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For the first time, freed Straits Times journalist Ching Cheong talks about his darkest days in jail, and his continued passion for journalism despite his ordeal which saw him locked up in a Chinese prison for more than 1,000 days. -- ST PHOTOS: CHUA CHIN HON » Full Story
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A GROWING number of teenagers in Singapore are taking the opportunity to travel abroad for fun, excitement and new experiences .Their increasing affluence and an explosion of cheap flights led to a record jump in the number of travellers between 14 and 25 years old last year, according to travel industry insiders.

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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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