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Susie Lawson (above) was so troubled when she saw parents holding their newborns in their laps as they drove out of Thomson Medical Centre that she wrote in to the hospital last August. That has now sparked off a campaign to educate parents on the importance of child seats. -- ST PHOTO: LAU FOOK KONG
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THE threat of a global slowdown has yet to slow the growth of new jobs here, with latest official figures showing another record-breaking set of numbers. In the first three months of this year, the economy created 68,400 jobs, exceeding the 62,500 recorded in the previous quarter.

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SIXTY-THREE workers died while doing their jobs in Singapore last year, mostly in construction or manufacturing. Those tragedies added up to a rate of 2.9 deaths per 100,000 workers here - a slight improvement on previous years.

A CHORUS of parents and experts is calling for the Government to force minibus drivers to install seat belts in their vehicles following the death of a young boy last week.
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WITH his Mercedes-Benz and the rings on his fingers, Josef Fritzl looked every inch a property owner, neighbours in this tidy Austrian town said.
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BEIJING - CHINA yesterday feted visiting Kuomintang (KMT) honorary chairman Lien Chan with Olympic glamour and a dinner hosted by President Hu Jintao, even as mixed signals began creeping into recently improved cross-strait ties.
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LOW wages and no mandated rest days are causing a contraction in maid supply, according to placement agents. The lure of Hong Kong wages, typically double the Singapore going rate of $300 to $350, is well-known.
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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
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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