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LTA to consider returning cash for scrapped cars

March 31, 2008 Policy change may help people switch to public transport, says Transport Minister By Christopher Tan FOR years, the answer has been no. Now Transport Minister Raymond Lim wants to know if it can be yes. He has asked the Land Transport Authority (LTA) to...

Get stuffed on crepes

March 30, 2008 By Tan Hsueh Yun SINCE Le P’tit Breton in Upper Thomson Road closed, it’s been tough finding a place to go to for good crepes. How I miss its savoury buckwheat galettes. So I headed straight for Saybons when I heard it had launched a new...

Will retiree be better off with annuity or rental income?

March 30, 2008 YOUR PERSONAL ADVISER: FINANCE Q I AM wondering if I should continue to rent out my property or dispose of it and use the proceeds to buy an annuity that will provide a retirement income. Rentals will rise with inflation while an annuity is more or less...

Shanmugam gets Law in new Cabinet line-up

March 30, 2008 TOP OF THE NEWS By Lydia Lim TOP lawyer and four-term Member of Parliament K. Shanmugam becomes Law Minister and Second Minister for Home Affairs from May1.He succeeds Professor S. Jayakumar at the Law Ministry, who leaves the post after 20 years. Prof...