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Amelia Tan

Grassroots leaders in Jurong Central will be organising visits for children from lower-income families living there to the Singapore Science Centre (above) during the school holidays. -- ST PHOTO: DANIEL NEO

Visits, activities to be organised for 80 children from low-income families

Salaries in the private sector grew by 4.9 per cent last year, down from 5.3 per cent the previous year, amid slower economic growth. -- PHOTO: ST FILE

Private sector wages up as inflation eases

Private sector salaries in Singapore grew 4.9 per cent in 2014, slightly lower than 5.3 per cent the year before. -- PHOTO: ST FILE

Real salaries in Singapore up by 3.9% last year as inflation dips

A series of courses will be rolled out to train human resource professionals so that they are better equipped to take care of the interests of workers in their companies. -- PHOTO: ST FILE

Courses being developed to improve skills of HR professionals

Jurong Town Hall, which became the first conserved building to be gazetted a national monument, was once the headquarters for the Jurong Town Corporation, which was formed in 1968 to develop Jurong. -- PHOTO: LIM YAOHUI FOR THE STRAITS TIMES

Jurong Town Hall played an important role in Singapore's history

Jurong Town Hall has become the first conserved building to be gazetted as a national monument. -- ST PHOTO: LIM YAOHUI

Jurong Town Hall will be gazetted as national monument

The former Tanjong Pagar Railway Station will be open to the public on Vesak Day on Monday. -- ST PHOTO: LIM SIN THAI

Former Tanjong Pagar Railway Station open to public on Vesak Day

Permanent closure of part of Jalan Satu between Cassia Link and Mountbatten CC

The specialised programmes for artistically and musically inclined students will be rolled out to more schools in a move to nurture diverse talents among students. -- ST PHOTO: LIM YAOHUI

Seven more secondary schools to offer specialised art and music programmes

Lee Kuan Yew - A Tribute, a book of essays, photographs and tributes of the late Mr Lee Kuan Yew published in The Straits Times has been launched. -- PHOTO: ST PRESS

Lee Kuan Yew - A Tribute: Book of essays, photos on Mr Lee Kuan Yew's life and contributions launched by Straits Times Press

Ms Shagun Chand at Changi Airport. Ms Smita Sharma at Gardens by the Bay. Resplendent in their saris are (clockwise from far left) Ms Reena Ahuja in black and green, Ms Ritu Patro in turquoise, Ms Jayashree Ashok Krishen (standing), Ms Bhanu Jayanth

Spectacular saris to mark Singapore's jubilee

Film urges employers to give maids a weekly day off

Failed UK real estate projects: Investors sue lawyers

Peter Seah, chairman of DBS, appointed as new head of National Wages Council

New productivity training centre opens at Nanyang Polytechnic

More families keen to hire transfer maids

Community policing rolled out at all neighbourhood police centres

More police presence in neighbourhoods with full roll-out of community policing system

Foreign worker dormitory invests in water saving systems

Remembering Lee Kuan Yew: 'Carry on forging racial harmony'

Bangladeshi workers in Singapore pay tribute to Mr Lee with a memorial service

Call to give maids more privacy, time with loved ones

ST PHOTO: CHEW SENG KIM

SkillsFuture: Mid-career workers to pay only 10% or less for courses

The Central Provident Fund Ordinary Account interest rate and Housing Board mortgage rate will remain unchanged at 2.5 per cent and 2.6 per cent respectively for the second quarter of this year. -- PHOTO: ST FILE

CPF Ordinary Account interest rate to stay at 2.5%