Growing up, Ms Grace Tan watched her parents do charity work and donate generously to various causes. Inspired to give back to society too, she decided to embark on a career as a behaviour therapist for children with special needs after graduating with a Bachelor of Psychological Science (Honours) from James Cook University (JCU) in […]

Singapore Zoo is a favourite family destination because of its green open spaces and rainforest ambience, along with educational tours and a chance to get up close to wildlife. Enjoy a day out at Mandai this holiday season as Mickey and Minnie look for the playful doodle animals that have wandered off to explore Singapore […]

Sustainable buildings “could become mainstream”. This was a comment made by Pritzker Architecture Prize Laureate Sir Norman Foster at the opening keynote of the Forum of Mayors on Oct 6, organised by the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe. “We now have scientific evidence to prove that green buildings with natural ventilation are not only […]

Malang, East Java, Indonesia, Nov 25, 2020 – (ACN Newswire) – Brawijaya University (UB) in Malang, East Java has developed an initial screening kit for diabetes. The Bioscience Rapid Test GAD65, developed by aresearch team led by Prof. Dr. Aulanni’am, drh, DES, is ready for commercialization and use in early screening for Type I Diabetes Mellitus, before measures and […]

SINGAPORE – Malaysia has proposed some changes to the Kuala Lumpur-Singapore High Speed Rail (HSR) Project, and Singapore has been discussing them in good faith with Malaysia, a Ministry of Transport (MOT) spokesman said on Wednesday (Nov 25). “Singapore continues to believe that the HSR Project is beneficial for both countries, and remains fully committed […]

The cartoonists of French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo would have been told to stop publishing their works had they been in Singapore, and if they had continued, they would have been arrested, Home Affairs Minister K. Shanmugam said yesterday. He made the point when emphasising that Singapore does not allow any religious group to be […]

There will be no Chinese New Year bazaar in Chinatown next year due to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. The decision to do without the bazaar for the first time in its history came as a result of concerns over crowd control, said the organisers. The Kreta Ayer-Kim Seng Citizens’ Consultative Committee also told Chinese daily […]

The Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS) may have lost its physical territory, but its violent ideology continues to spread and its supporters are quick to capitalise on current events to further their agenda, Minister for Home Affairs and Law K. Shanmugam said yesterday. To protect Singapore against extremism and terrorism, calm and credible […]

Amid the travails of Singapore’s drawn-out battle against the Covid-19 pandemic this year, there emerged a silver lining for Dr Noel Yeo. As senior vice-president at Parkway Pantai, he was in the thick of various operations, including the transfer of patients to the four private hospitals in the Parkway chain to free up public facilities. […]

Singapore must develop the next generation of home-grown companies that will not only boost the local economy but also compete in the global arena. An industry that could provide fertile soil for such growth is the infocomm media (ICM) sector, said Trade and Industry Minister Chan Chun Sing yesterday. He added that this would entail […]

Singapore – Swapping cryptos on an exchange can be incredibly inefficient, as no exchange has all the coins in one fold. VaultSwap a project by Jason Wright, which is also the CEO zenomatrix.net, intends to proffer a solution to this problem. It has several high-paying investment schemes that reward investors for their confidence in the project. […]

Civil rights activist Jolovan Wham Kwok Han was charged in a district court yesterday with two offences under the Public Order Act. The 40-year-old Singaporean, who is the former executive director of migrant worker advocacy group Humanitarian Organisation for Migration Economics, had allegedly taken part in an assembly at the steps to the main entrance […]

Undeterred by the high price tag, home seekers rushed for the five-room Build-To-Order (BTO) flats in Toa Payoh (Bidadari) – the most expensive units in this month’s sales launch. As at 5pm yesterday, each of the 144 five-room flats in Bartley Beacon had more than six first-time applicants vying for the unit. Second-time applicants face […]

A vaccine developed by Oxford University and biopharmaceutical firm AstraZeneca has been found to be up to 90 per cent effective at preventing Covid-19, according to preliminary results. It joins two other vaccine front runners.

When a massive earthquake struck Sichuan in 2008, social worker Lim Boon Chee was helping HIV and Aids patients in the Guangxi region in southern China. Ms Lim, who was at the time working for World Vision International (China), travelled to areas hit by the temblor in the south-west of the country, and volunteered to […]

Plans are afoot to expand Singapore’s capacity in the manufacture of pharmaceutical products as the world gets closer to finding a vaccine for Covid-19. Global life-science company Thermo Fisher Scientific, for instance, last month announced plans to set up a sterile fill-and-finish facility for therapeutics and vaccines here. “This facility will have the capability and […]

SINGAPORE – Following a streak of more than 10 days without Covid-19 cases here in the community and the positive updates on vaccine development, it seemed like the planned restart of leisure travel on Sunday (Nov 22) would be the latest step in returning to life before the pandemic. But the plan for an air travel […]

SINGAPORE – A provision of the Income Tax Act, which was the subject of a High Court case, has been applied to more than 100 cases involving medical professionals. The Inland Revenue Authority of Singapore (Iras) also told The Straits Times 13 appeal cases are now before the Income Tax Board of Review (ITBR). Please […]

Three town council cleaners at work at a block in Yishun wasted no time in responding when they heard cries for help. Mr Easin Mohammad, 27, Mr Biswas Md Wasim, 41, and their supervisor, Mr Hossan Mohammad Saddam, 30, immediately rushed up to a flat on the fourth storey which was engulfed in flames on […]

When Ms Nicole Nonis tells someone she has attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), she often gets this reaction: “Oh, yeah, I cannot sit still as well.” “People downplay ADHD,” says the 21-year-old undergraduate, who is studying social work. “It’s so much more than not being able to sit still and concentrate.” Please subscribe or log […]