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  • Indian jailed in Singapore for prostitution

    A 24-year-old Indian man has been jailed by a court in Singapore for managing a prostitution ring. Kothandan Vinod has pleaded guilty to managing three Indian women after promising each of them a salary of Rs.30,000 (S$684) to work as prostitutes in Singapore, the Straits Times reported Monday. Vinod was in Singapore on business for less than a week when he was caught. Two of the women - ...

  • Temporary closure of Marina Bay Sands bus stop on May 23

    The bus stop in front of Marina Bay Sands will be temporarily closed from 4pm to 9pm on May 23. This is to facilitate the Starcount Social Stars Award, which is being held on that night. SBS Transit Services 97 and 133 and SMRT bus service 106 will bypass the bus stop during this period. Operations at the bus stop will resume after 9pm. Both SMRT and SBS apologised for any inconvenience caused ...

  • Retailers in Singapore forced to make tough decisions amid labour crunch

    retail ers in Singapore are shutting their least profitable outlets, freezing expansion plans and even cutting opening hours. With rents going up at the same time, it seems that they have no choice. Rent and labour make up over 70 per cent of a ...

  • World Metrology Day Standard measurements important to everyday living

    While they may seem like two very different items, the clocks that set a standard time in Singapore and Changi Airport's thermal imagers which screen body temperatures share something in common. The accuracy of these items are imperative and are made possible through metrology or the science of measurement. An industry conference was held on Monday in conjunction with World Metrology Day ...

  • SMRT to inspect entire NSEW line for potential rail cracks

    An employee works on the track replacement exercise carried out by SMRT after a rail crack caused delays on the North-South Line in late April 2013. Rail operator SMRT will conduct a thorough inspection of the North-South and East-West lines to detect areas where rail cracks could potentially occur. -- ST FILE ...


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The Fire Within (Le feu follet) [DVD]

The Fire Within (Le feu follet) [DVD]

While Louis Malle is often associated with the French New Wave, largely because of the young age at which he made his first feature (he was in his early 20s) and the time period when he started making films (the late 1950s), he was always just outside that movement. Unlike Truffaut, G ... ...

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  • Spring Singapore widens its reach to cover furniture and household electrical appliances

    Spring Singapore has issued a total of 120 stop-sale notices to major and small retailers which sell children's products in the last two years. Over 600 such products were sent to the agency during this period for testing to ascertain whether they conform to applicable safety requirements. Spring Singapore has been stepping up its checks on children's products, such as toys, cots and ...

  • 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 ...

  • Three new primary schools to take in students from next year

    Northoaks Primary School in Sembawang. Three new primary schools will open for Primary One registration this year and take in students from 2014, said the Ministry of Education on Monday, May 20, 2013. -- PHOTO: ...

  • 17 major operators get on board Singapore tray-return drive

    food outlets joined islandwide efforts to encourage people to return their trays. The National Environment Agency yesterday announced that it has partnered 17 ...

  • Heavy traffic expected at land checkpoints over Vesak Day holiday

    With the Vesak Day holiday on May 24, traffic flow through the land checkpoints at Woodlands and Tuas is expected to be heavy, said the Immigration and Checkpoints Authority (ICA) in a statement on Monday, May 20, 2013. -- BH FILE PHOTO: MOHD KHALID ...

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