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  • Asia Flash Singapore posts improved activity indicators

    The Japanese stock market recovered somewhat today (+0.9%), after a 2-day roller-coaster ride that saw losses of -7.3% yesterday on worries of a possible QE exit by the Fed and a much weaker-than-expected outturn of China's HSBC Flash PMI for May. The volatility in Japanese equity and bond markets underscores risks of the BoJ's dramatic easing campaign and the importance that markets ...

  • Singapore celebrates Vesak Day

    Minister of State for Trade and Industry, and mayor of the North East district Teo Ser Luck (Centre L) giving out gift packs to ComCare beneficiaries of Punggol Centre on Vesak ...

  • New Catholic Archbishop holds first mass service

    Father William Goh was ordained as the Archbishop Coadjutor of Singapore on Feb 22, 2013. More than 500 people from 31 Catholic churches here gathered at the Cathedral of Good Shepherd on Friday morning to commemorate the succession of Archbishop William Goh as the fourth head of the Catholic Church here. -- ST FILE PHOTO: RAJ ...

  • Govt to award IT tenders worth $1.2b this year

    A computer user checking out the Housing and Development Board InfoWeb site. IT service providers can look forward to securing $1.2 billion worth of IT contracts from the Government this year. The contracts will let government agencies tap into cloud computing, implement IT projects in weeks and enhance the user experience of e-government services and apps. -- ST FILE PHOTO: LIM WUI ...

  • Netizens pour cold water on PUB video

    A VIDEO intended to encourage Singaporeans to save water has been derided by netizens - with one branding it "an all-time low".Its star - the national water agency's mascot Water Wally - has even been compared to a "paedophile" as he is seen walking up to a boy in a shower.The Water Wally Shower Dance clip was posted on April 15, and tells viewers to keep showers to ...


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Midnight Express [Blu-Ray]

Midnight Express [Blu-Ray]

Alan Parkers Midnight Express is a brutal and brutalizing film whose effects have diminished little in the decades since its controversial theatrical release in the late 1970s. It was both highly acclaimed, evidenced by a standing ovation at the Cannes Film Festival and s ... ...

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  • Singaporean charged with alleged football match-fixing by Hungary authorities

    BUDAPEST: Hungary has charged 45 people, including one Singaporean, as part of a probe into alleged football match-fixing.Prosecutors said the Singapore national and 44 Hungarians had allegedly rigged games in Hungary, Italy, Finland and two international ...

  • Hungary hunts shadowy Singaporean Tan mastermind of global match fixing ring

    (28 mins ago) Hungarian prosecutors have indicted a Singaporean businessman known as Dan Tan and 44 Hungarians suspected of being involved in an international match-fixing conspiracy. Tan was known as the ';boss’’ by his accomplices Chief Prosecutor Imre Keresztes said in a statement that 32 local and international matches are thought to have been manipulated by the suspects, ...

  • Fewer luxury homes sold to foreign buyers in Singapore

    home market of Singapore in the first quarter to a much greater extent than buyers from China, India and the United States. DTZ Research said Indonesian buyers bought 11 ...

  • Singapore posts surprise growth in first quarter of the year

    growth performing better than expected while inflation fell to levels not seen for more than three years. Economists say the numbers point to the resilience of the Singapore economy in the face of global headwinds and the dampening effects government policies are having on home and car prices. Workers struggling with cost- of-living pressures will welcome the news that inflation sank to 1.5 ...

  • Singapores April industrial production grows 4.7

    (MENAFN) Singapore witnessed a 4.7-percent growth in industrial production in April on year, reported Xinhua News citing the city- state's Economic Development Board (EDB).Biomedical production was the only industry to face a decline, which reached 2.7 percent during the month.April's figure is compared with a 3.8-percent fall in March and a 16.3-percent decline in February.It's ...

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