SINGAPORE — Reminiscing about his first visit to Pulau Ubin in 2003, Mr Nor Syazwan Abdul Majid vividly recalls cycling on a tandem bicycle with his mother and passing by several derelict huts before ...

I recently spent a day on Pulau Ubin, a tiny island off the coast of mainland Singapore. I felt like I was in an entirely different country or had stepped back in time in Singapore's history. Instead ...

SINGAPORE: If you have been to Pulau Ubin, you'd probably have stopped at Yak Hong for a drink to quench your thirst. Walking from the island’s jetty, it’s impossible to miss the provision shop at the ...

Growing a spice once worth its weight in gold, a tiny isle in Indonesia was so coveted that the Dutch traded Manhattan for it. Some 350 years later, life on the two islands couldn’t be more different.

SINGAPORE - Jurong Island, home to energy and chemical firms with their glittering network of complexes, is not always remembered as such. For musician Mohd Nazir Dolah, it is a lost cluster of ...

SINGAPORE – Lifelong Pulau Ubin resident Ong Kim Cheng, 67, loves his island idyll and is happy to forgo most of the urban conveniences that Singaporeans enjoy. But the one municipal concern he brings ...

PULAU Tikus, a small rocky isle off the northern coast of Penang, is steeped in mystery, history and natural intrigue. At just 1ha in size, it’s an isle few dare to explore, surrounded by treacherous ...

When he was just 10 years old, Mr Mohd Nazir Dolah was sailing solo for fun on a small wooden boat between the southwestern offshore island of Pulau Samulun and Tanjong Kling on mainland Singapore.