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Netting a profit on the Net

May 19, 2013 - 12:53am

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Benita Aw Yeong

TNP PHOTO: Gary Goh

Tech-savvy entrepreneur Perline Chua can make a cool $20,000 in a good month.

The 31-year-old sells apparel online for women, which she imports from countries like China, Thailand and Hong Kong.

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Going mad over Singa

May 19, 2013 - 12:50am

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Neil Humphreys

It’s a state of mourning in our household and we’re all wearing black armbands.

This is because Singa the Lion is gone.

He’s not dead, children. He’s gone to that happy, smiley, angelic place where all people go when they seek spiritual freedom.

He’s resigned.

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Traditional HDB shops struggle in the face of progress

May 18, 2013 - 11:45pm

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Zaihan Mohamed Yusof
Benita Aw Yeong

TNP PHOTO: Zaihan Mohamed Yusof

Like many shop owners of his generation, Mr Chang Boon Lee, 72, is struggling to stay afloat these days.

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Website offers Vietnamese women's virginity for sale in Singapore

May 18, 2013 - 11:43pm

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Maureen Koh
Jennifer Dhanaraj

TNP PHOTO ILLUSTRATION: Gary Goh

Pay $3,000 for deflowering a woman?

That is what one website is offering men here.

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More warring couples take battles online

May 18, 2013 - 1:26am

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Chai Hung Yin
Audrey Kang

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More estranged partners are using social media to wash their dirty linen in public, said divorce lawyers and counsellors here.

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Beware of fake Joseph Princes out to con you

May 18, 2013 - 1:24am

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Naqiyah Shapudin

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Pastor Joseph Prince (above) of New Creation Church recently issued a warning on his official Facebook page about people impersonating him on Facebook.

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Former Workers' Party member lashes out at party

May 18, 2013 - 1:22am

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Zul Othman

It ha been a tough week for the Workers’ Party (WP). First there was the dust-up over the management of Aljunied-Hougang Town Council (AHTC).

And now, a former party member has criticised the WP in his blog.

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'No top secrets' in work of US researcher who died here

May 18, 2013 - 1:19am

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Rennie Whang

TNP PHOTO: Jeremy Long

There was little that was top secret or military about the work of Dr Shane Todd, the US researcher whose body was found hanging here last year, said his colleagues and supervisor.

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Kind cabby helps woman who fell

May 18, 2013 - 1:15am

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Theodora D’Cruz

TNP PHOTO: Benjamin Seetor

Our Kindness Movement mascot Singa quit his job because he could no longer face an increasingly angry and disagreeable society.

But Madam Rachel Low (above), who is in her late 30s, begs to differ.

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Singa the Courtesy Lion has job offers lined up

May 17, 2013 - 5:58pm

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Azim Azman

Singa the Lion very publicly ‘walked out’ on his job of over 30 years and he's already got several job offers.

Some organisations have taken the opportunity to woo Singa to join them.

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