SINGAPORE - Commuters' perceptions towards the quality and affordability of the public transport system here have improved, according to a poll by the Government's feedback unit, Reach.To gauge public sentiment on key public transport issues, Reach conducted a telephone...
An 11-year-old boy was injured in a hit-and-run accident involving a taxi at Teck Whye Lane on Friday (Apr 1).Stomp contributor Benitha's brother-in-law was involved in the accident. She said after her family members and her tracked down the...
The Naked FinnBlock 39 Malan Road, Gillman BarracksApril 2 (11am-5pm)A year ago, seafood restaurant The Naked Finn moved from its little shack at 41 Malan Road (which now houses the bar Nekkid) to a full-fledged restaurant just down the...
Think graffiti, but with yarn instead of spray cans.The art of yarnbombing started in 2005 when Texan clothes shop owner Magda Sayeg found a creative way of using up half-finished jumpers and scarfs - by putting them on door...
Sixteen years ago, Nepalese conjoined twins Ganga and Jamuna Shrestha were brought to Singapore for surgery in the hope that they might lead normal lives.Now, moved by reading about their plight, Singapore permanent resident Sunita Lad Bhamray, a full-time...
BURIED deep in the Singapore government's Budget 2016 - past the Corporate Income Tax Rebates section, beyond the Enhancement to Revitalisation of Shops Scheme, and the assistance for small and medium enterprises - lies a scheme that I think...
It will be their first long-distance trek, but Mr Gerrard Lin and Mr Ng Junwei hope that for each of the 1,000km they complete, one person will sign up with the Bone Marrow Donor Programme.The two 33-year-old men plan...
Three months ago, two cousins became the first Singaporeans to run seven marathons in seven continents over seven consecutive days.Now they plan to run yet another marathon, in the North Pole.Mr Ong Tze Boon, 47, and Mr Ong Yu-Phing,...
He had to give up his bid to become the first athlete with a prosthetic leg to conquer the gruelling Tenzing-Hillary Everest Marathon last year when the Nepal earthquake struck in April last year.But para-athlete Shariff Abdullah - Singapore's...
Parliament has begun its debate on the 2016 Budget statement delivered by Finance Minister Heng Swee Keat on March 24.The Budget debate will last for nine days from Monday (Apr 4), and MPs will express their opinions and raise...
