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Khaw encourages HDB residents to 'love thy neighbour'
Clean and uncluttered corridors in housing estates. This is but one way to treat common spaces with respect, and in doing so, help rekindle a sense of community spirit that was commonplace in the ...
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WP's Png: There is already an alternative voice
The Workers' Party's candidate Png Eng Huat emphasised on Friday that there are already alternative voices in Parliament who can play that role 'very well'.
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Gong Li divorced from Singaporean businessman for 3 years
Singaporean businessman Ooi Hoe Seong has personally confirmed that he has been divorced from actress Gong Li for three years, a Sichuan, China, newspaper reported.
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The Straits Times to hold 167th birthday bash at Gardens by the Bay
In celebration of its 167th birthday, The Straits Times (ST) will hold a carnival and concert at the newly-opened Gardens by the Bay on Sunday, July 15, as part of its efforts to deepen engagement ...
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VideoFacebook: The price is right at US$38
(REUTERS) - Facebook has priced at US$38 (S$48.1) a share but now the next chapter begins for the top social network, and the pressure will be on to turn users into revenue.
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Special envoy to Romania to attend next Ionescu hearing
Singapore's Special Envoy to Romania, Ambassador Ong Eng Chuan, will attend the next hearing in the trial of Silviu Ionescu, the former Romanian Charge d'Affaires in Singapore, on May 18.
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Taxi-Ferrari crash: Other taxi driver saved by weariness
Being tired saved taxi driver Yeo Kim Cheng's life. If he had driven any faster last Saturday morning while at the junction of Rochor Road and Victoria Street, he would have been killed by a ...
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Media? No. Rallies? Not yet as candidates work on campaign trail
The first full day of campaigning started on a low-key note on Thursday, as the two Hougang candidates eschewed high-profile activities, opting instead for an intense door-to-door outreach to ...
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A new-look ST tailored to readers' busy lives
The Straits Times on Friday comes with a refreshed look and some new features. Let me walk you through the changes and explain the thinking behind them.
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Giving the boot to odours and blisters
Soldiers of the Singapore Armed Forces (SAF) will feel lighter on their feet by the year end - they will be shod in new boots designed to ward off blisters, sprains - and even smelly feet.
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Pictures'Queen of Disco' Donna Summer dies, aged 63
LOS ANGELES (AFP) - Grammy-winning disco legend Donna Summer, who steamed up the charts in the 1970s and 80s with raunchy hits like Love To Love You Baby and Hot Stuff, died on Thursday aged 63, ...
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Steel cables on NEL 'need to be replaced'
Steel cables that help hold the power line in place on the North-East MRT Line (NEL) may all have to be replaced soon.
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PicturesA street away, yet worlds apart - Geylang lorongs 24, 24A
Geylang Lorong 24 and Lorong 24A are like twins with different lives - one is an erudite culture vulture, and the other a street-smart gangster.
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Married pair now President's honorary aides-de-camp
Married couple Chee Hongyi and Foo Jit Choon, both 29, have many things in common: Both studied at Anglican High School, and both chose careers in uniform - he in the army, she in the police ...
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PicturesPandas to get five-star treatment in Singapore
The endangered pandas are the national treasures of China, and Singapore has every intention of treating them as such when two of them come here.
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Facebook sets richest tech IPO in motion
NEW YORK (AFP) - Facebook on Thursday set in motion the richest-ever share offering for a technology firm, raising US$16 billion (S$20.3 billion) in an operation valuing the world's biggest social ...
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Obama eases investment curbs on Myanmar, names ambassador
WASHINGTON (AFP) - President Barack Obama on Thursday eased investment curbs on Myanmar and named the first United States (US) ambassador to the country in more than 20 years, hoping to reward a ...
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PicturesCotillard packs Cannes punch in Rust And Bone
CANNES, France (AFP) - Jacques Audiard's Rust And Bone packed the first heavyweight punch of the Cannes race on Thursday, starring Marion Cotillard as a killer-whale trainer who loses both legs in ...
