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How to handle a pet peeve? Try living with a companion pet
I refer to Mr Heng Cho Choon's letter, 'Keeping animals: How to handle a pet peeve', (ST, Feb 22).I fully agree with Mr Heng's statement that the duration that a person spends in a country is not a good indication that... [Read more]

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Mum allegedly kills sons after spat with spouse
KUALA LUMPUR - A MALAYSIAN woman who was enraged when her husband announced plans to marry a second wife allegedly killed both her young sons.The 30-year-old woman was alleged to have strangled her sons - Muhammad Aliff Haqimi, five, and Muhammad... [Read more]

Gascoigne to act in sci-fi horror movie
LONDON - HIS life has often seemed like a horror movie, and now Paul Gascoigne is going to star in one with a sci-fi twist.The former England international, who has fought alcohol and drug problems, will make his acting debut in... [Read more]

Tree branch 'pierces' car
Students and teachers of Balestier Hill Secondary School got a shock yesterday when strong winds broke off a tree branch and sent it straight through the windscreen of a teacher's car. No one was hurt. Secondary 1 student Keith Ng sent... [Read more]

Trans fat labelling: A mathematical poser
Here is another question to add to the list provided by Mr Yeo Chow Khoon in his letter, 'Some questions remain on trans fat labelling' (ST, Feb 13).My question is this: How much is 0.4 x 5? Is it 2, as... [Read more]

Rotary's earnings surge to $35.2m
THE red-hot oil and gas sector has been a bonanza for Rotary Engineering, which yesterday reported record earnings of $35.2 million, up a staggering 320 per cent.Rotary helps build and maintain oil storage terminals and other infrastructure for the petrochemical industry.... [Read more]

Sands' IR reaches a milestone
National Development Minister Mah Bow Tan - with Las Vegas Sands chairman Sheldon Adelson and his wife Miriam Adelson - got to admire a model of Marina Bay Sands yesterday at a ceremony to mark a development milestone in the construction... [Read more]

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SEGOLENE UNVEILS PROPOSALS PARIS: Socialist presidential hopeful Segolene Royal, trailing in the opinion polls and struggling to kick start her gaffe-prone campaign, unveiled 100 proposals yesterday that she said would make France a stronger, fairer place. Termed 'the presidential pact', the... [Read more]

Staff to be more attentive when giving out info
We refer to the letter by Ms Liew Chuen Li (Online forum, Feb 13).We have contacted Ms Liew and apologised for the service lapse that she and her mother experienced.Upon receiving feedback from Ms Liew, we successfully turned on her mio... [Read more]

FairPrice house brand to get trans fat labels
BY YEAR'S end, FairPrice, the largest supermarket chain here, will have the trans fat content on the labels of all food products sold under its house brand.It will also reformulate its products to reduce or remove trans fat, where possible.Its move... [Read more]