COE quota up 3% to 18,701 for August to October

COE quota up 3% to 18,701 for August to October

[SINGAPORE] There will be 18,701 certificates of entitlement (COEs) available for tender from August to October 2025. This is up 3 per cent or 469 COEs from the May to July period, where 18,232 COEs were up for bidding, the Land Transport Authority (LTA) said on Monday (Jul 28). The quota for Category A COEs,…

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Victoria Tentler-Krylov’s “Chiaroscuro at the Met”

Victoria Tentler-Krylov’s “Chiaroscuro at the Met”

For the cover of the August 4, 2025, issue, the artist Victoria Tentler-Krylov depicted the scene in front of the Metropolitan Museum of Art on a typical summer day. “The Met can be an escape from the elements, the noise, and the chaos of the city,” Tentler-Krylov said. “And, on brutally hot days, when the…

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L.A.’s Food Culture, Transformed by Immigration Raids

L.A.’s Food Culture, Transformed by Immigration Raids

In early July, while shopping at a farmers’ market on the east side of Los Angeles, where I live, I bought a few packages of raw chicken thighs from Jose David Ruelas, of Garcia Ruelas Farms. As Ruelas, who is known for telling customers to “have an eggcellent day,” bagged my purchase, he asked, “Would you like…

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