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- 1Singapore's National Library Board Tests Micropayments to Boost Reading●Singapore’s National Library Board offers micropayments to build reading habits
Singapore's National Library Board is offering micropayments to encourage people to read more books and spend less time on their phones. The programme aims to build reading habits by rewarding users directly, prompting debate online about whether small financial incentives can genuinely change behaviour or trivialise the value of reading.
- 2Putu mayam: the string hoppers of Singapore hawker centres●In the same hawker centre we have a Singapore / Malaysian Ceylonese style idiyappam (string hoppers) that we call putu m
Food lovers are highlighting putu mayam, the Singapore and Malaysian Ceylonese take on idiyappam, or string hoppers, sold in local hawker centres. The dish, brought by South Indian and Ceylonese communities, is typically served with grated coconut and orange sugar. Posts link to National Library Board material documenting its history, and the conversation is part of a broader appreciation of Singapore's multicultural street food heritage.
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The St. Tammany Parish Library Board has voted to restrict access to certain books, adding the Louisiana parish to the growing list of communities weighing limits on library materials. The decision is likely to fuel ongoing debates over book challenges, parental oversight, and censorship in public libraries across the United States.