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HEALTH Minister Khaw Boon Wan is not holding out much hope that the chikungunya virus will be stamped out here as he announced an eleventh victim on Saturday.Mr Khaw said he had been keeping his fingers crossed that the mosquito-borne disease will not surface here. But it was 'a matter of time' it arrived, given that it had taken root in the neighbouring countries, he said.

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TWO new underground MRT lines will be built by 2020 - one from Woodlands to Marina Bay via Thomson, and the other from Changi to Marina Bay via Marine Parade.
THE lone Singapore taxi company to decide against raising its fares last month could soon reverse that decision.
MELBOURNE - THE crowd roared as Roger Federer rallied against Novak Djokovic.
DAVOS (SWITZERLAND) - ASIAN countries are pressing ahead with the urgent task of growing their economies to raise living standards and reduce poverty and cannot be expected to forgo this to curb global warming, Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong has said.
FACTORIES in Singapore slowed more than expected last month, setting the stage for another weak year for the local manufacturing sector.
BEIJING - A GROUP of conservative Chinese intellectuals has made a rare public call for Western-style laws requiring officials, including President Hu Jintao, to declare their personal assets to curb official corruption.
NEW YORK - The masseuse who discovered a lifeless Heath Ledger in the actor's rented apartment spent nine minutes making three calls to actress Mary-Kate Olsen before she dialled the authorities for help, police said on Thursday.
LONDON, Tokyo and New York are highly liveable environments defined by rail commutes, not by the car and not much by the bus even. It is pleasing to know that Singapore's rail coverage and network density will, by around 2020, have grown to levels that will match those of London and New York and exceed Tokyo's.
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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
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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.
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