Singapore - In a sale dispute turned ugly, the chairman of a Singapore condominium estate was released on bail Thursday after being arrested for gluing residents' doors shut, The Strait Times...

* MSCI pan-Asia index hangs around near 2-year low* China Mobile shares drop 3 pct, weigh on Hong Kong indexBy Kevin PlumbergHONG KONG, Aug 28 - Oil prices climbed for a fourth day on Thursday on...

SINGAPORE: A sight and sound feast awaits visitors to this year’s Republic of Singapore Air Force Open House — with freefall jumpers and free rides on an F—15...

AFTER the euphoria of winning a medal at the Olympics, what worries me most about what lies ahead is Li Jiawei's announcement that she will be studying at Beijing University and playing for the...

A truck hit an engineering professor on Tuesday evening, killing him. Associate Professor Ooi Ban Leong of the National University of Singapore (NUS), who was taking his usual walk home from the...

SINGAPORE, Aug 28 - Shares of Singapore-based scaffolding and insulation provider Hai Leck Holdings fell below their initial public offering at the start of trade in Singapore on...

The prospect of being able to hold public demonstrations did little to convince activist Alex Au, known for his critical blogsite, that it will inject vibrancy back into the site.Like many activists...

KUALA LUMPUR - Malaysia's leading opposition figure, Anwar Ibrahim, was sworn in on Thursday, taking his parliamentary seat after a decade-long absence following convictions for sodomy and...

THE PIAZZA: Located in the centre of the departure Transit Mall, it will be a large space for passengers to relax in. FIRST, $240 million was poured into upgrading Changi Airport's Terminal 2 in...

SINGAPORE: The President of the Singapore Table Tennis Association has said it is time to move beyond the controversy involving the removal of some...

SINGAPORE: Parliament has rejected a motion tabled by Nominated MPs Thio Li—Ann and Loo Choon Yong for amendments to the Parliamentary Elections Act to allow by—elections to be called in...

JAKARTA: Two—time defending champions Singapore will avoid the tricky hurdle of playing three—time winners Thailand in the group stage of the AFF Suzuki Cup in...

SINGAPORE : The Association of Muslim Professionals (AMP) has proposed that the Mosque Building and Mendaki Fund (MBMF) provide options to the Malay/Muslim community — now that a new component...

This deadline was issued on Wednesday by a private licensing agent who represents 11 recording labels.These are AsiaMuse Entertainment, EMI Music, Forward Music, HIM Music, Ocean Butterflies Music,...

A statement from the Courts said 16 of those years were spent as Senior District Judge, helming the Subordinate Courts’ judiciary. Mr Magnus will be succeeded by Principal District Judge Tan...

SINGAPORE: Singapore retail magnate Tang Wee Sung will be sentenced on September 3 for his role in the country’s first kidney—for—sale...

Eight MPs spoke on the motion to fine—tune the electoral system — tabled after the death of MP Dr Ong Chit Chung in July. He had been part of the five—member Jurong Group...

SINGAPORE: When swim star Tao Li returned from the Beijing Olympics on Aug 18 as Asia’s fastest woman in the 100m butterfly, she feared that she could lose her coach, Peter...

SINGAPORE: Junior police officers will receive a retention bonus this year. The move is aimed at retaining young officers in the first eight years of...

To be on trial later this year, the Electricity Vending System (EVS) is the latest stage in a S$3 million project. If successful, it will be rolled out to all 1.2 million homes and small...

SINGAPORE: Two thirds or 66 per cent of Singaporeans said their standard of spoken English has improved over the last two years, according to a recent survey conducted by the Singapore Polytechnic...

SINGAPORE: The Duke—NUS Graduate Medical School Singapore (Duke—NUS) has appointed Dr Augustus John Rush as its Vice Dean of Clinical...

SINGAPORE: From next year, all junior colleges and the Millennia Institute will start the school term for Year 1 students with a single intake in end January or early...

KUALA LUMPUR (AFP) - - Malaysian opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim on Wednesday celebrated an election victory that will return him to parliament, boosting his plan to seize power after a decade-long...

SINGAPORE: Two members of the public received the Civil Defence Public Spiritedness Award on Monday for rescuing two boys who nearly drowned in a canal at Punggol...

Some of the proposed tax changes are aimed at facilitating the logistics and manufacturing sectors, among others.These include extending the removal of GST on the sale, lease and servicing of...

