KAJANG: New Era College chairman Dr Yap Sin Tian was left with a bloody nose after being punched by a former student during the college's convocation ceremony on Sunday, The New Straits Times reported.

Kajang police chief Assistant Commissioner Sakaruddin Che Mood confirmed a report had been lodged over the incident, saying police were looking for Dr Yap's assailant, believed to be a former student.

MORE than eight in 10 Singaporeans support moves to change organ transplant laws to make more organs available and to punish organ traders more severely, a Health Ministry survey has found.

The majority were in favour even of the most controversial proposal to allow the reimbursement of living organ donors. And when it came to reimbursing organ donors, three in four felt that they should be given at least $50,000.

THE Straits Times launched a new iPhone application on Monday.

It will allow mobile readers to access all the latest breaking news stories as they are published on the free StraitsTimes.com website through a free download available via Apple's iTunes programme.

OF THE 35 top Secondary 4 Chinese students in last year's GCE O-level examination, about one-third came from Catholic High School. All 12 of them scored nine A1s, a jump from last year, when only three Catholic High students made it to the list of top Secondary 4 Chinese students.

Catholic High's principal Lee Hak Boon attributed the marked improvement partly to a new curriculum the school adopted in 2006.