SINGAPORE - When it became clear that Punggol East MP and Deputy Speaker of Parliament Charles Chong needed a liver transplant, he took the news better than his family members. "He didn't seem to let it bother him much -...
SINGAPORE - A Singapore court found a former wealth manager of Swiss bank BSI guilty of four charges on Wednesday in a case linked to a money-laundering investigation involving Malaysian fund 1MDB, the third BSI banker convicted in the...
Every five years, the Government releases a national blueprint to meet the needs of people with disabilities. The first of these Enabling Masterplans ran from 2007 to 2011, the second from 2012 to this year, and the third will cover...
T looks like the motor industry in Singapore is expecting COE (Certificate of Entitlement) premiums in 2017 to head anywhere but south, even as everyone agrees the economic uncertainty is weighing heavily on consumers' minds. Two weeks ago, passenger-car COE...
In a bid to keep prices low, NTUC Foodfare currently sets the ceiling for some basic dishes at its Bukit Panjang centre, and monitors price rises of these at the Bedok centre. Social enterprises look set to play a bigger...
More motorists are shelving plans for a new car, opting to renew the certificates of entitlement (COEs) instead when their cars hit the 10-year mark. Industry observers say this is down to a variety of factors, including high COE prices...
For the first time, there is a clear indication of how many people with disabilities there are in different age groups. The prevalence in the student population (aged seven to 18) is 2.1 per cent, and that in people aged...
EVERY week, I receive e-mail from local gaming company Singapore Pools that highlights some of the football matches that will be played around the world in the coming days. The e-mail is chock-full of statistics, the latest betting odds, the...
A total of 50 construction workers have reported to the Manpower Ministry that their employer owed them at least two months of wages. A ministry spokesman said yesterday that the complaints made were against Audi Construction, a subcontractor specialising in...
Businessman Lim Chai Heng, 53, has been charged with causing death by reckless or dangerous driving for his role in Monday morning's dramatic accident on the Ayer Rajah Expressway (AYE). He allegedly drove a Mercedes-Benz car against the flow of...
