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Maid who ill-treated boy had 'no medical training', gets 4 months' jail
A judge sentenced a maid to four months' jail for ill-treating her four-year-old charge when she tried to retrieve a medical device from the boy's throat, saying she had no medical training and bore no...
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20-20 vision for gender diversity on boards
Women's groups here have set a bold goal to redress a lack of gender diversity: Double the proportion of women on boards by 2020.The PAP Women's Wing and BoardAgender - an initiative of the Singapore...
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ANZ customers protected for a year
Customers with Singdollar deposits in a bank being bought out by another lender will continue to enjoy separate protection for one year after the date of acquisition, said the Singapore Deposit...
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Major issues with bike-sharing apps
Two days after its formal launch in Singapore, Chinese-owned bike-sharing app Mobike still has some major issues to iron out.The New Paper tried the three bike-sharing platforms - Mobike, ofo and oBike...
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Dine at the temple
If you have friends visiting from out of town, take them to the Chong Wen Ge Cafe in Telok Ayer Street and wow them with a taste of local cuisine and some nuggets of Singapore history.The cafe is...
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Mapletree opens first office tower in Vietnam
A new 17-storey office tower in Vietnam, owned by the property arm of Temasek Holdings, was officially opened yesterday, the company's first office building there.Mapletree Investments, which developed...
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Don't call her start-up a social enterprise
Her digital start-up supports female entrepreneurs, helping them with expertise and crowdfunding.Just don't call it a social enterprise. It makes Woomentum founder Mouna Aouri, 42, "boil...
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Bike-sharing services put to the test
Two days after the latest bike-sharing platform, Mobike, launched here, the Government announced it would scrap its plan for a national bike-sharing scheme.The Land Transport Authority, which had...
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More options for whiter teeth
Teeth whitening dates back some 4,000 years.The Romans used urine, which contains ammonia, as a bleaching agent for their teeth.The Egyptians made a whitening paste with ground pumice stone mixed in...
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Healthier times for hosts Mark Lee, Lee Teng
Six television seasons, a radio show and even two live "carnivals".That was the media franchise that Body SOS, the popular Channel 8 health info-ed series, spawned after four years on the small...
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New mums at StanChart to get 20 weeks' paid leave
StanChart ups the ante in maternity leave, but other firms 'unlikely to follow suit'Mother-to-be Adelle Li-Hoskin, 31, a client manager at Standard Chartered Singapore, could hardly believe it when she...
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'Too early to see effects of layoffs'
Despite the record number of retrenchments last year, counsellors have not been seeing an increase in retrenched workers beating a path to their doors - at least not yet.There were 19,170 layoffs last...
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Companies turning to VR to save costs
Visiting property showrooms could soon become a thing of the past.Thanks to virtual reality (VR), you can now view certain showflats anywhere with a VR headset.This concept was used by creative...
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Shining bright on Instagram
Call these three Instagram stars part of the Kylie Jenner generation - women whose social media followings rival that of street-style stars, thanks to their good looks, come-hither outfits and sexy...
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Inspiration from cutting edge materials
Wood fashioned into lace and sculpted into evening dresses: the Hanae Mori Manuscrit label led the way this Tokyo Fashion Week in showing the world the original craftmanship that helps set Japan apart...
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How Mas Selamat escaped from Singapore
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F&B manager pleads guilty to illegal race
He took part in an illegal race along Seletar Link and drove his wife's Nissan GTR at 219kmh - more than three times the 60kmh speed limit of that road.Food and beverage manager Koo Kwok En, now 37,...
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ScarJo keeps her feelings in her shell
There may be a lot going on in Scarlett Johansson's personal life, but she is not letting it show.The Hollywood actress hit the headlines when she recently filed for divorce from French advertising...
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Sundram: We're the underdogs but anything is possible in football
Singapore coach V Sundramoorthy shared his thoughts on his tenure, coaching philosophy and plans for the national team before the Lions took on Bahrain in an Asian Cup Group E qualifier this morning...
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Local ref Taqi off to U-20 World Cup
He dreams of one day emulating Shamsul Maidin and the late George Suppiah, and officiate at a World Cup match.Local referee Taqi Jahari will take another step towards fulfilling that ambition, when he...
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