July 5, 2009 Sunday
Updated

SINGAPORE'S swimmers won one gold, one silver and one bronze on the penultimate day of the Asian Youth Games swimming competition.

Quah Ting Wen (25.43sec) and Amanda Lim (25.68sec) led a 1-2 finish in the 50metres freestyle.

 
What led to his death?

HE was their only child, born to them through in-vitro fertilisation.

The parents of Second Lieutenant Nicholas Chan Wei Kit, 21, are still unable to believe their son is gone after his sudden death on Friday afternoon at Seletar Camp, in which an army land rover rolled back, pinning him underneath.

6 win Youth Award

WHEN 30-year-old Lina Chong was diagnosed with pre-cancer of the womb last August, she told her doctor to hold off surgery for the time being. The assistant manager of leadership and personal development at Nanyang Polytechnic's students affairs office wanted to first complete the 10 youth projects she had on her plate.

On Sunday, she was one of six people to receive the annual Singapore Youth Award from Senior Minister Professor S. Jayakumar at the Istana.

52 new cases of H1N1

SINGAPORE confirmed 52 new cases of Influenza A (H1N1) on Sunday, bringing the nation's tally to 1,055 cases.

Investigations are still ongoing for these 52 new cases. Of the 1,003 investigated cases, 591 were spread locally while 412 were imported.

1,800 go bald for cancer

ABOUT 1,000 individuals went 'botak' for a good cause on Sunday. The 'shavees' thronged Velocity@Novena Square on Sunday to raise funds for children with cancer.

So many people turned up at the seventh annual Hair For Hope event that the organisers, the Children's Cancer Foundation (CCF), had to divert some of them to five partipating salons nearby.

   
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