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Changes to Basic Military TrainingSIC military training, that rite of passage for Singapore men, is being tweaked further to ensure that more 18-year-olds emerge from it fit to fight. While it will remain the nine-week course for seven in 10 recruits, the changes will be drastic for males who are obese.
Make toilets cool: Jack Sim MUMBAI - JACK Sim, founder of the World Toilet Organisation, has a theory about why governments and people are so reluctant to talk about hygiene: it isn't cool.
Scholars with poor attitude MOST of the current generation of young scholars are responsible and dedicated, but a few have a poor attitude and misplaced expectations.
Parents up in arms again over PSLE Mathematics paperSINGAPORE: The first thing her son did when he came out from the Primary School Leaving Examination (PSLE) maths paper on Thursday this week was to gesture as if he was "slitting his throat".
Airships over S'pore soon? A SINGAPORE-based company has secured the exclusive rights to bring in Zeppelin airships - among the world's largest flying machines.
Couch surfing catching on EACH year, Ms Juana Jumat lets about 20 strangers into her home, some from far-flung places such as Estonia, Russia and South Africa.
Chicken with cushy lives AIR-CONDITIONING, check. Mood lighting, check. Soft strains of Mozart playing through the day, check.
Photo finish in car versus plane race on Changi Airport's tarmacSINGAPORE: It was a race never before seen in Asia. In a bid to rev up publicity for the Formula 1 night race taking place later this month, Singapore's Changi Airport organised a race between a jet plane and a sports car.
Kofi Annan joins LKY school FORMER United Nations chief Kofi Annan will be based at the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy as a professor from next February.
Tone down raunchy acts POLICE have reminded getai organisers and performers to keep their Hungry Ghost Festival acts clean, following reports of raunchy acts at some shows.
Spore's first casino for ghosts HOW do you tell if Singapore's first casino for ghosts is somewhere in the vicinity near you? Sign number one: You can hear the sound of jackpot machines coming from a make-shift tent decked out in black cloth.
Clean fun or crude act? ORIENTATION activities have come under the spotlight again after pictures of a girl eating a banana held at a man's crotch was sent to citizen journalism website STOMP. The photos were taken at Sports Bash, a Nanyang Technological University freshmen orientation event.
Porsche to race against jetliner in lead—up to Singapore GPSINGAPORE: As part of the Singapore Changi Airport's Changi GP Festival in September, a Porsche 911 GT3 Carrera will race against a Boeing 747 aircraft in what is touted to be "the race of a lifetime".
Dennis Chew is none too pleased about Aunty LucyIt looks like actor Dai Yangtian has finally met his female match.
Unwell? The nurse will see you SOME patients at the Jurong Polyclinic with long-term ailments like diabetes and high blood pressure now go to nurse Carolyn Chan instead of a doctor.
Force of will MIDWAY through the interview with Life! at Komala's Restaurant in East Coast Parkway, a man interrupts to shake Dr William Tan's hand. You are an inspiration, he says, with admiration.
SingTel ad on porn site AN ADVERTISEMENT promoting a SingTel website on a pornographic site has driven online users into a tizzy. On Thursday, a Stomp user who called himself 'Disgusted' put up a screen capture of a SingTel inSing advertisement, apparently found at a pornographic website.
Monk's aide lived it up EVEN with a $50,000 loan to repay, a personal assistant to Buddhist monk Ming Yi continued spending beyond his means. Raymond Yeung, 34, took the loan from Ren Ci Hospital in May 2004. In February 2005, his credit card bill exceeded his monthly salary of $4,700.
No gifts, donate a tree TWO lawyers had an unusual request for their guests on their wedding day - do not come bearing traditional gifts. Instead, lawyers Susan de Silva, 50, and Chandra Mohan K. Nair, 60, asked their 200 guests to donate to the Plant-A-Tree scheme.
Don't be a 'velcro city' THE term 'velcro city' was evoked by Deputy Prime Minister Teo Chee Hean on Friday as something that Singapore should avoid turning into.
'I'm a modern-day' monk THE former Ren Ci Hospital CEO told a court on Friday that he is a 'modern-day monk'. Buddhist monk Ming Yi's admission came after his assets were brought to light at the resumed hearing of the criminal trial against the 47-year-old and his former personal aide, Raymond Yeung.
Tweet! It's your pastor WHEN City Harvest Church member Vanessa Sng needed spiritual advice, she did not just pray - she tweeted.
Opposition wards in LUPRESIDENTS living in Housing Board flats in the two opposition wards can expect to benefit from lift landings on every floor under the Lift Upgrading Programme (LUP) earlier than expected.
Overhaul of medic corps SOLDIERS injured on the battlefield will have a better chance of surviving, with a major revamp of the Singapore Amed Forces medical corps underway.
Marathon millions RUNNING is becoming so hot a sport these days that two companies have pledged millions of dollars in sponsorship for two of Singapore's major running events, despite the economic recession.
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