From obliging three boys with a photo, to being accessible to the Singapore Women’s Everest Team, Singaporeans recount their personal encounters with the former Singapore President.
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Remembering S R Nathan, the People's President
Roads around Parliament House to be closed as S R Nathan lies in state
The body of the late S R Nathan will lie in state at Parliament House from 10am on Thursday (Aug 25). Members of the public can pay their respects until 8pm on that day.
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Results of latest BTO exercise released at 2pm
The final application numbers for the third and latest BTO exercise of the year will be released at 2pm on Wednesday (Aug 24). A check at 5pm on Tuesday showed that all the 4,800 units on offer were…
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Industry leaders pay tribute to the late S R Nathan
Industry leaders in Singapore paid tribute to the late President S R Nathan, who passed away peacefully on Monday (Aug 22) evening at the Singapore General Hospital.
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Surge in demand for Tampines flats in latest BTO exercise
SINGAPORE – After a relatively slow start, the Build-to-Order (BTO) flats in Tampines launched last week have enjoyed a surge in interest, with all flat types oversubscribed as of 5pm on Tuesday (Aug 23), hours before the exercise ended at midnight.
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Singapore's ethnic groups send tributes to S R Nathan
Tributes have poured in for late former President S R Nathan from Singapore’s ethnic groups.
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President’s Scholarship awarded to five individuals
Scholarship recipients will serve Singapore and Singaporeans through a career in the Public Service.
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Stampede in Taipei as Pokemon Go players rush to catch Snorlax
SINGAPORE – If you think the Pokemon Go craze in Singapore is bad, wait till you watch this.
A Facebook video showing a stampede in Taipei has been making its rounds online, with the purported cause for the panic being Snorlax, a relatively rare sighting in the Pokemon Go game.
In the 22-second clip, thousands of people can be seen charging towards one direction in what looks like the Taiwanese capital’s Xinbeitou district.
The Facebook user who uploaded the clip on Saturday (Aug 20) called the area “Snorlax central”.
According to a report on Time, Xinbeitou has become such a popular spot for Pokemon players looking to catch Snorlax that reinforcements from the civil defence force and police are in place.
Similarly in Singapore, police patrols have been stepped up in Pokemon Go hotspot Hougang, where scores of players reportedly dashed across a road on Aug 10 to catch Snorlax without checking for oncoming traffic.
Residents there have also complained of having their sleep disrupted and illegal parking, among other problems.
Gotta catch ’em all: Pokemon Go now in Singapore
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Jennifer Lawrence ranked world's highest paid-actress for 2nd year
NEW YORK – “Hunger Games” star Jennifer Lawrence on Tuesday topped a Forbes magazine list of the world’s highest-paid actress for the second straight year, earning some US$46 million (S$62.13 million), followed by Melissa McCarthy.
Lawrence, 26, took the top spot largely through a slice of the profits from the final movie in the “Hunger Games”franchise, as well as a big upfront fee for her forthcoming space adventure movie “Passengers,” Forbes said.
Yet Lawrence’s estimated payday was likely well below that for Hollywood’s leading men, Forbes said, despite the actress sparking a debate about the gender pay gap last year. She declared she was “finished being adorable” when it came to negotiating better deals for herself.
Lawrence’s 2016 earnings dropped 11.5 percent from her 2015 total of US$52 million. Forbes will release its list of the world’s highest-paid actors on Thursday. Last year Robert Downey Jr. topped the list with an estimated US$80 million.
Neither however came close to pop star Taylor Swift, who was named the top earning celebrity of 2016 earlier this year, pulling in an estimated US$170 million from record sales and her world tour.
McCarthy took home US$33 million in earnings, up $10 million from 2015 in part from her payday for the controversial female reboot of “Ghostbusters.” It was the biggest annual paycheck to date for the star of television comedy “Mike and Molly.” McCarthy, 45, also launched a clothing line for sizes 4 to 28 after becoming frustrated at the outfits available for larger women.
Scarlett Johansson of “Captain America: Civil Wars” was third at US$25 million, down nearly 30 percent from 2015.
Together, the world’s 10 highest-paid actresses tallied a combined $205 million between June 1, 2015 and June 1, 2016, before management fees and taxes, Forbes said.
The estimates include earnings from movies, TV and endorsements from cosmetic and other companies. Bollywood star Deepika Padukone is the only newcomer on the list.
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World’s highest paid-actresses in 2016
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S R Nathan a 'worker's keeper and people's leader': NTUC
The Labour Movement has paid tribute to the former President S R Nathan by calling him a “brother in arms, worker’s keeper and people’s leader” in a letter of condolences to his wife.
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