For visitors to this blog, you should have realise that one of the topics i'm currently following is actually Mr David Hartanto Widjaja.So today, I just read this.David killed, says lawyer - Jakarta PostJAKARTA: David Hartanto Widjaja, an Indonesian student who died at Singapore's Nanyang Technological University (NTU), was murdered and did not commit suicide as many …

By Amelia Tan from Straits TimesTHREE YEARS ago, Mr Sannie Abdul moved to Melbourne, Australia, to retire.But a month of sightseeing and doing things at leisure there left him feeling ‘empty’.He came back here, determined instead to find a way to put to good use his 45years of experience as a building and product designer.This ...

By Kimberly Spykerman from The Straits TimesA 19-YEAR-OLD full-time National Serviceman has been arrested in connection with the death of Second Lieutenant Nicholas Chan Wei Kit.The 21-year-old motor transport officer was pinned under a Land Rover after it rolled backwards and hit him while he was inspecting it at Seletar Camp last Friday.It is believed ...

Now and then I would read news with humor and more often than not walk away with a wonder of the intention of the article. Today yet another article baffles me leaving me to wonder for myself, what the intention was. The article in question is Five Asian cities most expensive for expats - Asia OneSingapore is 10th most expensive city - Asia OneSo some may ask, what's the big …

By Goh Chin Lian from The Straits TimesNOMINATED MP Siew Kum Hong is disappointed he has not been selected for a second term.He declined to speculate on why he was passed over, when contacted last night.But he told The Straits Times that he stood by his involvement in matters such as the leadership tussle at ...

The mainstay of coffee shops here, the tze char (stir-fry) stall, continues to face a dearth of willing Singapore workers.The law allows only Singaporeans and permanent residents to work in food stalls, including tze char stalls, at coffee shops.Now, the two main coffee shop groupings, the Foochow Coffee Restaurant and Bar Merchants Association and the ...

By Goh Chin Lian from Straits TimesSINGAPORE can expect unemployment to remain at current levels or to rise further, Manpower Minister Gan Kim Yong said yesterday.In remarks suggesting a turnaround is not imminent, he said that with the economic outlook still uncertain, the labour market ‘will remain soft for next one to two quarters at ...

I have not quite bothered about the H1N1 issue ever since information was release that it's not lethal and that the effects would be akin to a common flu. Of course, there would be discomfort and other not nice feelings but well, it's just not something critical enough. I mean, if you put someone with a flu back to work in a Close Environment Air Con room, you can as easy get …

For those who may be following David Hartanto Widjaj's case will realise that the family has not given up. Instead, even now they still feel that Mr David did not commit suicide and that t …

By Joanna Seow from The Straits TimesRETIRED taxi driver Chia Boon Chuan was all smiles yesterday as he became one of the first home owners to receive a payout from the Housing Board’s new Lease Buyback Scheme (LBS).The 68-year-old bachelor has been living alone in his two-room Queensway flat for more than 40 years. With ...