SINGAPORE - The Singapore Government has asked that Hong Kong authorities immediately return the nine Singapore Armed Forces (SAF) Terrex infantry troop carrier vehicles that were seized by Hong Kong Customs in November last year, Defence Minister Dr Ng...
Whenever Mr Fitri Zakaria visits his grandmother in Clementi, he passes by a Chinese medical hall. He used to stay away from it. "I was wary about them because the items in them may not be halal," said the 29-year-old events...
In some game design and development classrooms at Temasek Polytechnic, students are "wizards" and teachers are "game masters". When students answer questions in class or consume e-learning material, they can use their "powers" to unlock rewards - such as a...
The travel times, stopovers and breeding patterns of Singapore's avian tourists are being placed under scrutiny here, as the National Parks Board (NParks) launches a two-year satellite tracking project on 22 migratory birds which travel to Singapore in the...
Every day, without fail, they hear the familiar tooting of the van's horn to tell them that their bread has arrived. But this is the last week that residents of Serangoon Gardens and Seletar Hills Estate will receive that familiar...
Designated smoking points are making their mark along the Orchard Road shopping belt, as the area inches towards becoming smoke-free. Last month, four white L-shaped markings were painted outside several shopping malls, demarcating a rectangular zone with a bin in...
Domestic helper Evangeline (not her real name) was called all manner of offensive names by her employer's adult son. He also slapped her a few times on her face and back. The 33-year-old from the Philippines suffered the abuse silently for...
SINGAPORE - Singapore's global rankings in maths and science have made its schools the envy of the developed world, but a new push to drive grassroots innovation is prompting local teachers to do the previously unthinkable: go easier on...
An elderly man suffered scrapes and cuts after a concrete slab fell from the ceiling of his daughter's flat and landed just next to him. The 80-year-old was staying over at his daughter's flat at Blk 141 in Yishun Ring...
Operations to clean up Changi beach and Noordin beach at Pulau Ubin have been completed, said the National Environment Agency (NEA) yesterday. The beaches were left covered with a black, tar-like substance after an oil spill in Johor on Tuesday...
