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Radio programme hosts should be more serious when disseminating traffic news
I depend heavily on MediaCorp Radio stations - both Chinese or English stations - to obtain the latest traffic news in order to manoeuvre swiftly during peak hours and avoid any jammed areas.Many would agree that it is very stressful to... [Read more]

Media tycoon opens up on merger
KUALA LUMPUR - THE Sarawakian tycoon who rarely talks to the media has spoken about his decision to merge three newspaper publishing firms.In an e-mail interview with the New Sunday Times, Tan Sri Tiong Hiew King said the 'bold decision' to... [Read more]

Siblings want religion on birth cert changed
MALACCA - TWO ethnic Indian siblings who say they are Hindus are battling the authorities in Malaysia to change the religion stated on their birth certificates, a report said yesterday.Mr S. Jeevanathan, 22, and his sister S. Maneemegalay, 21, are listed... [Read more]

Kimono-makers' needles laid to rest in tofu beds
TOKYO - KIMONO-makers laid their old needles to rest during the hari-kuyo needle festival at Buddhist temples all over Japan yesterday. They stuck the needles into soft chunks of tofu to 'thank' them. Japan's throwaway culture may rival that of any... [Read more]

Croc park up for sale for the third time
REPTILE Paradise may be its name, but life for the crocodiles at the beleaguered Jurong tourist attraction recently has been no Eden. Dwindling visitor numbers forced the crocodile park to close its doors last June, leaving 60 crocodiles to live with... [Read more]

Make perverting history a global crime
I AGREE totally with Mr Boguslaw Marcin Majewski, Ambassador of Poland to Singapore, that it is indeed extremely troubling that historian David Irving should persistently deny the existence of Auschwitz and the Holocaust ('Proof of Auschwitz gassing indisputable'; ST, Jan 30).Having... [Read more]

I committed no wrong...And I admit no guilt
CONTROVERSY continued to swirl around one topic - former Youth Challenge head Vincent Lam's salary - while the man himself insists he has 'nothing to hide'. On Tuesday, the Commissioner of Charities (COC) said it had found 'many irregularities', including how... [Read more]

SBS traffic inspectors get a taste of their own medicine
A MOTORIST got back at SBS Transit's traffic inspectors who photographed his car parked in a bus lane. Shortly after they took the photo, he spotted the two inspectors having breakfast, with their motorcycles parked illegally along double yellow lines. Whipping... [Read more]

Flu-hit Mahathir admitted to hospital
IN KUALA LUMPUR - FORMER Malaysian prime minister Mahathir Mohamad was admitted to the National Heart Institute yesterday for observation and tests after suffering a bout of flu at the weekend. His press aide, Mr Sufi Yusoff, said Tun Dr Mahathir,... [Read more]

Sub-tenants told of big mall opening. What they got: empty stalls and legal woes
A SERIES of legal spats are brewing over a suburban shopping mall in Commonwealth that failed to open last year, leaving disgruntled sub-tenants filing police reports and landing main tenant Pagar Park in trouble with the law. Sub-tenants were promised by... [Read more]

Is there an offset plan for defence spending?
THE letter, 'Hefty spending on defence justified' (ST, Jan 30), by Mr Goh Khee Kuan says, and I agree, that a decisive deterrence is critical. He concedes that the defence expenditure is large and at the expense of many other areas,... [Read more]