Provides the latest RSS feeds for Singapore News. For more headlines on Breaking, National, Business, Finance, Sports and World News, visit our home page Singapore Star.com http://www.singaporestar.com/index.php/cat/a677a0718b69db72/ en-us Wed, 19 Jun 2013 00:50:30 -0400 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 00:50:30 -0400 30 Indian shuttlers P.C. Thulasi, Arundhati Pantawane and B. Sai Praneeth entered the main draw after winning the qualification rounds of their respective categories at the Singapore Open Super Series here Tuesday. Sai Praneeth, who sent legendary Taufik Hidayat into retirement last week, won both his men's singles qualification matches. The youngster beat Japanese Riichi Takeshita 21-12, 22-20 in ... http://www.singaporestar.com/index.php/sid/215267793/scat/a677a0718b69db72 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 07:20:02 -0400 http://www.singaporestar.com/index.php/sid/215267793/scat/a677a0718b69db72 A safe and efficient transportation system is one of the highlights of Singapore's Changi Airport. Its credit goes to Japanese signal maker Kyosan, which introduced the signal system automated electric sky train. The electric sky trains, equipped with rubber tyres, are eco-friendly and help passengers move from one terminal to another. Kyosan has provided the technology for eco-friendly ... http://www.singaporestar.com/index.php/sid/215267785/scat/a677a0718b69db72 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 07:10:03 -0400 http://www.singaporestar.com/index.php/sid/215267785/scat/a677a0718b69db72 Ravi Kumar, an alumnus of the Indian Institute of Technology -Madras (IIT-M), has been appointed dean of the Nanyang Business School (NBS) in Singapore's Nanyang Technological University (NTU), it was announced Tuesday. In a press release issued by the university, Kumar, 61, has been described as "an academic heavyweight with a good blend of east-west experience". Ravi Kumar comes to Singapore ... http://www.singaporestar.com/index.php/sid/215266773/scat/a677a0718b69db72 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 06:10:02 -0400 http://www.singaporestar.com/index.php/sid/215266773/scat/a677a0718b69db72 National Development Minister Khaw Boon Wan views a vacant completed unit, a 4-room HDB flat at Block 886C, Treegrove@ Woodlands. Rental increases will now be waived for two years for those whose incomes cross a $800 a month threshold, said National Development Minister Khaw Boon Wan in a blog post on Wednesday. -- PHOTO: ... http://www.singaporestar.com/index.php/sid/215286619/scat/a677a0718b69db72 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 00:18:31 -0400 http://www.singaporestar.com/index.php/sid/215286619/scat/a677a0718b69db72 A deliveryman was charged in court on Wednesday with murdering a fellow colleague at a timber company in Kranji on Monday. -- THE NEW PAPER PHOTO: CHOO CHEE ... http://www.singaporestar.com/index.php/sid/215286620/scat/a677a0718b69db72 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 00:18:29 -0400 http://www.singaporestar.com/index.php/sid/215286620/scat/a677a0718b69db72 The haze in Singapore eased slightly at noon on Tuesday, with the three-hour Pollutant Standards Index (PSI) dipping to 114 at noon, down from 123 an hour ago. But air quality remained in the unhealthy range, which is anything over 100. The 24-hour average concentration of PM2.5, or very fine particulate matter, was between 154 and 186 micrograms per cubic metre at noon, a rise from 145-179 at ... http://www.singaporestar.com/index.php/sid/215286621/scat/a677a0718b69db72 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 00:18:27 -0400 http://www.singaporestar.com/index.php/sid/215286621/scat/a677a0718b69db72 The government of Singapore has set up a committee to develop a national masterplan for the information and communications sector as well as the media, authorities said on Tuesday.The Infocomm Media Masterplan Steering Committee is expected to spend the next two years working with the private and public sectors on the masterplan.The committee, which has 14 members, is led by Koh Boon Hwee, who ... http://www.singaporestar.com/index.php/sid/215284832/scat/a677a0718b69db72 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 21:58:05 -0400 http://www.singaporestar.com/index.php/sid/215284832/scat/a677a0718b69db72 The operating results for May 2013 are given in the table below: In May 2013, Singapore Airlines' system wide passenger carriage (measured in revenue passenger kilometres) increased 1.3% on the back of 3.1% growth in capacity (measured in available seat kilometers). Consequently, passenger