Top Stories: SINGAPORE : Singapore leaders have expressed their condolences on the death of Sheikh Muhammad Sayyid Tantawi, the Grand Imam of Egypt’s Al—Azhar University. The prominent cleric died of ... Yahoo! Thu, 11 Mar 2010 12:42:39 -0500SINGAPORE: The Charity Council will embark on an exercise to refine the Code of Governance for Charities and Institutions of a Public Character or IPCs, which was first introduced in November 2007. T... Yahoo! Thu, 11 Mar 2010 12:42:38 -0500SINGAPORE: The Victoria Theatre and Concert Hall will be closed later this year for a makeover that will take at least three years. On Thursday evening, it hosted Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong and h... Yahoo! Thu, 11 Mar 2010 11:17:37 -0500SINGAPORE: From 2013, CPF members turning 55 and with at least S$40,000 in their Retirement Accounts will be automatically included into CPF LIFE. Manpower Minister Gan Kim Yong told Parliament ... Yahoo! Thu, 11 Mar 2010 11:17:35 -0500SINGAPORE: Public transport users were more satisfied with bus and train services in 2009 than the year before. That’s according to the latest Public Transport Satisfaction Survey 2009, which p... Yahoo! Thu, 11 Mar 2010 11:17:33 -0500A PART-TIME property agent duped eight foreigners in a rental scam and collected nearly $22,000 for herself and her accomplices. Razieya Mohamed Ali was jailed for 11 months by a district court yeste... Asia One Thu, 11 Mar 2010 11:16:02 -0500By Kalpana Rashiwala (SINGAPORE) As developers released more upmarket projects, the average transaction value of private homes sold in the primary market in the first two months of this year rose to ... Asia One Thu, 11 Mar 2010 11:16:00 -0500By Emilyn Yap THE Housing & Development Board (HDB) yesterday released a residential site at Hougang Avenue 7 for application by interested developers. The 99-year leasehold parcel is on the res... Asia One Thu, 11 Mar 2010 11:15:58 -0500THE Technology Enterprise Commercialisation Scheme helps technoprenuers from small and medium-sized enterprises (SME) with breakthrough technology ideas and proprietary intellectual property grow into... Asia One Thu, 11 Mar 2010 11:15:55 -0500WHEN Chen Sihan, 20, came to Singapore to study four years ago, his English teacher told him that his standard of English then was at primary three level. In his first mid-year exam at secondary thre... Strait Times Thu, 11 Mar 2010 10:35:42 -0500SINGAPORE: Video footage of an air rage incident that nearly threatened the safety of a Singapore Airlines flight last month has been circulating on the Internet. 26—year—old Dull Kegan W... Yahoo! Thu, 11 Mar 2010 09:32:34 -0500SINGAPORE: The Ministry of Manpower announced refinements to the Workfare payment to be received by low wage workers. And from 2013, CPF members turning 55 and with at least S$40,000 in their Re... Yahoo! Thu, 11 Mar 2010 09:32:32 -0500SINGAPORE: Families can look forward to a week—long event where stores will be offering various discounts and promotions during the March school holidays. It’s the first time the Business... Yahoo! Thu, 11 Mar 2010 09:32:30 -0500INSTITUTIONAL investors searching for uncorrelated assets could consider a segment of insurance where premiums remain elevated and returns relatively attractive. That segment is that of insurance-lin... Asia One Thu, 11 Mar 2010 09:31:13 -0500By Fiona Chan THE Government of Singapore Investment Corporation (GIC) takes it 'very seriously' every time there is a decline in the value of its portfolio or an individual investment, Mrs L... Asia One Thu, 11 Mar 2010 09:31:08 -0500By Kor Kian Beng COMPANIES keen on helping their workers stay healthy and fit can look forward to a slew of measures from the Health Promotion Board (HPB). It will launch a workplace health package ... Asia One Thu, 11 Mar 2010 09:31:05 -0500'We came to the conclusion that when a company hits a turnover of $15 million to $20 million', it finds it difficult to borrow enough using conventional bank loans to fund further expansion of... Asia One Thu, 11 Mar 