MANAGING the continuing growth of air travel, but without compromising safety and security and inconveniencing passengers, will be a key challenge for the industry. This observation was made by the director-general of the Civil Aviation Authority of Singapore (CAAS), Mr Yap Ong Heng, at a media briefing yesterday, ahead of a global aviation summit to be held on the sidelines of this month's...

(SINGAPORE) The Singapore Airshow is set to be bigger and more spectacular than it was two years ago. Jimmy Lau, managing director of Experia, the show's organiser, said that as the largest in Asia and one of the top three in the world, the Singapore Airshow is now a 'must attend' event on the international aviation calendar. 'The Singapore Airshow is now the gateway event for international...

THE Tang Treasures might be the greatest marine archaeological find of the 20th century, but their presence on land is now hotly debated by academics. If you missed the Smithsonian-curated exhibition at the Marina Bay Sands' Art and Science Museum last year, there's another chance to view some of the prized items at the Asians Civilisations Museum (ACM). The Singapore audience will again be...

WHAT is possibly the last wartime civilian air-raid shelter here will welcome groups of visitors on guided tours next month. The shelter, occupying the ground floor of Block 78, Guan Chuan Street in a quiet corner of Tiong Bahru, has had an anonymous existence all this time. No signs have pointed casual passers-by to it, and the whitewashed brick walls of its exterior betray little of the...

THE International Monetary Fund's (IMF) first deputy managing director David Lipton yesterday included Asia in the fund's campaign to raise its lending capacity to countries that may take an indirect hit from the eurozone crisis. 'Asia has a huge interest in the problems of the eurozone debt crisis,' he told participants at the Asian Financial Forum as part of his first major public speech since...