THE close and cooperative relationship that exists between the Government, employers and worker unions here is a key strength, said Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong on Sunday as he recounted how a visiting foreign leader was astonished that such a system was even possible.

Speaking to a crowd of over 500 at the Singapore Tripartism Forum, he told of a conversation he had with a Latin American leader, whom he did not name, over a recent lunch.

BELT-tightening? What belt-tightening? There is no quelling Singaporeans' wanderlust, going by the crowds who thronged the travel fairs held by travel agents in the last two weekends.

THE last Teochew cemetery here is yielding up a treasure trove of secrets as its graves are being exhumed.