2010 09:31:01 -0500By Gabriel Chen CURBS are being placed on how credit cooperatives can invest their funds in order to protect members' savings, the Government said yesterday. The Ministry of Community Developmen... Asia One Thu, 11 Mar 2010 09:30:58 -0500By Cassandra Chew WHEN hotelier Raffles Holdings found it was paying high prices for daily consumables like soap and tissue paper, it sought the help of other hotels to cut costs. A decade ago, they... Asia One Thu, 11 Mar 2010 09:30:55 -0500TWO new mosques will rise in Woodlands and Jurong West where the Muslim population has grown significantly. These will be built on land the Government will reserve, Minister-in-charge of Muslim Affai... Strait Times Thu, 11 Mar 2010 08:44:22 -0500EMPLOYERS who are unable to re-employ an older worker when he reaches 62 years old should offer him a minimum payout of $4,500, as a last resort. The payout can be up to $10,000. This recommended ref... Strait Times Thu, 11 Mar 2010 08:44:20 -0500(AP) ? SINGAPORE - Columnists and bloggers are calling him Singapore's Tiger Woods-not for his golfing skills but for an extramarital affair that has tarnished the image of the city-state's mo... New Jersey Online Thu, 11 Mar 2010 07:56:35 -0500HONG KONG : A former lecturer at the National University of Singapore has been found guilty of conspiracy to defraud a university in Hong Kong. Dr Vivienne Wee was an associate professor at Hong Kong... Yahoo! Thu, 11 Mar 2010 07:44:36 -0500SINGAPORE: Singapore’s Ministry of Manpower (MOM) expects the number of jobs created this year to exceed that of 2009. That’s in tandem with the economic turnaround and improved hiring sen... Yahoo! Thu, 11 Mar 2010 07:44:34 -0500SINGAPORE: A former account supervisor with NTUC Club has been sent to 25 months jail for criminal breach of trust. Over two years, Kwok Hong Leng, would dip her hand into a jackpot sales kitty when ... Yahoo! Thu, 11 Mar 2010 07:44:32 -0500* Fortis Healthcare to buy 23.9 pct stake in Parkway * Deal valued Parkway shares at S$3.56 each * Fortis shares up more than 5 pct after news * Fortis hospital network to rise to 62 after deal... Yahoo! Thu, 11 Mar 2010 07:44:32 -0500SINGAPORE: Jack Neo apologised for his actions at a news conference held on Thursday morning. He arrived at the news conference hand in hand with his wife, Irene Kng, and said he was entirely to blam... Yahoo! Thu, 11 Mar 2010 07:44:30 -0500KUALA LUMPUR (AFP) - – The estranged wife and mother-in-law of a Malaysian prince were ordered Thursday to pay 1.8 million dollars after alleging he had raped and abused his teenage bride, his l... Yahoo! Thu, 11 Mar 2010 07:44:29 -0500SINGAPORE Technologies Telemedia (STT) is buying a 10 per cent share of VNPT Global, a subsidiary of Vietnam public telecommunication group VNPT, the two groups announced on Thursday in Hanoi. Both f... Strait Times Thu, 11 Mar 2010 07:13:32 -0500THE Government will revise the formula for the supply of Cetificates of Entitlement (COEs) to better match the actual demand and prevent big fluctuations in the growth in vehicle population. From Apr... Strait Times Thu, 11 Mar 2010 07:13:29 -0500The winning developer of the 15,074 sq m site on Yishun Avenue 11 will have to set aside 95 per cent of units in the initial month of sale for first-time home buyers. The plot can yield about 385 unit... Strait Times Thu, 11 Mar 2010 07:13:26 -0500Delhi-based Fortis Healthcare today said that it is acquiring 23.9 per cent stake in Parkway Holdings, one of the Asia's largest healthcare service providers, from TPG Capital in an off-market deal. Business Standard Thu, 11 Mar 2010 06:35:50 -0500KUALA LUMPUR, March 11 - Malaysian airport operator Malaysia Airports Holdings Bhd <MAHB.KL> is planning to raise as much as 400 million ringgit from a share placement, according to a term sheet... Yahoo! Thu, 11 Mar 2010 06:14:04 -0500SINGAPORE: From March 22, commuters can look forward to shorter waiting times and less crowded trains as SMRT rolls out another 150 train trips. SMRT said these extra train trips are