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National service committee meets ahead of inaugural focus group discussion
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. ...
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Singapore startup behind local heritage apps to develop similar apps for Brunei schools
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: ...
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Young man placed on probation for underage sex
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 ...
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Manager who planted spy camera in ex-girlfriends bedroom jailed 5 months
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 ...
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Man who held taxi driver at knifepoint arrested
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 ...
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Six student teams represent Singapore at the Shell Eco-Marathon Asia
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 ...
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20th man jailed for paid sex in online vice ring case
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 ...
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NTU appoints new dean for business school
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: ...
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Singapores air quality in moderate range as haze eases
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 ...
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Haze update Vivian Balakrishnan urges Indonesia to name companies responsible for forest fires
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: ...
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Singapore Open kicks off with several withdrawals
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 ...
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Stars missing at bare-bones Singapore Open
(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 ...
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Two charged over Cathay Cineleisure Orchard attack
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 ...
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Police arrest 26-year-old for murder
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 ...
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Singapore takes precautions over smoky haze after air pollution briefly hits 16-year-high
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 ...
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US scientists family says Singapore inquest a sham
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 ...
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CNB officer rejects $13300 bribe offered by drug suspect
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 ...
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Committee set up to chart Singapores infocomm media direction till 2025
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 ...
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Dead American researchers mother slams Singapore sham
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 ...
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Award-winning photographer Mark Baker named AP bureau chief for Malaysia Singapore
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 ...
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Badminton Singapore Open hit by late pull-outs
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 ...
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Four Asean countries agreed on using TV spectrum for 4G services
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 ...
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Jakarta points finger at Singaporean palm oil ventures for causing smog
(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 ...
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STOCKS NEWS SINGAPORE-ST Engineering gains on broker report
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 ...
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Haze Doctors gearing up for flood of patients affected by haze
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 ...
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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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