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  • Over 30 wild animals seized from Singapore flat

    Over 30 wild animals of highly endangered species such as the slow loris, marmoset, Indian star tortoise and ball python, prohibited for being kept as pets, have been seized from a flat in Singapore during a raid, authorities said. The animals were recovered earlier this month by the country's Agri-Food and Veterinary Authority, Xinhua reported Monday. It was the largest seizure of wildlife ...

  • Baker named AP chief for Malaysia Singapore

    BANGKOK -; Mark Baker, photographer and acting bureau chief for The Associated Press in Kuala Lumpur, has been promoted to chief of bureau for Malaysia and ...

  • Singapore Indonesia tussle over haze problem

    SINGAPORE (AFP) - Smog from forest fires in Indonesia stayed at unhealthy levels in Singapore on Tuesday as the two neighbours blamed each other for the seasonal problem.Singapore's Pollutant Standards Index stood at 115 as offices opened -- still above the "unhealthy" threshold of 100 but down from the peak reached late Monday when the entire island was shrouded by a smoky ...

  • Singapore Haze Update PSI reading up to 123 at 11am

    The haze in Singapore been worsening again since early Tuesday morning, with the three-hour Pollutant Standards Index (PSI) rising to 123 at 11am. The first PSI reading of the day at 6am was 109, but by 9am it had risen to 115 and has been climbing since. Any reading above 100 means unhealthy air quality. The haze, caused by forest fires in Sumatra, Indonesia, was particularly bad at 10pm on ...

  • Haze Doctors gearing up for flood of patients affected by haze

    Pedestrians walking along a pathway along Stamford Road at 6pm on Monday. Doctors are gearing up for a flood of patients affected by the haze, which crossed into the unhealthy range yesterday. -- ST PHOTO: RAJ ...


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  • Singaporeans wake up to another hazy day as readings stay at unhealthy level

    View from Mount Sophia at 8.30am on Tuesday. Singaporeans woke up to another day of haze on Tuesday as the Pollutant Standards Index (PSI) hovered at 115 at 9am. -- PHOTO: TWITTER USER ...

  • Surprise 4.6 dip in exports last month in Singapore

    Singapore's exports fell more than expected last month on weak demand for electronics, despite signs that factories had been increasing output in recent months. Non-oil domestic exports dipped 4.6 per cent last month over a year ago, trade agency IE Singapore said yesterday. They were weighed down by electronics shipments, which declined by a larger-than-expected 13.2 per cent in the ...

  • Tourist in coma after fall from restaurants balcony

    The rooftop balcony of PS Cafe at Ann Siang Hill. The South African tourist is believed to have fallen from it when she leaned over the waist-high parapet. -- ST PHOTO: RAJ ...

  • Man jailed 6 months for hitting child burning him with iron

    A firefighter who was convicted of hitting a toddler with a plastic clothes hanger and hurting him with a heated iron was jailed for six months yesterday. The 26-year-old accused was found guilty last month of hitting the 21-month-old boy on his hand and burning his right foot at a flat in Choa Chu Kang on Jan 7, 2011. Neither he nor the victim - who is his girlfriend's nephew - can be ...

  • TV actor Julian Hee ex-principal get into driving spat

    TV actor Julian Hee has been accused of road rage by a retired school principal, who claimed that he twice cut into his lane, then "spoiled for a fight" at the roadside afterwards. Mr Adrian Cordeiro said the Chinese drama actor "flexed his muscles", plucked Mr Cordeiro's glasses from his face and threw them to the ground. When the older man put them back on, Mr Hee ...

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