load factor (PLF) fell by 1.2 percentage points to 74.6%. The number of passengers carried ... http://www.singaporestar.com/index.php/sid/215284560/scat/a677a0718b69db72 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 21:56:16 -0400 http://www.singaporestar.com/index.php/sid/215284560/scat/a677a0718b69db72 HDB flats in construction. More than $1 billion in grants has been given out by the Government to help low-income households get on the property ladder by buying their first HDB flat. -- ST FILE PHOTO: SEAH KWANG ... http://www.singaporestar.com/index.php/sid/215283953/scat/a677a0718b69db72 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 20:58:59 -0400 http://www.singaporestar.com/index.php/sid/215283953/scat/a677a0718b69db72 SINGAPOREANS are taking their own precautions as hazy conditions persist by stocking up on products to protect themselves. Sales of products such as face masks and eye drops surged over the past few days, as the three-hour Pollutant Standards Index (PSI) reached a high of 155 on Monday night. At Watsons, face mask and eye drop sales rose by 80 per cent and 50 per cent respectively, said its ... http://www.singaporestar.com/index.php/sid/215283954/scat/a677a0718b69db72 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 20:58:58 -0400 http://www.singaporestar.com/index.php/sid/215283954/scat/a677a0718b69db72 A poster on the free MRT ride scheme. Commuters who exit 16 stations in the city before 7.45am get to travel for free. -- ST PHOTO: MARK ... http://www.singaporestar.com/index.php/sid/215283955/scat/a677a0718b69db72 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 20:58:57 -0400 http://www.singaporestar.com/index.php/sid/215283955/scat/a677a0718b69db72 Injured navy serviceman Jason Chee has been taking part in sports regularly - despite losing both legs, his left arm and three fingers on his right hand. The 30-year-old - who suffered a devastating accident on a ship last December - does so with the help of the Singapore Disability Sports Council. He especially enjoys playing table tennis, which he is able to do using prosthetic fingers. In ... http://www.singaporestar.com/index.php/sid/215283956/scat/a677a0718b69db72 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 20:58:56 -0400 http://www.singaporestar.com/index.php/sid/215283956/scat/a677a0718b69db72 Both local and overseas parties have expressed interest in buying the Singapore Flyer, less than three weeks after the attraction at Marina Promenade was placed under receivership by its main lender. -- ST FILE PHOTO: NEO ... http://www.singaporestar.com/index.php/sid/215283957/scat/a677a0718b69db72 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 20:58:55 -0400 http://www.singaporestar.com/index.php/sid/215283957/scat/a677a0718b69db72 Singapore maid agencies are being barred from taking out new licences to source for workers in the Philippines in a move by Manila to crack down on firms flouting its rules. -- ST ILLUSTRATION: MANNY ... http://www.singaporestar.com/index.php/sid/215283958/scat/a677a0718b69db72 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 20:58:54 -0400 http://www.singaporestar.com/index.php/sid/215283958/scat/a677a0718b69db72 The Singapore Open kicked off Tuesday, but a large-scale withdrawal on the eve of competition has robbed the tournament of several seeded players after superstars Lin Dan and Lee Chong Wei also chose to skip the event.Eleven players pulled out on Monday, citing fatigue and injury, though many may be keen to avoid exerting themselves in what is the last Super Series event before the world ... http://www.singaporestar.com/index.php/sid/215275063/scat/a677a0718b69db72 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 13:08:02 -0400 http://www.singaporestar.com/index.php/sid/215275063/scat/a677a0718b69db72 Singapore's worst air pollution in 16 years sparked diplomatic tension on Tuesday, as it urged Indonesia to provide data on company names and concession maps to enable it to act against plantation firms that allow slash-and-burn farming.Singapore's environment minister made the request to his Indonesian counterpart by telephone as air pollution on the island hit unhealthy levels for a ... http://www.singaporestar.com/index.php/sid/215274568/scat/a677a0718b69db72 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 13:07:58 -0400 http://www.singaporestar.com/index.php/sid/215274568/scat/a677a0718b69db72 SMOG from forest fires on Indonesia's Sumatra island has eased in Singapore but the city-state continued to press its larger neighbour to solve the recurring ... http://www.singaporestar.com/index.php/sid/215273553/scat/a677a0718b69db72 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 11:44:52 -0400 http://www.singaporestar.com/index.php/sid/215273553/scat/a677a0718b69db72 The police have arrested a 16-year-old for allegedly assaulting and robbing a female victim in the vicinity of Hougang Avenue 1. About two weeks ago, the 39-year old victim was returning home from work past midnight. At the void deck of her flat, an unknown person came from behind and started assaulting her. The male assailant then grabbed her handbag, which contained cash, valuables and a ... http://www.singaporestar.com/index.php/sid/215272235/scat/a677a0718b69db72 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 11:03:01 -0400 http://www.singaporestar.com/index.php/sid/215272235/scat/a677a0718b69db72 Fitch: Spanish Floor Clause Ruling May Reduce Excess Spread A recent Spanish Supreme Court ruling could cause lenders to stop applying floor clauses that set minimum interest rates in mortgage contracts, and so reduce excess spread in Spanish RMBS transactions, Fitch Ratings says. The presence of interest rate floors in mortgage contracts has bolstered excess spread during the recent period of ... http://www.singaporestar.com/index.php/sid/215272029/scat/a677a0718b69db72 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 10:36:00 -0400 http://www.singaporestar.com/index.php/sid/215272029/scat/a677a0718b69db72 A photo of the haze, taken at the Istana, that was posted on Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong's Facebook page. Mr Lee said on Tuesday, June 18, 2013, that the Government is monitoring the haze situation closely and will stay in touch with the Indonesian authorities. -- PHOTO: FACEBOOK OF PRIME MINISTER LEE HSIEN ... http://www.singaporestar.com/index.php/sid/215270875/scat/a677a0718b69db72 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 09:56:24 -0400 http://www.singaporestar.com/index.php/sid/215270875/scat/a677a0718b69db72 Singapore 's main measure to determine air quality, crept into the "unhealthy" classification reaching a reading of 155, the highest level since late 1997, when it hit 226.Smoke haze is a nearly annual problem for Singapore and its northern ... http://www.singaporestar.com/index.php/sid/215270470/scat/a677a0718b69db72 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 09:39:49 -0400 http://www.singaporestar.com/index.php/sid/215270470/scat/a677a0718b69db72 Fitch: Spanish Floor Clause Ruling May Reduce Excess Spread A recent Spanish Supreme Court ruling could cause lenders to stop applying floor clauses that set minimum interest rates in mortgage contracts, and so reduce excess spread in Spanish RMBS transactions, Fitch Ratings says. The presence of interest rate floors in mortgage contracts has bolstered excess spread during the recent period of ... http://www.singaporestar.com/index.php/sid/215270377/scat/a677a0718b69db72 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 09:29:35 -0400 http://www.singaporestar.com/index.php/sid/215270377/scat/a677a0718b69db72 Indonesia is being asked by Singapore to get control of its forest fires after the pollutant index in the air rose to a staggering 155 on Monday, the highest it’s been since 2006. Officials asked employers to provide masks to anyone spending time outside during work, and children and the elderly were advised not to spend too much time outdoors. The scent of burning wood and a smoky haze ... http://www.singaporestar.com/index.php/sid/215269393/scat/a677a0718b69db72 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 08:26:25 -0400 http://www.singaporestar.com/index.php/sid/215269393/scat/a677a0718b69db72 SINGAPORE (AFP) - More than 30 wild animals, including pythons, tortoises, a slow loris and a marmoset have been seized from a flat in Singapore in the city's largest such haul of banned wildlife in more than a decade, a government agency said Tuesday.The owner, who kept the animals in a public housing apartment, could be jailed for two years and fined up to Sg$500,000 ($297,000), the ... http://www.singaporestar.com/index.php/sid/215268218/scat/a677a0718b69db72 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 07:50:46 -0400 http://www.singaporestar.com/index.php/sid/215268218/scat/a677a0718b69db72 Foreign observers and investors continue to see India as a positive growth story, even as domestic players cower in the shadow of their own ... http://www.singaporestar.com/index.php/sid/215268225/scat/a677a0718b69db72 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 07:18:57 -0400 http://www.singaporestar.com/index.php/sid/215268225/scat/a677a0718b69db72 