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Patients waiting to be screened for the severe acute respiratory syndrome outside Tan Tock Seng Hospital's accident and emergency department during the outbreak. The writer points out that during the Sars crisis in 2003, the people of Singapore behav

Fighting coronavirus: An appeal to Singaporeans

An illustration of a bird seller hawking his ware. Prof Barnard's book sheds light on other little-known facts about Singapore's past. For example, there was an active market for birds which were ferried on Bugis trading vessels from the eastern arch

How a British ship brought rabies to Singapore

The will to defy the odds of history

Above: Mr Yusof Mohammad served in the police force from 1946 to 1968. Left: Mr Yusof has kept photographs of himself in his younger days as a police officer, as well as insignia bearing the letters "SSP" (Straits Settlements Police) and "PNS" (Polis

At 98, he is Singapore's oldest surviving retired cop

Senior Minister of State for Defence and Foreign Affairs Maliki Osman with Mr Nicholas Sherman and his wife Rosemary at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs yesterday, viewing the Union flag (left) and the flag of the Federated Malay States that were previousl

'Colonial flags returned to where they belong'

'We did not donate but returned them to where they belong', says Briton who hands 2 colonial flags back to Singapore

Those who worked on and helped out at The Bicentennial Experience celebrating the end of the show with a bang at its final curtain call on New Year's Eve. ST PHOTO: DESMOND FOO

Bicentennial Experience closes, but parts will remain at Fort Canning

English, mother tongue and the Singapore identity

Bicentennial Experience closes, but parts of exhibition to remain on Fort Canning

The intangible ideals that propel Singapore