Tonight's Headlines

Retirement planning low on S'poreans' priority list
MOST Singaporeans are prepared for short-term financial emergencies and big expenses such as their mortgage and children's education. However, such planning falls well short in other areas like retirement.Those were the key findings of a new survey on how ready people... [Read more]

Home loan rates set to become more transparent
BUYING a new home is stressful enough without the added problem of trying to understand a confusing array of home loan interest rates. With this in mind, Singapore's banking regulator has urged banks here to get together and take prompt action... [Read more]

Crowd attacks accused in rape-murder case
NEW DELHI - AN ANGRY crowd outside a courthouse severely beat a wealthy man and his servant yesterday after they attended a hearing on charges of raping, killing and dismembering over 20 women and children. Television footage showed the crowd, including... [Read more]

Dealing with the India-China equation
SOME excerpts from the interview with Foreign Minister George Yeo: Q: Singapore midwifed India as an Asean sectoral partner, a full dialogue partner, into the Asean Regional Forum, East Asia Summit. What next? Where is the relationship headed? A: We are... [Read more]

Makeover for more water bodies in the works
BY 2009, a man-made lake, wetlands with reeds and an orchard will be part of the scenery in the Sengkang area. Residents will be able to get across the lake to the orchard by crossing a bridge and a floating boardwalk.... [Read more]

Bouquets
ONE EFFICIENT ARMY AT EYE CENTRE DURING the past one year, I was a subsidised patient at the Singapore National Eye Centre, and I had only good experiences there. I was impressed with the efficiency, excellence and dedication of the centre's... [Read more]

Case File
WOMAN JAILED FOR THEFTA JOBLESS woman was jailed for 15 months yesterday for two offences - snatching a gold bracelet from a 70-year-old woman in Chinatown and disorderly behaviour.Cheng Chan Lian, 39, admitted wrenching the $350 bracelet from Madam Tan Moei... [Read more]

HDB should replace ban with rules to enforce responsible ownership of cats
I refer to the letter 'Ruling on cats in flats not fair to responsible owners' (ST Online Forum, Jan 22).I live in a private apartment and I own six sterilised cats. My neighbours say they would not have known that we... [Read more]

YouTube post shouldn't trifle with religion
I WAS upset when I was forwarded a hyperlink to a sound file posted on YouTube by 'Ximiwakoz'.The recording, entitled 'RK House - No PORK', featured some boys who apparently visited a prata shop at Serangoon Gardens. They repeatedly asked for... [Read more]

SPCA backs bid to let cats live in HDB flats
I REFER to the ST Online Forum letters 'Don't ban cats in flats, HDB' by Ms Elaine Neo Yan Ling (Jan 17) and 'HDB's anti-cat policy is antiquated' by Mr David Tan Hee Tuck (Jan 19). The Society for the Prevention... [Read more]

China's aircraft carrier will come in time
LONDON - THE development of armaments with an offensive capability does not mean China has changed its national defence policy, which remains 'defensive in nature', one of the country's top military experts has claimed. 'China pursues a military strategy of active... [Read more]