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Don't use flat type for rebate
SINCE the Government uses Annual Value (AV) and Assessable Income (AI) in other components of the GST offset package, why do the U-Save and service and conservancy charge rebates still use flat type?Perhaps one- and two-room flats can be classified as... [Read more]

Jail term cut on appeal for 'Stone Age man'
A COURT case that had all the trappings of a Korean television drama closed with a slightly happier ending for its male protagonist yesterday, when his sentence was reduced on appeal. South Korean student Lim Young Rak was originally given an... [Read more]

How to handle a pet peeve? Try living with a companion pet
I refer to Mr Heng Cho Choon's letter, 'Keeping animals: How to handle a pet peeve', (ST, Feb 22).I fully agree with Mr Heng's statement that the duration that a person spends in a country is not a good indication that... [Read more]

Indians keep home link as community here booms
IT HAS been a passage from India, and they connected so well that they now call Singapore their home away from home. An estimated 90,000 Indian nationals happily hold on to their links to their homeland - like celebrating India's national... [Read more]

Scaly guest pays a visit
Mr Chan Kok Seng, 49, showing an uninvited guest he found curled up under a banana tree at his Upper Thomson home on Wednesday.His guest turned out to be a pangolin, a nocturnal mammal normally found in forested areas of South-east... [Read more]

More US aid and troops for Afghanistan
BRUSSELS - US SECRETARY of State Condoleezza Rice brought pledges of extra troops and aid for Afghanistan to Nato talks yesterday, and told allies they too must raise their game to see off the Taleban. But Washington's frustration at what it... [Read more]

Germans see red over EU official's green drive
BERN (SWITZERLAND) - THE European Union's environment commissioner Stavros Dimas has ruffled feathers by indicating that he may trade in his German-made Mercedes for a greener Lexus. Mr Dimas wants to set an example as the EU puts climate change high... [Read more]

Bid for a place on Chingay float with Lions
THE Singapore Lions, who dramatically retained their Asean Cup football title in Bangkok on Sunday, will be riding high at this year's Chingay Parade. Led by skipper Aide Iskandar, the team will be perched on what has been described as a... [Read more]

Fashion flair develops into passion for interior design
MS TERRI Tan waited anxiously at an ATM near her Chinatown office, glancing constantly at her watch, wishing that 2pm would arrive sooner so a client's cheque would clear. She had only a few dollars left in her account so that... [Read more]

Bangalore crippled by strike over access to river water
BANGALORE - INDIA'S technology hub Bangalore was crippled yesterday by a general strike that shut businesses and emptied streets as activists protested against a court verdict over access to river water. The general strike in the southern state of Karnataka, of... [Read more]

KL not envious of S'pore's progress: Najib
KUALA LUMPUR - MALAYSIA has never been envious of progress made by other countries, as they have a right to develop, Deputy Prime Minister Najib Razak has said.It is more important for Malaysia to focus on its own national development and... [Read more]