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When Mr S R Nathan became President in 1999, I was an awkward kid on the cusp of teenagehood, ignorant of current affairs and blissfully unaware of the challenges he had to overcome.Neither did I know what the President...
SINGAPORE - Visitors to the Singapore Zoo could soon be able to stave off the heat in some areas of the park, thanks to a new outdoor cooling system that is touted to blow air as cool as 24...
SINGAPORE - Tankers full of liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) are gathering off Singapore waiting for buyers as a flood of supply from the US and Saudi Arabia has outpaced demand for the fuel, trade and industry sources said on...
Singapore is taking the next step in the move towards self-driving vehicles with the world's first public trial of self-driving taxis.Robo-taxis developed by nuTonomy, a Massachusetts based transportation software firm, will operate autonomously in a Singapore business district on...
Several years ago, her father was forced to sell the family home after he was declared a bankrupt when his business went bust.A few years later, just as they were getting back on their feet, he became partially paralysed...
SINGAPORE - The state funeral procession for former president Mr S R Nathan will begin at 2pm on Friday (Aug 26) and will pass landmarks such as City Hall, Fullerton Hotel and NTUC Centre en route to the University...
Mr S R Nathan was at heart a social worker, leaders of self-help groups said yesterday."He was happiest when he was in the company of fellow social workers, and he was engaged in trying to help all the time,"...
To those privileged to have served him, Mr S R Nathan will forever be The Boss, said ambassador-at-large Bilahari Kausikan yesterday at a remembrance ceremony at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA). Here are extracts from his eulogy:"One of...
Watching the fruits of his labour go up in flames within minutes is always a bittersweet experience for Mr Yeo Hung Teo, the owner of Yeo Swee Huat paper agency.Located in Toa Payoh Industrial Park, the paper agency makes...
Singapore's newly minted President was coming for an eye operation and Dr Vivian Balakrishnan was feeling the stress.But Mr S R Nathan's unassuming manner was disarming.He did not ask for special treatment, recalled Dr Balakrishnan, an ophthalmologist who is...