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S'pore, China agree to draw closer

BEIJING: China and Singapore yesterday vowed to boost bilateral ties by increasing exchanges, contacts and cooperation. The drive to draw closer was ...

Plans for Woodlands eldercare centre to ...

Never too old for cupid

Sport and alcohol a natural but nasty mix

Varsities, polys, ITE to raise fees

Singapore

One Catholic church says: Dressing like ...

THE Archdiocese of Singapore is looking into a dress code for Roman Catholic churches after a woman was told she could not wear three-quarter pants to...

LTA named a party in Thai teen's suit

Man found under CTE flyover was murdered: ...

14 diners hit by diarrhoea after buffet ...

More complaints about food sold by home ...

Asia

China's trade surplus fuels growth ...

BEIJING: China's politically sensitive trade surplus last month expanded sharply instead of contracting as expected, even though its imports and expor...

Another Chinese city eases rules on home ...

Not all is lost for Chongqing party chief

Wen pledges religious freedom in Tibet

Beware of China's naval reach: Japan ...

World

India ignores the West on Iran trade

NEW YORK: India's Prime Minister resisted pressure from the United States and the European Union to curtail its trade with Iran over the country's sus...

Teheran 'turning to barter to import ...

Google testing home entertainment device

New iPad launch expected next month

Demographics may not ensure win for Obama

Review

Role of govt in new global landscape

THERE has been much recent discussion on whether free market capitalism is being dominated by more authoritarian versions. A few weeks ago, The Econom...

Sovereign debt: like pulling teeth

The benefits of state capitalism

Time to shake free of 'runaways'

Shedding light on Live Blood Analysis

Money

Penang public housing project: S'pore ...

SINGAPORE township development firm Surbana International Consultants has won a contract to provide consultancy services for a massive public housing ...

Home prices go up, but sizes go down

Punggol EC attracts 130 applicants

DBS beats forecast with $731m profit in Q4

Want to lose weight? GE wants to help you

Sports

It'll be hostile

THE Old Trafford public do not tend to look kindly on Liverpool players at the best of times. Liverpool, rather than the neighbours from Manchester Ci...

Giggs out to keep reds in their place

Scoring woes

Cleverley back to bolster United midfield

Vieira accuses refs, FA of conspiring to ...

ST Forum

Will company bosses follow Govt example?

NOTHING excites Singapore's chattering classes more than the topic of politicians' salaries ('Ministers' starting pay cut to less than $1 million'; J...

Government should offer a fairer ...

MP Yaw and WP leaders are neither right ...

Not exactly

My point

Life!

Slice of haven

Goodbye boxed-up spaces, hello open-concept balconies, whose indoor-outdoor feel is the 'in' look today. The rise of the balcony's role in decor comes...

Outdoor workspace

Skyrise garden houses a tree and lawn

Balcony as dumping ground

Jeanette writes her return

Insight

Tough times in opposition ranks?

NINE months after a 'new normal' in local politics was declared with the entry of a post-independence record of six opposition MPs into Parliament, op...

Good at ground level, still finding its ...

Meeting people and holding block parties

Standing firm in a competitive political ...

What other opposition parties are up to

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