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Restoration works bring back shine for Architectural Heritage Awards winners
It was a diverse group of winners at this year's Architectural Heritage Awards. A former clubhouse for Chinese businessmen, the iconic Sultan Mosque, a 146-year-old Roman Catholic Church and luxury...
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HolyCrit duo on track to revive bike races - legally
Nearly two years after the HolyCrit street cycling race was stopped for breaching the law, its organisers are making progress in their bid to revive the race.For a start, they have secured a site in...
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More tertiary students signing on as part-time auxiliary officers
Mr Kelvin Khaw is 26 and a psychology graduate from the Singapore Institute of Management.He is also a part-time auxiliary police officer (APO).It may not have been a career he had planned for but Mr...
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More Swiss chocs rolling out of Singapore
Swiss chocolate maker Barry Callebaut has invested US$18 million (S$24.7 million) to expand its Singapore manufacturing facility.The expansion involved installing a third production line, a chocolate...
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Bloody football could do with a large dose of common sense
Blood flows in a World Cup qualifier, and Brazil's new coach tells the victim - Neymar - that he must learn to turn the other cheek.A new England manager, Gareth Southgate, is ordained, and starts off...
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'Tomb hunter' locates pioneer's grave after five-year search
You can call Greater Bukit Brown Cemetery a social and cultural repository of early Singapore. In recent years, researchers have slowly unearthed the stories of many pioneering Chinese immigrants who...
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Singapore fantasy comic finds US publisher
First-time Singaporean comic book writer Shaun Kang's graphic novel Flesh & Steel took four years to hit the shelves here. But the 160-page fantasy comic, which was released here in April, has...
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Docs studying if 'special drink' will curb gestational diabetes
Doctors in Singapore are not leaving it to chance in the war against diabetes, with a bid to prevent the illness even before a baby is conceived.Researchers here are conducting a study to see if a...
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Looking out for you, from elsewhere
At the Tan Boon Liat Building off Outram Road is an office about half the size of a basketball court with just over 40 computer screens.In it, more than half a dozen people remotely monitor over 6,000...
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55 deaths, and all 'were preventable'
Three days before he was to fly home for his wedding, Mr Mohan Suresh fell 14 storeys to his death.On the morning of March 31, the 29-year-old plumber from India decided to check on some pipes on the...
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One-stop web markets
Thanks to online shopping, you never have to leave the house to buy what you need.But some e-commerce retailers are trying to make sure that once you hit their website, you do not leave it, too.These...
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What's missing in the debate on elected presidency
When the first presidential election was held in 1993, I received an unexpected request to interview one of the candidates.The invitation came out of the blue as, until then, former accountant-general...
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Zero waste way of life
They take their own cutlery, containers and water tumblers when they go out. They avoid straws, plastic bags and food packaging.Some have a compost bin at home where they dump their kitchen scraps and...
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The will to leave a legacy
Why make a willExperts say there is no better time to think about making a will than now, when you are able to. So do not commit the mistake of putting it off until it is too late.Mr Simon Tan,...
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Providing for the people you care about
CASE 1: WHEN THERE IS NO WILLMs Ang Kim Lan of Goodwins Law Corporation cites a "sad case" where there was no will and the distribution was made to a beneficiary that the deceased would not have...
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T4 construction set to be completed by year end
Changi Airport's new passenger terminal looks finished from the outside with "Terminal 4" embossed on a wall at the departure level, and new roads and bridges constructed, along with a 68m-high control...
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Short-term home stays a 'breach of faith', but...
Short-term stays are a "breach of faith" for those who have bought homes for residential use, but Singapore will not close the door on it permanently, said National Development Minister Lawrence...
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How did 81 judges cast 92 votes in Sing! China final?
Updated on Oct 10SINGAPORE - How did 81 judges cast 92 votes in the Sing! China final on Friday (Oct 7) night?That was the question that lit up social media in China and Singapore after Xinjiang's...
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Local market set to cool as US election draws near
The world is counting down to the United States presidential election on Nov 8, an event that could cause market turbulence in the near term while raising questions about the future of global...
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