British celebrity chef and restaurateur Marco Pierre White will be opening a restaurant in Singapore next year. Called The Old English House, it will be a "restaurant with rooms" in the Robertson Quay area, he told The Straits Times. Targeted to...
THE last and largest launch this year of new Housing Board flats kicked off yesterday with a total of 10,118 units and more than 4,100 people applying on Day One. Analysts expect this launch to be very popular, given the...
A 65-YEAR-OLD Boon Lay resident hurt her leg on Nov 15 when the lift in her Boon Lay Housing Board block plunged unexpectedly from the third floor to the ground floor, then rose again to the second floor, Chinese...
SINGAPORE sits at one end of four of the world's 10 busiest international air routes, it has been revealed. This boosts the country's aspiration to be Asia's key aviation hub despite the economic downturn. But experts said Changi faces tough...
Convicted drug trafficker Chijioke Stephen Obioha, who was hanged last Friday, was given every chance to fight his death sentence, including applying for re-sentencing, explained the Court of Appeal in judgement grounds released on Tuesday (Nov 22). Instead, the Nigerian...
SINGAPORE - British band Coldplay are aware of touts trying to profit from the resale of tickets to their upcoming National Stadium show on April 1. Says Live Nation Lushington managing director Michael Roche: "Even the band saw what happened,...
SINGAPORE - Former BSI banker Yeo Jiawei's net worth escalated from S$2 million to nearly S$26 million in just 15 months after he left the Swiss private bank in Singapore, the court heard on Tuesday (Nov 22). This wealth includes...
If you're listed as a critically-endangered animal, you'd best try not to get yourself in a tight spot you can't get out of, or at least be able to make a run for it if you get in trouble. Then...
If you're listed as a critically-endangered animal, you'd best try not to get yourself in a tight spot you can't get out of, or at least be able to make a run for it if you get in trouble. Then...
More than 10,000 public flats were launched for sale on Tuesday (Nov 22), in the biggest Build-To-Order (BTO) and Sale of Balance Flats exercise this year. In a statement, the Housing and Development Board (HDB) said that a total of...
