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Spring Singapore widens its reach to cover furniture and household electrical appliances
Spring Singapore has issued a total of 120 stop-sale notices to major and small retailers which sell children's products in the last two years. Over 600 such products were sent to the agency during this period for testing to ascertain whether they conform to applicable safety requirements. Spring Singapore has been stepping up its checks on children's products, such as toys, cots and ...
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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 ...
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Three new primary schools to take in students from next year
Northoaks Primary School in Sembawang. Three new primary schools will open for Primary One registration this year and take in students from 2014, said the Ministry of Education on Monday, May 20, 2013. -- PHOTO: ...
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17 major operators get on board Singapore tray-return drive
food outlets joined islandwide efforts to encourage people to return their trays. The National Environment Agency yesterday announced that it has partnered 17 ...
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Heavy traffic expected at land checkpoints over Vesak Day holiday
With the Vesak Day holiday on May 24, traffic flow through the land checkpoints at Woodlands and Tuas is expected to be heavy, said the Immigration and Checkpoints Authority (ICA) in a statement on Monday, May 20, 2013. -- BH FILE PHOTO: MOHD KHALID ...
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Shane Todd inquiry Todds supervisor denies he tried to influence evidence given to police
American researcher Shane Todd (above)'s supervisor at the Singapore Institute of Microelectronics (IME), Dr Patrick Lo, has denied that the institute tried to influence evidence given to the police. -- FILE PHOTO: AFP/COURTESY OF MARY ...
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Give Malaysians arrested in Singapore a second chance
Police officers at Merlion Park near One Fullerton on 11 May 2013. A group of 21 Malaysians were arrested that day after they staged an outdoor protest at the park. One of Malaysia's opposition heavyweights says Singapore should show leniency to some Malaysians who were arrested at the Merlion Park earlier this month after the Singapore authorities gave "a second chance" to a ...
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Atletico Madrid set for Singapore kick-off
With two matches left to go in the Spanish league, Atletico Madrid still made the trip out to Singapore to play an exhibition match in the name of ...
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Government does not entirely reject workplace anti-discrimination laws
Office workers arrive for work in the central business district of Singapore, on Thursday, Feb 18, 2010. The Government does not entirely reject implementing workplace anti-discrimination laws to protect Singaporeans, said Acting Manpower Minister Tan Chuan-Jin. -- FILE PHOTO: ...
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Lawyer found guilty of pocketing clients $12900
A lawyer was found guilty of six counts of criminal breach of trust of $12,900 and pretending that she was authorised to act as an advocate and solicitor. Selena Chiong Chin May, 41, a lawyer of 18 years' standing, was convicted by District Judge Salina Ishak after a seven-day trial of misappropriating various sums of money ranging from $1,000 to $3,000 paid to her four clients of the law ...
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NTU students invent Block-It-Out drain cover that stops mosquitoes from breeding
An auto-close drain cover that will block mosquitoes from entering the drain to breed, while allowing a large amount of water to flow through during heavy downpours. A "near collision" alarm system fitted with an ultrasonic sensor and LED lights that will alert the cyclist via a beeping alarm when a vehicle gets too close. These are just some of the devices students from the Nanyang ...
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Pimp of Indian vice ring jailed for 6 months
An Indian national, who managed three prostitutes from his country, was jailed for six months on Monday. Kothandan Vinoth, 24, was in business here for less than a week. He had pleaded guilty to bringing in the women into Singapore and living on their prostitution earnings. A district court heard that the women, all Indian nationals, were offered air tickets and promised a monthly salary of ...
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Stanchart employee charged with pocketing $500K
A chief cashier of Standard Chartered Bank was charged on Monday with pocketing $500,000 from the Serangoon Garden Way branch. Koh Mui Hoong, 47, is alleged to have committed criminal breach of trust as a servant between the second week of January and second week of May this year. She is remanded at Ang Mo Kio police divison for a week for further investigation. Police arrested the suspect on ...
