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Confessions of a farrier

June 2, 2013 - 12:24am

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Benita Aw Yeong

Mr Purushotthaman Selvaraju is one of about 22 farriers here.

Think of him like a dentist for horses.

They do necessary procedures for the animal's overall comfort: Trimming the hooves of horses and placing shoes onto them, so that they can trot, canter or gallop comfortably.

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Scared to see colleagues sick

June 1, 2013 - 1:26am

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Audrey Tan

TNP PHOTO: Jeremy Long

HE WAS on the frontline battling the Sars (severe acute respiratory syndrome) epidemic in 2003.

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Cleaner gets $100 raise - higher than recommended

June 1, 2013 - 1:17am

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Linette Heng
Eunice Toh

TNP PHOTO: Eunice Toh

He worked from 7am to 3pm, seven days a week, for a year as a cleaner at a hawker centre in Toa Payoh.

Almost every day, he worked overtime for three hours.

This earned him just under $1,000 a month.

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Ex-SCDF boss Peter Lim guilty of corruption: All he had to do was not unzip, judge says

June 1, 2013 - 1:14am

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Shaffiq Alkhatib

TNP PHOTO: Gavin Foo

Former Singapore Civil Defence Force (SCDF) commissioner Peter Benedict Lim Sin Pang , 53, had insisted that Ms Pang Chor Mui was the one who had initiated the sexual encounter.

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Innovative designs win top prizes

June 1, 2013 - 1:05am

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Abigail Goh

TNP PHOTO: Choo Chwee Hua

At the Ngee Ann Polytechnic School of Design & Environment’s Graduation Show 2013 launched on Wednesday, students showed off 49 innovative projects.

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Male poly student caught in women's toilet allegedly taking pictures

June 1, 2013 - 12:53am

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David Sun

The teen wore a blonde female wig and sneaked into a women's toilet at Temasek Polytechnic (TP), allegedly taking pictures of the girls there.

But as he tried to leave the toilet, he was confronted by a group of seven girls, two of whom subdued him and pinned him to the wall.

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The Online Citizen not affected by licensing scheme for news websites, says MDA

May 31, 2013 - 2:05am

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Zul Othman

What about us? That is the question socio-political website The Online Citizen (TOC) is asking in response to the licensing scheme for news websites announced on Tuesday by the Media Development Authority (MDA).

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Actor Edmund Chen's e-mail hacked

May 31, 2013 - 1:01am

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Mervin Tay

He drove up and down the Central Expressway for two hours on Tuesday, just to make sure his friends were able to contact him.

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Ex-offender writing book to help youth

May 31, 2013 - 12:57am

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Andre Joseph Theng

TNP PHOTO: Nurjannah Zulkifli

From 2000 to 2008, Mr David King was known by his prison number “64635” after he was jailed because of several fights when he was a gang member.

But the 31-year-old is now a motivational speaker and author.

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Shanmugam: Shell should have alerted residents sooner

May 31, 2013 - 12:56am

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Shaffiq Alkhatib

PHOTO: Lianhe Zaobao

The Member of Parliament for Nee Soon GRC, Mr K. Shanmugam (above), yesterday visited a Shell petrol station at Sembawang Road that had a leak in one of the underground fuel tanks on Monday to observe the situation.

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