Friday 3rd September, 2010
Thai Indian entrepreneur's wealth soars by 252 percent
The ongoing political turmoil in Thailand has apparently not prevented the kingdom's richest people from getting richer.The biggest gainer in percentage terms is longtime Thai Indian resident Aloke Lohia. His wealth soared by 252 percent when he took his integrated polyester company, Indor
India in second place in Forbes Asia's "Best Under A Billion" list
Indian animated movie maker Compact Disc India and software company Micro Technologies continue to members of Forbes Asia's "Best Under A Billion" list, even as 151 new companies have made their maiden appearance on the list this year.
8 to face insurance fraud
EIGHT people will be brought to caught on Friday morning for motor vehicle insurance fraud. One of them, a 38-year-old man, was suspected of staging a road traffic accident to make insurance claims f...
Drug boss to hang
Strait TimesTHE leader of a drug syndicate was yesterday sentenced to hang for trafficking in more than 60g of heroin, but his Thai girlfriend, who was tried on the same charge, escaped the gallows. The High Cou...
Beware of cyber love traps
Strait TimesVictims met 'friends', believed to be foreigners, through dating websites for example, and were then persuaded to perform sexual acts in front of Web cams. The clips, recorded secretly, were later use...
Banks zoom back to F1
Strait TimesBanks have snapped up corporate packages for the Sept 24-26 event. -- PHOTO: ST/JOYCE FANG FINANCIAL institutions are flocking back to Singapore's Formula One (F1) night race. Bouncing back from t...
Panel to jazz up arts
Strait TimesThe Arts and Culture Strategic Review is headed by Mr Lee Tzu Yang, who is chairman of the School of the Arts. --PHOTO: ST/LAU FOOK KONG IN 15 YEARS, eight in 10 Singaporeans will aim to catch at l...
Singapore Airlines joins Tourism WA to boost visitors
Travel BlackboardSingapore Airlines and Tourism Western Australia (TWA) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to jointly promote tourism to Western Australia. The three-year partnership sees a joint funding...
14 Chinese nationals punched and kicked me and called me a pig
Asia OneA man who was apparently the victim in a gang assault case involving 14 Chinese nationals, relates how he was set upon by 20 people, who punched and kicked him and called him a pig. According to a re...
Beware cyber 'love traps'
Strait TimesThe police warns members of the public about a new cyber scam. -- PHOTO: CHOO CHWEE HUA POLICE have uncovered a new cyber extortion scam. The scammers would proposition Internet users into perfor...
S'pore factory output down
Strait TimesFigures last week showed that production in July grew at the slowest pace in eight months. -- PHOTO: WANG HUI FEN FACTORY output is showing signs of faltering with a key indicator suggesting that S...
Relief from train congestion
Strait TimesThe North-South and East-West lines' signalling system will be upgraded to reduce congestion. -- PHOTO: MARYANNE TAN RELIEF from overcrowded trains will come no later than next May, when the first ...
$22.1m donated to arts
Strait TimesThe Samuel Seow Law Corporation received the Patron of the Arts Award for the third time on Thursday night. -- PHOTO: ADRIAN LIAW ARTS sponsors gave $22.1 million to the arts last year, a sharp dro...
Coffin mix-up after Philippine hostage crisis
Yahoo!HONG KONG (AFP) - – Three coffins used to bring back some of the eight Hong Kong tourists killed in last week's Philippine hostage crisis had been mislabelled, a Hong Kong government spokesman s...
8 Singapore companies make it to Forbes' "Best under a billion' list
Asia OneEight Singapore companies made it to this year's Forbes' "Best Under A Billion" list, up from the five that were included in the previous year's list.
Ecuador signs MOU with Singapore Aviation Consortium
People's DailyEcuador signed a memorandum of understanding with the Singapore Aviation Consortium, a jointly- owned public-private industry group, local radio 938 Live reported on Thursday.The agreement will allow ...
$22.1m donated to arts
Strait TimesThe Samuel Seow Law Corporation received the Patron of the Arts Award for the third time on Thursday night. -- PHOTO: ADRIAN LIAW ARTS sponsors gave $22.1 million to the arts last year, a sharp dro...
Apollo Hospitals plans 11 new hospitals in 2 yrs
Yahoo!KOLKATA, Sept 2 - India's Apollo Hospitals Enterprise Ltd
plans to invest 18 billion rupees to set up 11 hospitals in the country over the next two years, a top official said on Th... 3 snakes spotted in S'pore heartlands within days of each other
Asia OneA large python was spotted at the void deck of a HBD flat in Bishan recently, reported citizen journalism website STOMP. Reader Kevin, who spotted the unlikely visitor the neighbourhood, said the rep...
More expats coming on local packages
Asia OneThe economy may be recovering fast from the recession, but companies here are still cautious about their bottom lines. And as a result, new expatriates are no longer offered the sort of packages their...
Panda-mania builds in Singapore
People's DailyPanda-mania is heating up in Singapore as about a thousand entries have been received in a nationwide contest to name two pandas from China, local TV broadcaster Channel NewsAsia reported on Thursday....
Singapore, Hong Kong Grapple With Housing Supply, Prices
VOAHong Kong Golfers Tee Off With World's First Hybrid Ferry Fleet Governments in Singapore and Hong Kong - island cities with limited land - are trying to increase the supply of housing and keep it affo...
8 companies on Forbes list
Strait TimesFLOURISHING sectors such as infrastructure, resources and property have helped propel eight locally-listed firms into the Forbes list of best small and medium-sized companies. The number of Singapore...
Supermarts inking more deals
Strait TimesSUPERMARKETS here are increasingly inking contracts with farms here and abroad for an assured supply of greens and meats on their shelves. These contracts, which bind these farmers to supply the good...
SPH wins for the 18th time
Strait TimesSINGAPORE Press Holdings (SPH) has done it again. For the 18th consecutive year, it has been honoured with the Distinguished Patron of the Arts award - the highest honour given to arts sponsors by th...
Death fall a misadventure
Strait TimesA HIGHLY intoxicated Korean national fell nine floors to his death while apparently trying to climb back into his bedroom from the parapet of a condominium development. A verdict of misadventure was ...
New Singapore Medical School To Be Created By Imperial College London And Nanyang Technological University
Medical News TodayA new medical school training undergraduate doctors in Singapore and awarding joint Imperial College London and Nanyang Technological University (NTU) degrees is to be established by 2013, it was conf...
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