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Chingay picture snags top spot in The Big Picture contest

August 7, 2012 - 1:39am

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Justin Zhuang

PHOTO: JIMMY CHAN

At this year’s Chingay Parade, a group of student performers caught Mr Jimmy Chan’s eye.

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Flats blackened in Henderson Road fire, but residents are upbeat

August 7, 2012 - 1:38am

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Eunice Toh

TNP PHOTO: Gary Goh

The smoke may have darkened their walls, but their spirits remained bright.

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"I was real lucky, I could have died"

August 7, 2012 - 1:36am

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Zaihan Mohamed Yusof
Rennie Whang

TNP PHOTO: Gavin Foo

A Mercedes-Benz went out of control on a walkway filled with shoppers at Block 102 in Chong Pang estate, at about 8.15am yesterday.

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Elite rescuers suffered chemical burns on limbs

August 7, 2012 - 1:35am

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Rennie Whang

TNP PHOTO: KELVIN CHNG

They worked 15m below street level, in wet cement up to their waists, to find two missing men when scaffolding at the Downtown Line 1 construction site collapsed last month.

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Kidney transplant boy thrilled to be able to pee

August 6, 2012 - 1:36am

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Chai Hung Yin

PHOTO: Courtesy of Serene Ng

Six-year-old Bryan Liu, Singapore's youngest recipient of an altruistic donor kidney, is so delighted that he can urinate after not being able to do so for three years that he laughs each time he "goes".

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'I'm returning home with a full skull'

August 6, 2012 - 1:16am

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Benson Ang

PICTURE: COURTESY OF DEBBIE FORDYCE

After workplace accidents, three foreign workers each had a dent in their heads and had part of their skulls removed.

For two of them, their employers will pay for surgery to reconstruct their skulls.

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Lost dog found after two years, thanks to microchip

August 6, 2012 - 1:08am

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Judith Tan

TNP PICTURE: JONATHAN CHOO

A german shepherd dog that ran away two years ago was reunited with its owner last week,- thanks to the details recorded on its microchip.

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How to boost S'pore's baby rate?

August 6, 2012 - 12:32am

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Esther Ng

TNP PHOTO: BENJAMIN SEETOR

Women’s group, Association of Women for Action and Research (Aware) has come up with a number of suggestions to raise Singapore’s low total fertility rate.

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Families bond over The Big Walk

August 5, 2012 - 11:59pm

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Hedy Khoo

PHOTO: COURTESY OF MR KENNY NEO

FROM striding solo in his teens, he now has his children by his side when he takes part in the Big Walk.

Mr Kenny Neo, 36, an engineer, joined the first Big Walk held in 1991 on his own.

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Ground Zero: Heartlanders need help to understand where Town Council fee increases go to

August 5, 2012 - 1:29am

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Maureen Koh

The news broke late last month about a hike in service and conservancy charges. Yet, people were talking about it when this correspondent walked the ground a few days ago.

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