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A great place to cool off and away from the busy and dusty Bangkok. Peaceful, quiet and serene Hua Hin is the resort of choice for those who wish to get away..... Hua Hin is also known as the Royal Beach Resort being the oldest and most traditional Thai resort which combines the...

An economics professor has spoken up to dispel what he perceives to be misconceptions on immigration and Singapore having a bigger population. Among these, says Nanyang Technological University’s Winsemius Chair Professor of Economics Ng Yew Kwang, are the ones that make people oppose the...

OSAKA (AP) - A 114-year-old Japanese woman, the daughter of a kimono maker, has been recognised as the world's oldest woman. Ms Misao Okawa said on Wednesday that she was "very happy" to receive the recognition and a certificate from Guinness World Records. Asked for her secret for...

Why I oppose the White Paper: Nicole Seah The PAP has presented a White Paper that looks too perfect to be true, said Nicole Seah. (AFP file photo) BY NICOLE SEAH COMMENT Along with many other Singaporeans, I oppose the White Paper. I oppose the White Paper as a young...

SINGAPORE: Acting Manpower Minister Tan Chuan-Jin has said that the opposition Workers' Party's proposal for a zero foreign manpower growth in this decade, when put in practice, will hurt Singaporeans. Speaking in Parliament on Thursday on the Population White Paper, Mr Tan noted that in...

SINGAPORE: NTUC's Deputy Secretary General and Senior Minister of State in the Prime Minister's Office, Heng Chee How, has put forth several proposals to grow the older worker segment of the workforce. Speaking during the debate on the White Paper on Population in Parliament, he described...

my doctor told me not to eat so much rice. too much carbo is bad for me. the good doctor also told me that many people who eat too much rice in the end develop many illnesses...how much rice do you eat everyday? i've started to eat very little rice. how about you?

SINGAPORE: Senior Parliamentary Secretary for Manpower Hawazi Daipi said it is impractical to prescribe a comprehensive standard for medical fitness for foreign domestic workers (FDWs). Mr Hawazi said this is given the different reasons employers have for engaging a foreign domestic worker...

SINGAPORE: National Development Minister Khaw Boon Wan says a major shift in planning and development strategy to invest ahead of demand will ensure Singapore remains a liveable city for future generations. He said it will be a costly strategy but the government will do its best not to allow...

I used to take bird's nest when I was young because my mum told me it was good. She used to laboriously clean the bird's nest and then boil for me so that I've enough proteins and "brains". But I was told by many of my friends that bird's nest is of no use now.They are commercially cultivated...

TAIPEI: A temple in southern Taiwan is to launch a smartphone app that allows the faithful to seek advice from the heavens while on the move, reports said Saturday. "With the increasing popularity of smartphones, we will launch our own divination app next year," said Hung Yang-chen, website...

SINGAPORE: Singapore surgeons have successfully performed the country's first simultaneous pancreas and kidney (SPK) transplant. The team from the National University Hospital and Singapore General Hospital carried out the transplant last month on 29-year-old Shawn Huang, who was suffering...

A survey of more than 500 people here has found that they value being able to die at home more than an extra year of life. But right at the top of their list is being free from pain, the findings of a survey by the Duke-NUS Graduate Medical School and Lien Centre for Palliative Care showed...

The decision by Pacnet, Singapore's second Internet service provider (ISP), to exit the local residential market on Dec 1 means about 26,000 home users have less than two months to find another ISP. These users will have to surrender their @pacific.net.sg e-mail addresses, some of which have...

Local and foreign banks are stepping up their strategies for luring retail deposits in the face of new regulations that demand they hold a higher level of ready capital. The Basel III rules, as they are known, take effect next year and deem that deposits are a preferred source of funding...

A CLEAR line must be maintained between politics and religion in Singapore, or the country risks a breakdown in social harmony, said Deputy Prime Minister Teo Chee Hean on Monday. While individuals are free to exercise their political rights, religious organisations cannot cross into...

Megastar Chow Yun Fat kickstarted director Zhao Linshan's film, The Assassins, when he agreed to star in it A first-time film-maker directs a big-budget picture featuring not just Chow Yun Fat but also top-notch talent such as Zhang Yimou's cinematographer, Zhao Xiaoding. How is it even...

A topic that has been debated heatedly recently is whether tuition is good or even necessary for school children. I will relate my own experience with tuition before discussing its pros and cons. My two brothers and I began our school life at Nanyang Kindergarten before moving on to Nanyang...

HONG KONG - The identity of a 23-year-old pornographic actress was recently revealed to be a Chinese medical student from Shanghai. The bosomy student, Wang Li Danni, endowed with a 32F chest was recently featured in a Hong Kong 3D youth sex comedy "All the way West". Touted as...

The leader of the Singapore Democratic Party (SDP) Dr Chee Soon Juan said on Thursday he decided to settle so that he could contest the next general election, in a move which he described as “advancing our pieces” in “a chess game”. In July, Dr Chee offered to pay $30,000 to former prime...