A MAN fell 12 storeys to his death on Saturday night while a fire raged in his flat where his two young children lay dead in their bedroom.

Neighbours in Ang Mo Kio Avenue 10 heard two explosions at about 9.50pm and saw thick, black smoke billowing out of the sixth floor unit in Block 543.

SOME people view them with contempt, others as eyesores cluttering the way, but tourists here seem unbothered by the sight of students studying at Changi Airport.

In fact, a number of travellers said they find these students a distinctive trademark at the airport.

BEIJING - A PHOTO showing a plainclothes policeman pulling a naked woman by the hair during a prostitution bust in central China has caused outrage on the Internet, where it has been widely circulated.

LAST year's champion has been voted the yummiest again.

The Tampines Street 11 Round Market & Food Centre was named Singapore's favourite hawker centre for the second year running, on Saturday.

THE bridegroom who died hours after his wedding dinner was caught on the hotel's security camera making for the fire escape staircase on the floor of his suite.

Mr Vernon Leong, 31, was next seen scrambling through the Hilton Singapore's second floor, where there is a shopping arcade.

THE tough economic times - and more generous maternity benefits - appear to be prompting increasing numbers of firms to fire pregnant women or deny them their full entitlements.

There were 119 'pregnancy- related' complaints lodged with the Ministry of Manpower (MOM) in the first nine months of the year - up from 72 for the whole of 2007, and 95 last year.

PRIME Minister Lee Hsien Loong was treated to 'Naalthorum Navarasam' - a day full of joy and bliss - on Sunday at the Narpani-Vasantham Family Day.

Jointly organised by The People's Association Indian Activity Executive Committees Coordinating Council (PA Narpani Pearavai) and MediaCorp Vasantham, the event also marked the one year anniversary of Vasantham's launch as a full channel.

A YOUNG man accused of murdering his girlfriend claimed on Friday that as he stabbed her repeatedly, she told him: 'I love you.'

Testifying at his trial, Pathip Selvan Sugumaran, 23, told the High Court that those were her last words, as she died moments later.

MENTION penthouses and one immediately thinks of big, luxurious bungalows in the sky, with wraparound views and a multimillion- dollar price tag.

But these days they can be as small as 800 sq ft or less.

SINGAPORE'S economy may grow by 3 per cent next year and Singaporeans must be prepared for slower growth for several years, said Minister Mentor Lee Kuan Yew on Sunday.

In a speech at the Tanjong Pagar GRC Tree Planting Day at Henderson Heights, he said Singapore will not resume high growth until the major economies in the world have recovered, which could take years.