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Grounded
JAKARTA - INDONESIA has grounded all of budget airline Adam Air's Boeing 737-300s after the fuselage of one of the aircraft cracked during a hard landing. The accident on Wednesday, which occurred as the plane arrived at Surabaya's Juanda International Airport... [Read more]

Management team at odds over $15k withdrawal
THE new Youth Challenge management committee yesterday appeared a fractured lot, publicly trading accusations over a $15,220 withdrawal from the charity's bank account.The committee told the media last Tuesday it had discovered that the sum - withdrawn via an Internet bank... [Read more]

Firms need 'up to 9 months' to prepare for GST increase
TAX experts have urged the Government to give the business community six to nine months to prepare for the higher goods and services tax (GST) rate to be announced in tomorrow's Budget. Some analysts expect the hike to kick in as... [Read more]

There's no substitute for support and love of a large extended family
PRIME Minister Lee Hsien Loong's Chinese New Year message urged families to stay together because the centuries-old networks that have provided Asian families with care, love and support 'remain useful and relevant today'.In my 20 years as a teacher and director... [Read more]

'Bubble forming' in China's stock market
DUBAI - CHINA'S stock market is developing into a 'bubble', and investors are in danger of behaving irrationally, a leading Chinese legislator has said.In the strongest public expression of concern to come from a senior state figure, Mr Cheng Siwei told... [Read more]

MRT mishap: Train officer didn't have details at first
I REFER to the letter, 'Where is compassion for MRT accident victim?' by Ms Natalie Yee Zimin (ST, Jan 30).We regret the inconvenience caused to passengers in the affected train at Clementi MRT station on Jan 27. As a woman's leg... [Read more]

Accused recounts sex, betrayal, street chase
IT HAS all the ingredients worthy of a gripping drama serial: sex, betrayal, a love triangle, even a chase on a crowded street.The lurid nature of the relationship between university professor Bryan Ngoi Kok Ann and his lover, 26-year-old nightclub singer... [Read more]

12 years
IN THE strongest signal yet that the courts intend to take a tough line on card skimming, a Malaysian fruit seller saw his jail term of four years and four months upped on appeal yesterday to 12 years.Law Aik Meng, 27,... [Read more]

VW becomes first carmaker to sell its own vehicles in S'pore
FINALLY, it is signed and sealed. After two years of uncertainty, German carmaker Volkswagen (VW) has publicly declared that it is now the importer and retailer for its own vehicles in Singapore. It has taken over the business from entrepreneur Peter... [Read more]

De La Hoya is prodded and provoked by brash challenger Mayweather
NEW YORK - FLOYD Mayweather pushed, prodded and provoked Oscar De La Hoya on Tuesday.It set the tone for what promises to be a bad-tempered world junior middleweight title showdown in Las Vegas on May 5. The match between De La... [Read more]

Old Changi hospital gets new life as spa-resort
THE former Changi Hospital will undergo a $20-million makeover to become a rustic spa and resort for Singaporeans and budget travellers by year's end. Property company Bestway Properties, which won a recent tender to lease the Halton Road site, wants to... [Read more]