The estate of Mr Lee Kuan Yew yesterday took issue with a statement by the Attorney-General's Chambers (AGC) on interviews Mr Lee gave in the early 1980s, after a court ruling on copyright to them. But AGC said in reply...
Last week, former China tour guide Yang Yin was jailed for eight years and two months for cheating wealthy widow Chung Khin Chun of $1.1 million and duping the authorities into granting him permanent residency. The Sunday Times talks to...
KOTA KINABALU - A Singaporean climber, who was reported missing while training for the Mount Kinabalu climbathon early Saturday, has been found dead. Woon Tai Kiang was found in a 150m deep ravine near Sayat-Sayat which is the last checkpoint...
Beijing should make Singapore "pay the price for seriously damaging China's interest", said a Chinese defence adviser days after a spat erupted between a Chinese newspaper and a Singapore envoy. Professor Jin Yinan, a director at a defence university run...
Give all pre-school educators a day off on Teachers' Day, so they get more respect and recognition. That call was made yesterday by Minister for Social and Family Development Tan Chuan-Jin, even as new moves to help more people join...
SINGAPORE - A man who allegedly held a two-year-old boy hostage in a Sembawang flat for 17 hours was charged on Friday (Sept 30) with having knuckle dusters without permission. 330347
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SINGAPORE - Once hailed as the finest building of its kind in the Far East, the stately Istana in Orchard Road, built in the late 1860s, is usually open to the public only five times a year. But from Oct...
About 6km off the east coast of Singapore is a ship that has been anchored for more than a month. The Hanjin Rome was arrested on Aug 29 after its owner, South Korea's Hanjin Shipping, was sued for owing its...
It is a shame the Seventh-day Adventist Church in Balestier Road, mostly used as a landmark by pedestrians to find their bearings, is often overlooked as a destination. After all, the pre-war Art Deco building has interesting features, such as...
In his 22-page grounds of judgment, Principal District Judge Bala Reddy explained in detail how he decided on a jail term of six years for Yang Yin's criminal breach of trust offences. He took into account aggravating factors submitted by...
