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Why couldn't I take empty seat?

On Wednesday, I boarded one of the new SMRT buses. When a passenger vacated a seat and I was about to occupy it, the woman next to it objected, saying...

No help at Somerset MRT

I AM a handicapped person and a wheelchair user. On Wednesday, I was at Somerset MRT at noon to find that both lifts were not working. One was under...

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Comment

Barry needs ear muffs, and shine

by David Ngiau

Gareth Barry has his own Facebook page. Actually, it's an ''official'' fan page for the Manchester City central midfielder set up by the Professional...

Much better home-made

by Leonard Thomas

In a news bulletin on CCTV on Thursday evening, China's state broadcasters reported that their women's team had beaten Malaysia in the final of the...

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blogs

Makan Kaki

Twitter for (hungry) dummies

I know a twit when I see one, but what the heck is a Twitter? If you, like me, are not yet infected with this relatively new techno-trend, cause of...

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The Big Story

'It's not over'

GOVERNMENT interventions around the world may have staved off what was initially touted as the second Great Depression but they have created a dire side effect: Painful lessons have not been...

'Code Red' in Australia

SYDNEY - Australian firefighters battled dozens of bushfires on Friday as record-breaking hot weather sparked ''catastrophic'' warnings in two states, just months after the country's worst...

Electric dream to be a reality next year

SINGAPORE - Electric cars will finally power their way to Singapore roads next year, in not one but two separate - and quite contrasting - experiments. On one side: Team Mitsubishi and the...

Wolf on journalism ...

Some observers have blamed the global financial crisis on the failure of the Western press to understand the complexity of the financial sector. What's your take? The newspapers and...

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Singapore

Electric dream to be a reality next year

Renault-Nissan's electric cars. Photo from Renault-Nissan.

SINGAPORE - Electric cars will finally power their way to Singapore roads next year, in not one but two separate - and quite contrasting - experiments. On one side: Team Mitsubishi and the Energy Market Authority (EMA). This national electric vehicle test-bed...

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