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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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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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He stripped to pay for grandma’s cancer treatment

August 5, 2012 - 1:24am

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Maureen Koh

Tony, an undergrad at a local university, moonlights as a male stripper, earning from $350 to $2,000 for a night's work.

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Organ transplant coordinator helps others get a new lease of life

August 5, 2012 - 12:14am

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Judith Tan

TNP PHOTO: Kelvin Chng

A huge responsibility rests on the slender shoulders of transplant coordinator Koh Xiu Xian (above).

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He donates kidney to 6-year-old stranger

August 5, 2012 - 12:13am

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Chai Hung Yin

TNP PHOTO: Kelvin Chng

"Guardian angel", “kor kor”, "mad man"

Mr Lin Dilun (above), 27, has been called all that.

You see, he has done something extraordinary. Something that confounds even the experts.

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Confessions of a race jockey

August 5, 2012 - 12:12am

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Zaihan Mohamed Yusof

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They may be the stars on the track and are always clad in soft bright silk tops, commanding the adoration and awe of fans and punters.

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Three arrested in RWS drug bust

August 4, 2012 - 3:00am

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Eunice Toh

PHOTO: The Straits Times

Central Narcotics Bureau (CNB) officers swooped down on the Resorts World Sentosa (RWS), found some drugs and arrested three men on Wednesday afternoon.