Singapore
Study on severe depression launched
SINGAPORE — A study on what keeps seniors from falling into severe depression has been launched, which could potentially reduce the worrying suicide rate among the elderly in...
HFMD numbers down from last year
SINGAPORE – The latest weekly number of Hand, Foot and Mouth Disease (HFMD) cases is down significantly from a year ago — at 701 cases compared to 1,685 last year — although the...
Important for Japan, China to work towards stabilising relations: PM Lee
TOKYO — Describing current relations between Japan and China as “rocky”, Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong said yesterday it was important for the two Asian economic giants to take...
Todd did not have access to high-tech ‘recipes’
SINGAPORE — No “proven recipes” were shown to American researcher Shane Todd when he underwent training in the United States on using the machine needed for the gallium nitride ...
Doubt cast on CHC document
SINGAPORE — Prosecutors in the trial of six City Harvest Church leaders yesterday cast doubt on a document used by defence lawyers to suggest the church’s bond investments were...
PKR, DAP members appeal for leniency towards Merlion Park protesters
SINGAPORE — By means of a memorandum and a statement, Malaysian opposition politicians yesterday urged the Singapore authorities to show leniency to 21 people arrested for an...
CPF arrears: Errant employers may face tougher action
SINGAPORE — Some S$293 million in Central Provident Fund (CPF) arrears — owed to more than 200,000 workers — were recovered by the CPF Board last year, prompting Acting Manpower...
Buddhists practise Vesak Day ritual
Devotees practising the ‘three-step, one-bow’ ritual yesterday at the Phor Kark See Temple on Bright Hill Road to mark Vesak Day today. In the ceremony, they take steps on both...



