Reader Lin Yulong wrote to askST: "Why do we redraw electoral boundaries every time we have general elections?"The Straits Times' Deputy News Editor (Political) Zakir Hussain answers.Electoral boundaries have been redrawn at every general election (GE) for several reasons.The...
There was food. There was music and there were 400kg of coloured powder imported from India.Add 3,000 Indians to the mix and you get a colourful fiesta. They were there at a field in Tanjong Rhu on March 25...
New programmes to help workers and employers make better use of the SkillsFuture credit scheme will be announced this month, said labour chief Chan Chun Sing.They will cover two areas.One involves working with academia to introduce courses for bosses...
Understanding and getting to know one another is how Muslims and non-Muslims can live in harmony, Minister-in-charge of Muslim Affairs Yaacob Ibrahim said yesterday."We need to strengthen the inter-faith understanding, not just at the leadership level, but right down...
In a first here, priority queues will be rolled out at the platform screen doors and passenger lifts of all MRT stations.The initiative, aimed at encouraging gracious behaviour among commuters, will cater to wheelchair users, pregnant women, the elderly...
An engineer who was trying to light two aromatherapy diffusers in his master bedroom toilet unknowingly ignited vapours from "essential oils", causing a flash fire, a coroner's court heard yesterday.Mohammad Rizalludin Hassan, 34, suffered second-degree burns to 80 per...
It's a car-rental, car-sharing and chauffeur service all rolled into one - and it is shaping up to be another rival to traditional taxi operations.Two-month-old Tribecar, set up by a family which runs Malaysian conglomerate Insas, is offering short-term...
The three-hour Pollutant Standards Index (PSI) reading surged to 91 at 8pm last night, the highest this year.The 24-hour PSI reading was between 65 and 78, which is within the moderate range of 51 to 100. The highest readings...
SINGAPORE - The International Space Station (ISS) flew past Saturn on Thursday morning at around 6.24am, and Singaporeans who were awake and watching would have been able to catch a glimpse of it.For those who did not manage to...
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