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  • PM Lee speaks in Tokyo of World War II memories

    Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong delivers the Keynote Speech and Dialogue at the Nikkei Conference in Imperial Hotel, Tokyo, Japan on Thursday, May 23, 2013. The Second World War holds different meaning for each generation, because of the different memories they have formed about it, said Mr Lee in Tokyo on Thursday, before illustrating the point with his personal stories of what he remembered. -- ...

  • Singapores inflation slowed to 1.5 in April

    Singapore inflation slowed to 1.5 per cent in April from 3.5 per cent in March, largely due to a big drop in certificate of entitlement (COE) premiums for ...

  • Friends and family of Shane Todd met with police at his apartment after his death

    (Left to right) Brother John, mother Mary, brother Dylan, and father Rick. Shane's other brother Chet and his wife Corynne were on a different flight at terminal 3 together with computer forensics expert Ashraf Massoud.The family left Singapore for the US this morning. -- ST FILE PHOTO: RAJ ...

  • Singapores GDP growth slows in Q1

    The Ministry of Trade and Industry says gross domestic product (GDP) climbed 0.2 per cent year-on-year in the three months to March, much slower than the preceding quarter's 1.5 per cent year-on-year ...

  • Singapore sees slower economic growth in first quarter

    (49 mins ago) Singapore's trade-sensitive economy slowed in the first quarter on sluggish demand for its exports, the government said Thursday, warning that risks remained despite improved global conditions. The Ministry of Trade and Industry said gross domestic product (GDP) climbed 0.2 percent year-on-year in the three months to March, much slower than the preceding quarter's 1.5 ...


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  • Singapore GDP growth slows

    SINGAPORE'S trade-sensitive economy slowed in the first quarter on sluggish demand for its exports, its government says, warning that risks remained despite improved global conditions. The Ministry of Trade and Industry on Thursday said gross domestic product (GDP) climbed 0.2 per cent year-on-year in the three months to March, much slower than the preceding quarter's 1.5 per cent ...

  • Man fined for stealing two $1K casino chips

    A Malaysian man was fined $3,000 on Thursday for stealing two pieces of $1,000 casino chips from a gambler. Mong Wai Cheong, 34, pleaded guilty to theft of the chips from businessman Loi Kheng Chin, 49, at a Sic Bo table at Marina Bay Sands casino on May 15. The court heard that Mr Loi placed two pieces of $1,000 chips on the "small'' betting area at the Sic Bo table. He left ...

  • NTU medical school to pioneer use of plastinated bodies in teaching

    Singapore's newest medical school at Nanyang Technological University (NTU) will be pioneering the use of plastinated bodies for medical education in Singapore. These are real human bodies donated to science, preserved via the method of plastination, and will be used to teach anatomy. It will be ready for the first batch of 54 medical students this August. The Lee Kong Chian School of ...

  • Family of Shane Todd returns to the US Hopes to initiate a Congressional probe

    Mrs Mary Todd speaking to a reporter at Changi Airport terminal 1 this morning. The Todd family left Singapore for the US this morning. -- ST PHOTO: RAJ ...

  • UMC Singapore unit expands and puts focus on RD

    United Microelectronics (UMC) announced on May 22 that its 12-inch fab in Singapore has turned into a dedicated R&D facility for advanced specialty process ...

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