introduced as a ... Yahoo! Thu, 11 Mar 2010 06:14:01 -0500BANGKOK – Tourists in the Thai capital should brace for more traffic than usual and avoid sites near anti-government protests this weekend that authorities fear could turn violent, the governmen... Yahoo! Thu, 11 Mar 2010 06:14:00 -0500FOURTEEN electrical and building works companies have been accused of bid-rigging. The Competition Commission of Singapore (CCS) said on Thursday that one company would collude by ask another to 'sup... Strait Times Thu, 11 Mar 2010 05:46:52 -0500SINGAPORE: Changes will be made to the Vehicle Quota System or VQS to make it more market responsive. This was announced by Transport Minister Raymond Lim in Parliament. Under the new methodology, LT... Yahoo! Thu, 11 Mar 2010 04:46:23 -0500DESPITE a global slowdown, low-cost carrier passenger traffic at Changi Airport hit 7.1 million last year, a 54 per cent jump compared to 2008. By contrast, full-service carriers like Singapore Airlin... Strait Times Thu, 11 Mar 2010 04:19:47 -0500NEW measures will be put in place to encourage more motorists to use the Park and Ride scheme. From the second quarter of this year, motorists can buy Park and Ride sets online, in addition to gettin... Strait Times Thu, 11 Mar 2010 04:19:45 -0500A FORMER NTUC Club account supervisor who misappropriated about $160,000 over a two-year period was jailed for 25 months on Thursday. Kwok Hong Leng, 37, employed as an account executive between 1997... Strait Times Thu, 11 Mar 2010 04:19:43 -0500Travellers at Bangkok's Suvarnabhumi Airport. A spokesman for the ministry said the travel advisory follows recent reports of a planned mass rally in Bangkok this weekend by supporters of ousted premi... Strait Times Thu, 11 Mar 2010 04:19:40 -0500SINGAPORE: Singapore’s Minister in Charge of Muslim Affairs, Dr Yaacob Ibrahim, said there has been a steady decline in the number of marriages involving minors in the community. Giving an upda... Yahoo! Thu, 11 Mar 2010 03:18:15 -0500SINGAPORE: Four from Singapore have made the Forbes World’s Billionaires list released on Thursday. Forbes ranked banker Wee Cho Yaw and family 258 on its global list, with a fortune of US$... Yahoo! Thu, 11 Mar 2010 03:18:13 -0500SINGAPORE: Singaporeans intending to travel to Thailand are advised to eRegister with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA). MFA said it is a timely reminder in view of recent reports about forthcomi... Yahoo! Thu, 11 Mar 2010 03:18:11 -0500SINGAPORE: Three bills have been tabled to amend the Constitution as well as the Presidential and Parliamentary Elections Acts — paving the way for changes to the political system ahead of the n... Yahoo! Thu, 11 Mar 2010 03:18:10 -0500The Urban Redevelopment Authority (URA) has received an application from a developer who has committed to bid not less than $25 million for the land parcel at Woodlands Avenue 12. This triggered URA&... Asia One Thu, 11 Mar 2010 03:16:53 -0500THE rising Malay/Muslim middle class in Singapore must reach out and be more intimately involved in the community to drive it forward. Making this call for greater engagement with the community, Dr Y... Strait Times Thu, 11 Mar 2010 02:53:20 -0500By Rob Taylor CANBERRA, March 11 - With its beaches, outdoor lifestyle and friendly schools, Australia has been voted the world's best country to bring up children by expatriates parents working ... Yahoo! Thu, 11 Mar 2010 01:54:09 -0500SINGAPORE, March 11 - Sembcorp Marine <SCMN.SI>, the world's second largest offshore oil rig maker, said on Thursday it has secured a S$130 million from a unit of Brazilian state-run oil... Yahoo! Thu, 11 Mar 2010 01:54:07 -0500BANGKOK (AFP) - – Thailand's main airport, which was besieged by protesters in 2008, said on Wednesday it had made contingency plans for protests this weekend, as ex-premier Thaksin Shinawatra r... Yahoo! Thu, 11 Mar 2010 01:54:05 -0500SHOULD the Government do something about 'Mickey Mouse-size' apartments that are all the rage now? No, said National Development Minister Mah