THE panel tasked to look into ways to strengthen the commitment to National Service held its second meeting on Tuesday, ahead of its first focus group discussion with members of the public this Saturday. Defence Minister Ng Eng Hen chaired the second meeting of the Committee to Strengthen National Service at the Infantry Training Institute, said the Defence Ministry in a statement on Tuesday. ... http://www.singaporestar.com/index.php/sid/215267339/scat/a677a0718b69db72 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 06:45:40 -0400 http://www.singaporestar.com/index.php/sid/215267339/scat/a677a0718b69db72 One of the heritage trails in Learning Development Resources' (LDR) Interactive Heritage Trails mobile programme. The four-year-old local start-up will be licensing its technology to a publishing firm in Brunei to help develop similar learning apps for schools in Brunei. -- FILE PHOTO: ... http://www.singaporestar.com/index.php/sid/215267340/scat/a677a0718b69db72 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 06:45:39 -0400 http://www.singaporestar.com/index.php/sid/215267340/scat/a677a0718b69db72 A young man who made a 12-year-old pregnant after having sex with her was placed on probation on Tuesday. The 21-year-old accused was 18 when he first had sex with the girl, then 11, after meeting her through an online dance game called Audition Sea in 2010. He had pleaded guilty to two of five counts of having underage sex between 2010 and 2011. A Community Court heard that after they became ... http://www.singaporestar.com/index.php/sid/215267341/scat/a677a0718b69db72 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 06:45:38 -0400 http://www.singaporestar.com/index.php/sid/215267341/scat/a677a0718b69db72 Wong Kong Wai, 39, was jailed for five months on Tuesday for housebreaking, transmitting obscene material and insulting a woman's modesty. He had pleaded guilty in April this year. -- ST FILE PHOTO: WONG KWAI ... http://www.singaporestar.com/index.php/sid/215266377/scat/a677a0718b69db72 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 05:41:35 -0400 http://www.singaporestar.com/index.php/sid/215266377/scat/a677a0718b69db72 The police arrested a 40-year-old man this morning for holding a taxi driver at knifepoint and robbing him. At about 1.45am, the suspect boarded a taxi along Marina Boulevard, and directed the driver to take him to Lim Chu Kang Muslim Cemetery. But upon reaching the destination, the suspect threatened the driver with a knife and forced him to hand over his money and mobile phone. He then ... http://www.singaporestar.com/index.php/sid/215266378/scat/a677a0718b69db72 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 05:41:34 -0400 http://www.singaporestar.com/index.php/sid/215266378/scat/a677a0718b69db72 The six teams representing Singapore at the annual Shell Eco-Marathon Asia showcased their projects today, ahead of next month's competition in Kuala Lumpur. -- ST PHOTO: DESMOND ... http://www.singaporestar.com/index.php/sid/215266379/scat/a677a0718b69db72 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 05:41:33 -0400 http://www.singaporestar.com/index.php/sid/215266379/scat/a677a0718b69db72 A man became the 20th person to be sentenced to jail for paid sex with an escort in the online vice ring case. -- ST POSED PHOTO: WANG HUI ... http://www.singaporestar.com/index.php/sid/215265405/scat/a677a0718b69db72 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 04:38:48 -0400 http://www.singaporestar.com/index.php/sid/215265405/scat/a677a0718b69db72 The Nanyang Technological University (NTU) has appointed a new dean for its business school. Professor Ravi Kumar, 61, former vice-dean for international programmes and graduate programmes at the University of Southern California's Marshall Business School, will take over as dean of Nanyang Business School. -- PHOTO: ... http://www.singaporestar.com/index.php/sid/215265406/scat/a677a0718b69db72 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 04:38:47 -0400 http://www.singaporestar.com/index.php/sid/215265406/scat/a677a0718b69db72 The haze in Singapore eased on Tuesday afternoon, with the PSI reading back in the moderate range. At 4pm, the reading was 85, continuing its slide since late ... http://www.singaporestar.com/index.php/sid/215265407/scat/a677a0718b69db72 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 04:26:26 -0400 http://www.singaporestar.com/index.php/sid/215265407/scat/a677a0718b69db72 People visit the Merlion Park, which is blanketed in a thick haze, in Singapore on June 18, 2013. The worst episode of haze here in 16 years has prompted