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Family of dead American condemns Singapore inquiry
(16 mins ago) The family of a US scientist found hanged in Singapore last year walked out of a coroner's inquiry into their son's death today, saying they had ';lost faith'' in the proceedings. ';The prosecution brings forth witnesses at the last minute and we have no chance to question it. Basically we actually have lost faith in the process,'' Rick ...
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STOCKS NEWS SINGAPORE-ComfortDelGro near 6-yr highs lifts index
stock index , after it announced plans to expand its bus operations in Australia. The company's shares rose as much as 2.4 percent to S$2.14, the highest since July 2007, after it said its subsidiary CDC Victoria Pty Ltd plans to buy privately-held Driver Group Pty Ltd for A$22 million ($21.54 million), to expand its fleet in Australia. "While the deal is relatively smaller ...
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City Harvest trial $6m purportedly paid...
The Straits Times Monday, May 20, 2013 SINGAPORE - It has emerged in court on Monday that $6 million was paid to producer Justin Herz by City Harvest Church through Xtron Productions. The amount, reflected on an excel sheet and listed under "additional JH needs", came attached in an email from accused Serina Wee in Oct ...
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Some parents in China paying more than double...
AsiaOne Monday, May 20, 2013 SINGAPORE - Some parents in China have been paying double to buy baby formula from Singapore, and are willing to pay up to $200 to have the product couriered to their home, reported the Shin Min Daily ...
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Man who filmed 423 upskirt videos charged with insulting modesty of women
A man was charged in court on Tuesday with 423 counts of insulting modesty by taking upskirt videos of women. Kew Guozhi, 31, is alleged to have used a camera pen to capture video recordings of the inner thighs and underwear of his victims over a two-year period between 2009 and 2010. He allegedly committed 11 offences at an office in Hampshire Road by taking upskirt videos of four women. The ...
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2.5 per cent interest rate for CPF Ordinary Accounts from July 1 to September 30
All Central Provident Fund (CPF) members will continue to get a 2.5 per cent interest rate on their Ordinary Account savings from July 1 to September 30 this year. -- ST FILE PHOTO: CAROLINE ...
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Lorry driver jailed for causing death and injuring 14 others
A lorry driver was jailed for eight weeks and banned from driving for five years on Tuesday over a head-on collision with another lorry which claimed the life of one and seriously injured 14 others. Periyasamy Jayaprakash, 25, an Indian national, admitted to causing the death of Mr Mathialagu Kathiravan, 19, a passenger in the rear cabin of the lorry, through his negligence along Tanah Merah ...
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American was murdered in Singapore says pathologist
(17 mins ago) An American scientist found hanged in Singapore last year was murdered and his death made to look like a suicide as part of a conspiracy, a US pathologist told an inquiry today. Edward Adelstein, 75, a deputy medical examiner in Missouri, contradicted Singapore police findings that Shane Todd killed himself, but admitted his conclusions were based on pictures of the body and ...
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STOCKS NEWS SINGAPORE-SingTel dips on broker downgrade
OCBC cut its rating on the sector. "In the search for yield, telco stocks have done very well, rising some 14 percent to 26 percent year to date, versus the STI's 9 percent climb," OCBC said in a report. "However, given the still-muted outlook, we believe that the share prices have run up too much, too quickly, and this has driven yields down to below 5 ...
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Singapore firms need to be globally competitive IE Singapore
trade as the backbone of its small, resource-scarce economy. But the cross-border exchange of goods and services in modern-day Singapore has come a long way from its humble origins. ...
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STOCKS NEWS SINGAPORE-Keppel REIT falls after parent firm trims stake
stake in the trust for S$280 million ($223 million). The price fall came after Keppel REIT marched to a 5-1/2-year high of S$1.63 last week, rallying more than 20 percent so far this year and outperforming a 13 percent rise in the sector index. An analyst at a foreign brokerage said the uncertainty of a new shareholder and concerns about further stake sales by Keppel Corp weighed on ...
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Shane Todd inquiry Parents US-based expert recants finding that Dr Todd was strangled
Shane Todd's family is back at courts for the coroner's inquiry into the death of Shane Todd, on 21 May 2013. (front) Shane's parents, Mary and Rick, (back from left) Dylan (Shane's brother), Corynne ( Chet's wife), (checked shirt) John (Shane's brother), Chet (Shane's brother). The expert witness who suggested that American researcher Shane Todd was murdered, ...
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Excess pilots Singapore Airlines waives cadets bonds
pilot s have been told that until Sept 30, those who quit may have their bonds waived. The usual payback for leaving before serving the seven-year work bond can be more than S$250,000 ...
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Qantas brings pre-flight meal ordering to London Singapore
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Singaporeans seek in-flight WiFi
Singaporeans are prepared to pay for their most desired form of in-flight entertainment, WiFi, new research has revealed. 42 percent of passengers would happily pay to access the internet at 30,000 feet, according to survey results released by Skyscanner. More than a quarter of respondents said they would fork out cash for access to live television, but 35 percent would happily part with ...
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Beware online love scams women told
Women cheated in Internet love scams will front a new campaign to educate others about the dangers of online dating. Money transfer company Western Union is coming up with the drive as it regularly receives requests from female customers to transfer money overseas to foreign men they met online. Many of the women realise later that their boyfriends - who have not met them in person - are ...
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Robust weekend sales of mass-market condominiums
Buyers made a beeline for recently launched mass-market projects over the weekend. The new projects high on the shopping list included Stratum in Pasir Ris, Whitehaven in Pasir Panjang and Corals at Keppel Bay, which were all launched or previewed last week. The Straits Times understands that the 380-unit Stratum moved about 190 apartments on Saturday and Sunday of the nearly 250 units ...
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Shane Todds boss quizzed over briefing to staff
THE supervisor of American researcher Shane Todd was grilled in court yesterday by Senior State Counsel Tai Wei Shyong. In a sudden turn of events, Mr Tai produced the transcript of an audio recording which hinted that Dr Patrick Lo tried to influence his employees' statements to the police on Dr Todd's behaviour before his death. The Singapore Institute of Microelectronics (IME) ...
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City Harvest trial E-mails show funding for Hos career
In one e-mail, former accounts assistant Angie Koh (above) asked businessman Wahju Hanafi to settle certain transactions so the money would reach Mr Herz, hired to promote Ms Ho's US pop career, in two weeks. -- ST PHOTO: SEAH KWANG ...
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Cracked rail cases share similarities SMRT says
Two recent occurrences of rail cracks that led to delays for commuters shared three similarities, SMRT has found. The operator has been investigating the problems in an effort to prevent any similar delays and its preliminary analysis has discovered that both cracks occurred at joints located on a curved track and welded between old and new rails. Both incidents - on April 29 and last Saturday ...
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Singaporean expansion of MRT leads to disruption
Singapore’s Mass Rapid Transit System (MRT) is not very big in comparison to Shanghai, Beijing or Tokyo, but proportionate to the size of Singapore and the city-state’s population, it is an extremely successful and extensive public transport system and one that the Land Transport Authority (LTA) plans to grow even further.
Singapore has a population of around 5 million, which is important when placing the MRT in context, it has a daily ridership of 2 million, giving it a commuter penetration of at least 40%, which does not take into account the fact that not all 5 million Singaporeans commute on a daily basis or use public transport. Read more
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