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Why didn't you check, MRT staff asked

April 20, 2012 - 1:18am

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PHOTO: Courtesy of Lim Hwei Lee

On Day 4 of the Committee of Inquiry’s public hearing on the two train service breakdowns, two Operations Control Centre officers and four train drivers described how they handled the situation on Dec 15.

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What women want: To Marry Up

April 20, 2012 - 1:18am

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TNP ILLUSTRATION: Lee Hup Kheng

Dating agencies are not surprised by the result of a recent TNP poll of 50 undergraduate and graduate women about whether they would date a blue-collar worker --

all the women said no.

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It's raining in my shop

April 20, 2012 - 1:17am

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PHOTO: LIANHE WANBAO

The Western food restaurant at Block 190, Toa Payoh Central, was into its second day of renovations on Wednesday.

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Look out, Cops are watching you

April 20, 2012 - 1:13am

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PHOTO: Lianhe Zaobao

Police have begun putting up surveillance cameras at 300 public housing blocks and multi-storey car parks, as part of the pilot phase of the Community Policing System (Cops).

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Little kids gear up for the big trip

April 19, 2012 - 2:07am

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TNP PHOTO: Hedy Khoo

For the 120 teams in the SUVival Challenge 2012 this weekend, it will be a battle of wits as participants of the annual road trip organised by The New Paper go across the Causeway onto bumpy off-road stretches.

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Circle Line disruption causes confusion, complaints

April 19, 2012 - 1:57am

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TNP PHOTOS: Ng Jun Sen

YOU’RE late for work because the train services broke down. Your boss doesn’t know that. He’s fuming.

Do you know you could have asked SMRT station staff to issue you an excuse chit to explain why you were late?

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Man enlists stepson, 14, in loan-sharking activities

April 19, 2012 - 1:43am

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He has seven children to care for, four of whom he conceived with his current wife.

Yesterday, the man was found guilty of instructing one stepson to join in his loansharking activities.

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New wife stands by her man

April 19, 2012 - 1:41am

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TNP PHOTO: Benjamin Seetor

Howard Shaw Chai Li, 41 (above), the grandson of the founder of cinema giant Shaw Organisation, was one of the four men who were charged yesterday with having paid sex with a minor.

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Underage girl beaten when she refused to have sex with customer

April 18, 2012 - 1:31am

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PHOTO: ST File

She was 17 when her virginity was sold for $1,500. It hurt and she refused to continue working. But her pimp physically abused her and the girl was forced to have sex with another customer.

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Don't bother to sort your recycled items

April 18, 2012 - 1:26am

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ST FILE PHOTO

When landed property owner Lawrence Tan wanted to pay his public waste collector for an additional bin so that he could sort his recycled items and place them separately, the company refused. So, Mr Tan went ahead and bought a bin.

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