March 26, 2016 5:00 AM
Three thousand revellers gathered at a field in Tanjong Rhu yesterday to dance, eat and throw coloured powder at one another to celebrate Holi, the Hindu festival of colours.
Healthy diet, regular aerobic exercise key to lowering levels
March 26, 2016 5:00 AM
You may have heard of someone avoiding types of food like eggs because he thinks his cholesterol level will go up after eating them.
Change brewing at popular MacPherson Minced Meat Noodles stall in Serangoon
March 26, 2016 5:00 AM
Fans of the famous MacPherson Minced Meat Noodles stall in Serangoon Road often wait up to 90 minutes to savour its trademark dishes such as bak chor mee.
What it should have been
March 26, 2016 5:00 AM
Yesterday’s article, “10 things you need to know” about Budget 2016, reported that the overall budget surplus of $3.4 billion expected this year represents 8 per cent of Singapore’s gross domestic product. It should be 0.8 per cent.
PM Lee to meet leaders and attend nuclear summit in US
March 26, 2016 5:00 AM
Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong is in the United States for a week-long working visit that will include meetings with US leaders and participation in the fourth Nuclear Security Summit.
Over 95,000 employers to get S$1.9b in wage payouts
SINGAPORE – More than 95,000 employers here will receive S$1.9 billion in Wage Credit Scheme (WCS) payouts by March 31, which is about 10,000 more beneficiaries than in 2015.
In a joint press release yesterday, the Ministry of Finance and the Inland Revenue…
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Record first day turn out of more than 10,000 people and 5,000 pets at Pet Expo
March 26, 2016 12:15 AM
SINGAPORE – More than 10,000 people and 5,000 pets packed Hall 7 of the Singapore Expo on Friday (March 25) for the first day of the Pet Expo – a record for the three-day event.
Singapore plans to develop local pool of nuclear experts: National Research Foundation
The experts could increase Singapore’s capabilities in nuclear safety and help authorities roll out precautionary measures in the event of a nuclear incident, the National Research Foundation said.
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Lessons for S'pore in Japan's ethos of career-long staff training
TOKYO – What do theatre, tea ceremony or calligraphy have to do with retail? Plenty, it seems, in Japan, where courses on these subjects are among the most popular for employees of retail giant Isetan Mitsukoshi.
In fact, demand from the company’s staff to go…
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Seniors, social workers weigh in on new schemes for the elderly
Two new programmes for seniors were announced in Finance Minister Heng Swee Keat’s Budget statement on Thursday (Mar 24). Channel NewsAsia spoke to seniors and social workers on the possible impact of the Silver Support Scheme and Community Networks for Seniors programme.
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