Top Stories: National Servicemen (NSF) undergoing Basic Military Training. -- ST PHOTO: LIM WUI LIANG THE Singapore Armed Forces (SAF) has strengthened its combat fitness training system, leveraging on advances... Strait Times Tue, 07 Sep 2010 19:32:31 -0400Titled 'Ah Kong', the six-minute film tells the story of a grandson seeking to understand and reach out to his grandfather who is diagnosed with dementia. -- PHOTO: HEALTH PROMOTION BOARD... Strait Times Tue, 07 Sep 2010 19:32:27 -0400SINGAPORE — Nanyang Technological University and the Singapore Exchange on Tuesday opened the Center for Financial Education, promoting it as Asia’s first live trading lab within a univers... International Herald Tribune Tue, 07 Sep 2010 18:27:56 -0400A volunteer holds a poster to replace old ones which had the words "No Outside Food" printed on them during the launch of the "Speak Good English" movement, the government has launched 10 years ago to... The Globe and Mail Tue, 07 Sep 2010 18:21:25 -0400Southeast Asia's largest bank by assets priced debt to yield 100 basis points over five-year U.S. Treasurys, at the tight end of the 100- to 105-basis-point price guidance it offered earlier in the ... Morning Star Tue, 07 Sep 2010 17:37:29 -0400SINGAPORE (AP) - "Borrow me $5 can?" may not be the most graceful way to ask for a few dollars, but it's music to the ears of many Singaporeans. But as Singapore cements its position as a financial se... Find Law Tue, 07 Sep 2010 17:37:12 -0400A volunteer holds a poster to replace old ones which had the words "No Outside Food" printed on them during the launch of the "Speak Good English" movement, the government has launched 10 years ago to... Globe and Mail Tue, 07 Sep 2010 17:11:52 -0400A volunteer holds a poster to replace old ones which had the words "No Outside Food" printed on them during the launch of the "Speak Good English" movement, the government has launched 10 years ago to... Gadsden Times Tue, 07 Sep 2010 13:15:24 -0400Southeast Asia's largest bank by assets priced debt to yield 100 basis points over five-year U.S. Treasurys, at the tight end of the 100- to 105-basis-point price guidance it offered earlier in the ... Morning Star Tue, 07 Sep 2010 13:03:59 -0400Southeast Asia's largest bank by assets priced debt to yield 100 basis points over five-year U.S. Treasurys, at the tight end of the 100- to 105-basis-point price guidance it offered earlier in the ... Morning Star Tue, 07 Sep 2010 13:03:50 -0400SINGAPORE (AP) - "Borrow me $5 can?" may not be the most graceful way to ask for a few dollars, but it's music to the ears of many Singaporeans. But as Singapore cements its position as a financial se... Find Law Tue, 07 Sep 2010 13:03:15 -0400TWO Malaysian fugitives, one of whom came into Singapore to have his severed hand reattached at a hospital, were recently arrested by the police here and handed back to the Johor cops. Both fugitives... Strait Times Tue, 07 Sep 2010 12:37:23 -0400A volunteer holds a poster to replace old ones which had the words "No Outside Food" printed on them during the launch of the "Speak Good English" movement, the government has laun... San Diego Union-Tribune Tue, 07 Sep 2010 12:35:29 -0400A volunteer holds a poster to replace old ones which had the words "No Outside Food" printed on them during the launch of the "Speak Good English" movement, the government has launched 10 years ago to... Seattle Post-Intelligencer Tue, 07 Sep 2010 12:34:19 -0400SINGAPORE -- "Borrow me $5 can?" may not be the most graceful way to ask for a few dollars, but it's music to the ears of many Singaporeans.But as Singapore cements its position as a financial servic... The Miami Herald Tue, 07 Sep 2010 12:26:27 -0400SINGAPORE — "Borrow me $5 can?" may not be the most graceful way to ask for a few dollars, but it's music to the ears of many Singaporeans. But as Singapore cements its position as a financial ... The Seattle Times Tue, 07 Sep 2010 12:05:06 -0400Singapore's Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong is in China on a six day visit. The two countries aim to look at existing trade agreements and seek closer investment ties. Mariko Oi reports. BBC Tue, 07 Sep 2010 11:46:03 -0400But as Singapore cements its position as a financial services hub and top regional tourist destination, the government is redoubling efforts to persuade locals to speak standard English. The governmen... Associated Press Tue, 07 Sep 2010 11:38:02 -0400By Cheong Poh Kwan Some individuals are more prone to sighting ghosts than others, but Alien Huang - better-known as Xiao Gui (Little Ghost) - is not one of them. The Taiwanese TV host, actor and si... Asia One Tue, 07 Sep 2010 10:47:42 -0400POLICE have arrested 26 men and two women for suspected involvement in loansharking activities during a 30-hour islandwide operation against unlicensed moneylenders. The suspects, aged between 17 and... Strait Times Tue, 07 Sep 2010 10:24:22 -0400FROM the graceful steps of dancers from the National Ballet of China to the technical prowess of pianist Lang Lang, Singaporeans can expect world-renowned acts when the China Cultural Centre opens its... Strait Times Tue, 07 Sep 2010 10:24:20 -0400Voters can use a new two-way SMS service to find out where to go to cast their vote. -- ST PHOTO: WANG HUI FEN COME election time, voters can use a new two-way SMS service to find out where to go t... Strait Times Tue, 07 Sep 2010 10:24:16 -0400KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 7, 2010 (AFP) – A female trainee pilot died when the light aircraft she was flying crashed in southern Johor state, Malaysian police said Tuesday. The two-seater light aircra... Yahoo! Tue, 07 Sep 2010 08:41:07 -0400By Chuang Peck Ming THE current hiring spree may not match the peaks in 2007 and early 2008, but it's likely to be more sustainable, says Manpower Singapore country manager Peter Haglund. 'T... Asia One Tue, 07 Sep 2010 08:38:56 -0400The 15,142 sqm land parcel at Pasir Ris is slated for 320 Executive Condominium flats, while the Sengkang site is for condominium housing. -- ST PHOTO: ALPHONSUS CHERN TWO more residential sites, w... Strait Times Tue, 07 Sep 2010 08:15:27 -0400A RESIDENTIAL site at Jalan Eunos attracted five bids when the tender exercise closed on Tuesday. The top bid of $257.7 million was jointly submitted by Tuas Technology Park Pte Ltd and OPH Marymount... Strait Times Tue, 07 Sep 2010 08:15:24 -0400By Orathai Sriring BANGKOK, Sept 7 - Southeast Asia is facing inflationary pressures as its economies rebound from the global financial crisis, putting pressure on central banks to tighten monetary p... Yahoo! Tue, 07 Sep 2010 06:33:52 -0400SINGAPORE, Sept 7 - Credit Suisse <CSGN.VX> confirmed on Tuesday it has appointed Osama Abbasi as chief executive Asia-Pacific, with current CEO Kai Nargolwala becoming non-executive chairman. ... Yahoo! Tue, 07 Sep 2010 06:33:50 -0400MANILA (AFP) - – The driver of a Philippine tourist bus hijacked by a sacked policeman told a public inquiry Tuesday how he witnessed the gunman shoot more than a dozen Hong Kong visitors one by... Yahoo! Tue, 07 Sep 2010 06:33:47 -0400By Rob Taylor CANBERRA - Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard secured a wafer thin parliamentary majority on Tuesday, ending a political impasse but hardly cheering investors worried about the fra... Yahoo! Tue, 07 Sep 2010 06:33:45 -0400KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 7, 2010 (AFP) – More