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Golkar goes to Singapore
| Golkar goes to Singapore: Indonesia's Golkar Party chairman Aburizal Bakrie (left) called on Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong in Singapore on Friday. The two discussed developments in Indonesia and the region. (Asia News Network/The Straits Times) | ...Full Story
Cause of RI maid's fatal S'pore fall still unclear
| How the latest Indonesian maid came to fall from a high-rise flat is still unclear, Indonesian Embassy Counselor Sukmo Yuwono said Friday. | Karini, 34, was found by the police at the foot of a Serangoon North block early Thursday morning. The Indonesian, who went by ...Full Story
Illegal tour guide menace in Singapore
| While Singapore has welcomed a record number of tourists in the last two years, a problem has also emerged: illegal tourist guides muscling in on the action. | They are sullying Singapore's image, passing on wrong information to tourists, and taking away business from...Full Story
Singapore ‘ready’ to return RI airspace
| Singapore is ready to return all Indonesian airspace over Batam and Natuna, both in the regions of Riau Islands and Dumai in Riau, which has been controlled by the city state since 1946. | However, that can only be done under one condition — with approval from the I...Full Story
Businessman confirms divorce with actress Gong Li
| SINGAPOREAN businessman Ooi Hoe Seong has personally confirmed that he has been divorced from actress Gong Li for three years, a Sichuan, China, newspaper reported. | He told West China City Daily in a telephone interview that the split was a mutual decision, and he a...Full Story
A rising tide of Filipinos
| They flock to the Lion City to seek employment in hotels, casinos and restaurants as well as work as professionals, nurses, computer technicians and seamen. This is besides the about 80,000 who work as domestic maids. | FILIPINOS are starting to stamp their footprints...Full Story
Public bosses feel pay pressure
The community's insistence on transparency and accountability is making life difficult for our officials - even top executives of public bodies are feeling the pressure. | //--> Tuesday, May 15, 2012 | The community's insistence on transparency and accountability is mak...Full Story
Singapore More Business Friendly for Middle Eastern Entrepreneurs
PRWeb Published 01:10 p.m., Friday, May 18, 2012 Larger | Smaller | Georgia (default) | Verdana | Times New Roman | ArialFont Printable Version Email This Photo: PRWeb / HC | View Larger Image | The ease of Singapore company registration and access to public as wel...Full Story
Singapore Fashion Week Showcases Homegrown And International Labels
| Singapore’s fashion week, | ...Full Story
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Singaporean fans furious at 'freezing' TV screens on the EPL finals
Downed transmission during English Premier League showdown irks Singapore fans
Rangers takeover: Blue Knights see red at Duff and Phelps as they withdraw offer
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Nepal take on Singapore today
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Fri 18 May 2012
Chris Gardner Will Appear Live in Singapore in September 2012
DNA India | Chris Gardner is the inspiration behind the Hollywood Blockbuster 'The Pursuit of Happyness' as portrayed by Will Smith | SINGAPORE, May 18, 2012 /PRNewswire-Asia/ -- Chris Gardner will travel to Singapore in September to deliver the keynote addres...
Singapore to Set Up School for Street Food Hawkers
Jakarta Globe Singapore. A new generation of Singapore hawkers will get training under a formal program that the government is keen to co-fund. | The Workforce Development Agency (WDA) has called for bids to set up a new hawker training center here, The Straits Ti...
Singapore willing to return Riau Islands airspace
Jakarta Post | Indonesia’s efforts to take control of the airspace above Riau Islands, controlled by Singapore since 1946, have been unsuccessful since 1993. Singapore says it is willing to hand over control of the airspace above Riau Islands, provided that the...
Singapore More Business Friendly for Middle Eastern Entrepreneurs
Yahoo Daily News | The ease of Singapore company registration and access to public as well as private sector funding could offer a respite to Middle Eastern entrepreneurs who are stymied by high business setup costs, says Rikvin. http://www.rikvin.com | Singapore (PR...
Singapore stocks close 1.54 pct down
Xinhua | SINGAPORE, May 18 (Xinhua) -- The Singapore stock market finished lower on Friday, with the benchmark Straits Times Index down 43.51 points, or 1.54 percent, to close at 2,779.1. | A total of 1.6 billion shares changed hands with turnover of 1. 37 ...
9th Indonesian Maid Falls to Her Death in Singapore This Year
Jakarta Globe Another maid fell to her death yesterday, apparently while cleaning the windows of a high-rise flat. This after eight similar cases involving maids from Indonesia were reported since the beginning of this year. | Most were believed to have fallen whi...
Singapore shares fall more, down 4% this week
The Times Of India Tweet | Singapore shares extended their fall on concerns about growing instability in Spanish banks and political turmoil in Greece, with banks, property and commodities stocks in the city-state among the hardest hit. | The Straits Times Index droppe...
Pandas to get five-star treatment in Singapore
Jakarta Post | The endangered pandas are the national treasures of China, and Singapore has every intention of treating them as such when two of them come here. | In the run-up to Kai Kai and Jia Jia's arrival - which, it is hoped, will take place by year-end - a...
Celeb chefs who care
The Star | The merry May issue comes packed with good stuff. | MY, who is that cute fella on the cover (pic right), you might be asking? And what does he have to do with food? | In the May issue of Flavours, learn about Edward Kwon, 42, a celebrity chef and m...
Singapore gateway for Indian overseas flows
The Times Of India Singapore gateway for Indian overseas flows | Print this articleShare on RedittGoogle BookmarksNewsvineLive BookmarksTechnoratiYahoo BookmarksBlogmarksDel.icio.usApnaCircleTweetThe author has posted comments on this articlePiyush Pandey, TNN | May 18...
Beijing bid to cool crash fury
Hong Kong Standard Beijing urged its citizens to respect Singapore's laws after footage of a deadly car crash caused by a Chinese expatriate driving a Ferrari drew more than one million hits on YouTube. | //--> Friday, May 18, 2012 | Beijing urged its citizens to respe...
Thu 17 May 2012
Singapore grows 1.6% in Jan-Mar qtr
Indian Express | Singapore's economy grew by 1.6 per cent on a year-on-year basis in the first quarter of 2012, compared to 3. 6 per cent in the preceding quarter, official announcement said today. | But the city-state cautiously maintained its GDP growth forecast ...
A.M. Best Affirms Ratings of China Taiping Insurance (Singapore) [Manufacturing Close - Up]
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Eduardo Saverin Can Be Barred From U.S. By Homeland Security, Sen. Jack Reed Says
Huffington Post | WASHINGTON -- A Democratic senator has asked the Obama administration to immediately bar Facebook co-founder Eduardo Saverin from re-entering the U.S., based on a previously unenforced 1996 law. | Sen. Jack Reed of Rhode Island, who as a congressma...
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