Employment pass applicants that give false info will be dealt with firmly:...
The Manpower Minister also says qualifications from degree mills are disregarded by the ministry completely.Channel NewsAsia, 11 May 2015Employment Pass (EP) and S Pass applicants who are found to have...
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Warning over private housing glut in JohorS'porean investors could be hit if property prices fall: Lawrence WongBy Charissa Yong, The Straits Times, 12 May 2015THE nearly 336,000 private residential...
View ArticleJurong Country Club to make way for high-speed rail terminus
Golf club to make way for high-speed rail terminusHotels and retail facilities will also come up on Jurong Country Club landBy Jessica Lim, The Straits Times, 12 May 2015JURONG Country Club will have...
View ArticlePM Lee: Religious harmony can't be taken for granted
'Unrealistic' to say religion is no longer sensitive issueBy Lim Yan Liang, The Straits Times, 13 May 2015SINGAPORE'S strong religious harmony today has led some people to declare that religion is no...
View ArticleSports Hall of Fame inducts three new members
Feng Tianwei, Wang Yuegu, and Yip Pin Xiu inducted into Hall of FameBy Charmaine Ng, The Straits Times, 13 May 2015IT WAS a historic win for Singapore and a seven-year-old memory that still gives...
View ArticleOur Lives to Live: New book of essays toasts progress of Singapore women
TODAY, 14 May 2015Where can you find some of Singapore’s most accomplished women all in one place? Now, in a book celebrating the progress of women here in diverse fields over the past 50 years.This...
View ArticlePresident honours Aide-de-Camp with special award
By Kash Cheong, The Straits Times, 14 May 2015MILITARY engineer officer Daniel Chua is the precision man.The 55-year-old Military Expert 7 (ME7) ensures that state events proceed with clockwork...
View ArticleTime to quicken pace of social justice law reform
By Tan Chong Huat, Published The Straits Times, 14 May 2015THE recent enactment of the Prevention of Human Trafficking Act 2014 and the amendments to the Animals and Birds Act were notable for being...
View ArticleAirport in India's West Bengal partly owned by Singapore's Changi Airport to...
Domestic facility part of much larger project that Changi will also co-ownBy Karamjit Kaur, Aviation Correspondent, The Straits Times, 14 May 2015THE first overseas airport owned partly by Changi...
View ArticlePolitics leaning towards right of centre
By David Brooks, Published The Straits Times, 13 May 2015THE most surprising event of this political era is what hasn't happened. The world has not turned left.Given the financial crisis, widening...
View ArticleRags to rags, riches to riches
ASK: NUS ECONOMISTSBy Eecheng Ong, Published The Straits Times, 13 May 2015Q: How does today's income inequality obstruct tomorrow's social mobility?IN A world with perfect social mobility, a child...
View ArticleMOE's SG50 "Building My SG" LEGO Set
Students urged to treasure SG50 LEGO setsEducation Minister makes call amid news of free sets being traded onlineBy Pearl Lee, The Straits Times, 14 May 2015LEGO sets made specially to commemorate...
View ArticleSingapore tops world education ranking
Singapore tops world's most comprehensive education rankingsEmphasis on education has propelled country to First World status: StudyBy Amelia Teng, The Straits Times, 14 May 2015IN AN exercise...
View ArticleHealthy eating tips for cancer patients
By Linette Lai, The Straits Times, 15 May 2015MANY cancer patients think it is normal to lose a lot of weight during treatment.But it is not. Shed more than 5 per cent of your body weight and you could...
View ArticleNew life for old barracks
Gillman Barracks has gone from hosting British soldiers and S'pore's men in green to welcoming art buffs and foodiesBy Miranda Yeo, The Straits Times, 15 May 2015TILL today, Mr Lam Chun See, 63, can...
View ArticleJostling for space after death
Land scarcity has led to cremations and columbaria replacing burial grounds to house the dead. But alternatives such as sea, park and scatter burials can also be explored.By Lily Kong And James...
View ArticleConcerns over Jakarta's policy changes
Signs of 'rising nationalism' in economic sector rulingsBy Wahyudi Soeriaatmadja, Indonesia Correspondent In Jakarta, The Straits Times, 15 May 2015PRESIDENT Joko Widodo never fails to extend an open...
View ArticleRohingya boat people crisis
Rohingya exodus not solely our problem: MyanmarIt says it may not attend meeting called by Thailand to tackle issueBy Nirmal Ghosh, Indochina Bureau Chief In Bangkok, The Straits Times, 16 May...
View ArticleDistinguish between helping gays and supporting an agenda
SOME people, including some university student groups, have assumed that the solution to help youth with same-sex attraction is to push for the cause of affirming their alternative sexual identity at...
View ArticleThe Singapore Environment Story
Watch what happens on an average day in the Tan Family as they reminisce on how Singapore has overcome the environmental...Posted by Ministry of the Environment and Water Resources (MEWR) on Thursday,...
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