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Residents of The Hamilton - a high-rise condominium coming up at Scotts Rd - will be able to drive their vehicle right up to their front 'porch', as the 30-story apartment comes with a private garage for each unit. -- PHOTO: HAYDEN PROPERTIES » Full Story
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SINGAPORE'S consumer watchdog has joined an international effort to stop kids from digging into junk food, a push that comes as people here get fatter. The Consumer Association of Singapore (Case) said it will start meeting fast food restaurants from this week to urge them to promote healthy eating among children.

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KUALA LUMPUR - ON THE night of March 8, as news of seats falling like ninepins to the opposition trickled in, a grim Prime Minister Abdullah Badawi and his deputy upped and left the room.
MELBOURNE - LEWIS Hamilton stunned Formula One when he took third place on his debut in the Australian Grand Prix last year. But it will be no surprise if he wins today's season-opener.
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I REFER to Mr Yong Yin Min's letter last Saturday, 'NS not a debt citizens must repay', and the Bugge family story ('Give up citizenship? Brothers must do NS first', Aug 25).
I FULLY empathise with the Home Team over the strain it faces ('More junior police officers leaving', Aug 27).
I AM writing in response to the article on more junior police officers leaving for better pay. I felt the need to provide an additional perspective to why the resignation rate among junior police officers is not surprising.
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.
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