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8 men held in contraband cigarette bust

June 7, 2013 - 1:23am

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TNP PHOTO: Gary Goh

A customs raid on various locations in Geylang yesterday resulted in eight Vietnamese men being arrested for selling contraband cigarettes.

A total of 63 cartons and 350 packets of duty-unpaid cigarettes were seized.

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Two trapped in lorries after accidents

June 7, 2013 - 1:21am

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The New Paper

SCDF officers trying to free the driver from the cabin of his lorry on June 5

TRAPPED: SCDF officers trying to free the driver from the cabin of his lorry on Wednesday. PHOTO: Shin Min Daily News

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Changi Experience Agents help distressed passengers

June 7, 2013 - 1:17am

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Theodora D’Cruz

TNP PHOTO: GAVIN FOO

Introduced in 2011, the uniformed Changi Experience Agents (CEAs) approach passengers and visitors at the airport who appear distressed, like the two French travellers assisted by Madam Zeenat Nunkoo.

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Man trapped in excavator dies after ground caves in

June 7, 2013 - 1:09am

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Eunice Toh

Andre Joseph Theng

TNP PHOTO: Jeremy Long

Yesterday morning, Singaporean Low Chim Lam, 59, was in his excavator clearing debris at a demolition site at Novena Ville.

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TNP’s photo of LionsXII wins praise

June 7, 2013 - 1:03am

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Kerri Heng

GREAT SHOT: Mr Kelvin Chng’s photograph shows the LionsXII players pelted with bottles filled with urine-like liquid. TNP PHOTO: Kelvin Chng

The New Paper has been given yet another international accolade.

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NUS: No legal basis to recover salary paid to Tey

June 7, 2013 - 1:03am

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Foo Jie Ying

Tey Tsun Hang may have lost his job as a law professor after being found guilty of corruption in the sex-for-grades trial.

But the 42-year-old will leave with close to $200,000 from the National University of Singapore (NUS), where he was an associate professor since 2006.

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Time to focus on values

June 7, 2013 - 12:58am

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Andre Joseph Theng

PHOTO COURTESY OF MR DANIEL WONG

When learning and personal development coach Daniel Wong (above), 27, was an undergraduate at Duke University in the US, he looked back on his childhood and realised that he was not a happy student.