Today's Articles

Don't let traffic ruin beauty of Sentosa
I VISITED Sentosa Flowers 2007 with my family on the second day of Chinese New Year.As our bus inched forward in start-stop traffic along Keppel Road, we noticed the bridge leading to Sentosa was equally choked with private vehicles. We were... [Read more]

Fee freeze at 3 universities in view of GST hike
SINGAPORE'S three local universities will not raise tuition fees this year in view of the upcoming increase in goods and services tax (GST).The news came as a pleasant surprise to university-bound students and their parents, particularly because the National University of... [Read more]

Goodie bag has magazine with questionable contents
MY HUSBAND participated in the recent Safra Sheares Bridge Run. Participants of all ages took part in the event and they were given a free goodie bag. In it was a magazine with an article entitled 'What to do if she... [Read more]

Impact of Deng's policies grows: Analysts
BEIJING - CHINESE leader Deng Xiaoping died 10 years ago on Feb 19, but the impact of his policies on China and the world has only grown with time, analysts say. China's official Xinhua news agency carried a long article on... [Read more]

Global warming will bring more diseases to S. Asia
MILLIONS more South Asians will suffer from diseases such as malaria and cholera, or go hungry due to global warming, the World Health Organisation (WHO) said. India's monsoon, the county's biggest source of water for irrigation, may also be disrupted by... [Read more]

Anger boils over civilian killings for reward
NEW DELHI - HOPING against hope, Mr Ghulam Rasool Paddar watched police investigators unearth a body from under a grove of poplar trees in Indian Kashmir last week. Sobs shook his body as recognition struck. 'It's him, it's him,' the elderly... [Read more]

Growth forecast raised to 4.5-6.5%
A BOOMING performance at home and better-than-expected conditions overseas have led the Government to ratchet up its projections for economic growth this year. Expansion is now expected to come in between 4.5 and 6.5 per cent this year - up half... [Read more]

China punished 97,000 party members for graft last year
BEIJING - CHINA punished nearly 100,000 members of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) for corruption last year, but anti-graft officials yesterday maintained that the majority of officials are 'clean'. Those taken to task accounted for a mere 0.14 per cent of... [Read more]

$50m overhaul of Changi's runways
CHANGI Airport's 'project runway' has started, with work going on round the clock and clockwork scheduling needed to keep the planes flying. When Terminal 3 opens next year, the airport's two runways will be ready for 'heavier' traffic - in the... [Read more]

Friendlier inter-Korea relations on the cards
SEOUL - INTER-Korea ties may turn sunny again after Pyongyang agreed to halt its nuclear programme in return for aid and diplomatic benefits. A day after securing the six-party nuclear deal, the two Koreas announced yesterday that they would resume stalled... [Read more]

'Misgivings' about Forte not made known
FORMER National Kidney Foundation (NKF) treasurer Loo Say San depended on the advice of the charity's then finance manager about whether payment should be made to a software company that had not delivered the goods. But that advice did not come.... [Read more]