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Inquiry into chemist's death: Blast caused ceiling to drop

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He was in the middle of work at an industrial plant one morning last October when a blast suddenly shook the building.

Mr Ng Zhen Jian, a senior executive at gas manufacturing firm Leeden National Oxygen, rushed to…

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Les Miserables reboot to target younger audience

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It’s been 20 years since world-famous musical Les Miserables was last staged in Singapore.

Come May, we’ll get to hear the people sing again, as the much-hyped modernised version makes its way to town.

Created in 2010…

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Boy can't recite numbers, so mum choked him unconscious

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The four-year-old was asked by his mother to recite the numbers 11 to 18 in both English and Malay.

Little Mohammad Airyl Amirul Haziq kept reciting the numbers over and over.

But he had trouble reciting them in Malay…

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How they compare

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100M BUTTERFLY 
PERSONAL BESTS

  • Michael Phelps: 49.82 seconds (2009, world record)
  • Chad Le Clos: 50.56 
(2015, African record)
  • Joseph Schooling…

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Cabby: I thought a body dropped on my taxi

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He was waiting to make a right turn in Jurong yesterday morning when he heard something crash loudly onto the roof of his cab.

Moments later, his windshield shattered.

The cabby sat in his seat for a while, stunned….

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Oil prices up slightly in thin holiday trading

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OIL prices climbed in thin Easter holiday trading on Monday, adding to gains in recent weeks as optimism holds that a production freeze among major producers may be implemented.



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Bespoke roadmaps for over 20 economic sectors in the works: Heng

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THE government will come up with bespoke plans for more than 20 economic sectors in Singapore to help them better meet the needs of the future economy, said Finance Minister Heng Swee Keat on Monday.



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COEs, car taxes set to make up 10.3% of govt inflows in FY2016

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VEHICLE quota premiums and motor vehicle taxes, which together accounted for 9.7 per cent of the government's total inflows in FY2015, are set to rise to 10.3 per cent in FY2016.



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Japan seen launching 5-10 trillion yen package to boost Abenomics

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WITH Japan's economy widely believed to have slid back into recession in the first quarter of this year, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is expected to announce work on a substantial fiscal spending package as early as Tuesday, in order to keep the momentum of Abenomics going.



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First Food Hub tenants to have high-tech cold-room facility

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THE three food-processing businesses which inked tenancy agreements with JTC on Monday will have first dibs on the technology in the integrated cold room and warehouse facility (CWF) in the JTC Food Hub @ Senoko.



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