Thomson Medical Center, an old woman in obstetrics and gynecology (O & G) services in Singapore, may soon be making a face-lift. The company has 37 years of construction on Thomson Road and is seeking to increase its capacity. "The...
What began as an ordinary trip to the bathroom at home in November last year ended in agony for Mr Sim Kok Keng, 72. The Woodlands resident heard a "crack" and felt a sharp pain when he stood up after...
"Edutainment", says Italian entrepreneur Giulio D'Erme, and "the experience economy" are where the future is at. The 44-year-old former general manager of lingerie company Triumph in Russia is a co-founder of CulinaryOn, a cooking studio started in Moscow in 2012,...
Schemes that provide alternative routes for N-level students to gain entry to polytechnic - instead of moving on to Secondary 5 to sit the O levels - have been attracting more applications since they were first launched in 2012. Since...
Families with elderly folk are increasingly turning to live-in help in the form of foreign nurses. Service providers interviewed said that demand for these nurses has surged in recent years and they expect the uptrend to continue. These nurses, who come...
Singapore is developing a national action plan to address the increasing resistance of some bacteria to antibiotics. It is even more of the Singaporeans exposed to such drugs as a quick fix for their disease. The Ministry of Health (MOH) told...
Soldiers of the Singapore Armed Forces (SAF) will soon be equipped with new boots that are more rugged, while preserving its users' comfort and agility. They will progressively replace the Frontier model boots, which, while lauded for being lightweight and...
On Christmas Day, they distributed 100 packets of briyani to migrant workers and to halfway-house residents. But the organiser of the food drive, chef Shetty Balchandra Rama - who goes by Bala - aims to raise enough money to cook...
On exhibition weekends, thousands of people throng a jam-packed Suntec City looking for bargains. Computer scientists are now studying their movements in a bid to understand, and eventually predict, human behaviour to better manage crowds. Using supercomputers, two scientists at the...
By medical standards, the risks of having a child at the age of 40 are unnerving enough to put a damper on any baby-making plans. But more older mums are thumbing their noses at the gloomy statistics. Think 40-something actresses like...
