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I had asked questions on the Malay Bureau on the NSP website but have yet to be published or replied. Can the NSP please reply?

Malaysia politics so much drama - another scandal. BTW, anyone got links?:D

97% of eligible S’poreans signed up for Growth Dividends, GST credits SINGAPORE: Some 2.3 million Singaporeans or 97 per cent of those eligible have signed up to receive their Growth Dividends and GST Credits as of December 13. About 4,300 citizens have also signed up since the last...

Subsidised training for S’porean professionals switching to healthcare jobs SINGAPORE : Singaporean professionals who want to make a career switch to the healthcare sector will be given a monthly training allowance for the three years they spend on training to become registered nurses...

Boys’ Brigade Sharity Gift Box project falls short of target by about 60% SINGAPORE: The Boys’ Brigade Sharity Gift Box began its delivery of presents on Saturday to more than 18,000 beneficiaries. Delivery was done in style this year with a convoy of 28 Rav4 cars led by four Harley...

Banks conduct thorough financial "check—up" on applicants for home loans SINGAPORE: Housing agents said clients who are applying for home loans have to be prepared for a thorough financial "check—up" by banks. Other than normal criteria such as age and income levels, banks are also said...

19 Mercy Relief volunteers honoured for disaster—relief in Myanmar, Yemen SINGAPORE: Nineteen Mercy Relief volunteers who travelled to cyclone—hit Myanmar and flood—stricken Yemen to help victims and survivors were honoured in a special ceremony on Saturday. Senior Minister Goh Chok Tong...

8 artists display works at exhibition in the business district SINGAPORE: Eight Singapore artists voice their opinions on issues such as the US financial meltdown, the China food—scare and the cost of living in Singapore with specially—created works at a recent exhibition in the business...

Aniston poses nude on January cover of GQ magazine NEW YORK - Jennifer Aniston wears a tie _ and nothing else _ on the January cover of GQ magazine. The 39-year-old actress strips down and shows off her toned body next to the headline: "Is it just us or is Jennifer Aniston getting hotter?"...

Vatican issues major new bioethics document VATICAN CITY - The Vatican hardened its opposition Friday to using embryos for stem cell research, cloning and in-vitro fertilization. But it showed flexibility on some forms of gene therapy and using vaccines created from cell lines derived from...

MediaCorp named "Terrestrial Broadcaster of the Year" at ATV Awards SINGAPORE: MediaCorp, the parent company of Channel NewsAsia, has been named ’Terrestrial Broadcaster of the Year’ for the second year in a row at the 13th Asian Television (ATV) Awards. The company also won five other...

Sarkozy defends 'European values' on Tibet BRUSSELS (AFP) - - French President Nicolas Sarkozy -- whose ties with China were strained by his recent meeting with the Dalai Lama -- said on Friday that he would find ways to talk to Beijing without renouncing "European values". Sarkozy told...

Platini urges EU protection for football from illegal Asian betting ATHENS (AFP) - - UEFA president Michel Platini on Friday urged European lawmakers to use bloc-wide liberalisation of gambling to protect football from illegal Asian betting syndicates. "We have this incredible opportunity...

Australian firm to build zinc plant in Iran-report TEHRAN, Dec 12 - Iran has reached an initial agreement for Australia's Union Resources Ltd <UCL.AX> to build a zinc production plant worth $1.2 billion in central Iran, the official IRNA news agency reported on Friday. The deal was...

Olympics-Mixed gender events to debut at 2010 Youth Games LAUSANNE, Switzerland, Dec 10 - Mixed gender events and teams made up of athletes from several countries are some innovations the International Olympic Committee has included in the 2010 Youth Olympics sports programme, it said on...

Iraq reporter jailed for homosexuality story freed BAGHDAD - An international media watchdog says a freelance journalist imprisoned in northern Iraq for writing about homosexuality has been pardoned and released. Adel Hussein was convicted of violating a public decency law by writing an...

Khalid Sheikh Mohammed to plead guilty: judge WASHINGTON (AFP) - - Alleged September 11, 2001 attacks mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and four co-defendants have indicated they will confess to terror charges in their trial before a US military tribunal in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, the judge...

Obama vows to improve treatment of vets CHICAGO (AFP) - - US president-elect Barack Obama on Sunday vowed to improve the treatment of troops returning home from war as he nominated retired general Eric Shinseki to head the Department of Veteran Affairs. If confirmed by Congress, Shinseki...

Blackwater security guards charged with killing 14 Iraqis WASHINGTON, Dec 8, 2008 (AFP) - - Five guards from US security firm Blackwater Worldwide, a State Department contractor in Iraq, were charged with killing 14 Iraqi civilians and wounding 18 others using gunfire and grenades at a busy...

Canadian tortured in Syria victim of US conspiracy: lawyer NEW YORK, (AFP) - - A Canadian man wrongly accused of terrorism and sent to be tortured in Syria was the victim of a high level US conspiracy, his lawyer told a court in New York. The full 12-judge panel of the Second US Circuit...