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'Unique experience' at relaunched paintball arena

June 25, 2012 - 1:51am

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The relaunched paintball arena at the Singapore Discovery Centre offers exciting new features such as multi-tiered terrains, a 150-seat viewing gallery and the use of closed-circuit television cameras to record gameplay.

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I'm no hero, says ‘Ah Lian’ caught on video in spat over MRT seat

June 25, 2012 - 1:50am

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She has been dubbed “the most polite ah lian”, generating a large amount of buzz both online and offline.

Young people hail her as a hero, while aunties speak of her in hushed tones. On her Facebook wall, various users have posted their support for her.

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Saved after 20-hour ordeal at sea

June 25, 2012 - 1:47am

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TNP INFOGRAPHICS: CEL GULAPA

For about 20 hours, a group of six divers bobbed about in the open sea off Tioman island in Malaysia.

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'There's a python in your taxi'

June 25, 2012 - 1:26am

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PHOTO: COURTESY OF MR CHUA

Taxi driver R. Chua, 56, has had his fair share of strange passengers. But none has been as strange as the one that tried to get into his cab last week.

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Garden havens

June 25, 2012 - 1:21am

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TNP PHOTO: JONATHAN CHOO

These are no ordinary Singapore gardens.

One, at Sunset Heights at Clementi, is 7,800 sq ft and has more than 400 varieties of plants.

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Tackling crime from Sentosa to Jurong Island

June 25, 2012 - 1:16am

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TNP PHOTO: SHAFFIQ ALKHATIB

It is not the largest police division in Singapore in terms of land mass and the size of its human population.

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More teens take to fingerboarding

June 25, 2012 - 12:54am

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Wayne Wei Jian Allwood, 13, who has been fingerboarding for three years. TNP PICTURE: MELISSA CHUE

It's done with a miniature skateboard. And enthusiasts say it is fast catching on here.

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When courtesy takes a back seat

June 24, 2012 - 12:56am

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It was the hot seat that became a hot topic among Singaporeans last week.

Or more specifically, the priority seat on an SMRT train -- the root of a spat between two women last week.

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The young and the fearless

June 23, 2012 - 10:14pm

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TNP PHOTO: Kelvin Chng

Driven, attractive and running profitable firms before they’re 30 – a new breed of savvy young people here are leveraging on their guts and smarts instead of a rich dad’s wallet to build successful businesses.

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Woffles Wu was charged correctly

June 23, 2012 - 2:00am

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TNP FILE PHOTO

When prominent plastic surgeon Woffles Wu was fined $1,000 for getting his elderly employee to take the rap twice for speeding offences, it sparked an online furore.

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