaysian Kopitiam Chain Exits Republic as Kallang Wave Lease Ends

OldTown White Coffee will shut its Kallang Wave outlet on 11 October after the landlord declined to renew the lease, ending the brand’s 12-year Singapore run for now.

Chloe Tan Oct 10, 2026Singapore

Covered hawker centre aisle with empty plastic chairs and steam from a wok stall, grey daylight through open sides, diners wearing masks in background without identifiable faces, no logos or readable text

Lifestyle

Hong Lim Hawkers Reopen After NEA Cleaning Week as Haze Pushes Diners Indoors

Stalls at Hong Lim Market and Food Centre resumed service after a three-day NEA cleaning closure, but hawkers say haze and F1 road diversions have thinned lunch crowds by double digits.

Chloe Tan Oct 9, 2026Singapore

Open-air hawker centre satay grill smoke at night, metal skewers over charcoal, office towers blurred in background, warm sodium lighting, no logos or readable text

Lifestyle

Lau Pa Sat Supper Stalls Add Friday Seats as GP Crowds Fill the CBD

Supper traders at Lau Pa Sat are staffing extra tables as Formula 1 practice sessions funnel office workers and tourists into the CBD hawker landmark.

Chloe Tan Oct 8, 2026Singapore

Orange traffic barricades and metal fencing along a downtown Singapore street near bayfront construction, overcast afternoon, no logos or readable text

Lifestyle

F1 Barricades Seal Marina Centre as LTA Reopens Peak-Hour Road Corridors

Formula 1 setup closed Marina Centre roads from 7 October while LTA reopened selected corridors during morning and evening peaks, urging commuters to use MRT with extended City Hall train times on race nights.

Chloe Tan Oct 7, 2026Singapore

Closed hawker stall shutters pulled down at a Tampines neighbourhood food centre, empty chairs stacked, fluorescent lights still on, no logos or readable text

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Hassan Sunny Shuts Dapur Hassan Tampines Stall as Family Cook Steps Back

Former national goalkeeper Hassan Sunny closed Dapur Hassan’s Tampines stall on 4 October, blaming manpower shortages as his mother-in-law steps back from cooking the nasi padang line.

Chloe Tan Oct 6, 2026Singapore

Emergency lights reflect off a cordoned bus at the Queen Street and Arab Street junction at dusk while SCDF responders work near hydraulic rescue gear and commuters wait behind police tape.

Lifestyle

Commuter Dies After Being Trapped Under Bus at Queen Street Terminal Junction

SCDF freed a person trapped under an SBS Transit bus near Bugis on Tuesday evening; Service 170 was suspended and commuters were redirected to a temporary boarding point.

Chloe Tan Oct 6, 2026Singapore

Empty hawker centre tables with chairs stacked, workers on ladders installing large ceiling fans, daylight through open ventilation windows, no stall signage readable

Lifestyle

Changi Village Hawker Stalls Pause Service for Ceiling Fan Upgrades During Two-Week R&R Closure

Stalls at Changi Village Blocks 2 and 3 will stay shut until 15 October while NEA contractors install industrial ceiling fans and refresh the dining deck.

Chloe Tan Oct 4, 2026Singapore

Empty hawker centre tables with stacked plastic chairs, floor hoses and wet concrete, fluorescent lights, no people or readable signage

Lifestyle

Maxwell Hawker Centre Draws Lunch Crowds as Hong Lim Spring Cleaning Starts

NEA closed Hong Lim Food Centre for spring cleaning from Monday, sending regulars at Outram Park Fried Kway Teow and nearby stalls to Maxwell and other CBD hawker rows.

Chloe Tan Oct 4, 2026Singapore

Hawker stall counter with stainless steel pots and sliced braised meat behind glass, fluorescent hawker centre lighting, cook's hands only no faces, no logos or readable text

Lifestyle

Berseh Couple, Both 75, Will Close Pig's Trotter Jelly Stall After 45 Years on Oct 31

Yu Zhongrong and Lin Cailuan will shutter their Berseh Food Centre stall on 31 October after decades of 3 a.m. starts and S$4 kueh chap bowls.

Chloe Tan Oct 3, 2026Singapore

Colourful conserved shophouse facades along a Joo Chiat road with orange traffic cones and temporary barricades, late afternoon overcast light, foldable tables stacked on a sidewalk, no readable shop signs or logos

Lifestyle

World Car-Free Day Shuts Joo Chiat to Traffic From 3.30pm for Six-Hour Street Festival

A World Car-Free Day festival closes a Joo Chiat stretch to traffic from 3.30pm for six hours on Friday, bringing food stalls, fitness classes and cultural programmes to the shophouse corridor.

Chloe Tan Oct 2, 2026Singapore

Covered wet market fish stall with ice flakes piled on red snapper and mackerel, vendor weighing fish on a scale, shoppers in masks, humid morning light, no readable price signs

Lifestyle

Tekka Market Fishmongers Absorb Higher Ice Costs After Malaysia Landing Fee Rise

Wholesale fish merchants at Tekka Market raised stall prices by 5 to 8 percent after Malaysian landing fees and diesel surcharges pushed ice and transport bills higher on the Johor-Singapore supply lane.

