Para-swimmer Yip Pin Xiu has clinched the nation’s second gold medal at the Paralympics in Rio de Janeiro in the women’s S2 50m backstroke..
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Paralympics: Yip Pin Xiu clinches Singapore’s 2nd gold medal
Yip Pin Xiu wins gold again
SINGAPORE – National para-swimmer Yip Pin Xiu won her second gold medal of the Rio 2016 Paralympic Games on Friday morning (Sept 16) when the 24-year-old won the women’s 50m backstroke S2 final at Barra’s Olympic Aquatic Stadium.
Yip, who is born with…
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Remote control car racing at Our Blocks Rock party
Don’t want to go through the hassle of heading down to town to watch the F1 races this weekend?
Don’t worry. If you are a Punggol resident, you can get your racing fix closer to home.
One of the activities in the…
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When the President says 'no', what happens next?
Today, there are matters related to our reserves that do not require the President to consult the Council of Presidential Advisers (CPA) – and consequently cannot be overridden by Parliament.
The CPA’s primary function is to…
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Head of State: Appoint or elect?
Unbundle the two roles – custodial and ceremonial – of the President and return to the system of appointing a Head of State.
In suggesting this, the Constitutional Commission said the custodial powers could then be vested in…
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Train To Busan speeds to $5 million mark
More than a month since Korean zombie blockbuster Train To Busan premiered here, it has finally hit the $5 million mark and remained the top grossing Asian movie this year in Singapore.
From shy kid to chatty footballer
For these two children, football is more than a weekly leisure activity.
It was what brought the two boys – one with autism and the other with a speech impediment – out of their sheltered worlds.
Aaron Oh’s interest in…
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Girl, 6, drowns in hotel pool while dad looking at phone
He was looking at his mobile phone while his six-year-old daughter, a non-swimmer, played in a swimming pool nearby.
Mr Zacharias Alexander Karamoy later looked up and saw, to his horror, his little girl motionless at the…
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Other Molotov cocktail incidents
The contents of a modern-day molotov cocktail include a flammable liquid in a bottle and a petrol-soaked rag to be ignited.
Since these ingredients are easily accessible, it has become a choice weapon for rioters.
The…
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Commuters soaked on train
Heavy rains on Wednesday afternoon resulted in some commuters getting wet while on the train.
According to a Shin Min Daily News report yesterday, commuters on the East-West line were surprised when train…
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