Bow Tan yesterday, reiterating that market forces... Asia One Thu, 11 Mar 2010 01:52:49 -0500But Mr Mah said that to address land supply concerns - and to increase flexibility - the Government is tweaking one of the methods used to release new land sites, and will make more land available to ... Asia One Thu, 11 Mar 2010 01:52:46 -0500(RTTNews) - India Infoline announced that its Singapore-based subsidiary, IIFL Securities Pte. Ltd. received in-principle approval for securities trading and clearing memberships from Singapore Excha... Quote.com Thu, 11 Mar 2010 01:52:00 -0500* Asian shares fall after China data fans tightening fear * Yen struggles; Australian dollar dip on jobs data * Gold bounces from 2-week low; oil eases from 8-wk high By Kevin Yao SINGAPORE, March... Yahoo! Thu, 11 Mar 2010 00:28:29 -0500MUMBAI, March 11 - India's National Stock Exchange and Singapore Exchange have signed a preliminary agreement to explore possible listing of more India-linked products on the latter, the Indian bo... Yahoo! Thu, 11 Mar 2010 00:28:28 -0500SINGAPORE: The Hong Kong—born American citizen was granted full custody of their two sons after his ex—wife secretly took the boys to Singapore. Six months later, Mr Andrew Ko, 52, is sti... Yahoo! Thu, 11 Mar 2010 00:28:26 -0500SINGAPORE: Residents in at least seven People’s Action Party (PAP) town councils can breathe a sigh of relief for the time being. Despite rising electricity prices and maintenance costs, these ... Yahoo! Thu, 11 Mar 2010 00:28:24 -0500SINGAPORE: Green, leafy vegetables like pak choy and kangkong may become slightly costlier in coming weeks if the recent dry spell does not go away, importers said. But a greater concern is: Could th... Yahoo! Thu, 11 Mar 2010 00:28:23 -0500. THE man who is in the spotlight over the recent revelations of his extra-marital affairs has finally spoken. Jack Neo, Singapore's most successful filmmaker, held a press conference early Thur... Asia One Thu, 11 Mar 2010 00:27:11 -0500MADAM Irene Kng began suspecting that her husband Jack Neo was being unfaithful a year ago when friends told her that they had seen him with freelance model Wendy Chong, 22. But she chose not to conf... Strait Times Wed, 10 Mar 2010 23:47:43 -0500Jack Neo faced the media briefly on Thursday morning and apologised for his affairs with several young women, which have hogged the headlines for over five days after his mistress went public. -- ST P... Strait Times Wed, 10 Mar 2010 23:47:40 -0500THE Ministry of Community Development, Youth and Sports (MCYS) is making a greater push to raise the quality of child care here, Minister Vivian Balakrishnan told Parliament yesterday. Over the next ... Strait Times Wed, 10 Mar 2010 23:47:33 -0500SINGAPORE -- Singapore's economy will rebound from last year's recession as manufacturing and construction fuel growth, according to a central bank survey of analysts. The city-state's gross domestic ... The China Post Wed, 10 Mar 2010 23:32:51 -0500(Repeats story from late Wednesday with wider coding. No changes to text) * Resignation comes after reshuffle in Singapore - sources * UBS has lost bankers to rivals in Asia By Saeed Azhar SINGAPO... Yahoo! Wed, 10 Mar 2010 22:48:21 -0500SINGAPORE: The year 2012 has been set as the target date in which the intake of the National University of Singapore Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine will increase to 300. The school accepted 250 stud... Yahoo! Wed, 10 Mar 2010 22:48:19 -0500By Sia Ling Xin MORE students who fare poorly in Chinese and other mother tongues in secondary school can switch to a simpler syllabus in junior college. Those who scored D7 in the O-level examinati... Asia One Wed, 10 Mar 2010 22:47:09 -0500MORE funds will be pumped in to raise the salaries of social workers and build more Family Service Centres (FSC) so needy Singaporeans can seek help quickly. Community Development, Youth and Sports M... Strait Times Wed, 10 Mar 2010 22:04:45 -0500THE leader of a gang of seven who slashed to death the operator of an illegal gambling