- Passenger in Ferrari is a China student
- 'I was the 'spare'': Workers' Party's Poh Lee Guan
- No-show by WP's Poh Lee Guan, Hougang a straight fight
- Taxi-Ferrari crash: Chinese netizens slam driver as 'spoilt brat'
- Cabby's daughter given assurance of varsity aid
- MRT breakdown COI: Experts match remedies to causes
- SMRT to replace power-supplying 3rd rail at some locations: LTA
- Cop jailed 2 weeks for dereliction of duty, having sex with suspect
- Facebook co-founder Saverin to stay in Singapore
- Channel-switching to blame for mioTV disruptions: SingTel
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Lucky man, this cabby
BEING tired saved taxi driver Yeo Kim Cheng's life. If he had driven any faster last Saturday morning while at the junction of Rochor Road and Victori...
Centre to train future hawkers
A note from the Editor
Euro crisis poses threat to S'pore
KL central banker warns of contagion
Singapore
Protest over condo plan for forest site
RESIDENTS of a clutch of housing developments in Upper Bukit Timah have banded together to protest against the development of what might be taller con...
Casino ban to include thousands on aid ...
Arts festival kicks off at Marina Bay
Strangers but they shared similar lives
SMRT raises starting pay for local bus ...
Asia
Tokyo banks on its new icon
TOKYO - When it opens next week, Tokyo's newest attraction will not just be the world's tallest freestanding tower. Tokyo Skytree, as it is called, wi...
French architect linked to Bo's wife ...
29 Chinese fishermen held hostage by N. ...
It's still tough for gays
Asia briefs
World
Australia 'must boost' Asian language ...
SYDNEY - Like a surfer who fails to catch a wave off one of its famous beaches, Australia faces an Asian languages 'wipe-out' and is being urged to ch...
Queen of disco Donna Summer dies at age 63
Tech boost as brain guides robotic arm
Most babies born in US are now non-whites
Turbaned Sikhs can be cops in US
Review
Don't discard 3M health model
HEALTHCARE reform in America has been a source of endless debate. Singapore too is under intense pressure to improve the current system, and the debat...
Investing in Singapore's soft power
Are we ready for the future?
Affording that first, dream home
Using religion to play hardball
Money
July target for IHH dual-listing
SINGAPORE investors are set for a slice of the region's biggest initial public offering (IPO) so far this year, likely to raise at least US$2 billion ...
Buyers of Paya Lebar condo complain to ...
Tampines condo site attracts just three ...
Temasek names Credit Suisse exec to new ...
Surprise pharma booster shot for export ...
Sports
Changes afoot for teens
THE pathway to grooming national paddlers is set for a radical change. The Straits Times understands that the Singapore Table Tennis Association (STTA...
Terry's 'Irresponsible'
I'm a victim of racism row: Rio
Hoeness blasts 'oil mafia'
Tevez retracts 'apology'
ST Forum
MPs shouldn't compare bus services in ...
NEE Soon GRC MP Lim Wee Kiak may not have fully understood the nature of bus services in the three estates he mentioned, and his comparison may be un...
Preschool fee hikes: Operators may have ...
Overcharging by ex-lawyer
Bring back courtesy campaign, says ...
Taiwan speaks softly and carries a big ...
Life!
Two days of fun about town
Get up bright and early for an Epicurious (01-02 The Quayside, Robertson Quay, tel: 6734-7720) breakfast. Order The Full Monty ($24), a monster meal t...
Pack a picnic
Grub on the go
A walk to remember: Keong Saik Road
Vintage Soviet sights
Insight
Rich-poor divide a global issue
What accounts for the widening income gap in Singapore? Are we unique in having this problem? In 2001, 218,700 Singaporeans and permanent residents ea...
How other countries deal with it
Ministry of Education National Current ...
The Big Quiz in short
All that gloss is not dross
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Global Perspectives
