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March 31, 2014 8:13 AM Six months have passed since news broke that Circular Road has been earmarked by its new master tenant for a major makeover.         ...

March 31, 2014 8:13 AM The founder of extramarital dating portal Ashley Madison has not given up on trying to get the ban on the local edition of the website lifted - months after it was blocked by the authorities.         ...

March 30, 2014 7:49 AM Geylang Members of Parliament and grassroots leaders want more done to keep the area safe, and say the measures should go beyond ramping up police patrols.         ...

March 30, 2014 7:52 AM The police want to beef up security at both of Singapore's land checkpoints with a new perimeter detection system.         ...

March 30, 2014 8:01 AM At dusk, like clockwork, streetwalkers in skimpy outfits emerge from alleyways. They flirt with men, both foreign and local, while being watched by minders on the alert for the police.         ...

March 30, 2014 8:02 AM Fewer young people were caught with contraband cigarettes last year.         ...

March 30, 2014 8:07 AM Parents will play an increasingly vital role as the education system becomes more complex, but a side effect is that their varied backgrounds and means may widen social inequality, a National Institute of Education don said yesterday.         ...

March 30, 2014 12:34 AM The Goh Foundation made a whopping $50 million donation to the National Cancer Centre Singapore (NCCS) on Saturday for cutting-edge cancer treatment technology. It is the centre's largest single donation in its 14-year history.         ...

March 29, 2014 8:05 AM Singapore's leaders need to do the right thing by their people in policy-making, said Foreign Affairs Minister K. Shanmugam yesterday, rather than get caught up in "the numbers game".         ...

March 29, 2014 8:50 AM Bus tycoon Tay Koh Yat was good at moving people: he pulled together a 10,000-strong Chinese Civil Defence force to keep peace and order before the Japanese troops invaded Singapore in 1942.         ...

March 29, 2014 8:52 AM Playing violent video games, such as those depicting decapitation, could lead young people here to think and act more aggressively, said a study published on Monday.         ...

March 29, 2014 8:53 AM Many violent games are no child's play but many young kids are playing these games, citing the ease of buying them off the shelves.         ...

March 29, 2014 9:01 AM A train fault delayed service on the North East Line (NEL) on Saturday morning.         ...

March 29, 2014 9:15 AM Give a man a fish and it feeds him for a day. Join hands to learn how best to fish and it may feed a community longer - this is precisely what young people from Singapore and Cambodia are doing.         ...

March 29, 2014 9:23 AM Nine years ago, doctors told Mr Ng Yong Seng that he had stage four blood cancer.         ...

March 29, 2014 9:55 AM A 75-year-old man who went missing on Tuesday has been found.         ...

March 29, 2014 11:29 AM A $500,000 fund will be set up to turn innovative ideas into real solutions to improve HDB living. Each feasible proposal will be awarded up to $10,000.         ...

March 29, 2014 11:55 AM The Islamic Religious Council of Singapore (Muis) will set aside $2 million this year to get more young Muslims to participate in religious education.         ...

March 29, 2014 7:40 AM Whether or not the People's Action Party (PAP) can continue to run the Government depends on how well it acquits itself and continues to build on the successes of the past, and on Singaporeans themselves, said Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong.         ...

March 29, 2014 7:43 AM It was a city Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong first visited at age 17, and 45 years later, the city of London made him one of its own, presenting him with the honour of being a "freeman" with its Freedom of the City award.         ...