HOME, the charity known for helping foreign workers, has regained its Institution of a Public Character (IPC) status or the right to collect tax-deductible donations about a year after losing it.

BACK in 1992, Singapore was so confident of its legal case on Pedra Branca that it handed over all its documents to Malaysia.

In his foreword to a new book on the 30-year dispute, Minister Mentor Lee Kuan Yew disclosed he had instructed that the materials be shown to Malaysia, 'an unprecedented unilateral move'.

HELP in lowering business costs. That tops the festive season wishlists of eight business and industry groups here polled The Straits Times on Friday with Budget 2009 just weeks away.