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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 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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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 will insist on definitive action at emergency haze meeting Balakrishnan

    Minister for the Environment and Water Resources Vivian Balakrishnan said Singapore will insist on definitive action at the emergency haze meeting in Jakarta on ...

  • Smoggy Singapore struggles to get to grips with pollution takes aim at companies and neighbors

    (30 mins ago) Singapore and Indonesia were scheduled to hold emergency talks today after thick smog from forest fires on Sumatra island reached unprecedented levels on the island. Parts of Malaysia have also been severely affected by the smog. Singapore said it was sending the chief executive of the National Environment Agency, Andrew Tan, to attend an emergency meeting to be hosted by ...

  • Singapore Airlines finalizes order for up to 50 more A350 XWBs

    Singapore Airlines (SIA) has increased its orders for the A350 XWB with an additional 30 A350-900s, plus options for a further 20 aircraft. The agreement firms up a commitment announced last month. Under the terms of the agreement, Singapore Airlines will be able to select either the baseline A350-900 or the larger A350-1000 when exercising the options. This is the third order from Singapore ...

  • STOCKS NEWS SINGAPORE-Index headed for biggest daily drop in a year

    Wed Jun 19, 2013 11:59pm EDT Singapore shares were headed for their biggest one-day decline in more than a year, tracking weaker global markets after Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke said the central bank would start to reduce its stimulus measures later this year. The benchmark Straits Times Index dropped nearly 2 percent on Thursday. The broadest MSCI's index of Asia-Pacific shares ...

  • Singapores Air Quality Turns Hazardous

    Singapore's air quality deteriorated to "hazardous" levels late on Wednesday as smoke from slash-and-burn land clearing in Indonesia enveloped the city-state, inflaming tensions between the Southeast Asian neighbors. Singapore, a major financial centre, will send a delegation to Jakarta on Thursday to discuss the smog that has turned its usually clear skies grey, Environment ...

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