SINGAPORE – Two socio-political websites, one of them less than a year old, have called time on their operations.
Inconvenient Questions (IQ), launched in January last year by former Nominated Member of Parliament Viswa Sadasivan, will cease operations next…
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Lack of funds, so socio-political sites IQ, Six-Six close
Children, cyclists the focus of Road Safety Month
SINGAPORE – The Singapore Road Safety Month has returned for its fourth year, this time with a new programme that focuses on cyclists.
The Safe Cycling Programme will feature both theory and practical sessions that convey safe cycling habits in an…
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‘Contactless mobile payments could take off with Apple Pay’
SINGAPORE – Apple Pay – which allows customers to use their Apple mobile devices to tap and pay via contactless payment terminals – could be the catalyst for contactless mobile payments to finally take off here, experts say as all the major banks have now…
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Support programmes for divorcing parents prove to be beneficial
SINGAPORE – After a couple divorced, the father was due for a visit with his one-and-a-half-year-old toddler. But the reunion ended prematurely because his son ran away as soon as he saw him.
Situations like this are not unusual when young children are…
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NUS develops 3D-printed customised tablets that release drugs at different rates
SINGAPORE – Patients with multiple medical conditions who need to take multiple tablets every day could soon be able to pop one tablet and be done with it.
While combining drugs into one tablet is not new, National University of Singapore (NUS) researchers…
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Hari Raya festivities aimed at bringing S’poreans together
SINGAPORE – A kampung-style pavilion, torches traditionally made of bamboo or lampu colok, and a larger-than-life Malay gong are among the items from a bygone era that await visitors at this year’s Hari Raya light-up in Geylang Serai.
Organisers are hoping…
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Building Singapore’s creative industry
Following the World Economic Forum last year, many news headlines exclaimed the impact of the Fourth Industrial Revolution and the adverse effects that technology is having on the labour market. The topic made for both stark and sensational reading….
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TODAY’s brief, Thursday, May 26
Amos Yee to face eight charges in court
Teenage blogger Amos Yee is set to be charged on Thursday for similar offences to those that he faced last year. The 17-year-old is set to face eight charges, including five for allegedly wounding the religious feelings…
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Firms encouraged to help vulnerable residents through new community initiative
The Adopt-A-Community Programme will help the community through more staff volunteerism and in-kind contributions, apart from corporate philanthropy.
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Singapore President receives official farewell in Rome ahead of Venice visit
Dr Tony Tan Keng Yam will receive an official farewell at the Piazza del Quirinale on Wednesday afternoon, before he heads on to Venice to officiate the opening of the Singapore pavilion at the 15th Architecture Biennale.
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