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New home offers dignity and comfort to the elderly
$15m facility offers cosier, interactive setting for patients with dementiaBy Kok Xing Hui, The Straits Times, 13 Feb 2015A NEW nursing home for elderly dementia patients, set to open in the second...
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Potential pitfalls of CPF changes
Changes to the CPF may give the impression that the new Basic Retirement Sum of $80,500 is enough for basic retirement needs. It is not.By Hui Weng Tat, Published The Straits Times, 13 Feb 2015THE...
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MPs unanimously endorse motion on audit finding lapses at Workers' Party-run Aljunied-Hougang-Punggol East Town Council (AHPETC)- Debate on AGO's audit report on AHPETC, Day 1Unanimous support in House...
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Josephine Teo takes issue with WP MP's comparison of lapses in govtBy Charissa Yong, The Straits Times, 14 Feb 2015SENIOR Minister of State for Transport and Finance Josephine Teo yesterday challenged...
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Pritam Singh: FMSS built Chinese Wall for AHPETC
Managing agent’s staff not privy to tender process: Pritam SinghBy Kelly Ng and Amanda Lee, TODAY, 13 Feb 2015The couple who own FMSS Solutions and Services (FMSS), the company appointed as...
View ArticleHri Kumar: PAP 'cannot go easy on WP even if there is political price'
Hri Kumar Nair (MP, Bishan- Toa Payoh GRC) speech in Parliament on the AGO report on the audit of AHPETC13 Feb 2015The AHPETC Saga - The WP Should Do The Right ThingIn my 24 years as a lawyer, I have...
View ArticleWorkers' Party has betrayed residents' trust: Heng Swee Keat
Education Minister Heng Swee Keat yesterday joined the debate in Parliament on a motion that it 'notes with concern' the Auditor-General's report on the audit of Aljunied-Hougang-Punggol East Town...
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Parliament: Debate on AGO's audit report on AHPETC, Day 2
MPs unanimously endorse motion on Auditor-General's findings of lapses at AHPETC- Debate on AGO's audit report on AHPETC, Day 1- Debate on motion on the AGO report on the audit of AHPETCWP told it must...
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Low Thia Khiang cements Wayang Party tag for Workers' Party with AHPETC saga
Education Minister Heng Swee Keat joined the debate in Parliament (13 Feb 2015) on the Auditor-General's report on the audit of Aljunied-Hougang-Punggol East Town Council (AHPETC)He proceeded to list...
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Volunteers help elderly patients stay out of hospital
By Kok Xing Hui, The Straits Times, 14 Feb 2015RETIREE Low Buck Chua was admitted to Changi General Hospital three times in 2013.Last year, he was placed on the Neighbours for Active Living programme,...
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Love letters, made the good old way
By Janice Tai, The Straits Times, 14 Feb 2015A SWEET, slightly singed fragrance lingered in the air as rows of young students and seniors stood hunched over charcoal stoves at a void deck in Marine...
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Special needs people pitch in for CNY
Beneficiaries make festive goods such as cookies and cards, which raise funds for programmesBy Benson Ang, The Straits Times, 14 Feb 2015This Chinese New Year, the hongbao you receive and the pineapple...
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Rise in ADHD among kids here
New MOH guidelines aim to help doctors diagnose and manage the condition more effectivelyBy Janice Tai, The Sunday Times, 15 Feb 2015More children in Singapore are being diagnosed with attention...
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NKF to raise subsidies to encourage home dialysis
Peritoneal dialysis is more convenient and healthier, but many patients still averse to itBy Janice Tai, The Sunday Times, 15 Feb 2015It is more convenient and healthier to undergo dialysis at home -...
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World War II atrocities recalled at new exhibition at National Museum
Records of war crimes in S'pore go on showNew exhibition sheds light on prison horrors and efforts to convict WWII criminals hereBy Melody Zaccheus, The Sunday Times, 15 Feb 2015They were kicked and...
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Major archaeological dig underway at Empress Place
Dig into past uncovers 700-year-old artefactsExcavations at Empress Place unearth 400kg of relics of ancient inhabitantsBy Melody Zaccheus, The Straits Times, 14 Feb 2015THE old shoreline of Temasek,...
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'Singapore respects us as few nations do'
Couple, resigned to a live-in relationship forever, gets a chance to start a familyBy Sourav Roy, Published The Straits Times, 14 Feb 2015A FEW days ago, I participated in Prime Minister Lee Hsien...
View ArticleWindsor Nature Park in Upper Thomson to open late next year
By Feng Zengkun, Environment Correspondent, The Sunday Times, 15 Feb 2015The 75ha Windsor Nature Park in Upper Thomson will open its doors to residents late next year.The park is one of four that will...
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Liak Teng Lit: 5 million people, 70,000 cleaners... that’s ridiculous!
Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong ticked off Singaporeans earlier this month over the trash left after the Laneway music festival. Cue Mr Liak Teng Lit, 61, chairman of the Public Hygiene Council, which...
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MOM: Bid to make Thaipusam a public holiday will stir competing claims
By Amir Hussain, The Straits Times, 14 Feb 2015ANY move to make Thaipusam a public holiday again could see other communities make similar demands.But Singaporeans should be able to make arrangements to...
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