World News - Standing just metres from the King Hussein Bridge that links the West Bank to Jordan, Mr Lim Keng Yeow and his wife waited for the checkpoint to open so they could get out of Israel on Thursday. Their destination: Jordanian capital Amman. From there, Mr Lim and Madam Karen. Read more at www.tnp.sg
SINGAPORE – At about 8am last Saturday (Oct 7), the tranquillity of the morning at Mr Lim Keng Yeow’s home in Arnona, Jerusalem, was shattered by the wail of an air raid siren. The 57-year-old and his wife, Madam Karen Phuah, ran down from their fourth-storey home into the air raid shelter in the basement, where they joined other residents.