THE number of containers handled by Singapore's ports grew at a slower pace last month - yet another sign of the rough seas hitting these shores.

Container throughput at PSA Singapore Terminals and Jurong Port grew 5 per cent in October from a year ago, down the 8.5 per cent seen in September, according to the Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore (MPA) yesterday.

THREE men sentenced to hang for the murder of a lorry driver tried to give up their right to appeal against their convictions on Thursday.

But the Court of Appeal denied the requests of two of the men, who had not directly assaulted the victim but had been found guilty of murder by common intention.

IN APRIL, officials from the Singapore Autism School sat down and discussed renaming the institution, whose doors had opened three years earlier.