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  • Shuttler Sai Praneeth upsets second seed in Singapore

    After sending Taufik Hidayat into retirement, India's B. Sai Praneeth caused another big upset by defeating second seed Yun Hu of Hong Kong in the men's singles first round of the Singapore Open Super Series here Wednesday. The 20-year-old Sai, ranked 61 in the world, thrashed World No.4 Hu 21-9, 21-10 in exactly half an hour at the Singapore Indoor Stadium to level his head-to-head to ...

  • Singapore demands urgent Indonesia action on smog

    SINGAPORE (AFP) - Singapore on Thursday demanded "definitive" action by Indonesia on forest fires raging in Sumatra as the two neighbours prepared for emergency talks to ease the severe smog enveloping the city-state.Singapore's air pollutant index was again hovering around the "hazardous" level of 301 at midday, close to the all-time high of 321 set the night before. ...

  • Haze update Air purifiers sold out at major stores

    Air purifiers are now sold out at most stores as hazy conditions persist with the latest Pollutant Standards Index (PSI) reaching 299 at 12noon on Thursday. -- BT FILE PHOTO: KEVIN ...

  • Haze update PSI reading hits 170 the worst since 1997

    A picture of the haze, taken at Marina Bay at 2.25pm on Wednesday, June 19, 2013. The haze in Singapore worsened considerably on Wednesday afternoon, with the Pollutant Standards Index climbing to 170 in the "unhealthy" range at 2pm. Air becomes very unhealthy when the index passes 200. -- PHOTO: ERWIN ...

  • UK issues travel advice for Singapore

    UK government has issued new travel advice for Singapore. The warning was prompted by high levels of pollution from land clearance fires in Indonesia. "Since 17 June Singapore has been experiencing high levels of pollution ("haze") from land clearance fires in Indonesia. We advise all travelers and British residents in Singapore to monitor carefully the Pollutant Standards Index ...


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Hoop Dreams [DVD]

Hoop Dreams [DVD]

Hoop Dreams is an extraordinary documentary that tracks the lives of two inner-city Chicago kids as they try to make good on their dream to make it to the NBA. Shot over a five-year period (1986-1991) and expertly edited from the subsequent 250 hours of footage, Hoop Dreams un ... ...

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  • Singapore from Bilingualism to Biculturalism

    Singapore's bilingual policy has been the cornerstone of its development "from third world to first." However, as global power shifts from the West to Asia, especially with regards to China, it may be time for Singapore to upgrade its bilingual policy to biculturalism. Singapore's bilingualism refers to the use of English and one of the three commonly heard ethnic languages, ...

  • Singapore Indonesia to hold talks on smog crisis

    SINGAPORE (AFP) - Singapore and Indonesia were scheduled to hold emergency talks on Thursday after thick smog from forest fires on Sumatra island reached unprecedented levels in the city-state.Singapore said it was sending the chief executive of the National Environment Agency (NEA), Andrew Tan, to attend an emergency meeting to be hosted by Indonesia's foreign ministry in Jakarta on the ...

  • Hospitals closing windows in subsidised B2 and C class wards to protect patients

    Patients in a Class C ward at Changi General Hospital. Hospitals are closing the windows in their subsidised B2 and C class wards to protect patients against the high level of particles in the air as the haze worsens. These wards are usually naturally ventilated, with windows open. -- ST FILE PHOTO: CHEW SENG ...

  • Ex-tour manager jailed for pocketing $49K

    A former travel company staff was jailed for 28 months on Thursday for misappropriating $49,551. Lim Kim San, 43, had admitted to misappropriating the amount from his employer, Nam Ho Travel Service, between February 25 and June 1 last year when he was working as a counter tour manager. A district court heard that he had been employed by the company in Eu Tong Sen Street since 2008. His role ...

  • 101000 Singapore millionaires in 2012

    The share market rally sharply increased the ranks of Singapore's wealthy last year. New figures out yesterday show that there were 101,000 millionaires by the end of 2012 in Singapore, a jump of 10.3 per cent over 2011. Their total wealth went through the roof as well and was estimated to have hit US$489 billion (S$615 billion), up 11.5 per cent on the 2011 level. The report by ...

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