HOUSEWIFE Nancy Chua was walking down Orchard Road last month when a teenager clad in jeans and a T-shirt asked her for a donation.

Showing her a card with pictures of children, the young man said he was a third-party fundraiser for a charity, and that the donations would go to disadvantaged children in Singapore.

THE mainstay of coffee shops here, the 'tze char' (stir-fry) stall, continues to face a dearth of willing Singapore workers.

The law allows only Singaporeans and permanent residents to work in food stalls, including tze char stalls, at coffee shops.

BE CAREFUL how you honour the legacy of pop icon Michael Jackson.

Hours after news of his death spread across the globe late last month, spam e-mail spreading trojans, malicious software and other forms of computer attacks started circling cyberspace in his name.

JAKARTA - INDONESIA'S presidential candidates held their final rallies on Saturday ahead of only the second direct elections for the country's head of state since the fall of the Suharto dictatorship in 1998.

Incumbent Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono is riding high after his centrist Democratic Party tripled its vote in April's general election to become the largest party in parliament.