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Taking no chances
PHOTO: XINHUA Safety comes first for these men as they don masks while clearing up a chemical spill from a truck in Shangyu city, in eastern China's Zhejiang province. The truck was carrying more than 400 barrels of acetyl hydroperoxide when... [Read more]

Heart pill: Pay $1,000 less the NUH way
FOR subsidised heart patients in need of potentially life-saving medication, where they get treated could mean a difference of more than $1,000 when footing the bill. At the National University Hospital (NUH), a patient gets a year's supply of medicine when... [Read more]

HDB likely to modify system of flat sales
THE Housing Board (HDB) is likely to modify the way it offers its flats for sale, National Development Minister Mah Bow Tan told reporters yesterday. This is not just because of the fiasco at last week's Walk-In Selection (WIS) - when... [Read more]

Russia flexes muscles in Gulf, but US holds most of the cards
LONDON - FOREIGN ministers from the United States, the European Union and Russia were joined by United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki Moon in Berlin yesterday for another effort to restart the Middle East peace process. But all eyes were firmly on... [Read more]

S'pore-Thai tiff 'won't dent tourism'
RECENT political tensions between Thailand and Singapore are not expected to have any impact on tourism in either country, said the visiting Thai minister for tourism and sports.Thailand has targeted about 920,000 visitors from Singapore this year, 100,000 more than last... [Read more]

Ch 8 serial portrays unrealistic picture of educators in Singapore
The current Ch8 serial at 7pm, 'Let it Shine', portrays a very unrealistic picture of educators in Singapore. Most secondary school teachers work 'from 7 to 7' on weekdays and carry on with our work during weekends.Few of us would have... [Read more]

Retirement planning low on S'poreans' priority list
MOST Singaporeans are prepared for short-term financial emergencies and big expenses such as their mortgage and children's education. However, such planning falls well short in other areas like retirement.Those were the key findings of a new survey on how ready people... [Read more]

He takes university-level subject to earn credits
TWICE a week, Shaun Nathan finds himself on the hilly campus of the National University of Singapore (NUS). The 17-year-old is only in the second year of junior college, but is taking university-level maths as an advanced module, equivalent in standard... [Read more]

A head for defence
PHOTO: ASHLEIGH SIM Aidan Wong, 10, has his head bandaged by a Hougang Primary classmate - but he's not hurt. Taking part in the school's Better Front programme, the pupils are learning important lessons in total defence through fun activities like... [Read more]

Disease threat in Jakarta
A medical team treats a Jakarta flood victim amid a deepening crisis brought on by the worst floods to hit the Indonesian capital in five years.At least 44 deaths have been blamed on the flooding, and officials fear that toll could... [Read more]

Haas handed tennis lesson by Gonzalez
MELBOURNE - TENTH-SEEDED Fernando Gonzalez trounced Germany's Tommy Haas 6-1, 6-3, 6-1 to reach the Australian Open final yesterday. In a performance reminiscent of top-ranked Roger Federer's rout of American star Andy Roddick in the other semi-final a night earlier, the... [Read more]