Both by-election candidates for Bukit Batok SMC have thanked their supporters this morning.The new Member of Parliament (MP) for the Bukit Batok single seat Mr Murali Pillai and his party mates from the People's Action Party (PAP) went around...
"She was sobbing and trembling when she first came to me," recalled Madam Sarimah Amat, 49, on meeting her foster daughter Leela four years ago."We hugged and she hung on to me, maybe because she felt like I was...
With 500 places on offer, the new E-Bridge Pre-School in Edgedale Plains in Punggol is five times larger than the average childcare centre in a Housing Board block, and it is already fully subscribed.The centre, run by EtonHouse International,...
Racial and religious harmony are fundamental building blocks for Singapore's future, a point stressed by President Tony Tan Keng Yam yesterday at an event where different segments of society came together to do their bit for the less well-off.As...
SINGAPORE - The People's Action Party's candidate, Murali Pillai has won the Bukit Batok by-election with 61.2 per cent of the vote, or 14,428 votes.His opponent, Dr Chee Soon Juan, secretary-general of the Singapore Democratic Party, garnered 38.8 per...
She was only 13 when she stormed into her biological parents' home to "give them a piece of my mind".She had found out that when she was barely one, they had sold her for $400."They sold me but kept...
Singapore has agreed to recognise postgraduate medical degrees from the University of Queensland and the Australian National University.This is in addition to recognising 15 more allied health qualifications in occupational therapy, physiotherapy and speech therapy from a number of...
For three years, Singapore Civil Defence Force (SCDF) paramedic Yeo Ren Jie visited ambulance trade shows around the world to find out how these vehicles were designed by other emergency services.The 27-year-old staff sergeant (SSG) - who visited them...
The best way to balance the responsibilities of the elected presidency with the need to ensure that Singapore has a minority president from time to time, is to return to the old system of appointing the president, said a...
Any change to the elected presidency to ensure minority representation necessarily involves affirmative action of some sort, said former Cabinet minister S. Dhanabalan.His frank assessment set the tone for the fourth and final public hearing on changes to the...
