A DISPUTE over an $11,000 payout has erupted between a group of cabbies and the industry's newest cab-rental company, Prime Taxis.

Fifteen cabbies claim they had been led to believe they would each get a 'bonus' of $11,000 if they stayed with the company for five years.

They have each been paying $6.03 a day, in addition to their rental, as a recurring security deposit. They claim to have realised only recently that the $11,000 was to come from the accumulation of these payments at the end of five years.

WHEN students misbehave in Madam Wong Lai Fong's class, it is up to their classmates to redeem him.

The offenders will be sent out of the classroom but their classmates can answer questions on their behalf to help them earn their place back in the class.

Madam Wong, 38, who teaches mathematics at Anderson Secondary, said: 'If I just send them out of the classroom, I will lose them.

THIS year's series of Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (Apec) forum meetings is expected to cost host Singapore over $100 million, said the organising committee on Tuesday.

To minimise public disruption, the meetings will be decentralised, with the Apec leaders' meetings to be held at the Istana during the November summit.

Among the Apec leaders coming here will be United States President Barack Obama, who is making his inaugural visit here, Russian President Dmitry Medvedev and Chinese President Hu Jintao.

INTERNET highways across the island revved up on Tuesday as the Wireless@SG speeds were doubled.

From a bumpy 512kbps, the Internet speeds were doubled to 1 mbps, a move to ensure smoother Internet surfing on the free service.

In the past, users have complained the service was slow and full of dropped connections.