Provides the latest RSS feeds for Singapore News. For more headlines on Breaking, National, Business, Finance, Sports and World News, visit our home page Singapore Star.com http://www.singaporestar.com/index.php/ct/10/id/a677a0718b69db72/ en-us Thu, 04 Dec 2008 16:39:18 -0500 Thu, 04 Dec 2008 16:39:18 -0500 30 FOR one whole year, she did not touch her daughter, 12, and her son, 10, and vice-versa. She would not allow them to hug her or even sit next to her, while fighting her maternal instincts to reach ou... http://story.singaporestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a677a0718b69db72/id/20099648/ Thu, 04 Dec 2008 14:28:37 -0500 Asia One http://story.singaporestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a677a0718b69db72/id/20099648/ Computers, telephones, a thumbdrive, fax machines and S$173,000 in cash were seized and 15 people arrested.Other items seized included foreign currency and betting records.Eleven men and four wom... http://story.singaporestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a677a0718b69db72/id/20093715/ Thu, 04 Dec 2008 10:43:22 -0500 Yahoo! http://story.singaporestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a677a0718b69db72/id/20093715/ SINGAPORE: It may make more business sense to let go of foreign rank—and—file workers rather than Singaporean workers if retrenchment is unavoidable, said Labour chief Lim Swee Say at the ... http://story.singaporestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a677a0718b69db72/id/20093714/ Thu, 04 Dec 2008 10:43:21 -0500 Yahoo! http://story.singaporestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a677a0718b69db72/id/20093714/ SINGAPORE: Senior Counsel Davinder Singh has been appointed to advise the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) on the implications of legal issues arising from the bankruptcy proceedings for Lehman B... http://story.singaporestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a677a0718b69db72/id/20093711/ Thu, 04 Dec 2008 10:43:23 -0500 Yahoo! http://story.singaporestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a677a0718b69db72/id/20093711/ He is in discussions with North Korean nuclear envoy Kim Kye—Gwan to iron out details of a disarmament—for—aid pact that Pyongyang has agreed to.The meeting is expected to lay the gr... http://story.singaporestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a677a0718b69db72/id/20093716/ Thu, 04 Dec 2008 10:43:17 -0500 Yahoo! http://story.singaporestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a677a0718b69db72/id/20093716/ The Singapore Service Star was launched by Trade and Industry Minister Lim Hng Kiang on Thursday. The scheme rewards businesses with good service, in order to inspire the industry towards service exce... http://story.singaporestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a677a0718b69db72/id/20093719/ Thu, 04 Dec 2008 10:43:14 -0500 Yahoo! http://story.singaporestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a677a0718b69db72/id/20093719/ To help cut unnecessary hospitalisation, SGH has set up a special unit to give patients a more comprehensive diagnosis.The Extended Diagnostic Treatment Unit sees about 260 patients a day for a variet... http://story.singaporestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a677a0718b69db72/id/20093718/ Thu, 04 Dec 2008 10:43:12 -0500 Yahoo! http://story.singaporestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a677a0718b69db72/id/20093718/ But it is not stopping one businessman from giving generously.This businessman, who wants to keep his identity secret, gave S$20,000 to the young girl who survived the Yishun triple murder case.T... http://story.singaporestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a677a0718b69db72/id/20093713/ Thu, 04 Dec 2008 10:43:20 -0500 Yahoo! http://story.singaporestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a677a0718b69db72/id/20093713/ SINGAPORE: Singapore is the 12th most expensive city in Asia, according to a global survey on cost of living by international human resource company ECA International. http://story.singaporestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a677a0718b69db72/id/20093712/ Thu, 04 Dec 2008 10:43:18 -0500 Yahoo! http://story.singaporestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a677a0718b69db72/id/20093712/ SINGAPORE: The Director—General of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) Koichiro Matsuura called on Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong on Thursday. http://story.singaporestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a677a0718b69db72/id/20093721/ Thu, 04 Dec 2008 10:43:11 -0500 Yahoo! http://story.singaporestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a677a0718b69db72/id/20093721/ NEW DELHI - Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said Pakistan must show "resolve and urgency" as she called Wednesday for international cooperation in the investigation into the Mumbai attac... http://story.singaporestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a677a0718b69db72/id/20093720/ Thu, 04 Dec 2008 10:43:10 -0500 Yahoo! http://story.singaporestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a677a0718b69db72/id/20093720/ On Thursday, State