SINGAPORE - The 37-year-old man who died in a six-vehicle accident on the Ayer Rajah Expressway on Monday (Dec 19) morning was an actor and event emcee who appeared in several commercials. Mr Liong Kuo Hwa, also known as Jackie...
ElderShield Review Committee to consult public to improve scheme Peg ElderShield payouts to inflation or review it every three years to ensure the payouts keep pace with rising costs. And make the payouts last until the end of the beneficiary's life,...
SINGAPORE - A Sembcorp garbage truck caught fire on the Bukit Timah Expressway (BKE) on Monday (Dec 19) afternoon. The Singapore Civil Defence Force was alerted to the fire along BKE towards Woodlands, near Mandai, at about 12.15pm. Its firefighters...
SINGAPORE - More students who took the N-level exams this year qualified to go to Secondary 5. Of the 12,305 students from the Normal (Academic) course who collected their results on Monday (Dec 19), 75.2 per cent did well enough...
The police are stepping up security measures and checks in Orchard Road and Gardens by the Bay during the festive season, especially on Christmas Eve and Christmas Day (Dec 24 and 25) in view of the large crowds that...
Bulletproof glass has long been a critical component in military vehicles and aircraft, helping to shield their occupants from hostile fire in the battlefield. But see-through ceramics - thinner, lighter and yet stronger - may soon take its place in...
When freelance tutor C.K. Tan terminated an assignment with an online tuition agency in August, he was due to receive half of the paid fees. But after delays in the two months that followed, SmileTutor stopped picking up his calls,...
For some listed firms, getting out the next annual report may prove to be a big challenge. Besides putting together their financials in the annual report, they will also be expected to discuss non-financial matters such as management of environmental...
Christmas shoppers in Orchard Road were treated to a surprise yesterday evening as a 15-strong amateur choir of foreign domestic workers got off a bus and began carolling on the pavement. The flash mob, organised by the Foreign Domestic Worker...
Little India is noisy, crowded and not all that organised - which is exactly the way it should be, say locals, tourists and heritage experts alike. They took issue with a recent Forum letter in The Straits Times, which compared...
