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Singapore 'committed to cooperating with Indonesia' to resolve haze crisis: MFA

Related: Slight improvement in haze conditions on Sunday, but 24-hour PSI remains in unhealthy range

Why It Matters: The City Harvest case

Kong Hee tells church members: Pastor is sorry

Related: Idea was to spread Gospel via pop music

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90 nabbed for suspected loansharking activities in four-day police operation

Jurong Lake Gardens to have community gardening and cycling tracks

Jurong Lake Gardens to have community gardening and cycling tracks

Jurong Lake Gardens to have community gardening and cycling tracks

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Tah Ching Road lift accident: Investigation report to take another week

Mum worries about future of 13-year-old paralysed son

Mum worries about future of 13-year-old paralysed son

'All the money in the world cannot compensate for this'

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Grace Fu participating in the mass dance at Got To Move carnival

WATCH: MCCY Minister Grace Fu grooves to the beat at dance carnival

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90 nabbed for suspected loansharking activities in four-day police operation

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Tah Ching Road lift accident: Investigation report to take another week

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MRT maintenance may not be 'sexy', but it is critical to keep rail network humming: Minister Khaw

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Jurong Lake Gardens to have community gardening and cycling tracks

Jurong Lake Gardens to have community gardening and cycling tracks

Jurong Lake Gardens to have community gardening and cycling tracks

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Slight improvement in haze conditions on Sunday, but 24-hour PSI remains in unhealthy range

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ST Now, News As It Happens - Oct 25, 2015

9 hours ago

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People can learn to cook from the Internet with millions of recipes at a click and even ratings by subscribers to websites. Recipes are more open-ended and do not need to be in a book.

Recipes now: Not just hows but whys too

11 hours ago

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CITY HARVEST TRIAL

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The church's congregation has gone from 23,565 in 2009 to 17,522 last year. (Left) A City Harvest Church service held on March 19, 2011 at Suntec convention centre.

City Harvest Church sees 25% drop in members since 2009

Oct 24, 2015, 5:00 am

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City Harvest trial: Most costly criminal trial in Singapore?

Oct 23, 2015, 5:00 am

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Lawyer Edwin Tong (facing the media, with tie), Kong Hee (behind Mr Tong) and Kong's wife Ho Yeow Sun (behind Kong) leaving the courts on Wednesday. Kong and five others were on Wednesday convicted of misusing some $50 million in City Harvest Church

Kong Hee 'key man behind church scandal'

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Kong Hee and City Harvest Church leaders found guilty: What next?

Oct 21, 2015, 8:00 pm

MORE FROM THE TRIAL

HAZE IN SINGAPORE & THE REGION

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Moral need to act decisively on haze, says Ng Eng Hen

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Haze: Licences of unused peatlands to be revoked

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Stranded in Langkawi - how effects of haze hit home

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Interactive: Are the products you buy connected to the haze?

MORE HAZE STORIES

ST VIDEOS

Turning Point: Sleeping at void decks woke her up

At 17, she found herself with a broken home and nowhere to stay

Oct 4, 2015, 5:00 am

Grace Fu participating in the mass dance at Got To Move carnival

Grace Fu participating in the mass dance at Got To Move carnival

WATCH: MCCY Minister Grace Fu grooves to the beat at dance carnival

16 min ago

Jurong Lake Gardens to have community gardening and cycling tracks

Jurong Lake Gardens to have community gardening and cycling tracks

Jurong Lake Gardens to have community gardening and cycling tracks

5 hours ago

FEATURES

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National Orchid Garden assistant director Simon Tan (above) cross-pollinating orchids. Successfully germinated orchid seedlings are placed in flasks (left).

Growing VIP orchids

In its 59 years of naming orchids after Very Important People, you could say this year has been a standout year of star hybrids for the National Orchid Garden.

PEOPLE

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Singapore-born pianist clinches third place in prestigious Chopin piano competition

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Busker Roy Payamal performing outside Ngee Ann City earlier this month. Mr Payamal will be starring in a film called Singapore Minstrel, which will be shown in this year's Singapore International Film Festival.

'Silver Man' adds shine to Singapore's busy streets

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Top: Mr Paul Seah's main work area is civil and commercial disputes. He also specialises in insolvency and restructuring work. Above: Ms Koh Swee Yen has a slew of heavyweight cases under her belt, and was praised for her "keen sense of strategy".

14 from S'pore among Asia's top 40 young lawyers

WEB SPECIALS

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Lower fees for childcare services: Find a centre near your home

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Kong Hee and City Harvest Church leaders found guilty: What next?

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From The Straits Times archives: Kovan double murder

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HealthHub launched: 7 things about the new online portal and app

COURTS & CRIME

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90 nabbed for suspected loansharking activities in four-day police operation

Driving ban, jail for cabby who fatally hit cyclist

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Last year, Ding was found guilty of giving bribes in the form of free sexual services to three Lebanese football officials.

Match-fixer gets extra jail time for perverting course of justice

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A different man in court yesterday, Pierre Chng Yuheng (above), 20, said he had put his mother in a state "worse than depression".

Youth who served time for contempt apologises to court

MORE COURTS & CRIME

EDUCATION

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MOE raising schools' Web defences

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S'pore Polytechnic bags Asean award

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Parents wishing to register their children in a school should note that a new rule has been introduced this year for those who gain priority admission to schools based on distance. They have to live at the address used for registration for at least 3

Ask Sandra: Q&A on Education

MIND & BODY

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Regular workouts give Dr Winston Lee the energy to cope with his heavy daily workload. The gym sessions are the backbone of his fitness routine.

He works hard, both at work and in gym

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Prof James Yip started the telehealth programme at NUHS last February and some 1,300 chronically ill patients have benefited from being monitored online. The trial was concluded at the end of last year, and NUH is now the first public hospital to off

Telehealth helps spread medical Net wider

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Prolonged use of pacifiers by children may affect the alignment of their permanent teeth and their occlusion (the way they bite), said Dr Rashid Tahir, a paediatric dentist.

Tell me the tooth

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A heart attack prompted Mr Hanafi Ismail to finally kick the habit. Having been smoke-free for more than a year now, he works out regularly to stay fit. Other routines include hourly walks twice a week.

Stubbing out cigarette habit after 49 years

MORE MIND & BODY

PHOTOS

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Forty-two brave souls - all volunteers and based in Singapore - rehearsing for the death-defying Human Net performance over the Singapore River on Tuesday night. The act is part of Spanish performance troupe La Fura dels Baus' showcase for the three-

Height of performance by volunteers

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Motorcyclist involved in Oct 6 Marina Boulevard accident dies; van driver arrested
Customers left in a fix by renovation firm
McDonald's looking into case of worms found in Big Breakfast
Kong Hee and City Harvest Church leaders found guilty: What next?
Former church member Roland Poon who alleged funds misuse 'vindicated', says daughter
169 childcare centres run by 23 partner operators to cut fees from 2016
ST Now, News As It Happens - Oct 21, 2015

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