What's going to happen at the former president S R Nathans' Lying In State tomorrow?According to Ministry of Communications and Information, the procedure will start at 8.45am where a private hearse carrying the casket will make its way from...
As a student at Bukit Panjang Government High School, Miss Natasha Ann Lum Mei Seem was a middling student whom some perceived as "girlish and timid".But at Pioneer Junior College (PJC) in Choa Chu Kang, the petite 19-year-old became...
He was meeting the former president for the first time.But all Mr Chung Chee Kit, 68, remembers was Mr S R Nathan's friendly demeanour calming his nerves when they met to discuss the painting he wanted to do of...
Singapore and the broader international community were saddened to learn of the passing of S R Nathan, who served as Singapore's President from 1999 to 2011. Much will be written regarding his life in public service, his personal courage...
Singapore and the broader international community were saddened to learn of the passing of S R Nathan, who served as Singapore's President from 1999 to 2011. Much will be written regarding his life in public service, his personal courage...
An unexploded aerial bomb found on a barge carrying a consignment of sand from Vietnam is likely to be disposed of by the Singapore Armed Forces (SAF) in the week ahead, sources said yesterday.The war relic, estimated to be...
From my three one-on-one conversations with former president S R Nathan over the years, I learnt that he considered the presidency his weightiest responsibility, chiefly because, first, he was uncomfortable that it technically made his former boss and mentor...
In a fit of anger, the boss of Mr S R Nathan ordered him to sack an officer who had made a mistake.But Mr Nathan, a mid-level civil servant then, moved the man to a corner table in the...
When Workers' Party (WP) MP Pritam Singh attended the Cabinet's swearing-in ceremony in 2011, he met then President S R Nathan.A few weeks later, he received a pleasant surprise in the mail - a photo of him and Mr...
In 2009, Dr William Tan was diagnosed with Stage 4 leukaemia. The para-athlete was told he had only a year or less to live.A lifeline came from the head of state. Then President S R Nathan wrote Dr Tan...
