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  • 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 ...

  • Lubna Al Qasimi and Singaporean FM discuss joint efforts in International Development

    WAM ABU DHABI, May 21st, 2013 -- Sheikha Lubna bint Khalid Al Qasimi, Minister of International Cooperation and Development, has held extensive talks with the Singaporean Minister for Foreign Affairs, K. Shanmugam and his delegation, on ways to support efforts in international development, stimulating the response to crises and providing emergency humanitarian support to those affected, in ...

  • North West CDC steps up anti-dengue awareness campaign for June holidays

    Ms Laverne Ong (left) and son Silas Lin, look at the mosquitoes during the launch of MozzieFree Homes. With some families planning to spend the June holidays overseas, the North West Community Development Council (CDC) is stepping up its preventive measures against dengue. It has launched an initiative called Mozzie-Free Homes and is working with five travel agencies, schools and grassroots ...

  • ST Super Fan contest Siblings win with Gangnam Style

    Felicia, at left, and Valerie with their brother Rexford doing the Gangnam Style dance in front of France's Eiffel Tower last year. -- PHOTOS: NEO XIAOBIN, ...

  • Singapore may give Indonesian banks more access in boost to DBS

    SINGAPORE | Tue May 21, 2013 8:42am EDT SINGAPORE May 21 (Reuters) - Singapore's central bank said on Tuesday it is exploring the possibility of giving Indonesian banks greater access to the city-state's market, in a move that may help Southeast Asia's largest bank DBS Group get majority control of Bank Danamon. Its announcement follows Indonesia's central bank's ...


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Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (Wo hu zang long) [Blu-Ray]

Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (Wo hu zang long) [Blu-Ray]

If there is one thing few American directors have achieved, it is an elegant action movie. Most American action movies are loud and bombastic, full of sound and fury but signifying virtually nothing other than clumsy escapism. This is not say that they don't work in ... ...

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  • Laws alone cant fix unfair hiring here

    My Paper Tuesday, May 21, 2013 Some Singaporeans have expressed anxiety over perceived discriminatory practices at their workplaces, such as foreign managers hiring from their own home country. This has, in turn, led to calls for the Government to implement anti-discrimination laws, said Acting Manpower Minister Tan Chuan-Jin yesterday. He said: "I would suggest that this is not just ...

  • US scientists family walks out of Singapore inquest

    SINGAPORE (AFP) - The family of a US scientist found hanged last year in Singapore walked out of a coroner's inquiry into his death Tuesday, saying they had "lost faith" in the proceedings.The move came after their star witness, a US pathologist who never examined the body, came under intense questioning for saying Shane Todd may have been killed by assassins after quitting a ...

  • M1 to plug 3G gaps in homes offices using femtocell service

    Customers at the M1 shop in Paragon shopping mall on Jan 17, 2013. M1 customers with little or no 3G connections at home or in the office may be able to find quick relief in a new service aimed at plugging the connection gaps. -- ST FILE PHOTO: DESMOND ...

  • Subordinate Court judges to wear robes when presiding over open hearings starting Thurs

    From Thursday, judges in the Subordinate Courts will wear robes when presiding over open court hearings. Currently, they are required only to dress formally. The use of the robe however does not apply to chamber hearings. It is the first of many initiatives in the pipeline to enhance the standing of the Subordinate Courts. The Subordinate Courts said in a media release on Tuesday that this is ...

  • Singapores First Home-Grown Influenza Vaccine In Phase 1 Clinical Trial

    The vaccine based on Cytos' Virus-Like Particle technology may open the door to accelerated production of influenza vaccines in Singapore Singapore's Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR) and Switzerland's Cytos Biotechnology AG today announced that the first healthy volunteer has been dosed in a Phase 1 clinical trial with ...

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