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Gold medal dreams a family affair
Inspired by S'pore's first Olympic gold medallist Joseph Schooling, parents have been calling up swimming schools to enrol their kids for competitive swimming lessons. NG JUN SEN (ngjunsen@sph.com.sg)...
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If Joseph can do it, so can we
The New Paper features two up-and-coming swimmers who aspire to be like Joseph Schoolingsayheng@sph.com.sgThat's the spirit of Glen, 14, who holds three U-14 national marks On that historic morning,...
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Truck driver goes 'live' to kill time
S'porean's live streams are so popular that companies sponsor him and fans ask him for relationship advicemgovin@sph.com.sgMove over Chewbacca mum. Make way for Singapore's own video sensations.One is...
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Still of sound mind
Image:Â Category:Â NewsBusinessPublication Date:Â Monday, August 22, 2016 - 06:45Keywords:Â sound systembusinessExternal URL:Â Still of sound mindSend to mobile app:Â Byline:Â Lakeisha LeoThe New PaperStory...
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Are financial advisers worth it?
Image:Â Category:Â NewsBusinessPublication Date:Â Monday, August 22, 2016 - 07:00Keywords:Â financial adviserExternal URL:Â Are financial advisers worth it?Send to mobile app:Â Byline:Â Melvin SinghThe New...
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Remember Howe Liang, please
While we soak in Schooling's sensational swim, spare a thought for our first Olympic medallistThere were three pairs of trackshoes in the common corridor outside his abode at his brother-in-law's HDB...
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Calling for a national agenda
Schooling's gold a highlight for Team Singapore but CDM Low says more can be done to bring further successREPORTING FROM RIOHe opened the briefing by reiterating the unique challenges posed by an...
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She left fame to help people find homes
Image:Â Category:Â NewsBusinessPublication Date:Â Sunday, August 21, 2016 - 21:00Keywords:Â property agentExternal URL:Â She left fame to help people find homesSend to mobile app:Â Byline:Â Hariz BaharudinThe...
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Keeping joints smooth
Dr Ang Chia Liang, Orthopaedic Surgeon with Island Orthopaedic ConsultantsWhat would you tell a 10-year-old to explain what you do?I would say that my job is to help people who have injured themselves...
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Getting fit for his family
Getting fit was never on the cards for Mr Alvin Low.It got so bad that the 43-year-old financial consultant would hate shopping for clothes because it hurt his self-esteem too much.Mr Low tells The New...
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Eggs-traordinary
We sample three unique creations that feature S'pore's flavour du jourSalted egg yolk durian anyone?Just kidding, that's a fictitious dish.But with salted egg yolk being paired with everything now,...
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PM Lee's stumble highlights importance of leadership succession
What if… Two simple words that preface the speculative.The Prime Minister's prime-time physical stumble last night raised the spectre of uncertainty - and the critical importance of leadership...
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Fancy a pair of used undies?
It is a sale like no other.Used panties, which sex acts are performed in, are being sold here through social media.For the right price, they are also hand-delivered by the girls who allegedly wear...
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Emotional wedding dinner for Sezairi and wife
He's known for being quite the joker, but it was an emotional night for Singapore Idol 3 winner Sezairi Sezali and his bride Syaza Qistina Tan, 25, at their wedding reception on Sunday.Ms Syaza teared...
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'S R Nathan was a cool, calm crisis leader'
It was a fiery initiation.Four foreign terrorists had attacked the Shell oil refinery complex at Pulau Bukom on Jan 31 and later hijacked the ferryboat Laju, taking its five crew members hostage.Former...
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My son was 'a tool for revenge'
"I am broken."That was how Mrs Gwendoline Graffart reacted to the five-year jail sentence imposed yesterday on her estranged husband, Belgian national Philippe Marcel Guy Graffart, 42, for killing...
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Schooling's most magical night
2016 Olympics will forever hail Phelps and Bolt, and Singapore’s swimming sensation.He, the swimmer, first became wet at the Games in 2000 in Sydney, at the time only a student of the sport at 15 years...
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Roses among the thorns
It's not a common sight in the martial arts fraternity.In fact, only about one in 10 instructors here are women, says the Singapore Martial Arts Instructors Association.Ms Grace Huang is a rare rose...
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She goes from rejected cadet to Captain
Singapore Airlines (SIA) welcomed the first two women pilots in August last year.But SIA's regional arm, SilkAir, has been hiring women pilots since 2001.Captain Debbie Aw first applied to be a cadet...
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Tattoo artist helps breast surgery patients
For the past 10 years, Miss Sumithra Debi has been helping women who have gone through a mastectomy - the surgical removal of one or both breasts, partially or completely."Some women are in remission...
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