The cost of developing and operating Singapore's water supply system has more than doubled in 15 years. In 2000, it cost about $500 million to run the system, national water agency PUB said yesterday. This included water treatment, reservoir operations, Newater...
The Sungei Road flea market's last day of operation is on July 10, but the hawkers are hoping for an alternative or temporary site. Yesterday, Mr Koh Ah Koon, 76, president of the Association for the Recycling of Second Hand...
A big push to get healthier food served in schools is under way, and it will affect all students - from pre-schoolers to university undergraduates. The intention is to get them to cultivate better eating habits from a young age,...
Frontline officers in the Singapore Police Force (SPF) will soon be equipped with semi-automatic pistols - a change from the revolvers used now - giving them more powerful and accurate firearms to tackle heightened security threats. While frontline officers are...
The road to health in Singapore will start early. All pre-school children will have at least one hour of physical activity a day, including time spent in the sun. They will also be served healthy meals that include fruit. Once...
SINGAPORE - A man who works at Changi Airport might just be one of the luckiest Guns N' Roses fans in Singapore right now. That is because he managed to snap a few photos with the rock band's famous private jet...
Even news of a fatal accident in Johor Baru, where eight young cyclists were killed last Saturday, failed to deter him. Mr Lim will join 77 cyclists from the Epic Cyclist group, who will clock 1,000km for the fourth KDF...
This happened a month into Runnan Wang's first year as a University of Connecticut marketing major. With only his father's support, the 21-year-old American applied to the institute in November 2014 and received an acceptance letter two weeks later. Three years...
Singapore is expanding its rail network and engineers will be needed to maintain the trains and keep them running smoothly. The 15,000 figure is an increase of about 60 per cent from the current 9,300 engineers employed by the Land...
Singapore is expanding its rail network and engineers will be needed to maintain the trains and keep them running smoothly. The 15,000 figure is an increase of about 60 per cent from the current 9,300 engineers employed by the Land...
