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Video consultations rolled out to cut hospital trips
6 public healthcare institutions in scheme that lets patients consult experts from their homesBy Linette Lai, The Straits Times, 13 Apr 2017Patients could find themselves travelling to hospital less...
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99-year lease HDB flats are still nest eggs for future retirement needs:...
Older flats 'can still be retirement asset'Lawrence Wong addresses concern about dwindling value of ageing leasehold homesBy Ng Jun Sen, The Straits Times, 13 Apr 2017Even as home values fall towards...
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Pocket-size gadget for 100,000 potential coders: Digital Maker Programme
Under govt initiative to spark interest in technology, the micro:bit will be rolled out to schools and the communityBy Irene Tham, Senior Tech Correspondent,The Straits Times, 14 Apr 2017To the...
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Private-hire cars must display decals from 1 July 2017
Enforcement officers will be able to tell if decal is removed and reattachedBy Christopher Tan, Senior Transport Correspondent, The Straits Times, 14 Apr 2017Private-hire drivers here will have to...
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Yusof Ishak Mosque opens in Woodlands
Yusof Ishak Mosque 'a key Singapore institution': Yaacob IbrahimIt will promote inclusive values embodied by the late president, Yaacob says at its openingBy Danson Cheong, The Straits Times, 15 Apr...
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$5 health screening for 1.8 million Singaporeans: Letters out from August 2017
Singaporeans can be screened for up to five conditions under enhanced Screen for Life programme that starts in September 2017By Salma Khalik, Senior Health Correspondent, The Sunday Times, 16 Apr...
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Woodlands revamp: 10,000 new homes could be added
Woodlands to become 'Star Destination of North'New residential projects part of HDB's plans to transform town into 'star destination'By Melody Zaccheus, The Straits Times, 17 Apr 2017Woodlands could...
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Remembering Othman Wok: 1924-2017
Othman Wok, member of independent Singapore's first Cabinet, dies aged 92State-assisted funeral today for pioneer minister Othman WokBy Danson Cheong, The Straits Times, 18 Apr 2017Mr Othman Wok, a...
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Singapore on Criminal Minds Beyond Borders is Beyond Stupid
Criminal Minds: Beyond Borders depiction of Singapore slammed as inaccurate, misleadingBy Lydia Lam, The Straits Times, 18 Apr 2017American television series Criminal Minds: Beyond Borders has drawn...
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Woodlands Health Campus will add 1,800 beds and use technology for better...
Hospital campus of the future to rise in WoodlandsDriven by tech, facilities will be designed to complement one another from the startBy Salma Khalik, Senior Health Correspondent, The Straits Times, 19...
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Woodleigh MRT security incident: Local running group Seletar Hash House...
Running group apologises for MRT station scareMembers had used flour to mark trail through Woodleigh station as it was 'safest route'By Ng Huiwen, The Straits Times, 20 Apr 2017Running group Seletar...
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Singapore and Germany have the most powerful passports in the world: Global...
Singaporeans, Germans hold 'world's most powerful passports'By Chew Hui Min, The Straits Times, 20 Apr 2017For the first time, Singapore is tied with Germany as the country with the most powerful...
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A Smart Nation limited only by imagination: Peter Ho
IPS-Nathan Lectures 2016/17: Lecture II - Governing in the Anthropocene: Risk & Resilience, Imagination & InnovationMr Peter Ho's expertise is in futures thinking and, in his second Institute...
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8 junior colleges to merge in 2019 due to falling birth rates: MOE
8 junior colleges among 28 schools to be merged in 2019By Sandra Davie, Senior Education Correspondent, The Straits Times, 21 Apr 2017Faced with a shrinking student population, 14 schools will be...
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United States has no military option against North Korea: Experts
Twenty-five million reasons the U.S. hasn’t struck North KoreaThe Sunday Times, 23 Apr 2017TOKYO • If the US were to strike North Korea, Mr Kim Jong Un's regime would retaliate by unleashing its...
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Living with noise pollution in Singapore: Serangoon, Bukit Timah and Clementi...
Serangoon, Clementi and Bukit Timah are among the noisiest neighbourhoods in Singapore, one study has found. What does it mean to be living with noise pollution? The Sunday Times finds out.By Ng Jun...
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Toa Payoh to get new flats, new parks in makeover
A few thousand flats will be built on two sites, including one next to Caldecott MRT stationBy Melissa Lin, The Sunday Times, 23 Apr 2017Singapore's oldest HDB town, Toa Payoh, will undergo a facelift...
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Wanted: 10,000 volunteers to help the elderly in Central Singapore
Silver Alliance to woo more volunteers to help seniorsBy Joanna Seow, The Sunday Times, 23 Apr 2017Madam Chen Yueh Lun, 81, has been helping her neighbours in the 24 years she has lived in Teck Ghee,...
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Growing number of young Singaporeans in need, relying on Government handouts
Growing number of them relying on handouts - accounting for one in five recipients of ComCare; rise of gig economy may worsen situationBy Janice Tai and Toh Yong Chuan, Manpower Correspondent, The...
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What does the terror threat mean for Singapore?
By Nur Asyiqin Mohamad Salleh, The Straits Times, 24 Apr 2017There has been a shake-up in the world of terror.In the past four years, the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS) has surpassed Al-Qaeda...
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