Environment and Water Resources Minister Vivian Balakrishnan to urge commercial pressure against firms causing the haze. -- PHOTO: ... http://www.singaporestar.com/index.php/sid/215264475/scat/a677a0718b69db72 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 03:33:51 -0400 http://www.singaporestar.com/index.php/sid/215264475/scat/a677a0718b69db72 The Li-Ning Singapore Open kicked off on Tuesday, with several of the top players absent in the men's singles event.The absentees include 2010 champion and Olympic bronze medalist Sony Dwi Kuncoro of Indonesia in the men's singles.Previously, China's Olympic gold medallist Lin Dan, who had stayed away from the court in the months after the London Olympic Games and started playing ... http://www.singaporestar.com/index.php/sid/215264310/scat/a677a0718b69db72 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 03:25:25 -0400 http://www.singaporestar.com/index.php/sid/215264310/scat/a677a0718b69db72 (29 mins ago) A large-scale withdrawal on the eve of competition has robbed badminton's Singapore Open of several seeded players after superstars Lin Dan and Lee Chong Wei also chose to skip the event. Eleven players pulled out yesterday, citing fatigue and injury, though many may be keen to avoid exerting themselves in what is the last Super Series event before the world championships in ... http://www.singaporestar.com/index.php/sid/215264312/scat/a677a0718b69db72 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 03:11:36 -0400 http://www.singaporestar.com/index.php/sid/215264312/scat/a677a0718b69db72 Two men were charged in court on Tuesday with rioting over last Saturday's attack on a full-time national serviceman at Cathay Cineleisure Orchard. Mizra Abdul Azman, 23, and Muhammad Fahmi Razali, 20, are alleged to have been members of an unlawful assembly with three others to cause hurt to NSF Wilson Siau 20, while armed with a parang each at 9.12pm at Grange Road. Mr Siau is in ... http://www.singaporestar.com/index.php/sid/215263578/scat/a677a0718b69db72 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 02:30:57 -0400 http://www.singaporestar.com/index.php/sid/215263578/scat/a677a0718b69db72 Police have arrested a 26-year-old man for murder. The officers were informed of a fight at about 5.40pm on Monday at Kranji Loop. When police arrived, a 35-year-old man was pronounced dead by paramedics at the scene. The offence carries the death ... http://www.singaporestar.com/index.php/sid/215263577/scat/a677a0718b69db72 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 02:30:56 -0400 http://www.singaporestar.com/index.php/sid/215263577/scat/a677a0718b69db72 SINGAPORE - Singaporeans rolled back military training, kept cough-stricken children indoors and considered wearing protective masks to work Tuesday after a smoky haze triggered by forest fires in neighbouring Indonesia caused air pollution to briefly hit its worst level in nearly 16 years. The Pollutant Standards Index, Singapore's main measure to determine air quality, crept into the ... http://www.singaporestar.com/index.php/sid/215263451/scat/a677a0718b69db72 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 02:02:19 -0400 http://www.singaporestar.com/index.php/sid/215263451/scat/a677a0718b69db72 SINGAPORE (AFP) - The family of an American scientist found hanged in Singapore last year dismissed on Tuesday the city-state's findings that he committed suicide as "a sham and a cover-up" for a murder."I am not surprised by the state's findings because the state refused to consider murder, they only investigated suicide," Mary Todd, mother of the late electronics ... http://www.singaporestar.com/index.php/sid/215262581/scat/a677a0718b69db72 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 01:29:48 -0400 http://www.singaporestar.com/index.php/sid/215262581/scat/a677a0718b69db72 An attempt by a suspected drug abuser to bribe himself out of trouble on Sunday failed when a Central Narcotics Bureau (CNB) officer rejected the $13,300 he offered to let him off the hook -- ST FILE PHOTO : WANG HUI ... http://www.singaporestar.com/index.php/sid/215262738/scat/a677a0718b69db72 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 01:27:50 -0400 http://www.singaporestar.com/index.php/sid/215262738/scat/a677a0718b69db72 SINGAPORE: The government has set up a new committee to chart Singapore's infocomm and media direction till 2025.The committee will spend the next two years working with the private and public sectors to deliver a masterplan to shape the country's information landscape.It has 14 members and is led by Mr Koh Boon Hwee, who previously chaired the Media