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Warehouse housebreaker arrested
SINGAPORE : Police have arrested a 38-year-old man who's believed to have broken into a warehouse at Serangoon North Avenue 5 on Sunday and stole three laptops worth about $3,000......
Man arrested in Subordinate Courts for hitting glass wall
SINGAPORE : A 35-year-old unemployed man was arrested in the Subordinate Courts on Tuesday morning after he allegedly hit a glass wall located on the second floor of the building......
44th war memorial service for civilian victims of Japanese Occupation
SINGAPORE : The Singapore Chinese Chamber of Commerce and Industry (SCCCI) held its 44th war memorial service for the civilian victims of the Japanese Occupation on Tuesday morning......
Govt to extend more support to needy Singaporeans
SINGAPORE : The Minister for Community Development, Youth and Sports, Dr Vivian Balakrishnan said the government will extend more support to Singaporeans, especially those who face challenges at a time of rapid economic and social changes in the coun.....
CEO Lucas Chow resigns from MediaCorp
Singapore: MediaCorp announced Tuesday that Mr Lucas Chow will be resigning from the company as its CEO on 31 July 2011 and that the company has initiated the search for his successor......
MDA looking to co-invest in globally marketable films
SIGAPORE: Filmmakers in Singapore and around the world now have a chance to take their story idea to the big screen......
More Singaporeans top up CPF savings of their loved ones
More Singaporeans are topping up the CPF accounts of their loved ones......
Average size of Singapore household shrinks
The Department of Statistics (DOS) said 3.5 persons made up the average household in 2010, down from 3.7 persons in 2000......
A step closer to finding Chikungunya vaccine
Scientists from A*STAR's Singapore Immunology Network (SIgN), and French biopharmaceutical company, VIVALIS, are a step closer in finding a vaccine for Chikungunya, a disease spread by the Aedes mosquito......
Contraband cigarettes seized at 5-year low
The Singapore Customs (SC) said the total quantity of contraband cigarettes seized dropped to a five-year low last year......
Appeal against Ionescu turned down
The Romanian Prosecution Office's appeal against the Romanian Court's decision to allow Dr Silviu Ionescu to travel out of the capital, Bucharest, has been rejected......
More making mid-career switch to become teachers
MORE are becoming mid-career teachers according figures from the Education Ministry. One out of five - 21 per cent - in a cohort of 452 newly qualified teachers who graduated on Tuesday from the National Institute of Education (NIE), have a year or m.....
MediaCorp CEO Lucas Chow resigns
THE SEARCH is on for the next CEO of MediaCorp. In a shock announcement on Tuesday, the national broadcaster announced that its chief executive, Mr Lucas Chow, was quitting after five years with the firm. A MediaCorp spokesman said Mr Chow was not t.....
Retail index surprisingly strong, say economists
SHOPPERS opened their wallets to rack up an impressive buying spree during the Christmas spending season.The retail index grew by 1.8 per cent in December from last year, a reversal from the 2.3 per cent decline in November, the Department of Statist.....
Children not a top priority for young Singaporeans
MOST young adults here do not see having children as a top priority although many of them do eventually want kids, according to a new survey by parent advocacy group I love Children.The survey - which late last year polled over 1,000 Singaporeans and.....
CPF top-ups growing in popularity
THE CPF Board on Tuesday revealed that the total amount of top-ups for 2010 was $250 million - a 9 per cent increase from the $228.6 million in 2009.The number of transactions for this Minimum Sum Topping-Up (MSTU) Scheme also increased to 29,975 in .....
Man awaiting trial punches glass wall at court
WHILE waiting for his trial for cheating and criminal intimidation to start on Tuesday morning, Daniel Lee Yang Siew is believed to have punched a glass wall at the Subordinate Courts in Havelock Road.The 35-year-old was immediately arrested and take.....
Property rental, S'pore is world's 5th most expensive
SINGAPORE is now the 5th and the 3rd most expensive country in the world and Asia respectively for two-bedroom rental property.This ranking came about as a result of a 15 per cent increase in monthly rent to US$2,810 (S$3,600) last year for an unfurn.....
Ex-postal officer fined $20,000 for corruption
A POSTAL officer asked for loans amounting to $11,350 from courier companies under his watch - and these firms were too frightened to refuse him. Phang Soo Chyi, 42, and now a taxi driver, was fined $20,000 on Tuesday and ordered to pay a penalty of .....
Average Singapore households grow smaller
AVERAGE household size saw a decline in 2010, while the proportion of resident households with elderly members rose, according to the Census of Population released by the Singapore Department of Statistics on Tuesday.The average household size declin.....
Private property sales hit 3-month low in Jan
HOT off the heels of the government's latest measures to stem the rise in property prices, private homes sales have fallen to a three-month low in January, data released by the Urban Redevelopment Authroity showed onTuesday. On Jan 13, the governmen.....
MDA presents financing opportunity for filmmakers
SINGAPORE'S Media Development Authority (MDA) has opened its third call-for-proposals under its International Film Fund (IFF) on Tuesday.The MDA is looking to co-invest in globally marketable films which involves at least one Singapore partner......
S'pore-French tie-up discovers potential treatment for Chikungunya
THE Singapore Immunology Network (SIgN), an institute of the Agency of Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR), and Vivalis, a French biopharmaceutical company, have discovered two new fully human monoclonal antibodies which could battle Chikunguny.....
More contraband cigarettes smuggled via 'air'
SMUGGLERS of contraband cigarettes are resorting to more 'ingenious' methods of smuggling in response to enforcement measures, Singapore Customs said on Tuesday.Singapore Customs said they had observed a rising trend in major 'air smuggling' cases in.....
MFA told appeal on Ionescu's case rejected
SINGAPORE'S Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) was informed that the appeal by the Romania Prosecution Office against the Romanian Court's decision to allow Dr Silviu Ionescu to travel out of Bucharest had been rejected.However, Dr Ionescu is not allo.....
Gardens by the Bay a step closer with new milestone
THE 101 hectares Gardens by the Bay in Marina Bay reached a new milestone on Tuesday with the capping of one of its two giant conservatories, the Flower Dome.At the 'Capping-Up' ceremony, National Development Minister Mah Bow Tan said that the Flower.....
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