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Then: He drew massive crowds at nightclubs. Now: Veteran entertainer William Scorpion finds satisfaction teaching horse riding

May 12, 2013 - 1:24am

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Maureen Koh

TNP PHOTO: Jonathan Choo

William Scorpion's 30 year career saw him establishing himself as the undisputed icon of Mandopop and Cantopop in Singapore.

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A tale of two mums this Mother's Day

May 12, 2013 - 1:01am

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Benita Aw Yeong

TNP PICTURE ILLUSTRATION: Benjamin Seetor

Pauline, then a JC 1 student, became pregnant unexpectedly at the age of 18, by her boyfriend of three years.

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Listening to his heart

May 11, 2013 - 10:20pm

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Benita Aw Yeong

TNP PHOTO: Nurjannah Zulkifli

Football coach Louis Phua is different from other coaches.

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Harder to get Malay/Muslim volunteers now

May 11, 2013 - 12:51am

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Zul Othman

TNP PHOTO: ARIFFIN JAMAR

Several voluntary welfare organisations who work with the Malay/Muslim community said they’ve been finding it tough to secure volunteers from the community.

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Local conditioning

May 11, 2013 - 12:48am

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Charlene Chua

PHOTO: TIMOTHY OH

Mr Timothy Oh used to weigh 90kg and could eat five plates of char kway teow in a single sitting.

The 26-year-old senior promotions executive at radio station Power 98FM also had a weakness for chicken rice and laksa.

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Checking out on who travels on the MRT in the morning

May 11, 2013 - 12:47am

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Andre Joseph Theng
Kerri Heng

TNP PHOTO: Jeremy Long

Long before the sun rises each day, MRT stations around the island are already springing to life.

The lights flicker on and the escalators start moving.

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Students weigh in on education conversation

May 11, 2013 - 12:42am

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Linette Heng

TNP PHOTO: Linette Heng

Junior college students Gladys Ng and Samuel Chin took different paths after their PSLE.

Gladys scored 272, qualified for the Integrated Programme at Raffles Girls' Secondary and is studying at Raffles Junior College.

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She wins gold bars in Golden Ticket promotion

May 11, 2013 - 12:13am

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Andre Joseph Theng

She has been a long-time subscriber of The New Paper.

But when housewife Maureen Biswas Francisco, who is in her 50s, heard about the newspaper's Golden Ticket promotion, she bought herself four tickets.

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'I never intended to offend anyone'

May 10, 2013 - 11:55pm

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Celine Chen

PHOTO: The Straits Times

Member of Parliament for Bishan-Toa Payoh GRC Zainudin Nordin has apologised for the offence he caused after a Facebook post, which linked gang rape to democracy.

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2 fights in Geylang

May 10, 2013 - 11:52pm

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Cheow Sue-Ann
Eunice Toh

PHOTO: LIANHE WANBAO

On Thursday evening, a man in his 30s (above) walked into the compound of HighPoint Community Services Association at Lorong 23 Geylang.

He was followed by three youths not long after.

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