Ten new proposals to promote the learning of English and mother tongue among young children have received grants from the Lee Kuan Yew Fund for Bilingualism. The projects include a bilingual children's television programme produced by Mediacorp; a YouTube edutainment...
When she chose to study in a polytechnic, she never imagined flying to Dubai for a dream internship. Miss Vythiswari Muralli, 19, is a third-year sustainable urban design and engineering (SDE) student at Ngee Ann Polytechnic's (NP) School of Design...
Despite scoring eight points for his N levels and qualifying for the Polytechnic Foundation Programme (PFP), he chose to go to the Institute of Technical Education (ITE) instead. Mr Rayner Eng, 19, took up a Higher Nitec in mechatronics engineering,...
After 10 months of scriptwriting, midnight shoots and tedious editing, Temasek Polytechnic's (TP) digital, film and television graduates' short film, Vengeance Is Mine, clinched gold at the 18th Digicon6 Asia Singapore Awards. The 15-minute film is a thriller about a...
He fell after being pushed during a minor pilgrimage in Mecca, Saudi Arabia. In the confusion, someone stepped on Mr Abdul Ghafur Mohd Ibrahim's left ankle. Today, the 59-year-old bus driver is recovering in a hospital in Jordan, with his left...
The thing about addiction is that there will always be someone looking to exploit a weakness or a loophole for a quick buck. That is partly why the illegal sales of cough medicine containing codeine persists. A lucrative black market supply...
Cars will soon have to be far cleaner than they are today to qualify for green incentives. The Government is reviewing the Carbon Emissions-based Vehicle Scheme (CEVS), which now dispenses rebates or surcharges based on how much carbon dioxide (CO2)...
SINGAPORE - Shortly before Mr Goh Chok Tong was to be fielded as a first-time candidate in the new constituency of Marine Parade in 1976, he realised that he had no party branch in the area to assist him. Fortunately,...
SINGAPORE - A day after another otter was spotted with a fishing hook and line embedded in its body, Singapore's water agency PUB reiterated its stance against illegal fishing and said surveillance patrols will be stepped up at Marina...
HONG KONG - The nine Singapore armoured vehicles that have been detained in Hong Kong since November have been moved indoors, Hong Kong's Customs and Excise Department said on Tuesday (Jan 3), quashing speculation the vehicles may have been...