Chloe Tan Oct 1, 2026Singapore

Woman pushing a metal shopping cart past refrigerated meat cases in a heartland supermarket, unit price tags visible but unreadable, fluorescent lighting, no logos

Lifestyle

FairPrice and Don Don Donki Roll Per-Kilo Shelf Tags as Second Stage of Grocery Pilot Begins

Shoppers at heartland FairPrice and Donki outlets can compare per-kilo labels on rice, diapers and frozen meat as CCS’s second pilot week begins.

Chloe Tan Sep 30, 2026Singapore

Business-class inflight meal tray with covered dishes on a linen tablecloth near an aircraft window, soft cabin lighting, chrome cutlery without visible branding, no logos or readable text

Lifestyle

Singapore Airlines Rolls Poached Lobster and Beef Sambal Percik Onto Refreshed Long-Haul Menu

Singapore Airlines began rolling out more than 100 SIA Chefs' Selection dishes on 29 September, led by poached Maine lobster and beef short rib sambal percik in Suites and First Class.

Chloe Tan Sep 29, 2026Singapore

A wok over high flame in a Chinatown hawker stall, stainless counters and hanging utensils, steam in the air, no faces toward camera, no logos or readable text

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Fatty Ox HK Kitchen Runs Budget-Led Zi Char Omakase at Chinatown Complex

The Michelin-Selected stall now takes phone bookings for a zi char set priced by what diners say they can spend, beside its noodle and roast-meat counter.

Chloe Tan Sep 28, 2026Singapore

Steaming bowls of Cantonese fish soup on a worn hawker counter with metal ladles and tiled wall, warm fluorescent light, no faces, no logos or readable text

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Ka-Soh Closes Greenwood Avenue Kitchen After Owner Rejects 30 Percent Rent Reset

Ka-Soh will serve its last bowls of fish soup on Greenwood Avenue on 28 September after the owner said a 30 per cent rent hike made renewal impossible.

Chloe Tan Sep 27, 2026Singapore

Photoreal scene of a basement food-hall reopening morning: a cook ladling dark lor mee gravy over noodles at a stainless counter, stacked claypots steaming beside a service hatch, trays and stools under soft mall light, no logos or readable text.

Lifestyle

Food Opera Reopens at Ion Orchard With Heritage Hawker Brands on Monday

Food Opera at Ion Orchard reopens Monday, Sep 28, after a three-month revamp, with 18 new tenants — including lor mee and claypot names making a first appearance in a food-hall format.

Chloe Tan Sep 26, 2026Singapore

Pre-dawn exterior of a heartland Singapore food court beside a neighbourhood mall, stacked plastic delivery crates and a white plastic bag of raw meat on wet pavement near a loading bay, a single grey crow perched on the crate edge, overcast early-morning light, photoreal documentary style, no logos or readable text

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SFA Probes Crow Pecking Raw Meat Left Outside Koufu Pioneer Mall Food Court

Footage dated Sept 21 shows a crow pecking at a bag of raw meat left outside the Koufu food court at Pioneer Mall in Jurong West. SFA is investigating — and the case lands as Singapore's food-safety inspection regime is being rebuilt around track record rather than a single annual snapshot.

Chloe Tan Sep 25, 2026Singapore

Orchard Road evening with crowd silhouettes and soft stage lighting on a civic plaza, trees and mall facades without readable signage, no logos or readable text

Lifestyle

Orchard Road Paddock Opens Oct 2 as F1 Season Kicks Off in Heartland

Grand Prix Season Singapore opens its Orchard Paddock at Ngee Ann City Civic Plaza on Oct 2, extending race-week energy from Marina Bay with night markets, live music and mall activations along Orchard Road.

Chloe Tan Sep 24, 2026Singapore

Busy hawker centre aisle with steam rising from metal trays and patrons queuing in soft morning light, colourful stall fronts without readable signage, no logos or readable text

Lifestyle

Geylang Serai Hawkers Prep Overnight for Hari Raya Haji Morning Trade

Hari Raya Haji on Thursday Sept 24 brings morning prayer crowds and post-korban meal runs to Geylang Serai hawkers, with stallholders stocking lontong, ketupat and takeaway trays for families between mosque visits and open houses.

Chloe Tan Sep 23, 2026Singapore

Geylang Serai market food centre aisle with stainless stall counters and steam from woks, fluorescent lighting, queued diners from behind, tiled floor, no logos or readable text

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Geylang Serai Hawkers Stock Up for Hari Raya Haji Weekday Lunch Rush

Stallholders at Geylang Serai Market’s food centre are scaling Wednesday lunch prep as school holidays and office crowds overlap, using the same playbook they ran when Hari Raya Haji fell on a weekday in May.

Chloe Tan Sep 22, 2026Singapore

Tekka Centre exterior on Buffalo Road with metal shutters half closed on ground-floor stalls, overcast monsoon sky, wet pavement reflections, pedestrians with umbrellas blurred in distance, no logos or readable text

Lifestyle

Tekka Centre Closes for Cleaning as 15 Hawker Centres Shut for the Week

Tekka Centre at Buffalo Road shuts Sept 21–22 as NEA runs quarterly cleaning across 15 hawker centres in the fourth week of September, sending regulars to nearby stalls or alternate markets.

Chloe Tan Sep 21, 2026Singapore