Convergence Review Panel.The ... http://www.singaporestar.com/index.php/sid/215262739/scat/a677a0718b69db72 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 01:16:56 -0400 http://www.singaporestar.com/index.php/sid/215262739/scat/a677a0718b69db72 The family of an American scientist found hanged in Singapore last year dismissed the island’s findings that he committed suicide as ';a sham and a cover-up'' for a murder. ';I am not surprised by the state's findings because the state refused to consider murder, they only investigated suicide,'' Mary Todd, mother of the late electronics engineer Shane ... http://www.singaporestar.com/index.php/sid/215262592/scat/a677a0718b69db72 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 01:07:24 -0400 http://www.singaporestar.com/index.php/sid/215262592/scat/a677a0718b69db72 BANGKOK - Mark Baker, photographer and acting bureau chief for The Associated Press in Kuala Lumpur, has been promoted to chief of bureau for Malaysia and Singapore. The appointment was announced Tuesday by Brian Carovillano, the AP's Asia-Pacific news director. Baker joined the AP in 2003 in Sydney as chief photographer responsible for photo coverage for Australia, New Zealand and the ... http://www.singaporestar.com/index.php/sid/215262595/scat/a677a0718b69db72 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 00:59:33 -0400 http://www.singaporestar.com/index.php/sid/215262595/scat/a677a0718b69db72 SINGAPORE (AFP) - A large-scale withdrawal on the eve of competition has robbed badminton's Singapore Open of several seeded players after superstars Lin Dan and Lee Chong Wei also chose to skip the event.Eleven players pulled out on Monday, citing fatigue and injury, though many may be keen to avoid exerting themselves in what is the last Super Series event before the world championships in ... http://www.singaporestar.com/index.php/sid/215261744/scat/a677a0718b69db72 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 00:26:39 -0400 http://www.singaporestar.com/index.php/sid/215261744/scat/a677a0718b69db72 Dr Yaacob Ibrahim, Minister for Information and Communication, and Minister in-charge of Muslim Affairs being interviewed on the book published by the Religious Rehabilitation Group (EEG).Singapore, Brunei Darussalam, Indonesia and Malaysia have agreed to set aside TV broadcasting airwaves for mobile broadband use. -- BH FILE PHOTO: TUNI ... http://www.singaporestar.com/index.php/sid/215261868/scat/a677a0718b69db72 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 00:24:41 -0400 http://www.singaporestar.com/index.php/sid/215261868/scat/a677a0718b69db72 (29 mins ago) Smog from forest fires in Indonesia stayed at unhealthy levels in Singapore today as the two neighbors blamed each other for the seasonal problem. Singapore's Pollutant Standards Index stood at 115 as offices opened – still above the ';unhealthy’’ threshold of 100 but down from the peak reached late yesterday when the entire island was shrouded by a ... http://www.singaporestar.com/index.php/sid/215261767/scat/a677a0718b69db72 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 00:03:42 -0400 http://www.singaporestar.com/index.php/sid/215261767/scat/a677a0718b69db72 ST Engineering Ltd rose 2.6 percent and topped gainers on the benchmark index after DBS Vickers Securities said the stock's recent decline was unjustified as it offered upside from a recovery in the United States. "Visible growth drivers are in ... http://www.singaporestar.com/index.php/sid/215262157/scat/a677a0718b69db72 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 23:45:38 -0400 http://www.singaporestar.com/index.php/sid/215262157/scat/a677a0718b69db72 Pedestrians walking along a pathway along Stamford Road at 6pm on Monday. Doctors are gearing up for a flood of patients affected by the haze, which crossed into the unhealthy range yesterday. -- ST PHOTO: RAJ ... http://www.singaporestar.com/index.php/sid/215261033/scat/a677a0718b69db72 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 23:21:33 -0400 http://www.singaporestar.com/index.php/sid/215261033/scat/a677a0718b69db72 View from Mount Sophia at 8.30am on Tuesday. Singaporeans woke up to another day of haze on Tuesday as the Pollutant Standards Index (PSI) hovered at 115 at 9am. -- PHOTO: TWITTER USER ... http://www.singaporestar.com/index.php/sid/215261034/scat/a677a0718b69db72 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 23:21:32 -0400 http://www.singaporestar.com/index.php/sid/215261034/scat/a677a0718b69db72 Singapore's exports fell more than expected last month on weak demand for electronics, despite signs that factories had