SINGAPORE: A joint anti—drugs operation by the various Home Team agencies on Saturday resulted in the seizure of several drugs with a street value of...

SINGAPORE: The Supreme Allied Commander Europe of the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation, General Bantz John Craddock, called on Minister for Defence Teo Chee Hean and Chief of Defence Force,...

BANGKOK - Thai Prime Minister Samak Sundaravej ordered thousands of riot police to remove an anti-government crowd occupying his office compound by the end of Wednesday, but protest leaders vowed to...

Singapore households will soon have a smarter way of keeping tabs on their monthly power bills. Energy meters, which tell consumers exactly how much electricity they are using per hour, will be...

Singapore - A Singapore tycoon pleaded guilty Wednesday to two counts of illegally attempting to purchasing a kidney from a village on the Indonesian island of Sumatra. Tang Wee Sung, executive...

KEEPING the elderly active and engaged in the society is key to reducing suicide rates of the senior citizens, Minister in the Prime Minister's Office Lim Boon Heng said in Parliament on...

ABSOLUTE discretion can too easily degenerate into arbitrary abuse, said Nominated MP Professor Thio Li-Ann, who called for clearer rules on holding by-election to level the electoral playing field. ...

Chunghwa Telecom (CHT) on August 26 announced it will add investment of NT$3.3 billion (US$105 million) in Chunghwa Teleocm Singapore Pte., its wholly owned subsidiary in Singapore, to expand the...

Singapore - Foreign law firms would strengthen Singapore's economy and reputation as a regional legal center, especially in the corporate and banking sectors, a cabinet minister said Wednesday. Law...

Engineering procurement and construction company, Punj Lloyd, plans to bid for Singapore's Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) terminal for which it has tied-up with an Italian...

SINGAPORE, Aug 27 - Singapore's business receipts index, measuring activity in the services industry, in the second quarter rose 13.3 percent from a year earlier, helped by strong growth in IT...

TAIPEI (AFP) - - A Taiwanese prosecutor flew to Singapore on Wednesday as part of a probe into alleged money-laundering by former president Chen Shui-bian and his...

SINGAPORE, Aug 27 - Tiong Woon leapt as much as 4.3 percent on Wednesday to hit a six-day high after it reported on Tuesday a 24 percent jump in net profit for the year ended...

BANGKOK - Two thousand Thai police took up positions in and around Bangkok's Government House on Wednesday, tightening the noose on protesters camping outside the prime minister's office to...

* MSCI global stocks index at near two-year low* Oil rises above $116 as hurricane threatens Gulf of MexicoBy Kevin PlumbergHONG KONG, Aug 27 - Asian stock markets were mixed on Wednesday, with...

The Urban Redevelopment Authority (URA) today released the detailed sales conditions for a Reserve List site at Serangoon Avenue 3 for residential development. Developers interested in purchasing the...

I READ with concern the report, "Mini-revolution at Speakers' Corner" (my paper, Aug 26). While the Government will soon allow outdoor demonstrations at Speakers' Corner, we must...

They understand that their children have their own families and hence cannot afford to provide for them. They do not have relatives or anyone whom they can rely on for financial and emotional...

IN A fiery, no-holds-barred interview with The Straits Times, Singaporean men's table-tennis player Gao Ning let fly at the two men he felt were responsible for his sour Beijing Olympics...

SINGAPORE: Singapore President S. R. Nathan on Tuesday conferred on the former President, A. P. J. Abdul Kalam, an honorary degree of engineering at a solemn convocation at the Nanyang Technological...

Singapore Airlines has signed a Memorandum of Understanding alongside the Indonesian Ministry of Culture and Tourism (IMCT) to boost visitor arrivals to Indonesia. The move will follow with a...

SINGAPORE, Aug. 26 (UPI) -- A top NATO official concluded meetings in Singapore Tuesday in a visit aimed at discussing the country's involvement in Afghanistan. Gen. Bantz Craddock, NATO supreme...

Singapore's manufacturing output fell 21.9 percent in July, pulled down by a sharp decline in pharmaceuticals which offset gains in electronics and engineering, the government said yesterday.Analysts...

Of THE WALL STREET JOURNAL SINGAPORE -(Dow Jones)- A senior managing director at the Singapore state-owned investment fund that is Merrill Lynch & Co.'s (MER) biggest shareholder expressed...