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Train captain who gave elderly man piggyback ride to station during...
SINGAPORE - During a train service disruption on the North-South Line on Jan 9, in which commuters were forced to get off the train, train captain Goh Kim Han's primary concern was guiding passengers...
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Singapore Fashion Week 2016 opens with a bang
SINGAPORE - If anyone was expecting super traditional Chinese outfits from Guo Pei, it was anything but. She made tassels, embroidered trains and brocade look incredibly wearable - modern day luxury...
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Singapore chefs win double gold in Culinary Olympics held in Germany
Singapore has made Olympic history again - this time, at the Culinary Olympics.The national culinary team beat 29 other teams to be the only Asian country to win two gold awards in the Cold Display and...
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Singapore Biennale opens: Take a 360° video tour of the works
SINGAPORE - Malaysia's Chia Chuyia knitted a garment out of leeks. Another artist, Melati Suryodarmo from Indonesia, used her face as a stamp to ink rice paper. A third, Sakarin Krue-On from Thailand,...
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Lee Kuan Yew's story in a manga
A Japanese publisher has launched a 248-page comic book about the life of Singapore's founding Prime MinisterThe story of Singapore's first Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew has been told many times, but...
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Get a spooky experience in Edinburgh and Dublin
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Ghost tours are a different way of seeing Edinburgh and Dublin
Travellers seeking a different, darker experience of Edinburgh or Dublin can try a ghost tour.Playing on the dark histories of these cities, such tours - by bus or on foot - let visitors experience...
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Old way of life co-exists with modernity at Jogja
Who: Tan Siuli, in her 30s, co-curatorial head of Singapore Art Museum and co-curator of Singapore Biennale 2016Favourite destination: Yogyakarta, IndonesiaWhy: There is a special charm to Yogyakarta,...
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Football: Jermaine Pennant to leave Tampines Rovers, has offers from England...
SINGAPORE - Former Arsenal and Liverpool winger Jermaine Pennant will leave Tampines Rovers at the end of the season, bringing an end to his nine-month sojourn in Singapore football.The Stags' last...
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Cement mixer truck driver jailed 10 weeks for causing cyclist's death on...
SINGAPORE - The tyres of a cement mixer truck ran over a woman cyclist at a pedestrian crossing when the driver failed to keep a proper lookout while making left turn, a court heard.Tan Boon Kwee, 50,...
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Football: Even Lionel Messi would not have helped S-League, says Jermaine...
SINGAPORE - Tampines Rovers player Jermaine Pennant, who will leave Singapore next week after failing to agree to new terms, gave a withering assessment of the S-League.In an exclusive interview with...
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US man donates liver to a stranger and marries her a year later
Mr Christopher Dempsey's donation of half his liver to a complete stranger has proved to be life-changing in more ways than one.The former marine did not expect that he would be saving the life of the...
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Actress Kitty Zhang has remarried, 70 days after meeting her 'beast prince'
BEIJING - Actress Kitty Zhang has announced her whirlwind remarriage, revealing that she and her new husband made things official 70 days after their first meeting.Her company Zhang Yuqi Studio made...
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Woman charged with murder of 5-year-old son
SINGAPORE - A woman was charged in court on Thursday (Oct 27) with murdering her five-year-old son together with her husband.Azlin Arujunah, 24, is alleged to have caused the death of her son together...
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Santa in town too early? No, says business association
It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas - even though it is two months early.The sight of Orchard Road all decked out in yuletide cheer as early as a few weeks ago has left some to wonder if the...
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Set right pay scale to raise image, quality of pre-school educators
I read with interest the recent reports and letters on pre-school teachers and childhood education ("Call to boost pay and image to attract more pre-school teachers"; Oct 17, and "Teach parents about...
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Regulated homestays offer valuable experience
Yesterday's commentary ("Home sharing still up in the Airbnb") briefly described joint efforts by the Singapore Tourism Board (STB) and the Association of Management Corporations in Singapore (Amcis)...
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Mum donates $100 of $800 salary monthly
Madam Jenny Yim, 57, earns $800 a month and has a family to feed. But every time she receives her salary, she gives $100 to the needy through Club-100 @ North West.The mother of two, who works as a bus...
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