When he was 13, Booi Seow Kiat, who was living in Japanese-occupied Malacca in 1943, was forced into joining the Japanese army. He was told one day that there would be a free outdoor movie screening at the Capitol Theatre. But...
Miss Linde is not looking for love when she registers for the volunteer Servathon, a community service marathon back in 2015. However, the Singapore Polytechnic undergraduate attracted as a part of the organization committee of Mr. Zhao Zhenzhao eyes. Cupid attacked...
Moshe Hai Sion was 15 when Singapore fell to the Japanese on Feb 15, 1942. Able-bodied adult Jewish men were among those rounded up and interned at Changi Prison but he avoided the internment. "I was too young to be a...
The Housing Development Board (HDB) has launched the first tranche of Built-To-Order (BTO) flats of the year, offering 4,056 flats spread across six housing projects in the towns of Punggol, Clementi, and Tampines. The units offered in this BTO launch...
Taxi giants ComfortDelGro said it wanted to simplify tickets. This can only be good news. In Singapore there are nearly 10 different rates of landing, three different billing structures, more than 10 surcharges and eight types of telephone booking...
Q: Why do I always have the urge to pass motion when I feel nervous or anxious? I will break out in cold sweat and if I do not find a toilet in time, I may end up dirtying my...
A Bruneian lawyer who practises in Singapore created legal history yesterday by becoming the first national from ASEAN to be appointed a Queen's Counsel. Dr Colin Ong, 49, has been recognised as "an undisputed superstar" in the market and he...
Everyone gets a few colds or bouts of flu in their lifetime, sometimes every year. Still, some parents may feel anxious when their child gets the sniffles. Are colds caused by wet hair or cold climate? Is medication the...
A group of pre-school centres is working with a central kitchen to provide meals for their charges, to overcome a shortage of cooks. The food is prepared at Sats Catering and delivered to the pre-schools before mealtimes, as hiring and...
When a 55-year-old woman with lung cancer saw him in April 2010, prominent oncologist Ang Peng Tiam told her there was a "70 per cent chance" of the disease responding to treatment and achieving control with chemotherapy and targeted...
