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What to expect in 2013
From bus fares, flats for young families to the latest tourist attraction, The Straits Times looks at what is coming up in the year aheadby Daryl Chin, Rachel Chang, Maria Almenoar, Royston Sim, Irene...
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800,000 HDB households to receive $90 Million of GST Voucher - U-Save in...
Smaller utility bills from January to MarchBy Toh Yong Chuan, The Straits Times, 1 Jan 2013SOME 1.2 million households can expect to pay smaller electricity bills for the next three months.SP Services...
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More health-care facilities planned ahead of need
This way, S'pore will be prepared if population ages faster than expectedBy Salma Khalik, The Straits Times, 2 Jan 2013SINGAPORE is planning to build more health-care facilities than it might currently...
View ArticleNew sourcing ideas for maids, workers
By Amelia Tan, The Straits Times, 2 Jan 2013EMPLOYERS and agents are stepping up the recruitment of foreign construction workers and maids from existing source countries, as well as exploring new...
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Guide for maid employers
It contains information on days off and training courses for maidsBy Amelia Tan, The Straits Times, 2 Jan 2013TRADER Ang Keen Guan is not sure whether he can ask his new Filipino maid to do some chores...
View ArticleWhy focusing on costs raises health spending
Singapore is to embark on a major review of health-care costs this year. In a new book out next week, David Goldhill analyses what ails America's health financing system, and explains why cost-plus...
View ArticleIT deal done to benefit town councils: Teo Ho Pin
Cumbersome for service provider to deal with 14 town councils separatelyBy Goh Chin Lian, The Straits Times, 3 Jan 2013THE coordinating chairman of the PAP town councils, Dr Teo Ho Pin, yesterday...
View Article'Nanny state' furore in Australia
One state bans ladies' nights in bars; schools adopt dress code for parentsBy Jonathan Pearlman, The Straits Times, 3 Jan 2013SYDNEY - The new year in Australia has been marked by claims the country is...
View ArticleCOE: Time for a tune-up?
Soaring COE prices today are driven by a constricted supply of certificates. But it is also partly because of rich car buyers who trade in five-year-old cars for new ones, crowding out other buyers....
View ArticleMore care centres in primary schools
By Sandra Davie and Stacey Chia, The Straits Times, 3 Jan 2013FOURTEEN new student-care centres were launched in primary schools yesterday to provide after-school programmes such as enrichment...
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Singapore avoids recession as Q4 sees 1.8% growth
Downward revision of growth rates in previous quarters was a key factorBy Aaron Low, The Straits Times, 3 Jan 2013SINGAPORE has dodged a recession after the economy managed to grow in the final three...
View ArticleSingapore and the world, in 2013 and beyond
by Simon Tay and Nicholas Fang, Published TODAY, 2 Jan 2013The optimistic view - if you can call it that - is that crisis will be avoided in 2013.The euro zone remains unsolved and messy, and American...
View ArticleChoose your pace of life
By Bryan Chow Weng Keong, Published TODAY, 3 Jan 2013I read with interest Mr Heng Wei Xiang's I Say piece "Strawberry dreams forever" (Dec 28), on talk of polytechnic students wanting a stress-free...
View ArticleNgee Ann Polytechnic designs navigation app for visually impaired
By Monica Kotwani, Channel NewsAsia, 3 Jan 2013A team of Ngee Ann Polytechnic lecturers and students has designed a mobile application for the visually impaired to help them navigate their way to their...
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S'poreans joyless? Gallup survey was flawed
Gut instinct, not wilful, explicit responses to surveys, is key to understanding human nature, says brain scientist Gemma CalvertBy Cheong Suk-Wai, The Straits Times, 4 Jan 2013IF BRAIN scientist Gemma...
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Marriage and Parenthood Study 2012
Say 'I do' one day? Yes, but...Most singles are either waiting for right partner or delayed by careerBy Tessa Wong, The Straits Times, 4 Jan 2013WHILE the number of singles in Singapore continues to...
View ArticleOur brain rewired
THANKS TO SOCIAL MEDIA & THE NETDevelopment of memory, focus, empathy seems to take back seatBy April Dembosky, Published The Straits Times, 5 Jan 2013I AM flying. No plane, no wings, just me...
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Beating odds to be longest-surviving dialysis patient here
Strict routine cited as factor in his survival for 33 yearsBy Janice Tai, The Straits Times, 5 Jan 2013IF LIFE is a big gamble, Mr Richard Tay has the odds stacked heavily against him.After spending...
View ArticleBlogger Alex Au apologises to PM Lee
Channel NewsAsia, 5 Jan 2013Blogger Alex Au has apologised to Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong for comments deemed as defamatory about the sale of computer systems used by town councils in his article,...
View ArticleSDP's Wijeysingha apologises to Tan Chuan-Jin
Minister's lawyers want damages from SDP's WijeysinghaHe deliberately twisted facts in defamatory post which damaged Tan Chuan-Jin's reputation, they say; sum to be given to charityTODAY, 5 Jan...
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