den was yesterday given a 20-year jail term and 18 strokes of the cane. His fellow gang members each received 12... Strait Times Wed, 10 Mar 2010 22:04:42 -0500A FAMILY being sued by their bank for defaulting on their mortgage will get to keep their home in Everitt Road. Yesterday, DBS Bank withdrew its suit after the Chan family - who gained media notoriet... Strait Times Wed, 10 Mar 2010 22:04:39 -0500ECONOMISTS have raised their forecasts for Singapore's growth this year, and now expect a bigger jump in manufacturing and exports than earlier predicted. A survey of private sector economists releas... Strait Times Wed, 10 Mar 2010 22:04:32 -0500An artist's impression of The Vision in West Coast Crescent. The apartments are mostly between 818 sq ft and 1,604 sq ft. -- PHOTO: CHEUNG KONG ONE of Hong Kong's biggest developers, Cheung Kong, h... Strait Times Wed, 10 Mar 2010 22:04:26 -0500Conditions such as air pressure and humidity have caused tokens similar to those shown here to suffer a phenomenon known as 'time drift', when the time on the token goes out of sync with the bank syst... Strait Times Wed, 10 Mar 2010 22:04:24 -0500SPECIAL KEEPSAKE 'I thought that to do a diamond and put it on a cross for her to wear - I think it speaks for itself.' Mrs Chin, whose aunt-in-law's ashes were made into a diamond... Strait Times Wed, 10 Mar 2010 22:04:22 -0500New measures Deterring defaulters: Spouses who fail to pay maintenance can be ordered by the court to post a bank guarantee to set aside funds against future defaults. They can be sentenced to do ... Strait Times Wed, 10 Mar 2010 22:04:18 -0500SINGAPORE: The talk may be all about how to help foreigners fit in Singapore, but children of expatriates here seem to find it relatively easy to integrate. Some 56 per cent of expat parents said the... Yahoo! Wed, 10 Mar 2010 21:03:33 -0500By Cheryl Lim WHEN her aunt-in-law died after a stroke last month, Ms Penny Chin, a retiree in her late 50s, chose an unusual way to remember her. She sent part of the ashes of Madam Chin Mee Ngo to... Asia One Wed, 10 Mar 2010 21:02:24 -0500By Rachel Chan DR SILVIU Ionescu abandoned a black Audi after mowing down three pedestrians without stopping to help, said police yesterday on the last day of the coroner's inquiry. Station Insp... Asia One Wed, 10 Mar 2010 21:02:20 -0500By Koh Hui Theng FROM this month, some new citizens will have to take an online quiz on Singapore history before getting their identity cards, in a pilot orientation course to naturalise them. Under... Asia One Wed, 10 Mar 2010 21:02:17 -0500What happens if a passenger does not give a taxi driver clear instructions? Or when a taxi driver misses a turn repeatedly? According to a report in citizen journalism website Stomp, a taxi driver (p... Asia One Wed, 10 Mar 2010 21:02:14 -0500(RTTNews) - The Singapore stock market has finished higher now in four consecutive sessions, collecting more than 90 points or 3.3 percent along the way. The Straits Times Index finished just above t... Quote.com Wed, 10 Mar 2010 21:01:12 -0500EMBATTLED film-maker Jack Neo is undergoing counselling from his church in a bid to repair his marriage, after news of his extramarital affair with a 22-year-old model broke last Saturday. A spokesma... Strait Times Wed, 10 Mar 2010 20:03:33 -0500A prolonged shower yesterday - the second in as many days - brought day-time temperatures down to a more comfortable 29 deg C in some parts of the island, the 'coolest' Singapore has been for several ... Strait Times Wed, 10 Mar 2010 18:12:48 -0500Resorts World Sentosa (RWS) was dealt another blow yesterday when a sluggish booking system took centrestage on the day tickets to its star attraction - the Universal Studios theme park - went on sale... Strait Times Wed, 10 Mar 2010 18:12:45 -0500Pupils will be assessed at the start of the school term. The way in which they will be taught the Chinese language will then be customised to their abilities. -- ST PHOTO: LIM SIN THAI FROM 2012, a... 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