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Orchard Road turns to WeChat to drive sales
A post on Chinese social media platform WeChat touts Orchard Road as a prime spot for a selfie, with its backdrop of high street brands and clean surroundings.Another post raves about the value of the...
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He broke a man's skull with his bare fist in a fight
A man's blow with his bare fist in a fight in January was so powerful that it broke another man's skull. To this day, the victim has not recovered fully. He cannot even remember being in the...
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Man jailed for attack with two others
A group of three punched and kicked a man repeatedly and attacked him with a foldable chair, causing a facial fracture, a court heard yesterday.One of the three, driver Abdul Halil Osman, 31, was...
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Showcase of five decades of National Day Parades
From a fly-past with a flag about the size of a billiard table during the National Day Parade (NDP) of 1970, to one as large as a basketball field during last year's parade - the event celebrating...
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$2,225 a month claim for undergrad expenses 'inflated'
The monthly sum needed to maintain a law undergraduate has come under scrutiny in a divorced couple's court battle as a judge criticised claims for clothes, bags and pocket money as being too high.At...
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Newton's back, but not the crowds
More than a month since Newton Food Centre reopened, many stall owners said the crowds have still not quite returned.A few stalls which raised prices - in anticipation of a rental hike following the...
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Ex-PAP man recounts 1957 'kelong meeting' to plot against Lee Kuan Yew
Former leftist Tan Kong Guan, who was vice-chairman of the People's Action Party (PAP) for nine days before being arrested, has published his memoirs, including an account of a 1957 "kelong meeting"...
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Investors cry foul over builder's crowdfunding
Image:Â Category:Â NewsBusinessPublication Date:Â Sunday, June 12, 2016 - 06:00Keywords:Â investmentsingapore companiescrowdfundingExternal URL:Â Investors cry foul over builder's crowdfunding Send to...
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Go on a tour of the Supreme Court
If you have yet to see the inside of Singapore's highest court, the Court of Appeal, you can get a chancethis month during one of the Supreme Court's commemorative tours.In celebration of 10 years...
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Workers' Party's core of next-gen leaders takes shape
What are the calculations behind installing its two youngest elected MPs, Pritam Singh and Faisal Manap, in key posts?The Workers' Party's (WP) two youngest elected MPs - Mr Pritam Singh and Mr Muhamad...
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Ex-ST editor Han Fook Kwang compiles his best columns in new book
On his first working day at The Straits Times on Feb 20, 1989, Mr Han Fook Kwang did not even have a table to write at."It was a big change," recalls the former civil servant who, as an Administrative...
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Cleaners and disabled workers share stories of mistreatment by customers
A video of a woman lashing out at a disabled cleaner has gone viral. Sunday Life talks to cleaners and disabled workers about the treatment they receive from customersIf you have visited the 12,000 sq...
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Famed eateries pay the price of popularity
More than a decade ago, the area around Bedok Road was nowhere near as hip. It was home to a handful of hardware shops and a few eateries offering traditional Malay and Indian Muslim dishes, say...
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Journalist retraces the steps of paedophile Richard Huckle
Briton Richard Huckle lived for over a year in a row of rundown longhouses near an affluent Kuala Lumpur neighbourhood where he preyed on at least 23 children from poor Malaysian families. The...
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Singapore, Mexico sign MOUs to boost ties
Visiting Singapore President Tony Tan Keng Yam and his Mexican counterpart Enrique Pena Nieto witnessed the signing of agreements here designed to boost links between the two countries that established...
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New gas hobs come with two safety features
Madam Lim Kim Choo used to either return home to a strong smell of gas, or rush into a smoke-filled kitchen from her room to salvage a burning pot of food on the stove."I am getting older and more...
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'Kaypoh' strangers can make a difference as extended family network disappears
Close the door, shut the windows, set our social media pages to private; we want strangers to butt out when we are caught up in something too nasty to describe with just a sad-face emoji.When family...
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Mentors to help students get into top unis
Students from junior colleges and polytechnics that are under-represented in top British and American universities now have a network of mentors to help them get into such institutions.Singaporean...
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Businessman's Bedok coffee-shop plans go awry
He spent about $180,000 to renovate a shophouse unit in Jalan Pari Burong in Bedok, hoping to operate a coffee shop there, selling items such as chicken rice, porridge and noodles.Businessman Neo Puay...
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Survival of fittest for nature attractions
Along with the Singapore Zoo and Jurong Bird Park, Underwater World Singapore completed the trifecta of natural attractions here associated with land, air and water. Conceptually, they formed a...
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