TRAVELLERS are pulling out of planned trips to Bangkok, as the city's two airports remain closed.

All 20 scheduled flights by 10 airlines yesterday from Changi Airport were cancelled and travel agencies believe it will stay that way for at least another day or two. The previous day, all 19 Bangkok- bound flights were cancelled.

THE strong showing of home-schooled children during this year's Primary School Leaving Examination (PSLE) has encouraged parents of home-taught pupils who will sit for the test down the road.

AMID all the gloom lately, Singapore's important services sector posted an unexpectedly healthy 11.6 per cent rise in business receipts in the third quarter.

But economists are not getting too excited about the result, as they believe the sector - which includes financial services, tourism and education - has already peaked and is headed south.