Singapore, Malaysia and Hong Kong codes set stair risers lower than a US layout assumes
Singapore's Fire Code and Hong Kong's Fire Safety Code limit risers in their escape stairs to 175 mm, and Malaysia's bui...
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Singlish and Manglish words in the Oxford English Dictionary
Which Singapore and Malaysian English words the OED has recorded and when: 21 Singapore entries in 2016 and a second wav...
Public holidays 2027 and the best days to take leave in Singapore, Malaysia and Hong Kong
The 2027 public holidays in Singapore, Malaysia and Hong Kong, the longest breaks a few days of leave can buy in each, w...
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How Singapore postcodes work, from the sector to the block number
The first two digits of a Singapore postcode are the postal sector, which maps to one of 28 districts; for an HDB flat t...
Choosing an English name from your Chinese name, by sound or meaning
Research describes three ways people come by an English name: one that sounds like their Chinese name, one chosen for me...
What colours mean in Chinese culture, and which meanings have a source
Red means luck, and at a Singapore funeral it also means protection. But the oldest Chinese text on colour names six col...
How Chinese generation names work, and how to find your family's poem
A generation poem belongs to a branch, not a surname, and its character is usually the first of the given name rather th...
What dim sum names mean, and why menus translate them so many ways
Har gow is a shrimp dumpling, cheung fun a rice-noodle roll, and Singapore's carrot cake is really white radish. We copi...
The Chinese words Singapore and Malaysia use that the mainland does not
In Singapore you shop at the 巴刹, live in a 组屋 and wear a 大衣 that is a suit, not an overcoat. Here are the everyday...
Singapore's humidity swings thirty points a day without the water changing
Relative humidity is a ratio whose denominator moves with temperature, so 70% at 31°C holds two and a half times the wat...
Singapore's cooling-off period covers almost nothing you buy
The five-day cancellation right reaches four kinds of contract — chiefly a sale made during an uninvited visit to your h...
Singapore's Safety Mark covers 33 kinds of product, and power banks are not one
The SAFETY Mark is required only on 33 categories of Controlled Goods. Power banks are not among them and are never issu...
Best before and use by are the same date in Singapore
Most shoppers read one as a quality suggestion and the other as a safety deadline. Singapore's Food Regulations say in o...
House Calculations for a Tropical Climate
Ask this site how much air-conditioning a Petaling Jaya bedroom needs and, until this week, you got two different answer...
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