been increasing output in recent months. Non-oil domestic exports dipped 4.6 per cent last month over a year ago, trade agency IE Singapore said yesterday. They were weighed down by electronics shipments, which declined by a larger-than-expected 13.2 per cent in the ... http://www.singaporestar.com/index.php/sid/215260916/scat/a677a0718b69db72 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 23:09:48 -0400 http://www.singaporestar.com/index.php/sid/215260916/scat/a677a0718b69db72 The rooftop balcony of PS Cafe at Ann Siang Hill. The South African tourist is believed to have fallen from it when she leaned over the waist-high parapet. -- ST PHOTO: RAJ ... http://www.singaporestar.com/index.php/sid/215260267/scat/a677a0718b69db72 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 22:16:44 -0400 http://www.singaporestar.com/index.php/sid/215260267/scat/a677a0718b69db72 A firefighter who was convicted of hitting a toddler with a plastic clothes hanger and hurting him with a heated iron was jailed for six months yesterday. The 26-year-old accused was found guilty last month of hitting the 21-month-old boy on his hand and burning his right foot at a flat in Choa Chu Kang on Jan 7, 2011. Neither he nor the victim - who is his girlfriend's nephew - can be ... http://www.singaporestar.com/index.php/sid/215260268/scat/a677a0718b69db72 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 22:16:43 -0400 http://www.singaporestar.com/index.php/sid/215260268/scat/a677a0718b69db72 TV actor Julian Hee has been accused of road rage by a retired school principal, who claimed that he twice cut into his lane, then "spoiled for a fight" at the roadside afterwards. Mr Adrian Cordeiro said the Chinese drama actor "flexed his muscles", plucked Mr Cordeiro's glasses from his face and threw them to the ground. When the older man put them back on, Mr Hee ... http://www.singaporestar.com/index.php/sid/215260270/scat/a677a0718b69db72 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 22:16:42 -0400 http://www.singaporestar.com/index.php/sid/215260270/scat/a677a0718b69db72 The yellow sign which read "Strictly no running or playing at playground" was removed yesterday. Dr Lam said it had been there for at least six years. -- PHOTO: LIANHE ... http://www.singaporestar.com/index.php/sid/215260269/scat/a677a0718b69db72 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 22:16:41 -0400 http://www.singaporestar.com/index.php/sid/215260269/scat/a677a0718b69db72 Haziq's father carrying his son's body home (above) for the funeral. His grieving mother had been searching frantically for him on the beach minutes before he was found drowned. -- PHOTOS: BERITA ... http://www.singaporestar.com/index.php/sid/215260271/scat/a677a0718b69db72 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 22:16:40 -0400 http://www.singaporestar.com/index.php/sid/215260271/scat/a677a0718b69db72 A group of friends having a picnic yesterday at 2.45pm at Marina Barrage, with a barely visible Singapore Flyer in the background. Just over an hour later, the PSI hit 105 and kept rising. The last time Singapore saw such bad haze was in 1997, when the PSI topped 226. -- ST PHOTO: KEVIN ... http://www.singaporestar.com/index.php/sid/215260272/scat/a677a0718b69db72 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 22:16:39 -0400 http://www.singaporestar.com/index.php/sid/215260272/scat/a677a0718b69db72 More Singaporeans are snapping up smartphones and tablets to connect with friends on the move. Seventy-eight per cent of people in the Republic now have one smartphone, up from 74 per cent last year. And two in five own a tablet computer, compared with one in three a year ago. The figures were released yesterday by Swedish telecom equipment maker Ericsson at a media briefing. In the first ... http://www.singaporestar.com/index.php/sid/215260273/scat/a677a0718b69db72 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 22:16:37 -0400 http://www.singaporestar.com/index.php/sid/215260273/scat/a677a0718b69db72 Frank Kugler won four Olympics medals in freestyle wrestling, weightlifting and tug of war at St Louis in 1904, making him the only competitor to win a medal in three different sports at the same Games. He claimed a silver medal in the heavyweight category in wrestling, bronze in the two hand lift and all-around dumbbell events in weightlifting and another bronze in the tug of war competition as ... http://www.singaporestar.com/index.php/sid/215257020/scat/a677a0718b69db72 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 18:59:41 -0400 http://www.singaporestar.com/index.php/sid/215257020/scat/a677a0718b69db72