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  • UAE Singapore discuss global development

    The United Arab Emirates (UAE) and Singapore have held talks over international development. The talks were held between UAE's minister for international cooperation and development, Sheikha Lubna bint Khalid al-Qasimi and visiting Singaporean minister for foreign affairs K. Shanmugam and his delegation. Both sides discussed ways to support efforts in international development, stimulating the ...

  • Indian lorry driver jailed in Singapore

    An Indian lorry driver has been jailed by a court in Singapore for causing the death of one person and injuring 14 others due to negligence while driving. Periyasamy Jayaprakash, 25, pleaded guilty to causing the death of Mathialagu Kathiravan, 19, when his lorry collided head-on with another lorry on the Tanah Merah Coast Road here in the morning of July 3 last year, the Straits Times reported ...

  • SPH Foundation marks its 10th anniversary with a host of events

    Schoolchildren immersed in watching manatees swim inside the Amazon Flooded Forest at the River Safari on 3 April 2013. Singapore Press Holdings (SPH) Foundation will be marking its 10th anniversary this year by adopting the Amazon Flooded Forest, a key highlight at the River Safari, and by launching a series of programmes. -- ST FILE PHOTO: DESMOND ...

  • SCDF dispatches fire engines for fire at factory Tuas Basin Link

    A fire broke out at a factory located at 37 Tuas Basin Link on Wednesday night. The Singapore Civil Defence Force (SCDF) was alerted to it at 11.13pm and sent four fire engines, two red rhinos, five supporting vehicles and one ambulance to the location. Upon SCDF arrival, the fire was well alight and involved a production area of the factory that measured about 40m by 40m, SCDF said in a press ...

  • Man accused of smuggling 21 puppies in car boot

    Koh Cheow Chuan, 28, was charged on Wednesday with importing 21 puppies without a licence and subjecting them to unnecessary suffering. -- FILE PHOTO: ...


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Movie Review

The Watcher

"The Watcher" is a serial killer thriller that, like "The Silence of the Lambs" (1991), is ultimately about the unusual relationship between a killer and an FBI agent. "The Watcher" attempts to further complicate the scenario by making the relationship into a triangle of sorts by inserting a third character who is close to the investigator and whose life will, therefore, be threatened at some poi ... ...

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  • STOCKS NEWS SINGAPORE-Singapore banks rally running out of steam - Macquarie

    Tue May 21, 2013 11:00pm EDT Singapore banks' shares may be near the end of their rally as their first-quarter results represent a short-term top and business activity is expected to cool off in the coming quarters, said Macquarie Equities Research. "We believe the rally in Singapore bank stocks is looking tired and we would look to pare down holdings at current levels," Macquarie ...

  • AVA explains monkey trapping video after public outcry

    THE Agri-Food and Veterinary Authority (AVA) has responded to a public outcry over a YouTube video showing one of its contractors herding a wild monkey into a cage.Titled "How Singapore handles its wild macaques", the video last night garnered more than 4,000 views. In the video, workers armed with a water gun and grabber are seen dragging the animal into a small cage.Netizens appeared ...

  • Singapore-KL high-speed rail link looking very attractive

    THE proposed high-speed rail link between Singapore and Kuala Lumpur is looking "very, very attractive", though further discussions on the finer details are needed, Malaysian Foreign Minister Anifah Aman said yesterday. In his first major press conference since the elections to outline the ministry's priorities, Datuk Seri Anifah said preliminary studies for the rail link are ...

  • Take a virtual peek inside these places with Google Maps

    Google Business Photos uses Google's Street View technology to create 360-degree images of the interiors of shops such as (clockwise from top) the Fat Cow restaurant, bag retailer Crumpler's Ion Orchard store, and hair salon Truefitt & Hill. -- PHOTOS: SMAP ...

  • Former interns say they worked in fear at software firm

    The software firm supervisor who is named only as Alan (above) allegedly hit the head of his younger subordinate and used vulgar language on him. According to Shin Min, the victim was an intern at the firm. -- PHOTOS: LIANHE ...

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