She splashed a glass of water on the face of her maid, scolded her and then hit her on the head with a tray.All because the maid, who had just started working for her, used the wrong tray -...
More than 360,000 people in Singapore had their Central Provident Fund (CPF) savings put in order last year after arrears by their employers were settled.The CPF Board recovered about $516.0 million in CPF arrears owed to them by their...
Secondary school students in Integrated Programme (IP) schools are 2½ times more confident of attaining at least a university degree, compared to their peers in other schools, according to a new study.It also found that parents' expectations played a...
Image: Category: NewsBusinessSingaporePublication Date: Wednesday, June 1, 2016 - 15:00Keywords: Singapore economyExternal URL: Create mindset of innovation: IswaranSend to mobile app: Byline: Lee Xin En
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It was at a void deck in Sembawang that the group which came to be known as the Islamic State in Bangladesh (ISB) began in January.Its leader, Bangladeshi draftsman Rahman Mizanur, 31, met three of his countrymen - Miah...
It was in 2009 when former China tour guide Yang Yin moved in to live with wealthy widow Chung Khin Chun that he wanted to obtain permanent residency and, ultimately, Singapore citizenship.But this was not because he desired to...
Film-maker Jason Soo has appealed to the Films Appeal Committee (FAC) for a PG13 rating for his documentary on detainees arrested in 1987 over an alleged Marxist plot.The documentary, 1987: Untracing The Conspiracy, has been given an R21 rating...
SINGAPORE - Speaking at the opening ceremony of the Infocomm Media Business Exchange 2016 (imbX) on Tuesday, Minister for Communications and Information Yaacob Ibrahim announced three initiatives: enhancing connectivity through a Green WiFi pilot; using robots in preschool teaching;...
A 22-year-old student from China who overdosed on weight loss pills collapsed midway through a song at the K-Box at Cathay Cineleisure and died in hospital shortly after.Ms Huang Guo, who stood at 1.54m and weighed 54kg, yielding a...
SINGAPORE - A dormitory operator has been fined $300,000 for housing foreign workers in overcrowded and unsanitary conditions, the Ministry of Manpower (MOM) said on Wednesday (June 1).Dormitory operator KT Mesdorm which runs the Blue Stars Dormitory is the...