Coroner Victor Yeo returned a verdict of misadventure into the death of Tay Demin who drowned in the sea off Siloso Beach on June 25. http://story.singaporestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a677a0718b69db72/id/20093722/ Thu, 04 Dec 2008 10:40:41 -0500 Asia One http://story.singaporestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a677a0718b69db72/id/20093722/ U.S. chief nuclear envoy Christopher Hill met with his Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) counterpart Kim Kye-gwan in Singapore on Thursday, saying they had substantive talks focused on veri... http://story.singaporestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a677a0718b69db72/id/20093043/ Thu, 04 Dec 2008 10:38:47 -0500 People's Daily http://story.singaporestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a677a0718b69db72/id/20093043/ Investigations revealed that 23—year—old Wang Zhong had arranged for a friend in Korea to send 160 packets of duty—unpaid cigarettes to him by post.The duty and Goods and Services Ta... http://story.singaporestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a677a0718b69db72/id/20089171/ Thu, 04 Dec 2008 06:57:04 -0500 Yahoo! http://story.singaporestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a677a0718b69db72/id/20089171/ MANILA, Dec 4 - Philippine police filed charges against a Bangladeshi mobile phone repairman for illegal possession of explosives on Thursday, saying they had found a huge arms cache in his shop in th... http://story.singaporestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a677a0718b69db72/id/20089169/ Thu, 04 Dec 2008 06:57:07 -0500 Yahoo! http://story.singaporestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a677a0718b69db72/id/20089169/ SINGAPORE: Singapore’s Marina Bay Sands integrated resort will unveil details of plans for its retail space after the Chinese New Year in January next year. http://story.singaporestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a677a0718b69db72/id/20089172/ Thu, 04 Dec 2008 06:57:03 -0500 Yahoo! http://story.singaporestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a677a0718b69db72/id/20089172/ The HSBC Women’s Champions event has just announced that it will be back after a successful inaugural tournament this year.Organisers of another women’s event, the Lexus Cup, are consideri... http://story.singaporestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a677a0718b69db72/id/20089174/ Thu, 04 Dec 2008 06:57:02 -0500 Yahoo! http://story.singaporestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a677a0718b69db72/id/20089174/ SINGAPORE: Family, friends and Singaporeans from all walks of life gathered at the Church of Saint Teresa on Thursday to bid a final farewell to Lo Hwei Yen who was killed by terrorists in Mumbai last... http://story.singaporestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a677a0718b69db72/id/20089173/ Thu, 04 Dec 2008 06:57:01 -0500 Yahoo! http://story.singaporestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a677a0718b69db72/id/20089173/ SINGAPORE: Skills upgrading is not a new buzzword in Singapore, but it has been given a boost with the launch of the Institute of Adult Learning (IAL). http://story.singaporestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a677a0718b69db72/id/20084910/ Thu, 04 Dec 2008 04:08:26 -0500 Yahoo! http://story.singaporestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a677a0718b69db72/id/20084910/ SINGAPORE: Singapore’s Foreign Ministry (MFA) advises Singaporeans who do not have a pressing need to travel to Mumbai to postpone travelling there to a later date. http://story.singaporestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a677a0718b69db72/id/20084911/ Thu, 04 Dec 2008 04:08:24 -0500 Yahoo! http://story.singaporestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a677a0718b69db72/id/20084911/ BANGKOK (AFP) - - Thousands of relieved travellers streamed from Bangkok's airports Thursday after an eight day siege, as Thailand's deeply revered king was set to address the nation on the eve of his... http://story.singaporestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a677a0718b69db72/id/20084912/ Thu, 04 Dec 2008 04:08:23 -0500 Yahoo! http://story.singaporestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a677a0718b69db72/id/20084912/ (AFP)--The top U.S. nuclear negotiator began talks with his North Korean counterpart in Singapore Thursday hoping for clarification on how to verify disarmament of the North's weapons programs. http://story.singaporestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a677a0718b69db72/id/20084394/ Thu, 04 Dec 2008 04:07:18 -0500 Morning Star http://story.singaporestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a677a0718b69db72/id/20084394/ (G92.SG) said Thursday that it entered into an interim trading pact with BP Singapore Pte. Ltd. in which BP will supply a "small portion" of the company's jet fuel requirements to http://story.singaporestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a677a0718b69db72/id/20084212/ Thu, 04 Dec 2008 04:07:11 -0500 Morning Star http://story.singaporestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a677a0718b69db72/id/20084212/ Come April 2009, the Ministry of Education (MOE) will have a new director-general. Ms Ho Peng will be appointed as Director-General of Education (Designate) on 15 Dec 2008 and will assume appointment... http://story.singaporestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a677a0718b69db72/id/20084914/ Thu, 04 Dec 2008 04:06:25 -0500 Asia One http://story.singaporestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a677a0718b69db72/id/20084914/ Singapore Airlines plans the resumption of flights to and from Bangkok's Suvarnabhumi Airport from Friday, 5 December 2008. The first flight from Suvarnabhumi will depart for Singapore at 13:05 local ... http://story.singaporestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a677a0718b69db72/id/20083274/ Thu, 04 Dec 2008 04:04:12 -0500 Europe, Middle East & Africa News http://story.singaporestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a677a0718b69db72/id/20083274/ CANBERRA, Dec 4 - Australia's centre-left Prime Minister Kevin Rudd said on Thursday he would look to strengthen security ties with regional neighbours, but the country's alliance with Washing... http://story.singaporestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a677a0718b69db72/id/20080819/ Thu, 04 Dec 2008 01:08:16 -0500 Yahoo! http://story.singaporestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a677a0718b69db72/id/20080819/ SINGAPORE: AirAsia chief executive officer Tony Fernandes was all glee on Monday when the low—cost carrier began the first of its seven daily flights from Singapore to Kuala Lumpur. http://story.singaporestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a677a0718b69db72/id/20080824/ Thu, 04 Dec 2008 01:08:10 -0500 Yahoo! http://story.singaporestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a677a0718b69db72/id/20080824/ SINGAPORE: Singapore Airlines (SIA) will resume flights to and from Bangkok’s main airport Friday afternoon, with the first flight SQ975 from the Suvarnabhumi Airport scheduled to depart for Sin... http://story.singaporestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a677a0718b69db72/id/20080821/ Thu, 04 Dec 2008 01:08:13 -0500 Yahoo! http://story.singaporestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a677a0718b69db72/id/20080821/ It is by telling such “stories” that companies can show customers how they are making a difference with their contributions, said Australian social entrepreneur Paul Dunn.However, most com... http://story.singaporestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a677a0718b69db72/id/20080827/ Thu, 04 Dec 2008 01:08:07 -0500 Yahoo! http://story.singaporestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a677a0718b69db72/id/20080827/ * Euro, sterling under pressure ahead of cen.bank meetings* Oil, gold steady after recent slumpsBy Rafael NamHONG KONG, Dec 4 - Asian shares rose for a second session on Thursday, though investors&#39... http://story.singaporestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a677a0718b69db72/id/20080823/ Thu, 04 Dec 2008 01:08:12 -0500 Yahoo! http://story.singaporestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a677a0718b69db72/id/20080823/ (19 mins ago) Singapore Press Holdings, the city's largest newspaper publisher, plans to cut costs further after freezing wages for senior management and slowing hiring this year to help counter a re... http://story.singaporestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a677a0718b69db72/id/20079886/ Thu, 04 Dec 2008 01:47:43 -0500 The Standard http://story.singaporestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a677a0718b69db72/id/20079886/ But then the 22—year—old student’s conscience kicked in, and he implored his friend to stop. By then, however, it was too late in the eyes of the law.On Wednesday, the student sobbed... http://story.singaporestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a677a0718b69db72/id/20080828/ Thu, 04 Dec 2008 01:08:09 -0500 Yahoo! http://story.singaporestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a677a0718b69db72/id/20080828/ SP Services said that on average, the tariff for all customer categories will be down by 24.9 per cent due to lower fuel oil prices.It added that for the first quarter of next year, tariffs are pegged... http://story.singaporestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a677a0718b69db72/id/20080820/ Thu, 04 Dec 2008 01:08:17 -0500 Yahoo! http://story.singaporestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a677a0718b69db72/id/20080820/ by Liaw Wy Cin ELECTRICITY tariffs for households will be cut by about 25 per cent for January to March, in line with lower fuel oil prices. Households will pay 22.93 cents per kilowatt hour for the... http://story.singaporestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a677a0718b69db72/id/20080830/ Thu, 04 Dec 2008 01:06:29 -0500 Asia One http://story.singaporestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a677a0718b69db72/id/20080830/ The Ministry of National Development (MND) announced on Wednesday that a total of 10 additional sites will be made available for the development of temporary foreign worker dormitories. The news foll... http://story.singaporestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a677a0718b69db72/id/20080831/ Thu, 04 Dec 2008 01:06:26 -0500 Asia One http://story.singaporestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a677a0718b69db72/id/20080831/ At this time, when all Singaporeans are outraged at the killing of innocent Ms Lo Hwei Yen, who was taken hostage during the recent terrorist attacks in Mumbai, the President and Mrs Nathan send to Mr... http://story.singaporestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a677a0718b69db72/id/20080833/ Thu, 04 Dec 2008 01:06:20 -0500 Asia One http://story.singaporestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a677a0718b69db72/id/20080833/ HIS parents had promised to buy him a video game player if he scored more than 180 in his Primary School Leaving Examination (PSLE).null Muhammad Shahril Izhar Kamarudin (top) exceeded that target by... http://story.singaporestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a677a0718b69db72/id/20080834/ Thu, 04 Dec 2008 01:06:17 -0500 Asia One http://story.singaporestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a677a0718b69db72/id/20080834/ BANGKOK, Dec 4 - Thai Beverage PCL <TBEV.SI>, Thailand's largest brewer and distiller, which is already listed on the Singapore bourse, said on Thursday it had set a price of 4.69 baht per s... http://story.singaporestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a677a0718b69db72/id/20076945/ Wed, 03 Dec 2008 22:07:34 -0500 Yahoo! http://story.singaporestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a677a0718b69db72/id/20076945/ SINGAPORE, Dec 4 - Shipbuilder Cosco Corp <COSC.SI> may be in focus on Thursday after it announced the cancellation of two out of five bulk carrier contracts due to unfavourable market condition... http://story.singaporestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a677a0718b69db72/id/20076944/ Wed, 03 Dec 2008 22:07:33 -0500 Yahoo! http://story.singaporestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a677a0718b69db72/id/20076944/ BY VICTORIA BARKER RECESSION or not, the revamp of street-shopping location Bugis Street to make it more vibrant is going full steam ahead. In conjunction with Singapore Tourism Board?s Late Night S... http://story.singaporestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a677a0718b69db72/id/20076946/ Wed, 03 Dec 2008 22:05:51 -0500 Asia One http://story.singaporestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a677a0718b69db72/id/20076946/ [Photo: Mr Michael Puhaindran speaking to more than 15 reporters yesterday for the first time. He broke down several times during the 45-minute interview.] by Rachel Chan EVEN to the very end, Ms Lo... http://story.singaporestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a677a0718b69db72/id/20076947/ Wed, 03 Dec 2008 22:05:48 -0500 Asia One http://story.singaporestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a677a0718b69db72/id/20076947/ CHENNAI: Singapore Airlines has announced the appointment of David Atkins as its new Manager, Southern India. Based in Chennai, Mr. Atkins will lead the operations of Singapore Airlines in Tamil Nadu ... http://story.singaporestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a677a0718b69db72/id/20068056/ Wed, 03 Dec 2008 19:42:01 -0500 The Hindu http://story.singaporestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a677a0718b69db72/id/20068056/ BANGKOK, Thailand - The first commercial flight in a week arrived in Bangkok on Wednesday as anti-government protesters ended their siege of the country's two main airports, declaring victory after Th... http://story.singaporestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a677a0718b69db72/id/20071012/ Wed, 03 Dec 2008 18:33:13 -0500 Yahoo! http://story.singaporestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a677a0718b69db72/id/20071012/ SEOUL/SINGAPORE, Dec 4 - A top U.S. negotiator, arriving in Singapore on Thursday for talks with North Korea on the reclusive state's nuclear programme, said it was important to nail down ways of ... http://story.singaporestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a677a0718b69db72/id/20063161/ Wed, 03 Dec 2008 13:39:11 -0500 Yahoo! http://story.singaporestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a677a0718b69db72/id/20063161/ SINGAPORE: Singapore's National Smoking Control Programme (NSCP) has been internationally recognised for its outstanding practices, as well as innovative and successful approaches to comprehensive tob... http://story.singaporestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a677a0718b69db72/id/20063157/ Wed, 03 Dec 2008 14:40:43 -0500 Channel News Asia http://story.singaporestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a677a0718b69db72/id/20063157/ SINGAPORE: The Director—General of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO), Mr Koichiro Matsuura, will be in Singapore on Thursday and Friday. http://story.singaporestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a677a0718b69db72/id/20063162/ Wed, 03 Dec 2008 13:39:07 -0500 Yahoo! http://story.singaporestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a677a0718b69db72/id/20063162/ But most of the explosive issues that have divided the country for more than two years remained unresolved and long-term prospects for stability were dim."It is nothing more than an