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Priority plan for places at new MOE kindergartens
One-third of places will be reserved for kids from lower-income homesBy Sandra Davie, The Straits Times, 28 Mar 2013THE first five Education Ministry-run kindergartens to open next year will break away...
View ArticleMore than 500,000 families have benefitted from lift upgrading
HDB not closing door on LUP for 200 blocksNo effort will be spared to bring full lift access to these blocks: KhawBy Daryl Chin, The Straits Times, 29 Mar 2013EVEN though its lift upgrading programme...
View ArticleShould we curb hiring of foreigners?
Republic's open-market policy has served it for half a century and brought down jobless rateBy Ng Yew-Kwang, Published The Business Times, 28 Mar 2013IN recent months, not only many people have...
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$77m in rebates for 800,000 HDB households
By Priscilla Goy, The Straits Times, 29 Mar 2013ABOUT 800,000 Singaporean Housing Board households can expect to receive $77 million in rebates for service and conservancy (S&C) charges this...
View ArticleZero tolerance for intolerance
Singaporeans should speak out against xenophobia even if it's currently the unpopular thing to doBy Tessa Wong, The Straits Times, 30 Mar 2013ONE of the more notable aspects of our Prime Minister's...
View ArticleThe 10 Cyberspace Commandments
By David Tan, Published The Straits Times, 30 Mar 2013HAZARD alert. My mind automatically goes through all the potential legal issues when I see a comment on Facebook directed at another individual, or...
View ArticleAn atheist 'sent by God'
By Lee Wei Ling, Published The Sunday Times, 31 Mar 2013I have a patient, R, who has been under my care since 2006. In 2008, she ran into a serious non- medical problem.She worked for someone who ran...
View ArticleLove them, hate them, minibuses get job done
Hong Kong's third most popular mode of transport is cheap, fast and convenientBy Li Xueying, The Sunday Times, 31 Mar 2013The first time I took a xiu ba, I thought I was going to die.The driver drove...
View ArticleShared memories at the core
By Linda Collins, The Sunday Times, 31 Mar 2013When I visited the Clementi Mall library recently, a schoolgirl sitting at a desk at the entrance beckoned me over. She told me she was collecting...
View ArticleFamily Matters to reach 2 million Singaporeans by 2015
More funds for family life programmesBy Priscilla Goy, The Sunday Times, 31 Mar 2013Some $3 million will be set aside over the next three years, for family life education programmes in the...
View ArticleDialysis centres beef up to meet demand
Ageing population and rise in diabetes cases leading to more kidney failuresBy Melissa Pang, The Straits Times, 1 Apr 2013DIALYSIS centres in Singapore are scaling up to cope with a surge in kidney...
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Adopt a bench in memory of a loved one
By Melissa Pang, The Straits Times, 1 Apr 2013WHEN Ms Oh Ai Leng sits on a bench, just outside a tranquil butterfly garden, memories of her late father flit through her mind."I can feel and visualise...
View ArticlePlanning and replanning land use
By Grace Chua, The Straits Times, 1 Apr 2013SINGAPORE, like many other cities, is heavily planned, and replanned.It has a long history of planning, from the Raffles Town Plan of 1822 to the Singapore...
View ArticleCreating 'bamboo innovators' in S'pore
Uncertain conditions can breed innovative businesses, where risk-taking educators nurture flexible students.By Kee Koon Boon, Published The Straits Times, 1 Apr 2013"CAN my kid watch how you milk...
View ArticleNo kopi kia, no Tiger Beer Lady
Without him to bark out your orders, coffee shops of the future may just have vending machinesBy Jeremy Au Yong, The Straits Times, 1 Apr 2013Today, I want to bring your attention to a crisis brewing...
View ArticleHawker heritage 'in danger of dying out'
Not easy to find young Singaporeans willing to take up the job: MinisterBy David Ee, The Straits Times, 2 Apr 2013SINGAPORE'S rich hawker heritage is at risk of disappearing unless a new generation of...
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This could be Singapore's first World Heritage Site
By Tan Dawn Wei, The Straits Times, 1 Apr 2013SINGAPORE is making a pitch for its first Unesco World Heritage Site - the 154-year-old Botanic Gardens.It has sent its initial application for the coveted...
View ArticleUsing intellectual property to apply for loans
By Irene Tham, The Straits Times, 2 Apr 2013A NEW financing scheme is being introduced to pave the way for local companies to use their intellectual property (IP) as collateral when applying for bank...
View ArticleManufacturing still key pillar of S'pore's economy
IN HIS speech, Mr Ngiam Tong Dow ("Let's get our young talent job ready"; last Wednesday) asserted that Singapore has backed away from manufacturing, and instead has promoted low-skilled and low-wage...
View ArticleHealth care: Do more to tap private sector talent
THERE is an element of irony in Monday's letters ("Address issue of doctors leaving the public sector" by Ms Ada Chan Siew Foen, and "Polyclinics doing the best they can" by Mr Rajasegaran...
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