Taking pride of place in the living room of a four-room flat in Sengkang are a thousand paper cranes strung and hung over a television.Painstakingly made three years ago by Singapore's rhythmic gymnasts, the origami cranes were meant for...
The contract to build the Sungei Bedok MRT station and its associated tunnels was awarded yesterday to local firm KTC Civil Engineering and Construction for $418 million.KTC is also involved in the construction of Tampines station on the Downtown...
Singapore's rail system continued to improve on the whole in the first quarter, even if the absolute number of major breakdowns remained high.According to statistics released by the Land Transport Authority (LTA) yesterday, the MRT network had one disruption...
When Mr Effandy Rahmat was diagnosed with latent tuberculosis (TB) in May last year, he was told to go to a polyclinic every day for preventive treatment.But his work shifts as a waiter made the clinic visits challenging. Worse,...
The first person found to have drug-resistant tuberculosis in the recently discovered Ang Mo Kio outbreak was also the first to be diagnosed in an older TB cluster, the Ministry of Health (MOH) revealed yesterday.The man was the index...
A Bangladeshi construction worker paralysed after a worksite accident was awarded about $600,000 in damages and costs by the High Court yesterday.Mr Tarun Kumar Saha Manoj Kumar Saha, 32, suffered spinal injuries after he was knocked down from behind...
Most parents are aware of the rules governing the use of car seats for children and always belt up their children when on the move.A Straits Times street poll of 50 parents on Wednesday found that nearly 75 per...
Four in 10 maids have to share their rooms, a survey by a migrant worker advocacy group has found, with a "surprising" number having to bunk in with men. And this is a situation that could leave them vulnerable.While...
SINGAPORE - Facebook has updated its resources to include new tools that will help users across the world reach out better to friends who might be experiencing suicidal or self-injury thoughts.First announced on Tuesday (June 14), the tools were...
SINGAPORE - With the weekend approaching, beer enthusiasts thronged Marina Promenade for the second evening of Beerfest Asia 2016 on Friday (June 17).The eighth edition of Asia's largest beer festival, which is being held over four days from June...
