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More Burmese shops are popping up in HDB estates with the increasing number of Myanmar nationals coming to work or study in Singapore. The Myanmar embassy estimates about 100,000 of its nationals live here now, up from 60,000 at the start of last year.-- ST PHOTO: LIM SIN THAI » Full Story

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SINGAPORE is sailing into choppier waters amid uncertainty in the global economy, but Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong is confident of Singapore's economic prospects. In his annual May Day message, Mr Lee sketched out the uncertain outlook due to the financial crisis in the United States.

THOUGH his closeness with students had fuelled a torrent of sexual-abuse allegations, former teacher William Ding has no regrets about trying to bond with his charges.
PAUL Scholes, possibly the quietest little man ever to wear Manchester United's red jersey, scored the goal that takes his club to Moscow for the Champions League final - and not a soul outside his family knows how it feels like to be the reluctant hero.
WASHINGTON - BILLIONS of dollars have been poured into developing ethanol and biodiesel to help wean rich economies from their addiction to carbon-belching fossil fuels, the overwhelming source of man-made global warming.
THE Government of Singapore Investment Corp (GIC) is open to buying more bank assets on top of the stakes that it purchased in UBS and Citigroup recently, Minister Mentor Lee Kuan Yew has said.
BEIJING - A CITY in southern China renowned as a major export hub is at the centre of a child labour scandal after more than 1,000 children were found toiling in its factories, state media reported.
MOZART madness begins today at the National Museum. Kids will be able to put on powdered wigs and costumes from the 18th century, and learn more about the life and times of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart in an interactive exhibition.
NO QUESTION about it: School buses should be equipped with seat belts and their wearing be made compulsory. These vehicles in use in Singapore are minibuses, not the type of stout buses used in public transport, and passengers carried are all primary school pupils.
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I REFER to Tuesday's letter by Senior Minister of State for Finance and Transport, Mrs Lim Hwee Hua, 'Singapore not necessarily costlier than Sweden''.
I APPLAUD the Government for reiterating that Singaporeans still form the core of this country and for coming up with new pro-family measures to raise the birth rate.
I REFER to Tuesday's article, 'Working with reality of imperfection'. Singaporeans should be more appreciative of the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA).
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.
Duration: 10 min 28 secs | Filesize: 12 MB
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