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Dual speeds planned for escalators at MRT stations
They will run at current average speed at peak hours but slow down during off-peak hoursThe Land Transport Authority (LTA) and transport operator SMRT plan to lower the speeds of escalators at train...
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Thinking Aloud: When I'm 64...what kind of Singapore can I grow old in?
Changes to the nursing-home model and retirement financing too late for me, but I hope they come in time for younger SingaporeansAs I grow into my late 40s, I find myself ruminating on what kind of...
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It Changed My Life: Eileen Harrop: Teacher, consultant, prison governor......
Mrs Eileen Harrop has had jobs as a teacher, consultant, prison governor... and now, priestMrs Eileen Harrop is the vicar of Gainford, the rector of Winston and an associate minister in Bishop...
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Me&MyMoney: Stint at marine firm charts his course in life
Image: Category: NewsBusinessPublication Date: Sunday, August 7, 2016 - 17:55Keywords: investingExternal URL: Me&MyMoney: Stint at marine firm charts his course in lifeSend to mobile app: Source:...
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Beauty queen loves her plus-sized body
She aims to influence others with image issues through social mediaShe has been ridiculed by family members over her weight and told as a child that "no one will hire you because you are too fat".Few...
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New hawker centre's prices easy to digest
A hawker centre that has price caps on some basic dishes in a bid to keep them affordable has generally been welcomed by customers and stall owners. There are also plans to share a similar model across...
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Swiber shock: Reforms needed in bond market
Image: Category: NewsBusinessPublication Date: Monday, August 8, 2016 - 15:00Keywords: SwiberSingapore ExchangeExternal URL: Swiber shock: Reforms needed in bond marketSend to mobile app: Byline: Goh...
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North Koreans will soon need visas to visit Singapore
Two North Korean professors went to Singapore's Nanyang Technological University in 2014, not to teach but to learn.Mr Pak, in his 50s, and Mr Hyon, in his 30s, lived in hostels and "studied very hard"...
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Bukit Brown cemetery gets back its 1920s gates
The historic 1920s cast-iron gates of Bukit Brown Cemetery have been carefully reinstalled after six months of conservation and refurbishment work.The gates, perched on gateposts, now boast a shiny...
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Gas, taxi towkay out to promote culture
TransCab boss Teo Kiang Ang was an unlikely bidder for an ink painting by Beijing artist Liu Yanshui at the Singapore Chinese Orchestra's gala dinner and fund-raising concert last October.Never known...
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Manatee mission
Two male sea cows from the River Safari set off on a 34-hour voyage to the Caribbean yesterday morning that could help save the rest of their kind.Kai and Junior, two of the safari's 14 West Indian...
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Crowdfunding firm fails to make payments
A number of schemes marketed by little-known crowdfunding company First Asia Alliance for four firms have failed to deliver on payouts promised to investors.At least eight investors have put in some...
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Family firm Risis guards its golden secrets well
Like the recipe for Coca Cola or Kentucky Fried Chicken's secret sauce, the technique by which home-grown jeweller Risis plates orchids in pure gold is a tightly guarded trade secret.Only three people...
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Asia likely to be thumped by a Trump presidency: Nomura
Financial services giant Nomura has warned of the potential economic and trade consequences for Singapore if Donald Trump is elected United States president in November.In its Asia Special Report,...
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Luxasia CEO's 'accidental foray' into beauty business
Mr Patrick Chong, founder and chief executive officer of fragrance and cosmetics distributor Luxasia, is everything and nothing you would imagine a beauty industry CEO to be.As the man behind the...
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Nerves get the better of Singapore shooter Teo at Olympics
Nothing it seems, can prepare someone for the pressure of competing at the Olympic Games, as national shooter Teo Shun Xie found out to her cost yesterday.The 28-year-old may be the reigning...
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'One-eyed Dragon' accomplice pleads guilty
A man who helped one of Singapore's most notorious gangsters flee the country after a gangland-style shooting of a nightclub owner was yesterday found guilty - a decade after the crime.On Feb 15, 2006,...
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DBS clears $600,000 cheque 'by mistake'
Image: Category: NewsBusinessPublication Date: Tuesday, August 9, 2016 - 14:35Keywords: DBSExternal URL: DBS clears $600,000 cheque 'by mistake'Send to mobile app: Byline: K.C. VijayanSource: Story...
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DBS caught off guard by Swiber's 'swift implosion'
Image: Category: NewsBusinessPublication Date: Tuesday, August 9, 2016 - 14:52Keywords: SwiberDBSExternal URL: DBS caught off guard by Swiber's 'swift implosion'Send to mobile app: Source: Story Type:...
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War relic found on Singapore sand barge
Unexploded 2m-long ordnance discovered three weeks ago finally deemed safe to handleFor three weeks now, crew on board a Singapore barge carrying sand for land reclamation have lived in fear of their...
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