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The car (above) rammed into the front door of Hush Hush entertainment pub on Hongkong St. The pub was not damaged. The driver of the car walked away uninjured but his rear-seat passenger suffered chest pains and felt faint. -- ST PHOTO: KELVIN LEONG » Full Story
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ALL kindergartens and primary schools in Hong Kong have been ordered closed for two weeks from today, after three children died from what has been described as influenza-like symptoms. The move, announced late yesterday, followed a decision earlier in the day to shut one school where several pupils fell ill and one boy died on Tuesday.

ROAD travel to Johor has taken a hit since security was stepped up at the country's two border checkpoints - the result of a massive manhunt for fugitive Jemaah Islamiah terrorist Mas Selamat Kastari.
WITH just five months to go to August's Olympic Games, several Singapore swimmers have been left high and dry following the resignation of their coach John Dempsey.
THE United States' top military commander in the Persian Gulf has resigned, intensifying speculation that Washington may soon go on the warpath against Teheran.
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BEIJING - CRITICS who are out to tarnish China's reputation ahead of the Olympics will only hurt their own credibility, Chinese Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi said yesterday.
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THE Community Foundation of Singapore will start up later this year in a changing climate whereby donors to charity demand an assurance of reliability. As a government initiative, it offers that mark of quality. Being an Institution of a Public Character (IPC), it will have to comply with the most stringent governance code.
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I CAN safely speak for the countless Singaporeans who feel that Singapore Table Tennis Association (STTA) president Lee Bee Wah is the biggest party pooper of the year.
'Finally, someone to make sure there is no place for high-handedness. Well done, Ms Lee!'
MS LYDIA Rahman in Monday's letter, 'Expats score at expense of others', called for non-citizens to be made to pay twice as much for fuel at petrol stations and at least 50 per cent more to own a car, compared to what Singaporeans pay. She also begrudged the fact that the Government is providing more land for international schools for expatriate children.
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.
Duration: 10 min 28 secs | Filesize: 12 MB
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