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The Toa Payoh gantry (above) is one of the five new gantries which started operations on Monday in a bid to seal more of the outer cordon of the Central Business District.-- ST PHOTO: LAU FOOK KONG » Full Story
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BROTHERS Mark, Marvin and Martin Chan had known what they would do after graduation, and that was to teach. On Monday, the trio scored what might be a teaching first in Singapore: They were all promoted in the Education Ministry's annual exercise.

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SAN FRANCISCO - THEY work long hours, often to the point of exhaustion. Many are paid by the piece - not garments, but blog posts. This is the digital-era sweatshop. You may know it by a different name: home.
SAVERS are again feeling the pinch as interest rates continue to fall, further squeezing what meagre returns they might get on bank deposits.
TAIPEI - IN AN unprecedented show of goodwill, China has given the go-ahead for Taiwan's vice-president elect Vincent Siew to attend an economic forum on the mainland.
ALL the intercoms blew just as the snow machine started midway through the Ashley Isham show at the Singapore Fashion Festival (SFF) on March 29.
CLINICAL research will likely attract many graduates as the Government continues to implement a 2006 policy shift to include it in the Ministry of Health mandate, along with more funding.
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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.
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