SINGAPORE: Singapore leaders paid tribute to Dr Lee Wei Lingjplay, who died on Wednesday (Oct 9) at 69. She was the daughter of Singapore’s founding Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew. Dr Lee, the second of three children, is survived by her brothers, Seni
SINGAPORE: Singapore's workplace fatality rate for the first half of 2024 remained near last year's record lowkk777, the Ministry of Manpower (MOM) said on Wednesday (Oct 9). It stood at 1.0 per 100,000 workers for the January to June period, compar
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2024-10-10SINGAPORE: Singapore Prime Minister Lawrence Wong and South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol agreed on Tuesday (Oct 8) to work towards upgrading ties to a strategic partnership next year. solowin This will be in conjunction with the 50th anniversary o
A former government minister in Singapore was sentenced to one year in prison on Thursday in a rare graft case that has transfixed the affluent city-state. The minister, S. Iswaran, who oversaw transportation, last week pleaded guilty to accepting g
These days, it is not unusual for specialist breast cancer surgeon Dr Anthony Tang to see breast cancer patients in their thirties, or even in their twenties, with sizeable lumps. Very recently, he treated a woman in her thirties with a 5cm lump whi
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2024-10-08Pan Pacific Orchard, a 23-storey hotel located in Singapore’s famous shopping district, has been named the world’s best new skyscraper. The award was given out by the Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat (CTBUH), a non-profit organisation hea
SINGAPORE: As the conflict in Gaza crosses a grim milestone, shadows of destruction, death and despair hang over the embattled strip. In Singapore, some 8,000km away, charity groups are continuing to ramp up relief efforts for the tiny coastal encla
SINGAPORE: A team of doctors in Singapore has developed a new cell therapy for cancer patients who have otherwise exhausted all other forms of treatment. For these patients with T-cell acute lymphoblastic leukaemia (T-ALL) that do not respond to che
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2024-10-08SINGAPORE: Thousands of spectators flocked to Singapore Turf Club in Kranji for the last time on Saturday (Oct 5) to attend Singapore’s final race meeting. The club is hosting the Grand Singapore Gold Cup as a farewell celebration, featuring 10 race
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