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2500 members of the public will get chance to walk through the F1 pit lane
Riders come in to finish their race at The Pit Building. OCBC Cycle 201 on Sunday, April 28, 2013. For the first time, 2,500 members of the public will be able to experience walking through the Formula 1 pit lane where they can view the F1 garages up close, and enjoy live performances and interactive games at the F1 Village in Zone 1. -- ST FILE PHOTO: MUGILAN ...
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City Harvest trial Witness said she was not told about background of transactions
One of the witnesses to take the stand, Angie Koh (in black dress), arrives at the Subordinate Courts for the third day of trial on 20 May 2013. The prosecution tried to show on Monday that a few of the accused church leaders in the City Harvest trial had plotted the movement of millions of dollars, while leaving others out of the loop on their plan. -- ST PHOTO: SEAH KWANG ...
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PM Lee Workplace safety improving but more needs to be done
Singapore has improved on workplace safety and health, but the fatality rate still exceeds that of developed countries, Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong said on Monday. Workplace fatality rate has halved from four in 100,000 employees in 2005 to 2.1 last year. This is higher than that of Britain (0.6), Germany (0.7) and Australia (1.9), noted Mr Lee. He urged employers and workers to reach the ...
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Our Singapore Conversation sessions on jobs to be held next month
Jobs will be the focus of four Our Singapore Conversation (OSC) sessions held by the Manpower Ministry in June. -- ST FILE PHOTO: DESMOND ...
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Sri Lanka ready to purchase fuel from Singapore company
Sri Lanka's Petroleum Industries Minister Anura Priyadarshana Yapa yesterday said that if PV Oil Singapore came up with a fresh satisfactory proposal the Ceylon Petroleum Corporation (CPC) would purchase gas oil from the same company in the future. Minister Yapa ...
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Singapore Oman reaffirm bilateral ties
SINGAPORE - The leaders of Singapore and Oman have reaffirmed the excellent state of bilateral relations and discussed new ways to boost relations to the next level under the Oman-Singapore Enhanced Partnership. Minister for Foreign Affairs and Minister for Law K Shanmugam met Oman's Minister Responsible for Foreign Affairs Yousuf Alawi Abdullah and Secretary-General of the Ministry of ...
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Singapore Stocks - Factors to watch on May 20
Following are some company-related and market news which could have an impact on the local market. --------------------MARKET SNAPSHOT @ 0002 GMT--------- INSTRUMENT LAST PCT CHG NET CHG S&P 500 1667.47 1.03% 17.000 USD/JPY 102.77 -0.15% -0.150 10-YR US TSY YLD 1.9559 -- 0.002 SPOT GOLD 1347.24 -0.84% -11.460 US CRUDE 95.85 -0.18% -0.170 DOW JONES 15354.40 0.80% 121.18 ...
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Delegation Departs For Singapore For STP
Bandar Seri Begawan - A group of students from Lambak Kanan Primary School arrived in Singapore yesterday to attend the School Twinning Programme (STP) at Concord Primary School, Singapore. Four teachers and eight students are participating in the STP led by Cikgu Mariah Hj Zaidi. Students selected for this programme were assessed based on their achievements, be it academically or their active ...
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Cables at Botanic Gardens Farrer Road MRT stations replaced
Workers replacing power cables along the Circle Line MRT at Lorong Chuan station on 13 March 2013, as part of efforts to reduce the risk of power outages that have disrupted train services. Power cables along the train tracks at the Botanic Gardens and Farrer Road MRT stations were replaced yesterday without a hitch. -- ST FILE PHOTO: KUA CHEE ...
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Lack of sleep is nothing to yawn about
People who do not sleep enough are more likely to suffer from diabetes and heart problems, studies show. -- PHOTO: DUKE-NUS GRADUATE MEDICAL ...
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Changi keeps fowl-ups to a minimum
Airport operations officer Afzal Laily (above) using a loudhailer with bird distress calls to disperse birds at Changi Airport. -- ST PHOTOS: MUGILAN ...
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Video of boss abusing employee goes viral
A 17-second video documenting what looks to be verbal and physical abuse inflicted on an employee by his boss in a Singapore office went viral over the weekend. -- PHOTO: SCREEN CAPTURE FROM ...
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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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