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  • Help for 2000 former drug offenders

    Founder Rasman Saridin (right), 46, and preventive and aftercare officer Idris Ahmad, 50, of Hira Society, which helps drug addicts and their families. -- ST PHOTO: SEAH KWANG ...

  • Odd-shaped house for sale below valuation

    The wedge-shaped plot has a built-up area of 3,089 sq ft. The rooms are also oddly shaped. Along one length of the house runs Hougang Avenue 2, while a catchment drain flanks the other side of the house. A nearby overhead bridge looks directly into the second floor. -- PHOTO: DESMOND LUI FOR THE SUNDAY ...

  • Give Malaysians arrested in Spore a second chance

    One of Malaysia's opposition heavyweights says Singapore should show leniency to some Malaysians who were arrested at the Merlion Park earlier this month after the Singapore authorities gave "a second chance" to a former Johor menteri besar. Singapore police arrested 21 Malaysians on May 11 for gathering at the park to protest against the results of the recent elections in ...

  • Some tall trees being replaced to reduce risks

    Among the tall trees NParks is replacing with shorter ones in selected areas are the sea apple (above) and angsana. NParks is taking into account shifts in weather patterns in its ongoing replacement planting programme. -- ST PHOTOS: SEAH KWANG ...

  • 50000 in the thick of navy battle

    Barring an outbreak of war, yesterday was probably the closest some 50,000 people will ever get to experiencing battle on the high seas. Visitors to the Republic of Singapore Navy (RSN) Open House were treated to an ear-busting dynamic display, which began with members of the elite Naval Diving Unit dropping into the water from hovering Chinook helicopters, before simulating a daring hostage ...


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Movie Review

XXX

XXX is the kind of movie where, when a character needs to destroy a communications tower in order to disrupt a surveillance system, he doesn't simply blow it up or something so middle-of-the-road and typical as that. Instead, he parachutes in on a snow board and lands on a mountain top hundreds of feet above it, sets off bombs to create a massive avalanche, and then snowboards down the mou ... ...

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  • Matilda Portico HDB gets into the name game

    A portico is a columned walkway that originated in ancient Greece. Nautilus is a shellfish and the name of Captain Nemo's submarine in the Jules Verne classic 20,000 Leagues Under The Sea. What about ancilla? It does not exist even in the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary, but is said to have a Latin origin and apparently means girl servant, or sea snails. These words, however, ...

  • It now costs $262000 for an Australian degree

    Australia has been an attractive study destination for many university students because it is nearer to Singapore than Britain or the United States. It used to cost less too. But this is no longer so. A check by The Sunday Times on the cost of pursuing a university degree overseas found Australia now costs more than either the US or Britain. For a non-medical, four-year degree in Australia, ...

  • 99 pre-school attendance is not good enough

    Nur Nazihah (seated), with her sisters Nurul Natasha, eight, Nabilah, 12, and Aisyah, five. The three oldest girls did not attend pre-school regularly. -- ST PHOTO: CHEW SENG ...

  • Wyndham enters into Singapore with 2 brands.

    Wyndham Hotel Group announced the company's entry into Singapore with the opening of two properties: Ramada Singapore at Zhongshan Park and Days Hotel Singapore at Zhongshan ...

  • Archbishop William Goh officially takes over as head of the Catholic Church of Singapore

    Archbishop William Goh has officially taken over as head of the Catholic Church of Singapore. This after Pope Francis accepted the resignation of Archbishop Nicholas Chia at noon in Rome, or 6pm Singapore time on Saturday. Archbishop Goh is in charge of the office "at the moment of the announcement", said the Apostolic Nunciature of Singapore in a statement last night. An inaugural ...

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