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  • Japan sinks Singapore at Sudirman Cup

    Japan showed all-round strength by sweeping aside Singapore 5-0 in their group match at the Sudirman Cup here Monday. Hiroyuki Endo and Kenichi Hayakawa made it 1-0 for Japan in the men's doubles by beating Chrisnanta Danny Bawa and Terry Zhao 21-7, 21-18. World No.24 Gu Juan of Singapore was beaten by No.10 Minatsu Mitani at 21-10, 21-19 in women's singles while in men's singles, Derek Wong ...

  • 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 - ...

  • Beware online love scams women told

    Women cheated in Internet love scams will front a new campaign to educate others about the dangers of online dating. Money transfer company Western Union is coming up with the drive as it regularly receives requests from female customers to transfer money overseas to foreign men they met online. Many of the women realise later that their boyfriends - who have not met them in person - are ...

  • Robust weekend sales of mass-market condominiums

    Buyers made a beeline for recently launched mass-market projects over the weekend. The new projects high on the shopping list included Stratum in Pasir Ris, Whitehaven in Pasir Panjang and Corals at Keppel Bay, which were all launched or previewed last week. The Straits Times understands that the 380-unit Stratum moved about 190 apartments on Saturday and Sunday of the nearly 250 units ...

  • Shane Todds boss quizzed over briefing to staff

    THE supervisor of American researcher Shane Todd was grilled in court yesterday by Senior State Counsel Tai Wei Shyong. In a sudden turn of events, Mr Tai produced the transcript of an audio recording which hinted that Dr Patrick Lo tried to influence his employees' statements to the police on Dr Todd's behaviour before his death. The Singapore Institute of Microelectronics (IME) ...


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  • City Harvest trial E-mails show funding for Hos career

    In one e-mail, former accounts assistant Angie Koh (above) asked businessman Wahju Hanafi to settle certain transactions so the money would reach Mr Herz, hired to promote Ms Ho's US pop career, in two weeks. -- ST PHOTO: SEAH KWANG ...

  • Cracked rail cases share similarities SMRT says

    Two recent occurrences of rail cracks that led to delays for commuters shared three similarities, SMRT has found. The operator has been investigating the problems in an effort to prevent any similar delays and its preliminary analysis has discovered that both cracks occurred at joints located on a curved track and welded between old and new rails. Both incidents - on April 29 and last Saturday ...

  • Excess pilots SIA waives cadets bonds

    Singapore Airlines, which has too many pilots amid a business downturn, does not expect the surplus to ease any time soon. Cadet pilots have been told that until Sept 30, those who quit may have their bonds waived. The usual payback for leaving before serving the seven-year work bond can be more than $250,000, pilots said. There are 95 cadets currently in training, said SIA, which froze fresh ...

  • All-rounded students honoured at CDC awards

    She is just all of 12-years-old but Wong Ziling already holds the title Emeritus Head Prefect, has a published story and has started a community project. The Innova Primary pupil's impressive list of accomplishments has not gone unnoticed. She was one of the 29 youngsters who received the Outstanding All Rounder Student (OARS) Award at the Community Development Council (CDC) level on ...

  • Football Singapore looks forward to Atletico Madrid showcase

    Football fans in Singapore are set to get a real treat of world class footballing skills this week as Spanish King's Cup champions Atletico Madrid arrives in Singapore for a charity exhibition ...

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