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  • NTU students invent Block-It-Out drain cover that stops mosquitoes from breeding

    An auto-close drain cover that will block mosquitoes from entering the drain to breed, while allowing a large amount of water to flow through during heavy downpours. A "near collision" alarm system fitted with an ultrasonic sensor and LED lights that will alert the cyclist via a beeping alarm when a vehicle gets too close. These are just some of the devices students from the Nanyang ...

  • Pimp of Indian vice ring jailed for 6 months

    An Indian national, who managed three prostitutes from his country, was jailed for six months on Monday. Kothandan Vinoth, 24, was in business here for less than a week. He had pleaded guilty to bringing in the women into Singapore and living on their prostitution earnings. A district court heard that the women, all Indian nationals, were offered air tickets and promised a monthly salary of ...

  • Stanchart employee charged with pocketing $500K

    A chief cashier of Standard Chartered Bank was charged on Monday with pocketing $500,000 from the Serangoon Garden Way branch. Koh Mui Hoong, 47, is alleged to have committed criminal breach of trust as a servant between the second week of January and second week of May this year. She is remanded at Ang Mo Kio police divison for a week for further investigation. Police arrested the suspect on ...

  • 2500 members of the public will get chance to walk through the F1 pit lane

    Riders come in to finish their race at The Pit Building. OCBC Cycle 201 on Sunday, April 28, 2013. For the first time, 2,500 members of the public will be able to experience walking through the Formula 1 pit lane where they can view the F1 garages up close, and enjoy live performances and interactive games at the F1 Village in Zone 1. -- ST FILE PHOTO: MUGILAN ...

  • City Harvest trial Witness said she was not told about background of transactions

    One of the witnesses to take the stand, Angie Koh (in black dress), arrives at the Subordinate Courts for the third day of trial on 20 May 2013. The prosecution tried to show on Monday that a few of the accused church leaders in the City Harvest trial had plotted the movement of millions of dollars, while leaving others out of the loop on their plan. -- ST PHOTO: SEAH KWANG ...


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Open Range

Open Range

Kevin Costners Open Range has one of the best Western shootouts ever committed to celluloid. It takes up nearly 20 minutes of the film, and in it Costner depicts with frightening clarity the reality of what it must have been like to exchange rounds with six-shooters and shotguns. The violence is sharp, sudden, and loud. The guns fire with a boom that echoes throughout the empty main street ... ...

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  • PM Lee Workplace safety improving but more needs to be done

    Singapore has improved on workplace safety and health, but the fatality rate still exceeds that of developed countries, Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong said on Monday. Workplace fatality rate has halved from four in 100,000 employees in 2005 to 2.1 last year. This is higher than that of Britain (0.6), Germany (0.7) and Australia (1.9), noted Mr Lee. He urged employers and workers to reach the ...

  • Our Singapore Conversation sessions on jobs to be held next month

    Jobs will be the focus of four Our Singapore Conversation (OSC) sessions held by the Manpower Ministry in June. -- ST FILE PHOTO: DESMOND ...

  • Sri Lanka ready to purchase fuel from Singapore company

    Sri Lanka's Petroleum Industries Minister Anura Priyadarshana Yapa yesterday said that if PV Oil Singapore came up with a fresh satisfactory proposal the Ceylon Petroleum Corporation (CPC) would purchase gas oil from the same company in the future. Minister Yapa ...

  • Singapore Oman reaffirm bilateral ties

    SINGAPORE - The leaders of Singapore and Oman have reaffirmed the excellent state of bilateral relations and discussed new ways to boost relations to the next level under the Oman-Singapore Enhanced Partnership. Minister for Foreign Affairs and Minister for Law K Shanmugam met Oman's Minister Responsible for Foreign Affairs Yousuf Alawi Abdullah and Secretary-General of the Ministry of ...

  • Singapore Stocks - Factors to watch on May 20

    Following are some company-related and market news which could have an impact on the local market. --------------------MARKET SNAPSHOT @ 0002 GMT--------- INSTRUMENT LAST PCT CHG NET CHG S&P 500 1667.47 1.03% 17.000 USD/JPY 102.77 -0.15% -0.150 10-YR US TSY YLD 1.9559 -- 0.002 SPOT GOLD 1347.24 -0.84% -11.460 US CRUDE 95.85 -0.18% -0.170 DOW JONES 15354.40 0.80% 121.18 ...

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