A THREAT that his family would be burned alive has granted a tow-truck driver a stay in sentencing.

Edward Siah Say Keon asked a district court to delay sentencing him till police could investigate the threats made to his wife.

INTELLIGENCE does not necessarily translate into a flair for languages.

That was the lesson Minister Mentor Lee Kuan Yew said he learnt in implementing the bilingual policy in schools.

HANDYMAN Teng Tat Chye, 67, has been working at the National University Hospital (NUH) since 2003.

And although employed by ISS Singapore, a services company contracted by the NUH to handle operations like housekeeping and catering, he is treated almost like a hospital staff member.