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When being overprotective does your kids more harm than good
It was a week before the food and fun fair at our church, and my son was brimming with excitement."What can we sell?" he kept asking."Nothing," I replied for the umpteenth time.Applications to run...
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Slice of Ho Chi Minh City at Saigon Alley
Vietnamese food in Singapore is usually confined to the ubiquitous pho and rice paper rolls.I love the beef noodle soup, but there is really much more to the country's cuisine that we do not see much...
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Japan's Crown Prince a champion of reforming sedate royal life
Crown Prince Naruhito, who will in time ascend the throne as Japan's 126th Emperor, will also inherit the role of rewriting the rulebook of the world's oldest hereditary monarch.His father, Emperor...
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Pastry chef Janice Wong opens Chinese restaurant at National Museum
Singapore's poster girl for desserts, chef Janice Wong, will open her eponymous flagship restaurant at the National Museum Singapore on Wednesday.The 1,500 sq ft restaurant will feature savoury modern...
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Olympics: 16 of the hottest athletes at the 2016 Rio Games
RIO DE JANEIRO - With the Olympics headed into its fifth day, it has not just been the sporting prowess and athletic talent that have caught the eye. The ripped bodies of some of the world's best...
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Quick start to the day
You wake up in the morning and your mind zooms in on breakfast. You want something to fuel you up for the day, but jam slathered on bread prepared in your kitchen does not quite excite you.Thank...
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Ex-UAE official linked to 1MDB under probe
GENEVA - Investigators in Switzerland have initiated a fraud probe against a former Abu Dhabi finance official over an alleged international conspiracy to embezzle money from the 1Malaysia Development...
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Yang Yin trial: Ex-tour guide mulls over pleading guilty - again
With his trial drawing to a close, a former tour guide accused of criminal breach of trust is considering for a second time if he should throw in the towel.Yang Yin's lawyer, Mr Irving Choh, told...
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Man charged with wife's murder in Yishun
A 37-year-old man was on Monday (Aug 15) charged with the murder of his wife in Yishun.Mohamad Jonit Adnan is accused of causing the death of Ms Sri Idayu Ghazali, 29, at about 9pm on Saturday at Block...
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Minister slams UK High Comm for improper comments
Law Minister K. Shanmugam has rapped the British High Commission here for urging countries, including Singapore, to abolish the offence of scandalising the judiciary - and accused it of improperly...
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Success sweeter if athletes are backed from the start
Singaporeans love a winner.How else can one explain why people camped out at Changi Airport as early as 10pm on Sunday, to catch Joseph Schooling's 5.45am arrival yesterday? Or why children were given...
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Firm fined $300k over Sports Hub telecoms sale
A local company, whose subsidiary is aiming to become Singapore's fourth telco, has been fined $300,000 for signing an unauthorised agreement to sell the Sports Hub's telecommunications system to...
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Lessons for Singapore from Schooling's win
Singaporeans shared a common experience as they went through emotions of anticipation, excitement and then jubilation on the Saturday morning of Aug 13 as they watched the final race of the 100m...
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Will Mahathir's latest gambit strengthen the opposition?
KUALA LUMPUR - Former premier Mahathir Mohamad's new party has taken flak for limiting its full membership to bumiputera (a term for indigenous tribes and the Malay majority) and being no different...
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Jailed 15 years for $11.2m theft from luxury goods firm
An accounting manager who siphoned $11.2 million from a Swiss watch and jewellery company she worked for was jailed for 15 years yesterday.Chew Siew Lang, 53, misappropriated the money over a period of...
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Child has arthritis, not growing pains
When primary school pupil Denisse Kong, 11, first complained of aches around her ankles and heels more than two years ago, her parents dismissed it as growing pains."We even bought her a bigger pair of...
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SBRT a curative option for prostate cancer
When the results of a routine cancer screening test revealed unusually high levels of prostate-specific antigens (PSA), 59-year-old Richard (not his real name) feared the worst.A subsequent biopsy...
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Cupping wins younger fans
Traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) practitioners here say they have seen a growing number of athletes, fitness enthusiasts and working professionals turn to the healing therapy of cupping.This is even...
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Cracks on China-assembled trains not safety risk: Khaw
Transport Minister Khaw Boon Wan reiterated yesterday that the hairline cracks found on 26 China- assembled trains were not a safety risk, and withdrawing them from service for rectifications did not...
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Schooling tips Quah to be S'pore's next medal winner
Having blazed a trail for Singapore swimming, Olympic 100m butterfly champion Joseph Schooling believes team-mate Quah Zheng Wen can join him as an Olympic medallist sooner rather than later.At the...
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