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Update-Moodys reviews Singapore Power and SP Power Assets for upgrade and SP AusNet SPI Australia Assets and Jemena for downgrade
Fri May 17, 2013 4:32am EDT Singapore Power, SP Power Asset, SP AusNet, SPI (Australia) Assets Pty Ltd and Jemena For the full text of this story please click the following ...
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New NUS student-led initiative to give safety net of last resort to those in jail
Wrongfully convicted individuals sentenced to jail terms and seemingly out of options now have a "safety net of last resort", under a new initiative by the National University of Singapore (NUS) Criminal Justice Club. Called the Innocence Project, the law student-run initiative launched on Friday will identify them and help refer them to lawyers to take up their cases pro bono. The ...
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Estate agent jailed 2 years for molesting 13-year-old
An estate agent, who was convicted of molesting a 13-year-old student at his home was sentenced to 24 months' jail on Friday. S. Subramaniam, 45, was found guilty last week after a six-day trial of fondling the boy's private parts in a bedroom at his flat in Yishun on Dec 23, 2011. He is considering appealing the sentence. The court was told that the student and his 14-year-old cousin ...
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NTUC FairPrice opens joint venture store in Vietnam
Homegrown supermarket chain NTUC FairPrice opened their first joint-venture store in Vietnam on Friday morning. This partnership will open a new revenue stream for the chain and widen its source of supply. In turn, consumers in Singapore will see a wider range of Vietnamese products at stores here, and at lower prices due to economies of scale. The store, named Co.opXtra Plus, is a joint ...
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Singapores first H1N1 flu vaccine reaches first phase of clinical trial
Singapore's first H1N1 flu vaccine has reached the first phase of clinical trials. The Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*Star) and Switzerland's Cytos Biotechnology AG announced on Friday that the first healthy volunteer has been dosed in a Phase 1 clinical trial with their H1N1 influenza vaccine. In this first phase of clinical trial, the safety and immunogenicity of ...
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Having good qualifications not a guarantee of a good job Heng Swee Keat
Having good paper qualifications alone does not guarantee a good job, if the economy is not growing, or if there is mismatch of skills and expectations. Jobs and skills can also be made redundant with a changing world. Education Minister Heng Swee Keat said this at Temasek Polytechnic's first graduation session on Friday morning as he addressed 310 graduates receiving their diplomas in ...
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More than 1700 households opt for HDB scheme which helps elderly at home
MORE than 1,700 households have applied for the Housing Board's scheme that gives them elderly-friendly features such as grab bars, ramps and slip-resistant tiles, said National Development Minister Khaw Boon Wan on Friday. Mr Khaw revealed these numbers in a blog entry on Ease (Enhancement for Active Seniors), which was launched as a pilot programme in July last year, and made nationwide ...
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Singapore Airlines to reveal next gen seats cabins in July
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UPDATE 3-China ups stakes in Australia power firms as Singapore retreats
Fri May 17, 2013 3:44am EDT * State Grid buys 19.9 percent of SP Ausnet for A$824 mln * Buys 60 percent of energy co SPI (Australia) Assets * Deal signals Singapore retreat from Australia * Transaction could be worth over A$5 bln including debt (Recasts, adds State Grid and analyst comment) By Kevin Lim and Maggie Lu Yueyang SINGAPORE/SYDNEY, May 17 (Reuters) - State Grid Corp of China (SGCC), ...
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Auditor didnt buy City Harvests tales
My Paper Friday, May 17, 2013 An external auditor had not been convinced by the "stories" that leaders in the City Harvest Church corruption trial had come up with on the nature of the bonds they invested church funds ...
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Shane Todd inquiry IME and Huawei collaboration limited to tests preliminary talks
Witness Yuan Li, Shane Todd's colleague, is seen leaving the subordinate courts on May 17, 2013. He is one of three of Shane Todd's colleagues at IME who told the inquiry that the institute was not involved in any military or sensitive research involving the semiconductor material Gallium nitride (GaN), as suggested in a February article by the Financial Times on his death. -- ST ...
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Loanshark runner spared caning because of sex change
A loanshark runner, who underwent a sex change to become a woman, was spared caning on Friday for helping two friends set fire to the doors of debtors' homes. Benitha, formerly known as Kavi Raj Tamaraselvan, was sentenced to 14 months in jail. Male offenders normally also receive between three and six strokes of the cane for each offence committed. She had pleaded guilty in April. A ...
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Singapore Export Slump Eases As Non-Electronic Shipments Improve
Decline in Singapore's non-oil exports eased in April amid an improvement in overseas demand for the country's non-electronic products, a report from International Enterprise (IE) Singapore showed Friday. On a year-on-year basis, non-oil domestic exports fell 1 percent in April following a 4.8 percent fall in the previous month. The rate of decrease was weaker than the 1.9 percent drop ...
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Singapore Brunei to exchange ideas on environmental issues
Singapore's Ministry of the Environment and Water Resources on Thursday said they are scheduled to have the 7th Brunei-Singapore Annual Exchange of Visits during the following two days, mainly focusing on idea exchanges and bilateral collaboration on environmental ...
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Wyndham Hotel Group introduces two hotel brands into Singapore
HONG KONG - Wyndham Hotel Group today announced the company's entry into Singapore with the opening of two properties: Ramada Singapore at Zhongshan Park and Days Hotel Singapore at Zhongshan Park. Both hotels, managed by Wyndham Hotel Group, are located at Zhongshan Park, the newest development area in Singapore, and are part of an integrated development that includes a commercial tower ...
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Bought a TV in Singapore Handle with care
Panasonic plan to limit their support and service backup for imported models that are estimated to account for almost 20% of the Indian flat television market. With LCD and LED televisions in markets such as Thailand, Dubai and Singapore being 30-50% cheaper than in India, most people returning from such destinations carry flat televisions. There is no duty on goods up to 35,000. "Such ...
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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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