than 1.2 million Malaysians were without piped water Tuesday, authorities said, as contamination from a landfill forced a treatment plant to close. Natio... Yahoo! Tue, 07 Sep 2010 06:33:42 -0400The way we feel now is the result of what we've become, and where we're at. Today, there is a full-blown Singapore Identity, thanks to all the years of hard work and the joint effort of the G... Asia One Tue, 07 Sep 2010 06:31:38 -0400National Servicemen (NSF) undergoing Basic Military Training. -- ST PHOTO: LIM WUI LIANG THE Singapore Armed Forces (SAF) has strengthened its combat fitness training system, leveraging on advances... Strait Times Tue, 07 Sep 2010 06:08:08 -0400THE organiser of a Street Wars game was fined $1,000 on Tuesday for providing public entertainment without a licence. Mikhail Choo Wei Ming, 32, a director of APE Communications, an advertising and d... Strait Times Tue, 07 Sep 2010 06:08:03 -0400Singapore - The NEA has completed the annual water quality review of the six recreational beaches for 2010. Under this review, the water quality of Sentosa Island, Seletar Island, Sembawang Park, Chan... Asia One Tue, 07 Sep 2010 04:32:33 -0400A body was found near the railway tracks opposite Hillview Park Condominium. A resident of Block 19B at the condominium said he believed the body belonged to a woman, but was unsure whether she had b... Asia One Tue, 07 Sep 2010 04:32:30 -0400Several roads will be affected by this year's Singapore Bay Run and Army Half Marathon, which will take place on Sept 12, 5am to 11am. The following roads will be closed (see... Asia One Tue, 07 Sep 2010 04:32:27 -0400The National Arts Council (NAC) will partner The Esplanade Company Ltd (TECL) to manage the Drama Centre. The deal, to take effect from Oct 18, follows a management review announced by the Ministry o... Strait Times Tue, 07 Sep 2010 04:03:41 -0400A CHINESE national was hit and killed by a train that was travelling from Malaysia to Singapore early Tuesday morning. Her body, which sustained facial injuries, was found near the railway track off ... Strait Times Tue, 07 Sep 2010 04:03:38 -0400* Index down 0.32 pct, seen in 3,000-3,042 range afternoon * SingTel, StarHub and M1 drop on fears of new competition * SingTel falls ahead of announcement on new Australia govt By Charmian Kok SI... Yahoo! Tue, 07 Sep 2010 02:19:37 -0400SINGAPORE, Sept 7 - Singapore Telecommunications <STEL.SI>, Southeast Asia's largest telecoms firm, is unlikely to bid for Cable & Wireless Worldwide <CWP.L> as the company wants t... Yahoo! Tue, 07 Sep 2010 02:19:34 -0400MINISTER for National Development Mah Bow Tan arrives in China for a working visit on Tuesday. He will visit Beijing and Jilin Province till Thursday. During the trip, he will meet his counterpart ... Strait Times Tue, 07 Sep 2010 01:57:08 -0400A YOUNG woman accused of incest was granted a discharge not amounting to an acquittal on Tuesday. The 23-year-old technical executive is believed to be the first woman to have been charged with allow... Strait Times Tue, 07 Sep 2010 01:57:06 -0400AN INDONESIAN man has been caught for trying to smuggle birds and ant larvae into Singapore. On Sunday afternoon, officers from the Immigration and Checkpoints Authority at the Green/Red Channels of ... Strait Times Tue, 07 Sep 2010 01:57:04 -0400A NEW short film will air on TV later this month to help raise awareness of dementia, which affects 22,000 older Singaporeans. The film, commissioned by the Health Promotion Board (HPB), is directed ... Strait Times Tue, 07 Sep 2010 01:57:01 -0400SINGAPORE, Sept 7 - Bank of America's Merrill Lynch said on Tuesday it has hired Michael Benz from UBS <UBSN.VX> as its new Asia-Pacific head of wealth management, succeeding Antony