intermission.... http://story.singaporestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a677a0718b69db72/id/20063164/ Wed, 03 Dec 2008 13:39:04 -0500 Yahoo! http://story.singaporestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a677a0718b69db72/id/20063164/ PITT MEADOWS, BRITISH COLUMBIA--(Marketwire - Dec. 3, 2008) - Tranzeo Wireless Technologies Inc. (TSX:TZT), a premier manufacturer of wireless broadband and WiMAX communication systems, has signed an ... http://story.singaporestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a677a0718b69db72/id/20062148/ Wed, 03 Dec 2008 14:50:12 -0500 Market Wire http://story.singaporestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a677a0718b69db72/id/20062148/ December 03, 2008 — IDG News Service — A Singapore court has ruled against Taiwan's Mitac International in its bid to prevent operator Singapore Telecommunications (SingTel) from us... http://story.singaporestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a677a0718b69db72/id/20059923/ Wed, 03 Dec 2008 14:18:37 -0500 CIO http://story.singaporestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a677a0718b69db72/id/20059923/ SINGAPORE: Fans of the musical CATS can once again enjoy some feline fun when the show returns to Singapore in April next year with a sparkling international cast. http://story.singaporestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a677a0718b69db72/id/20063163/ Wed, 03 Dec 2008 13:39:05 -0500 Yahoo! http://story.singaporestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a677a0718b69db72/id/20063163/ By KALPANA RASHIWALA A SERIES of aborted divestments by Singapore property groups lately highlights the challenges of relying on asset sales in the current environment. Last weekend's edition of... http://story.singaporestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a677a0718b69db72/id/20063165/ Wed, 03 Dec 2008 13:36:31 -0500 Asia One http://story.singaporestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a677a0718b69db72/id/20063165/ By KALPANA RASHIWALA Three classic signs of a Singapore property downturn have emerged in the third quarter - a slide in subsales and foreign buying, but a bigger share of HDB upgraders in the privat... http://story.singaporestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a677a0718b69db72/id/20063167/ Wed, 03 Dec 2008 13:36:25 -0500 Asia One http://story.singaporestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a677a0718b69db72/id/20063167/ TWO men who raped and molested a 19-year-old girl while she was in a drunken stupor at a friend's birthday party were sentenced to jail and caning on Wednesday. The man who was found guilty of ... http://story.singaporestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a677a0718b69db72/id/20063168/ Wed, 03 Dec 2008 13:36:21 -0500 Asia One http://story.singaporestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a677a0718b69db72/id/20063168/ Alex Kennedy, The Associated Press December 3, 2008 - 8:49 a.m. SINGAPORE - Singapore's state-owned investment company Temasek Holdings said it sold electricity generator PowerSeraya to Malaysia's YT... http://story.singaporestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a677a0718b69db72/id/20055620/ Wed, 03 Dec 2008 08:54:06 -0500 Canadian Business http://story.singaporestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a677a0718b69db72/id/20055620/ To help achieve this, the Central Singapore Community Development Council (CDC) has launched a survival guide in October to give residents the tools and guidance to ride through the recession.The guid... http://story.singaporestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a677a0718b69db72/id/20056933/ Wed, 03 Dec 2008 07:53:39 -0500 Yahoo! http://story.singaporestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a677a0718b69db72/id/20056933/ SINGAPORE: Lehman Minibond holders will not be getting a swift resolution for their investments, according to an update by note trustee, HSBC Institutional Trust Services, and the note’s three r... http://story.singaporestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a677a0718b69db72/id/20056936/ Wed, 03 Dec 2008 07:53:37 -0500 Yahoo! http://story.singaporestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a677a0718b69db72/id/20056936/ SINGAPORE: Science fiction fans can now look forward to a new Star Wars television series, "Star Wars: The Clone Wars", that was completely animated in Singapore at the Lucasfilm Animation’s stu... http://story.singaporestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a677a0718b69db72/id/20056937/ Wed, 03 Dec 2008 07:53:36 -0500 Yahoo! http://story.singaporestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a677a0718b69db72/id/20056937/ SINGAPORE, Dec 3 - Singapore-listed Cosco Corp <COSC.SI> said on Wednesday that a customer has scrapped orders for two of five bulk carriers made in July 2007, because of unfavourable market con... http://story.singaporestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a677a0718b69db72/id/20056939/ Wed, 03 Dec 2008 07:53:29 -0500 Yahoo! http://story.singaporestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a677a0718b69db72/id/20056939/ JAKARTA, Dec 3 - A meeting of Southeast Asian foreign ministers