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Lose? It'll never happen, say Abdugufarov's camp
Ahead of their WBC Asia Championship Middleweight title bout at the "Battle of Champions" event at the Pavilion at Far East Square tonight, defending champion Abdugufarov upped the stakes by taunting...
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Slapped into shape
For the third season of the show, airing on Suria on Mondays at 8.30pm, shetried techniques such as hypnosis to control appetite and facial cleansing with silkworm cocoon.Huda, 30, who is also behind...
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HR experts: Health incentives better than penalties
Subsidised gym memberships, free fruit days or shopping vouchers - these are how some companies are rewarding their employees to keep them healthy.Healthy employees mean a healthy bottom line for...
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Practice of punishing employees for taking MCs can backfire
Employers should not use incentives to encourage employees from taking medical leave, or penalise them when they do.The New Paper spoke to two human resource (HR) consultants who are against such a...
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Mapping Singapore's future economy
Amid a challenging global environment, Singapore's people and companies have many opportunities to innovate, deepen their skills and capabilities and stay relevant to the world, said the Committee on...
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Botanic Gardens safe to visit: NParks
Detailed checks of trees at Palm Valley completed after tragic incident on SaturdayIt strikes suddenly and quietly, like a cancer, he said, with nothing to suggest its health is deteriorating.This is...
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Flower power for health
In traditional Chinese medicine (TCM), cooling foods help to clear heat and toxins, while warming foods improve circulation and qi (vital energy) in the organs.Ms Chan Wei Loo, 38, a TCM physician at...
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One magic show, six magicians
The sold-out magic show in the UK will have a Singapore run from March 10-19 at the Kallang Theatre.Impossible Live In Singapore 2017 promises to take the audience through the history of magic by...
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Driven to be together
Four days after Mr Goh Jeok Teng met Ms Chen Haihong, they decided to get married.That was in May 2011 and the couple were brought together by their relatives.They registered their marriage in August...
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6,000 celebrate chap goh mei at temple
It was his first chap goh mei celebration at Loyang Tua Pek Kong temple on Friday night.Mr Chan Cher Hua, 38, and his wife, Madam Law Siew Lan, 37, were among the 6,000 devotees who turned up on the...
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Wheelchair-bound woman found dead in Tampines
UPDATE: The police announced in a statement on Tuesday (Feb 14) evening that a 37-year-old woman has been arrested in connection to the case.Crying maid lets Tampines man into neighbour's flat, where...
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Drug pushers a growing menace online
Online drug peddling here saw a significant jump last year - with an almost seven-fold increase in those arrested for buying drugs and related paraphernalia online, said the Central Narcotics Bureau...
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Commuters have 'benefited from this competition,' says PTC
Commuters are marginally more satisfied with private-hire car services than taxis, a Public Transport Council (PTC) survey shows.A poll of 1,526 respondents found that 95.8 per cent of them were...
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She conquers fear of needles to give back
As a firefighter, ambulance driver and now part of the service support unit with the Singapore Civil Defence Force (SCDF), Mr Halim Mohd, 51, understands the need for blood donation.That is why he has...
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Impossible idea? Just test it first
The inventor of the now famous Dyson vacuum cleaner was studying art in London when he fell in love with industrial design."I was brought up to believe that engineering was beneath me - something only...
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Helping smaller firms get funding
Sweeping reforms are on the way to make it easier for smaller firms and budding entrepreneurs to secure financing.There are also initiatives to drive innovation in a number of areas, including...
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Little variety for plus-size women sparks big dreams
Big, bold and beautiful.Miss Nur Syahirah, 20, hopes that is what women will feel when they wear clothes from her online shop, Syeracloset.Finding clothes has always been a headache for Miss Syahirah,...
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Treat a stranger to a meal this Valentine's Day
This Valentine's Day, consider treating a stranger to a meal.The Association for Persons with Special Needs (APSN) launches its first social enterprise, the Mystical Cafe For All, tomorrow.Located at...
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AVA manages free-roaming chicken population for public health and safety
DR YAP HIM HOO,DIRECTOR-GENERAL, AVAAVA manages free-roaming chicken population for public health and safetyWe thank the writers who have shared their views on the management of free-roaming chickens...
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To survive WWII, he was dressed up as a girl
Today is the 75th anniversary of the fall of Singapore. A survivor remembersMr Tommy Wong was only three years old when the Japanese invaded Singapore in 1942, during World War II.During the three...
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