The legal troubles facing Art Heritage Singapore, the firm behind the private museum Singapore Pinacotheque de Paris which closed on Monday after barely a year in business, are piling up.The Straits Times has learnt that two more lawsuits were...
IN A candid exchange of views, Singapore's Deputy Prime Minister Tharman Shanmugaratnam and Reserve Bank of India's governor Raghuram Rajan had some 250 businessmen, industrialists and policymakers glued to their seats for more than an hour.The two were part...
The Muslim community is stepping up its efforts to counter extremist influences online, at a time when radical groups abuse the Internet as a platform for their views.The religious education curriculum already includes lessons that help inoculate youth against...
Singaporeans keen to adopt a healthy lifestyle and even pursue sports more seriously will find it easier to do so in the coming years.Announcing the Ministry of Culture, Community and Youth's plans for the sports sector in Parliament yesterday,...
More children will be exposed to the arts through professional artists and instructors, as the National Arts Council (NAC) and Early Childhood Development Agency (ECDA) expand an arts education programme to a total of 55 pre-schools, up from the...
Doing good has received a big boost. Singaporeans and non-profit groups can soon apply for a grant of up to $50,000 each time they have a project that builds national identity or helps the underprivileged.The Our Singapore Fund will...
The Sri Vairavimada Kaliamman temple in Toa Payoh can trace its roots to the 1860s, when it was a resting spot in the Orchard area for Indian plantation workers and dhobis (washermen). It then evolved into a place for...
A slew of government schemes was introduced during the marathon Budget debate that ended in Parliament yesterday.But what tickled Speaker Halimah Yacob's funny bone were the abbreviations to which these schemes were reduced.She noted wryly: "I counted that, in...
HE WAS known as a generous and religious man and his neighbours' children treated him as an older brother.They trusted him so much that their daughter, R, used to stay with him and his two "wives". They sang karaoke,...
THE Muslim community is stepping up its efforts to counter extremist influences online, at a time when radical groups abuse the Internet as a platform for their views.The religious education curriculum already includes lessons that help inoculate youth against...
