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Going the extra mile
PAYA Lebar Airport hit a space crunch not long after its opening in 1955. Mr Bernard Chan, now CAAS assistant director for estate management, remembers well the flights that took Muslim pilgrims to Mecca. Going on the haj was a red-letter... [Read more]

MFA 'disappointed' at remarks
SINGAPORE'S Foreign Ministry yesterday said it was 'disappointed' at an Indonesian official's remarks last week that the ban on sand exports was meant to pressure Singapore on the extradition treaty.The remarks by Mr Primo Alui Joelianto, the Director-General (East Asia, the... [Read more]

ComCare has spent $68m to help 90,000 individuals, families
EIGHTEEN months after ComCare was launched to fund social assistance programmes, the scheme has delivered on its promise to deliver faster and better help to Singaporeans in need, an official report declared yesterday.So far, 90,000 individuals and families have benefited through... [Read more]

Mall to open despite building buzz all round
THE rebuilt Leisure Park Kallang will open its doors this year, even as its surroundings turn into a massive construction site.The now six-storey mall is in the final stages of its one-and-a-half-year $70 million redevelopment, and will open sometime in September.Its... [Read more]

Ex-CEO 'did not wield absolute power'
THE old NKF board directors and executive committee had given its former chief executive T.T. Durai the power to run day-to-day affairs, but 'not at any time delegated absolute power' to him.In his defence yesterday, its former board chairman Richard Yong... [Read more]

Messages from Official Assignee's office inconsistent: SDP chief
CHEE Soon Juan yesterday blamed the inconsistent instructions he received from the Official Assignee's (OA) office for causing him to believe he could go abroad while still a bankrupt.Its staff did not 'categorically reject' his travel application, he told a district... [Read more]

Residents saved by stones flung at windows
ISTANBUL - A PASSER-BY threw stones at bedroom windows, saving the lives of many residents as a five-storey apartment building started shaking in Istanbul yesterday. The municipality worker, who happened to be walking by, saw the building rocking and alerted the... [Read more]

Ex-charity chief: My pay was not extravagant
YOUTH Challenge founder Vincent Lam yesterday attempted to defend himself against some criticisms levelled against him by the Commissioner of Charities (COC). In a three-page statement to the media, he tried to explain how his salary was not extravagant, given that... [Read more]

T-bird lands here Top US business school sets up office
T-BIRD may be a name Singaporeans are familiar with only from the Grease movies of the 1970s and 1980s. But those in business academia and human resource circles here welcome the presence of the American business school, Thunderbird, in Singapore.Thunderbird -... [Read more]

Trans fat labelling: A mathematical poser
Here is another question to add to the list provided by Mr Yeo Chow Khoon in his letter, 'Some questions remain on trans fat labelling' (ST, Feb 13).My question is this: How much is 0.4 x 5? Is it 2, as... [Read more]

Carbon offsetting becoming good business
PARIS - HUNTING for a present for a pair of environmentally-sensitive newlyweds? Try this: a 'just married' voucher worth a few hundred dollars in carbon offsets. Smaller than a toaster but more meaningful, this piece of paper will compensate for about... [Read more]