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  • UAE Singapore discuss global development

    The United Arab Emirates (UAE) and Singapore have held talks over international development. The talks were held between UAE's minister for international cooperation and development, Sheikha Lubna bint Khalid al-Qasimi and visiting Singaporean minister for foreign affairs K. Shanmugam and his delegation. Both sides discussed ways to support efforts in international development, stimulating the ...

  • PM Lee on Japan FTA Lets go for ambitious review

    Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong (left) poses with Japan Prime Minister Shinzo Abe at the Kantei, Tokyo, Japan on Wednesday, May 22, 2013. Singapore would like the ongoing review of its free trade agreement (FTA) with Japan to be an "ambitious review", and not one resulting in just minor adjustments, Mr Lee said in Tokyo on Wednesday, after meetings with its top leaders. -- ST PHOTO: LIN ...

  • Office bullying video sparks outcry in Singapore

    SINGAPORE -- A Singapore company supervisor caught on video slapping a male intern is in trouble after the clip went viral on the web and sparked a public outcry. Police confirmed to AFP that a complaint had been lodged against the supervisor, who works at a software company, and the manpower ministry said it had also been alerted about the alleged case of workplace abuse. The 17-second ...

  • Taiwans UMC sets up RD centre in Singapore

    TAIPEI (AFP) - Taiwan's United Microelectronics Corporation (UMC), a leading microchip maker, Wednesday said it has spent $110 million setting up a research and development unit in Singapore.The unit will undertake R&D collaborations with local research institutes, such as Singapore's Institute of Microelectronics, the company said in a statement.UMC is the world's third ...

  • Ex-engineer gets nine months for cheating two women of luxury handbags

    Goh Lee Yin arrives at the Subcourt for sentencing on Wednesday, May 22, 2013. Goh was sentenced to nine months' jail on Wednesday for cheating two victims of $97,000 over the purchase of luxury Hermes handbags. -- ST PHOTO: SEAH KWANG ...


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Garden State [DVD]

Garden State [DVD]

Zack Braff looks like an ordinary guy, which is intrinsic to his appeal. As J.D., the central character of the often-surreal TV hospital comedy Scrubs, he has grounded himself as an identifiable everyguy who spends much of his life, like many of us do, confounded by the world aroun ... ...

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  • Car COEs head higher in latest bidding for May

    Potential car buyers and members of the public at a Toyota showroom. Certificate of entitlement (COE) for cars ended higher at the latest tender Wednesday as the prospect of more changes that could lead to higher costs triggered a small buying frenzy. -- FILE PHOTO: NEO ...

  • UPDATE 2-DBS-Danamon deal hinges on Singapores invite to Indonesian banks

    Wed May 22, 2013 5:25am EDT (Recasts, adds Indonesia bank law proposal, analyst quotes) By Saeed Azhar and Janeman Latul SINGAPORE/JAKARTA May 22 (Reuters) - Southeast Asia's largest bank merger now depends largely on cooperation between Singaporean authorities and Indonesian politicians. Indonesia's central bank gave Singapore's DBS Group Holdings Ltd its long-awaited approval on ...

  • New leadership programme to help civil servants become specialists

    Office workers walk in Raffles Place on Nov 6, 2012. A new leadership programme was launched to help civil servants become specialists in their respective fields. -- ST FILE PHOTO: RAJ ...

  • Bullying Singaporean boss deals office blows

    (5 mins ago) A Singaporean company supervisor caught on video slapping a male intern is in trouble after the clip went viral on the web and sparked a public outcry. Police confirmed to AFP that a complaint had been lodged against the supervisor, who works at a software company, and the manpower ministry said it had also been alerted about the alleged case of workplace abuse. The 17-second ...

  • New E-exam for students taking this years A-level Mother Tongue Language B paper

    The Education Ministry will introduce "e-examination" for mother tongue starting from this year's A-level Mother Tongue Language "B" exam. For the first time, computer-based writing will be introduced. Some 300 junior college students under the Mother Tongue Language B programme will complete their functional writing on a computer, where they will type out either an ...

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