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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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Singapore Haze Update PSI reading up to 123 at 11am
The haze in Singapore been worsening again since early Tuesday morning, with the three-hour Pollutant Standards Index (PSI) rising to 123 at 11am. The first PSI reading of the day at 6am was 109, but by 9am it had risen to 115 and has been climbing since. Any reading above 100 means unhealthy air quality. The haze, caused by forest fires in Sumatra, Indonesia, was particularly bad at 10pm on ...
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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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Singaporeans wake up to another hazy day as readings stay at unhealthy level
View from Mount Sophia at 8.30am on Tuesday. Singaporeans woke up to another day of haze on Tuesday as the Pollutant Standards Index (PSI) hovered at 115 at 9am. -- PHOTO: TWITTER USER ...
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Surprise 4.6 dip in exports last month in Singapore
Singapore's exports fell more than expected last month on weak demand for electronics, despite signs that factories had been increasing output in recent months. Non-oil domestic exports dipped 4.6 per cent last month over a year ago, trade agency IE Singapore said yesterday. They were weighed down by electronics shipments, which declined by a larger-than-expected 13.2 per cent in the ...
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Tourist in coma after fall from restaurants balcony
The rooftop balcony of PS Cafe at Ann Siang Hill. The South African tourist is believed to have fallen from it when she leaned over the waist-high parapet. -- ST PHOTO: RAJ ...
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Man jailed 6 months for hitting child burning him with iron
A firefighter who was convicted of hitting a toddler with a plastic clothes hanger and hurting him with a heated iron was jailed for six months yesterday. The 26-year-old accused was found guilty last month of hitting the 21-month-old boy on his hand and burning his right foot at a flat in Choa Chu Kang on Jan 7, 2011. Neither he nor the victim - who is his girlfriend's nephew - can be ...
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TV actor Julian Hee ex-principal get into driving spat
TV actor Julian Hee has been accused of road rage by a retired school principal, who claimed that he twice cut into his lane, then "spoiled for a fight" at the roadside afterwards. Mr Adrian Cordeiro said the Chinese drama actor "flexed his muscles", plucked Mr Cordeiro's glasses from his face and threw them to the ground. When the older man put them back on, Mr Hee ...
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Netizens poke fun at no playing sign in Sengkang playground
The yellow sign which read "Strictly no running or playing at playground" was removed yesterday. Dr Lam said it had been there for at least six years. -- PHOTO: LIANHE ...
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Three-year-old boy drowns off Sentosa beach
Haziq's father carrying his son's body home (above) for the funeral. His grieving mother had been searching frantically for him on the beach minutes before he was found drowned. -- PHOTOS: BERITA ...
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Worst haze in 16 years with PSI hitting 155
A group of friends having a picnic yesterday at 2.45pm at Marina Barrage, with a barely visible Singapore Flyer in the background. Just over an hour later, the PSI hit 105 and kept rising. The last time Singapore saw such bad haze was in 1997, when the PSI topped 226. -- ST PHOTO: KEVIN ...
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Smartphones and tablets a growing hit among Singaporeans
More Singaporeans are snapping up smartphones and tablets to connect with friends on the move. Seventy-eight per cent of people in the Republic now have one smartphone, up from 74 per cent last year. And two in five own a tablet computer, compared with one in three a year ago. The figures were released yesterday by Swedish telecom equipment maker Ericsson at a media briefing. In the first ...
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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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