Daily Briefing: How overworking hurts your budget; Top 4 reasons to cancel an HDB flat application

And two Singaporeans nabbed in Malacca.

Instead of trying to clock extra hours at the office in hopes that the boss will notice and bestow upon you a bigger bonus, perhaps it’s time to examine some ways in which a lack of free time might actually be hurting you financially. Read more here.
For the past few years, it seems, about 3% or about 2000 applicants have had to give up their new flats because of financial difficulties. But that number goes up once you factor in other reasons. Here are the top 4 reasons why people cancel their HDB flat applications. Find out more here.
A Chinese film director and two Singapore pub owners were among the 15 foreigners detained when the state immigration officers raided an entertainment outlet at 12.30am today. Read about it here.

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