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  • 1.5 million taxpayers use Giro to pay taxes

    More than 1.5 million taxpayers now have their taxes deducted directly from their bank accounts, instead of paying by cash or cheque, the Inland Revenue Authority of Singapore (Iras) said in a statement on Saturday, May 25, 2013. -- ST PHOTO: KUA CHEE ...

  • Police appealing for infomation on missing teenager

    The police are appealing for information on the whereabouts of 13-year-old Loh Jia Yi, Janice, who was last seen on Thursday at about 7am in an Edgefield Secondary School uniform, at Serangoon North Ave 4. -- PHOTO: SINGAPORE POLICE ...

  • Elderly and special needs children receive the Singapore Girl treatment on the ground

    Inflight Supervisor Michael Fredericks serves drinks to a table of guests at the Carnival. Instead of serving passengers on a plane, cabin crew from Singapore Airlines with some of their ground counterparts attended to 360 special needs children and the elderly at a carnival on Saturday morning. -- PHOTO: ...

  • Innovations that help the disabled elderly or unwell took top honours at start-up contest

    Innovations that help the disabled, elderly or unwell featured prominently at the finals of the 14th Start-Up@Singapore competition. These included a walking frame with detachable wheels to make it easy for the elderly to get around and a device that helps deaf people better monitor their children. Both were among the 16 prize winners at Saturday's finals held at NUS University Town. ...

  • Labour movement must always be workers-centric Swee Say

    (From left) NTUC President Diana Chia, NTUC Secretary-General Lim Swee Say and other Central Committee members participate in a Mass Zumba workout along with 3000 people at D' Marquee in Downtown East, on May 25, 2013. The labour movement must always be workers-centric and continue to look after the interests and welfare of workers here, said Mr Lim at an event to round up a month of ...


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  • Russia S.Korea Singapore sign nanotechnology cooperation deal

    Russia, South Korea and Singapore signed a cooperation deal on developing nanotechnology Thursday.A memorandum of understanding signed Thursday on the sidelines of the 2011 St. Petersburg International Economic Forum broadens investment in the Asia Nanotechnology Fund, which was set up last September by the Russian Corporation of Nanotechnology (RUSNANO), the Singaporean Economic Development ...

  • Chit fund scam Sudipta Sen cash trail may lead to Singapore Bangkok

    probe to foreign shores. According to sources, FIU may seek the help of the international Egmont Group sharing financial information across member countries to spot money laundering. The Centre had set up the FIU-IND in November 2004, and India is a member of the Egmont Group. The Reserve Bank Of India has already decided to set up a coordination committee to look into the Ponzi and Collective ...

  • COVs at lowest level in nearly a year experts attribute slowdown to cooling measures

    Recent property cooling measures have taken a bite out of cash premiums for Housing Board flats, pushing them to the lowest level in nearly a year. The overall median cash paid above a flat's valuation (COV) has gone down from $35,000 in January to $27,000 in the first three weeks of May, according to preliminary data from the Singapore Real Estate Exchange (SRX). This is the lowest ...

  • Strict safety measures for River Safari exhibit leave nothing to chance

    Their tanks are padlocked, they are microchipped and, should they breed, their eggs are destroyed.These are the living conditions of the most highly guarded creatures at the River Safari - the red-bellied piranhas.The security measures are befitting of their fearsome image, thanks to their portrayal as ferocious man-eaters in movies like Piranhas 3D.But River Safari's curator Wah Yap Hon ...

  • CAAS eases rules on travellers use of electronic devices in aircraft

    The first thing many travellers do after the plane lands is to switch on their mobile phones. Previously, they were supposed to wait until the aircraft reached the gate. But now, phones, laptops and other electronic devices can be used the moment the plane exits the runway. -- ST FILE PHOTO: ALPHONSUS ...

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