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The Big Picture: In a line for the top prize

May 7, 2013 - 12:53am

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CABLE GUYS: Mr Subra Govinda was impressed by the foreign workers’ enthusiasm as they went about their job. PHOTO: Mr Subra Govinda

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Road Safety Month: Four groups targeted

May 7, 2013 - 12:52am

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TNP PHOTO: Ariffin Jamar

The inaugural Road Safety Month, a collaboration between the Singapore Road Safety Council, Traffic Police, other government agencies and the Automobile Association of Singapore, was launched yesterday.

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DPP says psychiatric report shows law prof could've been feigning mental condition

May 7, 2013 - 12:50am

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A forensic psychiatric evaluation revealed that law professor Tey Tsun Hang, 42, could have been feigning his mental condition, Deputy Public Prosecutor Andre Jumabhoy said during the sex-for-grades trial yesterday.

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Golden Ticket is 'good value', says TNP reader

May 7, 2013 - 12:49am

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PHOTO: COURTESY OF HARESH B C

IT’S a routine for Mr Kumar Dadayan as he heads for work daily in the Senoko area.
The supply officer will stop by a 7-Eleven outlet in Punggol, where he lives, to pick up a copy of The New Paper.

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Govt server network lags

May 7, 2013 - 12:43am

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TNP PHOTO: NAQIYAH SHAPUDIN

The Government server network was lagging yesterday morning. Only the Ministry of Defence and Ministry of Education were not affected.

It was not just civil servants who were inconvenienced.

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He sheds 40kg in 10 months

May 7, 2013 - 12:37am

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TNP PHOTO: Jeremy Long

He called himself “the groundbreaker” when he was running in the prefectorial council election in secondary school, and the moniker was apt in more ways than one.

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Minister says degree not necessary for success, but poly grads say...

May 6, 2013 - 9:42pm

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PHOTO: ST

A thousand dollars – that’s the difference between a diploma holder’s monthly salary and a degree holder’s.

And that’s the motivation for polytechnic graduates like Miss Tan Yen Ling, 20, to pursue a degree.

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He practises calligraphy writing on the ground

May 6, 2013 - 1:26am

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TNP PHOTO: NURJANNAH ZULKIFLI

When an artist’s work is “hot”, it brings in big bucks.

But for retiree Tan Khuang Giap, 86, it’s a different matter. When his work gets “hot”, they disappear.

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Poly education works for him

May 6, 2013 - 1:13am

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TNP PHOTO: BENJAMIN SEETOR

THE last thing Mr Steven Ong Kia Kian expected was to go to a polytechnic.

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Voi-la! The multi-purpose scooter

May 5, 2013 - 10:50pm

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The scooter named VOI not only offers car-like comforts and protection, it also has multiple uses.

“Voi” means “elephant” in Vietnamese and the animal symbolises a safe form of transport.

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