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  • Elderly woman found in Tiong Bahru Police appealing for information on next-of-kin

    The police are appealing for information on the next-of-kin of Madam Tham Mei Keow, who is in her 70s. Madam Tham, who speaks Cantonese, was found on May 23 at about 5pm between Tiong Bahru MRT station and Tiong Bahru Plaza. She is about 1.5m tall, of slim bulit, slightly tanned and has short light-grey hair. She was wearing a short-sleeved light-coloured floral blouse with matching floral ...

  • Gabon nets US$1.7bn Singaporean investments

    Gabonese authorities have managed to secure investments worth a total of US$ 1.7 billion from Singapore, including a new fertilizer plant to be set up outside Port Gentil and palm oil ...

  • 1.5 million taxpayers use Giro to pay taxes

    More than 1.5 million taxpayers now have their taxes deducted directly from their bank accounts, instead of paying by cash or cheque, the Inland Revenue Authority of Singapore (Iras) said in a statement on Saturday, May 25, 2013. -- ST PHOTO: KUA CHEE ...

  • Police appealing for infomation on missing teenager

    The police are appealing for information on the whereabouts of 13-year-old Loh Jia Yi, Janice, who was last seen on Thursday at about 7am in an Edgefield Secondary School uniform, at Serangoon North Ave 4. -- PHOTO: SINGAPORE POLICE ...

  • Elderly and special needs children receive the Singapore Girl treatment on the ground

    Inflight Supervisor Michael Fredericks serves drinks to a table of guests at the Carnival. Instead of serving passengers on a plane, cabin crew from Singapore Airlines with some of their ground counterparts attended to 360 special needs children and the elderly at a carnival on Saturday morning. -- PHOTO: ...


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The Rules of the Game (Le Règle du jeu) [DVD]

The Rules of the Game (Le Règle du jeu) [DVD]

Franois Truffaut called Jean Renoirs The Rules of the Game (Le Rgle du jeu) the credo of film lovers, the film of films. Indeed, having been ranked as one of the 10 greatest films ever made on Sight & Sounds influential International Critics Poll list since its inception in 1952, the intensity with which this film is now admired and revered is matched only by the vitriol and ... ...

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  • Innovations that help the disabled elderly or unwell took top honours at start-up contest

    Innovations that help the disabled, elderly or unwell featured prominently at the finals of the 14th Start-Up@Singapore competition. These included a walking frame with detachable wheels to make it easy for the elderly to get around and a device that helps deaf people better monitor their children. Both were among the 16 prize winners at Saturday's finals held at NUS University Town. ...

  • Labour movement must always be workers-centric Swee Say

    (From left) NTUC President Diana Chia, NTUC Secretary-General Lim Swee Say and other Central Committee members participate in a Mass Zumba workout along with 3000 people at D' Marquee in Downtown East, on May 25, 2013. The labour movement must always be workers-centric and continue to look after the interests and welfare of workers here, said Mr Lim at an event to round up a month of ...

  • Russia S.Korea Singapore sign nanotechnology cooperation deal

    Russia, South Korea and Singapore signed a cooperation deal on developing nanotechnology Thursday.A memorandum of understanding signed Thursday on the sidelines of the 2011 St. Petersburg International Economic Forum broadens investment in the Asia Nanotechnology Fund, which was set up last September by the Russian Corporation of Nanotechnology (RUSNANO), the Singaporean Economic Development ...

  • Chit fund scam Sudipta Sen cash trail may lead to Singapore Bangkok

    probe to foreign shores. According to sources, FIU may seek the help of the international Egmont Group sharing financial information across member countries to spot money laundering. The Centre had set up the FIU-IND in November 2004, and India is a member of the Egmont Group. The Reserve Bank Of India has already decided to set up a coordination committee to look into the Ponzi and Collective ...

  • COVs at lowest level in nearly a year experts attribute slowdown to cooling measures

    Recent property cooling measures have taken a bite out of cash premiums for Housing Board flats, pushing them to the lowest level in nearly a year. The overall median cash paid above a flat's valuation (COV) has gone down from $35,000 in January to $27,000 in the first three weeks of May, according to preliminary data from the Singapore Real Estate Exchange (SRX). This is the lowest ...

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