will now be held in Jakarta later this month following recent political turmoil in Thailand, an Indonesian official said on Wednesday. http://story.singaporestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a677a0718b69db72/id/20056932/ Wed, 03 Dec 2008 07:53:40 -0500 Yahoo! http://story.singaporestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a677a0718b69db72/id/20056932/ COE premiums for cars 1,600cc and below rose S$7,719 to S$7,721. It fell to a historic low of S$2 in the previous bidding exercise.For big cars of more than 1,600cc, COEs went up S&#036... http://story.singaporestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a677a0718b69db72/id/20056941/ Wed, 03 Dec 2008 07:53:28 -0500 Yahoo! http://story.singaporestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a677a0718b69db72/id/20056941/ TAIPEI, Dec 3 - Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co Ltd <2330.TW> said staff across the company would take unpaid leave as the world's top contract chip maker looks at ways to trim costs a... http://story.singaporestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a677a0718b69db72/id/20056938/ Wed, 03 Dec 2008 07:53:31 -0500 Yahoo! http://story.singaporestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a677a0718b69db72/id/20056938/ has urged that a summit of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations, or Asean, not be postponed until March because of unrest in host country http://story.singaporestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a677a0718b69db72/id/20056355/ Wed, 03 Dec 2008 07:52:14 -0500 Morning Star http://story.singaporestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a677a0718b69db72/id/20056355/ SINGAPORE : Visiting Costa Rican President Oscar Arias Sanchez believes that the new US administration under president—elect Barack Obama may change its stance on the Kyoto Protocol. http://story.singaporestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a677a0718b69db72/id/20056935/ Wed, 03 Dec 2008 07:53:32 -0500 Yahoo! http://story.singaporestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a677a0718b69db72/id/20056935/ SINGAPORE: The Singapore Industrial and Services Employees’ Union (SISEU) said it appreciates CapitaLand approaching the union in advance to discuss its plans to cut costs and save jobs. http://story.singaporestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a677a0718b69db72/id/20056940/ Wed, 03 Dec 2008 07:53:27 -0500 Yahoo! http://story.singaporestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a677a0718b69db72/id/20056940/ SINGAPORE - A TOP US negotiator is due in Singapore late on Wednesday ahead of an expected meeting with his North Korean counterpart in a bid to conclude a deal over the communist North's nuclear ... http://story.singaporestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a677a0718b69db72/id/20056942/ Wed, 03 Dec 2008 07:51:24 -0500 Asia One http://story.singaporestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a677a0718b69db72/id/20056942/ NTUC Income has launched a $6 million assistance scheme to help elderly and low-income policyholders cope with premium increases during the current economic downturn. About 77,000 Incomeshield policy... http://story.singaporestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a677a0718b69db72/id/20056944/ Wed, 03 Dec 2008 07:51:19 -0500 Asia One http://story.singaporestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a677a0718b69db72/id/20056944/ AN INDONESIAN maid who was worried that her employer would find out about her relationship with a Singaporean man made a police report in August claiming that he had raped her. She later admitted to ... http://story.singaporestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a677a0718b69db72/id/20056945/ Wed, 03 Dec 2008 07:51:16 -0500 Asia One http://story.singaporestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a677a0718b69db72/id/20056945/ From December 1, Medishield premiums have been adjusted to match an increase in benefits for Singaporeans. NTUC Incomeshield premiums went up by an average of less than S$2.50 a month.Income is l... http://story.singaporestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a677a0718b69db72/id/20052293/ Wed, 03 Dec 2008 04:24:26 -0500 Yahoo! http://story.singaporestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a677a0718b69db72/id/20052293/ HONG KONG, Dec 3 -Thailand's court ruling to dismiss Premier Somchai Wongsawat had prevented a slide into chaos but there is no quick solution to the political turmoil, the head of ASEAN said on W... http://story.singaporestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a677a0718b69db72/id/20052294/ Wed, 03 Dec 2008 04:24:24 -0500 Yahoo! http://story.singaporestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a677a0718b69db72/id/20052294/ TOKYO, Dec 3 - Tokyo takes the top spot for next year's real estate investment prospects among big Asian cities, with many foreign investors seeking opportunities in Japan's beleagured propert... http://story.singaporestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a677a0718b69db72/id/20052291/ Wed, 03 Dec 2008 04:24:30 -0500 Yahoo! http://story.singaporestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a677a0718b69db72/id/20052291/ The 10 sites, comprising 3 vacant state buildings and 7 vacant state lands, will provide an additional 20,000 bed spaces.The 3 state properties which will be converted into temporary dormitories are t... http://story.singaporestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a677a0718b69db72/id/20052292/ Wed, 03 Dec 2008 04:24:28 -0500 Yahoo! http://story.singaporestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a677a0718b69db72/id/20052292/ The biennial event, taken as seriously as the Olympics by its 11 member countries, will restrict the number of athletes each nation enters in 12 of the 25 sports in Laos next year."We've seen... http://story.singaporestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a677a0718b69db72/id/20052295/ Wed, 03 Dec 2008 04:24:23 -0500 Yahoo! http://story.singaporestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a677a0718b69db72/id/20052295/ SINGAPORE Press Holdings' (SPH) Digital Media Editor Felix Soh has been appointed regional director (Asia/Pacific region) of The Society of News Design (SND) from December. In a statement release... http://story.singaporestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a677a0718b69db72/id/20052298/ Wed, 03 Dec 2008 04:22:36 -0500 Asia One http://story.singaporestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a677a0718b69db72/id/20052298/ BANGKOK (AFP) - - Hundreds of anti-government protesters left Bangkok's main airport Wednesday after a eight-day siege, as authorities assured beleaguered tourists that flights would resume within 24 ... http://story.singaporestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a677a0718b69db72/id/20047943/ Wed, 03 Dec 2008 01:02:09 -0500 Yahoo! http://story.singaporestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a677a0718b69db72/id/20047943/ NEW DELHI, India (AFP) - - US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice arrived in New Delhi Wednesday for a solidarity visit after the Mumbai attacks and to reduce tensions between India and nuclear rival ... http://story.singaporestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a677a0718b69db72/id/20047945/ Wed, 03 Dec 2008 01:02:06 -0500 Yahoo! http://story.singaporestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a677a0718b69db72/id/20047945/ Singaporeans should still avoid non-essential travel to Bangkok, The Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) said after anti-government protesters agreed Tuesday to end their blockade of the Thai capital&#3... http://story.singaporestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a677a0718b69db72/id/20047946/ Wed, 03 Dec 2008 00:59:56 -0500 Asia One http://story.singaporestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a677a0718b69db72/id/20047946/ SOUND and lighting checks gave way to a music and dance extravaganza at the National University of Singapore last night. Sixty-four performers aged eight to 19 went through their paces in final prepa... http://story.singaporestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a677a0718b69db72/id/20047947/ Wed, 03 Dec 2008 00:59:53 -0500 Asia One http://story.singaporestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a677a0718b69db72/id/20047947/ By Esther Tan WHEN Muhammad Shahril Izhar Kamarudin, 12, was diagnosed with hand, foot and mouth disease (HFMD) late last month, his mother was not overly worried. The normally mild childhood infect... http://story.singaporestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a677a0718b69db72/id/20047948/ Wed, 03 Dec 2008 00:59:51 -0500 Asia One http://story.singaporestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a677a0718b69db72/id/20047948/ MOTORISTS heading across the Causeway have until Dec 16 to acquaint themselves with Johor Baru's new customs, immigration and quarantine (CIQ) facility, the Sultan Iskandar Complex. While immigra... http://story.singaporestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a677a0718b69db72/id/20047949/ Wed, 03 Dec 2008 00:59:49 -0500 Asia One http://story.singaporestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a677a0718b69db72/id/20047949/ SHANGHAI, Dec 3 - China Merchants Property Development Co <000024.SZ><200024.SZ> said on Wednesday that it had sold all the assets in a subsidiary to a Singapore fund management firm for 1... http://story.singaporestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a677a0718b69db72/id/20044079/ Tue, 02 Dec 2008 21:35:34 -0500 Yahoo! http://story.singaporestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a677a0718b69db72/id/20044079/ SINGAPORE, Dec 3 - Southeast Asia's largest developer, CapitaLand <CATL.SI>, said on Wednesday it will cut staff pay between three to 20 percent in light of a slowing domestic economy. http://story.singaporestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a677a0718b69db72/id/20044080/ Tue, 02 Dec 2008 21:35:33 -0500 Yahoo! http://story.singaporestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a677a0718b69db72/id/20044080/ This and other issues were raised at a dialogue session on Tuesday night to discuss the proposed amendments to the Human Organ Transplant Act.It was a question that was on the minds of the 300 