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Up the game as tourist numbers fall
Tourist arrivals dropped last year, for the first time in six years. Singapore is set for slower growth in tourist numbers and will have to aim for delivering a quality tourist experience, not...
View ArticleVietnamese city transforming itself into 'Singapore'
Danang boasts a transparent, efficient govt and business-friendly policiesThe Straits Times, 30 Apr 2015HANOI - Mr Chuck Palazzo was 18 when he took his first trip outside New York City. He went to...
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Shared ex-offenders' database for agencies
By Priscilla Goy, The Straits Times, 30 Apr 2015EX-OFFENDERS will soon find it more convenient to get help from agencies that offer support for them.With a common database, they will not have to repeat...
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Singapore's relevance hinges on innovation: Heng Swee Keat
By Ong Kai Xuan, The Straits Times, 30 Apr 2015EDUCATION Minister Heng Swee Keat has urged Singaporeans to continue innovating in order to remain relevant."The key is to not lose the ability to adapt...
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Industry committees to identify and boost key skills: DPM Tharman
Tripartism will go sector-specific to tailor programmes for workersBy Toh Yong Chuan, Manpower Correspondent And Amelia Tan, The Straits Times, 30 Apr 2015THE three-way partnership between the...
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Heng Swee Keat says key test guiding social and other policies in Singapore...
Mr Lee 'had key test for policies'Heng Swee Keat lauds late PM's evidence-based approach at book launchBy Charissa Yong, The Straits Times, 1 May 2015THE late founding Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew had...
View ArticleStudents' short films capture Singapore values
Three short films from Temasek Poly part of golden jubilee celebrationsBy Nur Asyiqin Mohamad Salleh, The Straits Times, 1 May 2015FOR a tense eight hours in 1991, four armed men from Pakistan prowled...
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Cerebral palsy VWO opens clinics to public
Feeding and swallowing, audiology clinics no longer limited to just its own clientsBy Kash Cheong, The Straits Times, 1 May 2015ARIANNA Azmi is four years old but, unlike the rest of her peers, she...
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Singaporeans ‘risk taking religious, racial harmony for granted’
By Kelly Ng, TODAY, 1 May 2015The state of religious and racial harmony in the Republic may result in Singaporeans “sleepwalking to complacency”, with many taking for granted their right to profess and...
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Amos Yee slapped: Police arrest 49-year-old man
Man, 49, held in connection with assault on teen bloggerBy Melissa Lin, The Straits Times, 2 May 2015A 49-YEAR-OLD man has been arrested in connection with an assault on teenage blogger Amos Yee...
View Article'Hero mum' hailed for smacking son who joined riots
The Straits Times, 1 May 2015BALTIMORE - Among the startling images to emerge from riots in Baltimore this week, one sticks out: a fed-up mother smacking her son repeatedly for joining the violent...
View ArticleChina's top paper rounds on U.S. over Baltimore protests
The Straits Times, 1 May 2015BEIJING - China's top newspaper criticised the United States yesterday following protests in Baltimore over the death of a 25-year-old black man, saying it exposed the...
View ArticlePractical, not ideological, approach needed on human rights
Anti-Semitism is on the rise in Europe partly because countries in the region are clinging to value systems based on an extreme ideological concept of the universality of rights, said Mr Bilahari...
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May Day Rally 2015: Leadership renewal most critical issue in next GE, says...
Forming a team to take Singapore into the future is critical: PM LeeBy Toh Yong Chuan, Manpower Correspondent, The Straits Times, 2 May 2015FINDING the right leaders to take Singapore into the future...
View ArticleBritons grill party chiefs about post-election deals
Voters demand to know what their plans are if no party wins majorityThe Straits Times, 2 May 2015LONDON - A feisty audience grilled Britain's political leaders over what deals and compromises could be...
View ArticleMalaysia hunting for 63 suspected ISIS recruits
Civil servants and women among those identified, say policeThe Straits Times, 2 May 2015KUALA LUMPUR - Malaysian police have identified a further 63 people believed to be recruits of the Islamic State...
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Dallas Buyers Club: Threatening subscribers won't stop piracy
By Harish Pillay And Ang Peng Hwa, Published The Straits Times, 1 May 2015THE current case of Internet users being hounded for allegedly downloading the Dallas Buyers Club movie is an example of a...
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Dream lives on with daughter's liver donation
By Sanjay Nair, The Sunday Times, 3 May 2015For more than a decade, Mr Zainol Abidin Omar's life was one of routine, repetition and respect for Singapore football.As a kit man, or equipment manager,...
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Glut of law grads: 'Problem, what problem?'
Situation is 'clearly positive' for law firms, says Law Society presidentBy K.C. Vijayan, Senior Law Correspondent, The Straits Times, 2 May 2015LAW Society president Thio Shen Yi has weighed in on the...
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Jobless rate dips in Jan-March quarter
Strong data reflects full employment, but only 300 new jobs addedBy Janice Heng, The Sunday Times, 3 May 2015Unemployment has dipped in the first quarter of the year, with fewer layoffs in a tight...
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