A staircase paved with gold foil at a Housing Board block in Jalan Besar has earned an art student praise from netizens, but is reportedly being called an "unauthorised" deed by the town council. Ms Priyageetha Dia claimed responsibility on...
SINGAPORE - Heads up fans of Korean cuisine, the latest bad boys are in town. McDonald's will be bringing in two new Korean-inspired burgers on the menu from Thursday (March 9) onwards. The Seoul Spicy Chicken Burger and Seoul Spicy Beef...
Singapore has seen more women research scientists and engineers (RSEs) holding PhDs, according to a survey by the Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*Star). The latest National Survey of Research and Development, conducted in 2015, showed there were 2,740...
SINGAPORE - Four taxi companies - ComfortDelGro, Trans-Cab, Premier Taxi and Prime Taxi - have signalled their intention to implement "dynamic fares", triggering concerns among commuters that cab fares could rise. More commonly known as surge pricing, a system already...
Education Minister (Schools) Ng Chee Meng announced in Parliament on Tuesday (March 7) that one-fifth of places in all secondary schools with affiliated primary schools are to be set aside for students who do not benefit from affiliation priority...
SINGAPORE - A three-storey tall tree collapsed onto the road along Kaki Bukit Avenue 1 on Monday (March 6) afternoon amidst heavy rain. But the story did not end there. A group of about 20 passers-by later joined hands to move...
It was challenging enough for the 67 cyclists to cycle 1,000km from Belum, Perak, to Singapore to raise funds for the Kidney Dialysis Foundation (KDF). Then, they had to deal with a collapsed bridge 28km to Gua Musang in southern...
Here's a school that believes parents should let their children learn to be self-reliant. Signs are put up at entry points of Kuo Chuan Presbyterian Primary School (KCPPS) to discourage parents from dropping off their children's forgotten items. "Please turn around...
From next year, young couples applying for Build-To-Order (BTO) flats in selected locations will need to wait for only two to three years to get their keys. Down from the three- to four-year waiting time, this will be done not...
Parents and school principals welcomed the changes in the Direct School Admission (DSA) scheme, with one saying it would help to "democratise schools beyond the usual names". Evergreen Secondary School principal Carol Lim said: "The public will be encouraged to...
