Retailers here have taken a beating in recent years, with some closing for good or shutting down outlets. Yet, some are expanding. Why are they succeeding when others have failed? The New Paper's JUDITH TAN reports. One-stop shops are out....
The National Kidney Foundation (NKF) is synonymous with kidney disease and dialysis treatment in Singapore. But the largest kidney foundation here, which has been around since 1969, intends to break new ground . It will join in the country's war on...
The youth sector is getting a shake-up. About 10 key organisations here will take over the state's existing programmes to guide and rehabilitate young people under 21 who get into trouble, The Straits Times understands. With the main youth programmes...
Bangladeshi worker Mr Depu, 27, has been in Singapore for five months but had yet to speak to any Singaporean teenager, until yesterday. "I work most of the time and on rest days, I go out as a group with...
Fighter jets roared down Lim Chu Kang Road and into the skies yesterday morning as part of the Republic of Singapore Air Force's (RSAF) Exercise Torrent. The road had been converted into a runway in 48 hours, for the exercise,...
The gentle sea turtle has long fuelled the imagination, and Singaporeans flock to turtle sanctuaries elsewhere to catch sight of them. But sea turtles also live and nest right here, unknown to many. Unfortunately, the two species of sea turtles...
The time-honoured tradition of Tree Planting Day treaded new ground - or rather, water - yesterday, with Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong planting mangrove tree saplings at Punggol Reservoir. Mr Lee and his fellow MPs for Ang Mo Kio GRC...
He takes his wife, who has dementia, on outings using a wheelchair built for two. Mr Tan Ban Ho, a 72-year-old retiree, came up with his unique contraption after discovering that going out helps to calm his wife, Madam Loh...
Since Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong announced last week that next year's presidential election will be reserved for Malay candidates, several names of possible candidates have surfaced. Community leaders and observers cite two prominent figures from the community: Speaker of...
Mr Ong, 60, lives next to a 76-year-old man who was found dead in a one-room rental flat on the seventh storey of Block 8, French Road. Initially, he did not think much of the strange smell coming from his...