partici... http://story.singaporestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a677a0718b69db72/id/20044082/ Tue, 02 Dec 2008 21:35:31 -0500 Yahoo! http://story.singaporestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a677a0718b69db72/id/20044082/ By Cheryl Lim ALTHOUGH selling cigarettes to those under 18 years of age is illegal, seven retailers in Bishan Central were prepared to sell packs without checking the age of their customers. This w... http://story.singaporestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a677a0718b69db72/id/20044083/ Tue, 02 Dec 2008 21:33:34 -0500 Asia One http://story.singaporestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a677a0718b69db72/id/20044083/ By Zakir Hussain FORMER Singaporean lawyer Gopalan Nair, now back home in the United States, has retracted apologies and statements he made in court here last month. Mr Nair, an American citizen, ha... http://story.singaporestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a677a0718b69db72/id/20044086/ Tue, 02 Dec 2008 21:33:25 -0500 Asia One http://story.singaporestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a677a0718b69db72/id/20044086/ A girl who threatened to commit suicide at Chinatown on Monday caused so much ruckus that people started crowding the vicinity and even waited at the lift lobby just to take a look at her face. Lianh... http://story.singaporestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a677a0718b69db72/id/20044088/ Tue, 02 Dec 2008 21:33:15 -0500 Asia One http://story.singaporestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a677a0718b69db72/id/20044088/ Three Singaporeans have been jailed after being charged with contempt of court for showing up at Singapore's Supreme Court wearing T-shirts depicting kangaroos in judges robes. Isrizal Bin Mohamed Is... http://story.singaporestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a677a0718b69db72/id/20037991/ Tue, 02 Dec 2008 18:52:36 -0500 ABC Australia http://story.singaporestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a677a0718b69db72/id/20037991/ HONG KONG -- Chinese Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi met Singapore Minister Mentor Lee Kuan Yew here Tuesday on the sidelines of the Clinton Global Initiative (CGI) Asia Meeting to exchange views of Chin... http://story.singaporestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a677a0718b69db72/id/20038404/ Tue, 02 Dec 2008 18:05:19 -0500 China Daily http://story.singaporestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a677a0718b69db72/id/20038404/ A RED cheongsam. A Hermes handbag. A slideshow with jazz music in the background. In death, Ms Lo Hwei Yen has reflected the way she lived her life - unique, unconventional and full of zest. Red is ... http://story.singaporestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a677a0718b69db72/id/20039064/ Tue, 02 Dec 2008 17:58:33 -0500 Asia One http://story.singaporestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a677a0718b69db72/id/20039064/ A CHECK with the Manpower Ministry (MOM) revealed that Sun City was one of two cleaning companies convicted on 6 Oct for failing to provide statutory benefits to its employees. The company was fined ... http://story.singaporestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a677a0718b69db72/id/20039063/ Tue, 02 Dec 2008 17:58:30 -0500 Asia One http://story.singaporestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a677a0718b69db72/id/20039063/ SINGAPORE: Heart disease is the second biggest killer in Singapore. By the year 2015, outpatient attendance for heart disease is projected to increase to 320,000 from 200,000 last year. http://story.singaporestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a677a0718b69db72/id/20033431/ Tue, 02 Dec 2008 14:34:34 -0500 Yahoo! http://story.singaporestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a677a0718b69db72/id/20033431/ More than 400 of Asia’s elite attended the event, including Singapore’s Minister Mentor Lee Kuan Yew who engaged in a dialogue at the conference on the challenges facing Asia.The two&#8212... http://story.singaporestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a677a0718b69db72/id/20033433/ Tue, 02 Dec 2008 14:34:31 -0500 Yahoo! http://story.singaporestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a677a0718b69db72/id/20033433/ An Australian journalist was sentenced to 10 months' jail by a Singapore court on Tuesday for drug offenses. 42-year-old Peter Lloyd, New Delhi-based correspondent for the Australian Broadcasting Corp... http://story.singaporestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a677a0718b69db72/id/20026441/ Tue, 02 Dec 2008 10:40:39 -0500 People's Daily http://story.singaporestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a677a0718b69db72/id/20026441/ Singapore and the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) signed an Investment Guarantee Agreement on Tuesday. Singapore's Trade and Industry Ministry said in a statement that the agreement will ... http://story.singaporestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a677a0718b69db72/id/20024878/ Tue, 02 Dec 2008 10:40:22 -0500 People's Daily http://story.singaporestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/a677a0718b69db72/id/20024878/