TOKYO - In a launch over 20 years in the works, Singaporean barbecued pork chain Bee Cheng Hiang has finally made inroads into Japan - its 11th overseas market and the one that has been the hardest to crack. The...
A passenger's complaint about being offered $15 in compensation after her luggage was damaged on a flight has sparked heated debate among Singaporeans. The passenger, Xiang Ying, took to Facebook to recount the incident. She stated that her luggage was crushed...
SINGAPORE - Singapore permanent residents (PR) and international students will have to pay higher school fees from January next year, the Ministry of Education (MOE) said in a statement today (Oct 11). For PR students, they will have to pay...
Six months after opening at hip hawker centre Timbre+ at one-north, chef Damian D'Silva has closed his eponymous stall. On the closure, the Eurasian chef, 60, would only say that he needs to spend more time with his mother, and...
Minister for Trade and Industry (Trade) Lim Hng Kiang said our baseline projection is not an outright recession. But we can't rule out the possibility that the economy will experience some quarters of negative growth. Overall, the economy will still...
A 10-year jail sentence meted out to a pre-surgery transgender man yesterday made clear that women can be charged and punished for sexual penetration of minors. Lawyers whom The Straits Times spoke to said the Court of Appeal ruling was...
Premium bus services - which guarantee a seat at a fixed fare of around $4 or $5 - are losing some of their shine to City Direct services. The Government launched City Direct services - which ply one-way express routes...
SINGAPORE - From Oct 12, motorists will be able to purchase new parking coupons at all HDB Branches/Service Centres, The URA Centre and authorised coupon agents such as all petrol stations, Cheers and 7-Eleven outlets. Old parking coupons can be exchanged...
WASHINGTON - Singaporean student Kenneth Sng's remarks at the beginning of the second presidential debate might have been brief, but he said they were "the longest 60 seconds" of his life. The 24-year-old Public Service Commission scholar had been tasked...
OSLO - Singapore will soon make its first deposit into the Svalbard Global Seed Vault, the world's largest secure seed storage facility. The seeds of a Singapore-developed rice variety - called Temasek rice - will be deposited next Tuesday into...
