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Budget Statement to be delivered on Feb 18
The Budget Statement will be delivered by Finance Minister Tharman Shanmugaratnam in Parliament on February 18, Friday......
New SingHealth scholarship for medical students
SingHealth has launched a new scholarship that will offer grants totalling up to S$576,000 per year, to four outstanding first-year medical students who want to serve in public healthcare......
Man charged with committing criminal intimidation
A 45-year-old man has been charged with three counts of criminal intimidation against a police officer from Jurong Police Division......
ACRES wins appeal
Animal welfare group, ACRES, (Animal Concerns, Research & Education Society) has won its appeal against the Clerk-of-Works who oversaw the construction of its Wildlife Rescue Centre (AWRC)......
First Chingay carnival to be held
THIS year's Chingay Parade will take festivities to a new high. The People's Association (PA) announced on Monday that the first ever arts and cultural carnival will be held in conjunction with the annual Chingay Parade. The PA's Got Talents! Celebra.....
Driverless lorry charges down slope at Raffles Place
A DRIVERLESS LORRY charged down a slope in the Raffles Place area, swerving left and right, on Monday. It came to a stop after mounting the kerb outside UOB Plaza......
PM Lee congratulates Vietnam
PRIME Minister Lee Hsien Loong has offered his congratulations to newly elected General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam Nguyen Phu Trong, as well as to outgoing General Secretary Nong Duc Manh.In a letter to Mr Nguyen, Mr Lee wrote: 'Plea.....
4G wireless spectrum auction to take place in 2012
THE Government will hold an auction for 4G wireless spectrum rights next year. Six lots of spectrum - the invisible airwaves in which data traffic travels wirelessly - will go under the hammer, sufficient for as many players to roll out 4G or fourth .....
Man admits raping daughter when she was in Pri One
FOR five years, a girl did not tell anyone that she had been raped by her father - until her teacher discussed fairytales during an English lesson.The teacher, who used the story of Little Red Riding Hood to illustrate the dangers of talking to stran.....
S'pore-Sydney proposed bourse merger gets funding
SINGAPORE - SINGAPORE'S stock exchange (SGX) said on Monday it has secured around US$3.7 billion (S$4.8 billion) in funding from six banks for a proposed merger with Sydney's bourse. SGX said in a statement the funding consisted of term loans of $3.8.....
Dog owner fined $3,000
A WOMAN whose dog bit a man on the right foot was fined $3,000 on Monday and ordered to pay a compensation of $2,000 to the victim.Seet Su Ya, 25, who does administration work, admitted being the owner of a Japanese Spitz Cross named Niu Niu which ca.....
Drugs worth $10.4m seized in 2010
AN ESTIMATED $10.4 million worth of drugs were seized in 2010, reported the Central Narcotics Bureau (CNB) on Monday.This is about $3.7 million more than in 2009......
Man jailed for punching another
A MAN who repeatedly punched a pest control officer on the face was jailed for 10 weeks on Monday.Lim Yee Siong, 36, who runs a security systems firm, had compensated $1,000 to the victim, Mr Liu Fuwei, 28, whom he assaulted at a carpark at Block 123.....
Trio beat up 'loanshark runner' by mistake
FAMILY members, who called in the police after catching a 'loanshark runner', were themselves arrested for assault as he turned out to be a bank manager. Their victim, Mr Lee Jing Chong, had to be warded for five days at Tan Tock Seng Hospital for tr.....
Record investments by foreign companies
COMPANIES from around the world flocked to invest in Singapore in 2010, and the strong investment momentum is expected to continue this year.The Economic Development Board (EDB) said on Monday that firms committed to invest $12.9 billion here in fixe.....
Why foreign students outperform Singaporeans
19 out of 40 students who came out tops at the recent 'O' levels were foreign students.This put the issue of foreign students excelling beyond local students in the limelight. .....
Today in Pictures - January 24
From protests in Venezuela to Volkswagen Beetle in Brazil , view pictures from around the world today......
Budget 2011 will be out on Feb 18: MOF
THE Budget 2011 Statement will be delivered by Minister for Finance, Tharman Shanmugaratnam, in Parliament on Friday, February 18.A 'live' webcast of the delivery of the Budget Statement will be available at the Singapore Budget website, www.singapor.....
Cost of living in Singapore increases by 2.8% in 2010
THE overall cost of living in Singapore rose by 2.8 per cent for the whole of 2010, the Department of Statistics Singapore revealed on Monday.Excluding acommodation costs, the consumer price index (CPI) for 2010 would have grown by 3.3 per cent......
'MM Lee, does your food go through a food taster?'
THE following is an excerpt from the 32 hours of interviews Straits Times journalists held with Minister Mentor Lee Kuan Yew for the book Hard Truths, available in bookstores now.Q: Does your food go through a tester before you eat it?.....
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