Hung who... Yahoo! Tue, 07 Sep 2010 00:13:30 -0400* Asia stocks mark time near 1-month high * Euro dips on renewed European bank fears * Yen near 15-yr high against dollar By Kevin Yao SINGAPORE, Sept 7 - Asian stocks hovered near one-month highs... Yahoo! Tue, 07 Sep 2010 00:13:28 -0400SINGAPORE, Sept 7 - Malaysian private equity firm Navis Capital Partners, one of the bidders for Carrefour's <CARR.PA> operations in Singapore and Malaysia, has raised $1.2 billion for a... Yahoo! Tue, 07 Sep 2010 00:13:25 -0400THE statue of Sir Stamford Raffles at the Raffles Landing Site along the Singapore River will undergo general maintenance works from Sept 13 to 17. The works will include cleaning, painting and minor... Asia One Tue, 07 Sep 2010 00:11:18 -0400Twenty-five per cent of the companies surveyed plan to hire more workers while only three per cent intend to cut their headcount in the last quarter of this year. -- ST PHOTO: ALAN LIM THE economy ... Strait Times Mon, 06 Sep 2010 23:46:53 -0400SINGAPORE, Sept 7 - Singapore will auction another third-generation spectrum in November, paving the way for a fourth mobile phone operator in the city-state, the Business Times reported on Tuesday. ... Yahoo! Mon, 06 Sep 2010 21:57:58 -0400THE next batch of SBS Transit's single-deck buses will come with a completely stepless aisle, and be flushed flat from the front of the bus to the back. This will make them especially friendly to... Asia One Mon, 06 Sep 2010 21:56:03 -0400BY GWENDOLYN NG THOUGHTS of dying flashed across Mrs Annie Tan's mind when she underwent a gallstone operation earlier this year. The 53-year-old former administrative officer thought to herself... Asia One Mon, 06 Sep 2010 21:56:00 -0400THE Straits Times clinched the World Association of Newspapers and News Publishers (WAN-IFRA) World Young Reader Prize 2010 under its Newspapers In Education (NIE) category. The annual award recognis... Asia One Mon, 06 Sep 2010 21:55:57 -0400NEW DELHI - INDIAN hospital operator Fortis Healthcare is looking to list a real estate investment trust (Reit) in Singapore in the next six months to house its property assets and is looking at a val... Strait Times Mon, 06 Sep 2010 21:33:53 -0400A CAREER in the logistics industry is seen as a low-value, dead-end job. It is also viewed as typically a male-dominated industry, involving long hours and physical work, with poor remuneration. The... Strait Times Mon, 06 Sep 2010 21:33:51 -0400Singapore Press Holdings chief executive officer Alan Chan being sworn in as a member of the Public Service Commission by President S R Nathan as Justice Chao Hick Tin looks on. -- ST PHOTO: LAU FOOK ... Strait Times Mon, 06 Sep 2010 21:33:48 -0400Lanterns adding sparkle to the Singapore River during a lighting test last night. The celebrations will span the 15 days before the Chinese Mid-Autumn Festival, beginning tomorrow and running until Se... Strait Times Mon, 06 Sep 2010 21:33:43 -0400Outgoing chairman J.Y. Pillay (left), who for the past 11 years has steered the SGX on its course to become one of the world's largest listed bourse operators, will be a very hard act to follow, said ... Strait Times Mon, 06 Sep 2010 21:33:41 -0400By Reico Wong AN UNEXPECTEDLY resilient property market last year pushed the total amount of taxes collected by the Inland Revenue Authority of Singapore (Iras) from April 2009 to end-March this year... Asia One Mon, 06 Sep 2010 19:33:27 -0400By Sujin Thomas and Rachel Chan A FORMER Singaporean lawyer was killed in Perth, Australia, last Friday in a car crash that also injured her visiting mother and two younger sisters. Ms Celina Chua, ... Asia One Mon, 06 Sep 2010 19:33:22 -0400 | 
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