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New job, new hope for 21-year-old amputee

May 14, 2013 - 10:47pm

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Zul Othman

Just a month ago, he was losing hope. His leg had to be amputated after a road accident, his girlfriend left him and he was jobless.

Job-seeking attempts failed because nobody wanted a disabled man, Mr Kenneth Quek Yen Fei said.

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Wendy Jacobs returns to the catwalk

May 14, 2013 - 9:27pm

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Celine Chen

TNP PHOTO: Choo Chwee Hua

After dropping out of the modelling scene in 2005, South African Wendy Jacobs is back -- as a part-time corporate grooming and etiquette lecturer at the ITE School of Business & Services.

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Angelina Jolie's double mastectomy

May 14, 2013 - 3:05pm

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The New Paper

PHOTO: Evan Agostini/Invision/AP

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City Harvest leaders trial set to start

May 14, 2013 - 1:32am

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Koh Hui Theng

TNP FILE PHOTO

From a pop star wife living the high-life in the US, to a congregation that was able to raise millions in a week.

From allegations of over $50 million embezzled, to the appointments of Senior Counsels as defence lawyers.

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Comeback kid I: 'Taekwondo taught me discipline'

May 14, 2013 - 1:30am

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Kerri Heng

Some of his friends have graduated from university and are already working.

But he has just finished his polytechnic course, albeit with a near-perfect grade.

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Hard Core Singapore - Her own uniquely S'porean creation

May 14, 2013 - 1:23am

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The New Paper

TNP PICTURE: CHOO CHWEE HUA

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Comeback kid II: Turning page turned his life

May 14, 2013 - 1:19am

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Eunice Toh

TNP PHOTO: BENJAMIN SEETOR

He was in Secondary 3 when his life changed because of a book that was left on a coffee table by his father.

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A nostalgic taste of the past

May 14, 2013 - 1:14am

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Justin Zhuang

PHOTO: DARSHAN KADAM

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Minister Khaw Boon Wan & WP chairman Sylvia Lim take AIM at each other

May 14, 2013 - 12:59am

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Judith Tan

ST FILE PHOTO

He is known for his calm, even-tempered and Zen-like demeanour. Yesterday, Minister Khaw Boon Wan was less so.

He called Workers’ Party Chairman Sylvia Lim “self-righteous” and “arrogant”.

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Torn between two countries

May 13, 2013 - 1:13am

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Elizabeth Law

TNP PHOTO: JEREMY LONG

As a Singaporean, he was comfortable and familiar on home ground as he attended the vigil at Hong Lim Park last evening. As a former Malaysian, he was thinking about his first home.

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