Leave the archive and return to today's ST
Web Radio
May 28, 2008
» Midday Update
Min: °C Max: °C
» Weather Details
January 24, 2008 Thursday
  Search

A two-year-old full red oranda is among the 187 goldfishes on display for the first-ever City Cup 08 competition at Millenia Walk. Measuring eight inches in length, it has already won the Princess Cup in Thailand in 2007 for its peacock-like tail and swimming etiquette. -- ST PHOTO: NG SOR LUAN

FREE ON STRAITSTIMES.COM
» Latest News » Videos » Discussion Board

Market reports
Visit for SGX prices.
1.Landlord runs amok, orders tenant to torch herself
2.'I was stripped naked and measured': Anwar
3.Private eye: She went about daily activities normally
4.Exorcism case: Sister says plaintiff's claims untrue
5.Pump prices down after crude oil tumbles

PARIS - PRIME Minister Lee Hsien Loong has said that he is confident Singapore will be able to weather the current turmoil in global financial markets and continue to do well economically this year.

AN ALERT doctor and a robust surveillance system proved themselves in detecting the first local outbreak of chikungunya, a mosquito-borne dengue-like disease.
THE Singapore Sports Hub Consortium (SSHC) revealed yesterday that it expects to plough back $10 million into the project in its first year of operation.
THE week is turning out to be a most unsettling one for the world - and Singapore.
UNDER the Qualified Domestic Institutional Investor (QDII) scheme, China's banks have a total quota of about US$16 billion (S$23 billion) that they can invest abroad. It was launched last May to ease upward pressure on the yuan and manage capital flows out of China.
BEIJING - A HUMAN skull fossil that could date back 100,000 years has been unearthed in China, state media said yesterday, hailing it as the greatest discovery since Peking Man.
THEY may be attending a high-end school, but four Raffles Institution (RI) students have learnt a life-changing lesson outside the classroom so profound that they have turned it into a poetry anthology based on paintings by disabled artists.
BULLYING among schoolchildren here is an affliction that has to be understood and controlled or it can get horribly out of hand. One study of 4,000 students cited in Parliament this week by Dr Lily Neo, MP for Jalan Besar GRC, claimed an astounding 95 per cent rate.
To tip us off about a story, call
1800-777-5557
Get the big picture behind projectors » Full Story
 
He's 78 and he has run 76 marathons » Full Story
 
The 12 best tailors in town » Full Story
News In Pictures
July 18, 2008
S M T W T F S
06 07 08 09 10 11 12
13 14 15 16 17 18 19
For stories beyond 7 days, visit Newslink
Would you buy a sports club?
Take Poll | View Results  | Read Story
CSI's Grissom quits show: would you stop watching?
Take Poll | View Results  | Read Story
LET me congratulate Forum for discussing the important issue of legalising organ sales in Singapore. I note that there are opposing views on the matter, which reflects that the medical profession is independent in our thinking on this important issue.
MY WIFE has taught in a neighbourhood secondary school in the east for more than five years. She is currently a form teacher in a lower secondary class.
I REFER to the letter from Mr Michael Chua, 'Fix resale levy as percentage of cash proceeds from sale' (July 7).
April 21, 2008
Mas Selamat: Here's how he escaped
Home Affairs Minister Wong Kan Seng unveiled further details to the daring escape of JI fugitive Mas Selamat Kastari in Parliament on Monday when he released the Executive Summary of the Committee of Inquiry's report. On Tuesday, Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong gave his take on Government accountability over the issue. We bring you both speeches in full.
Gone in 49 secs
That's how long it may have taken Mas Selamat from the time he jumped out of an unsecured toilet window at the Whitley Road Detention Centre till the time he scaled a double perimeter fence, to his freedom. Mr Wong, who's also Deputy Prime Minister gives a detailed timeline of the JI leader's prison break
Duration: 32 min 24 secs | Filesize: 37.1 MB
The COI's recommendations
The Government has accepted a slew of recommendations put forth by the Committee of Inquiry (COI). Among them - centralising the command and control of the Whitley Road detention centre under the Internal Security Department and building a new detention facility in Changi Prison for political detainees.
Duration: 10 min 28 secs | Filesize: 12 MB
» More Podcasts
ST VODCASTS
st
st
PIONEERS OF S'PORE
DRAGON BOAT TRAGEDY
A380 FLIES IN!
2
YUM YUM!
START YOUR ENGINES!
2
SINGAPORE SPORTS HUB
EDUCATION SPECIAL
3