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The biggest Federal Reserve rate hike in 28 years has raised concerns of a sharp US slowdown or recession. The move will also have an impact on the rest of the world, including Singapore. Singaporeans with home mortgages, for example, will feel the heat when banks revise borrowing rates. If you are taking up a home loan or refinancing your mortgage, should you go for a Sora floating-rate or fixed-rate package? And would higher interest rates cool property prices?
The June school holidays may be ending soon, but there is still time to squeeze in short trips. How about a day jaunt across the Causeway? Follow travel correspondent Clara Lock as she revisits old favourites and discovers new places.which promises stunning hikes, sights and eats.Should you go for Sora floating-rate or fixed-rate packages, with interest rates expected to go up? Hear what the experts say.
"I was disappointed that it was someone else - and not my adoptive parents - who told me the truth," says Mr Muhammad Dzul Azhan Sahban. He found out he was adopted only when he was 23.Have you let your emotions get the better of you?