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Getting a rental HDB flat is like striking lottery, says taxi driver
inSing.com, 31 Jul 2011A man appealed ten times and finally succeeded in getting a HDB flat to stay in.
Mr Chen, 50, a taxi driver, had sold his four-room flat in Woodlands seven years ago when he divorced his wife. That left him and his 7-year-old son homeless.
Mr Chen has since tried many times to get another flat from the Housing Development Board (HDB). Full story
Malaysian soccer fans deface Singapore flag
inSing.com, 30 Jul 2011
Singaporean soccer fans are outraged that Malaysian fans have taken to defacing Singapore's flag.
This comes after the Malaysian national team lost to Singapore's Lions 5-3, then drew 1-1 in a World Cup qualifying match on 28 July in Bukit Jalil Stadium, Malaysia.
This act came to light after a netizen snapped photos of Malaysian fans with the defaced flag and posted the photos online.
Netizens from both sides of the causeway have been flaming each other since the two teams met on the pitch, and this act will likely add more wood to the fire. Full story
Singaporean soccer fans are outraged that Malaysian fans have taken to defacing Singapore's flag.
This comes after the Malaysian national team lost to Singapore's Lions 5-3, then drew 1-1 in a World Cup qualifying match on 28 July in Bukit Jalil Stadium, Malaysia.
This act came to light after a netizen snapped photos of Malaysian fans with the defaced flag and posted the photos online.
Netizens from both sides of the causeway have been flaming each other since the two teams met on the pitch, and this act will likely add more wood to the fire. Full story
PRC netizens used Lee Kuan Yew’s words to attack Singaporeans
In most countries, political leaders are expected to protect their own people and fight for their interests, but not so in Singapore where Singaporeans are often humiliated publicly by PAP leaders.
PRC “talent” Wang Peng Fei peeved off the entire nation by uploading a video clip hurling insults at Singaporeans. To add salt to the injury, PRC netizens are using the words of PAP supreme leader Lee Kuan Yew to hit back at Singaporean Chinese.
In a comment posted on Wang’s blog, a PRC citizen recalled the words of Lee in his memoirs:
“李光耀語錄都記錄說,”怎麼說我們都不過只是福建、廣東等地目不識丁、沒有田地的農民的後裔，他們有的卻儘是留守中原的達官顯要、文人學士的後代。”就連國家領袖這可以放棄自負,接受現實.新加坡人中那些華文水準差,幾話就只會罵娘撲街的華人缺不敢承認現實.這種自卑的心理,簡直是世界華人的笑柄.” Full story
Vietnam beat Singapore to win ASEAN table tennis tourney in Washington
(VOV) - The Vietnamese delegation came in first at the ASEAN Committee table tennis tournament in Washington, D.C., which was held for the first time on July 30.
The Vietnamese athletes competed and won all the tournament’s events including men’s and women's singles, men’s doubles, and mixed events.
The delegation from the Singapore embassy in the US, which hosted this year's event, placed second. Full story
OPINION: No vocation for NSFs in DMERI
n a press statement released today, the Ministry of Defence (MINDEF) claimed that “Dr Patrick Tan’s posting as a defence medical scientist was done ‘according to vocational guidelines’.”
Dr Patrick Tan Boon Ooi, a son of PAP-endorsed candidate Dr Tony Tan served his National Service from 2000 to 2002 as a ‘research scientist’ at the Defence Medical and Environmental Research Institute (DMERI, then called DMRI).
Acording to a tip-off we received from Thomas, a former staff of DSO who was there sometime between 2005 and 2007, ....... Full story
3rd Round World Cup Qualifier: Singapore faces China
Singapore will face China PR, Jordan and Iraq in the Third Round of the 2014 FIFA World Cup Brazil Asian Qualifiers. The Preliminary Draw for the World Cup was held in Rio de Janeiro on Saturday.
Fixture Details:
Match day 1 (2 Sep 2011): China vs Singapore
Match day 2 (6 Sep 2011): Singapore vs Iraq
Match day 3 (11 Oct 2011): Singapore vs Jordan
Match day 4 (11 Nov 2011): Jordan vs Singapore
Match day 5 (15 Nov 2011): Singapore vs China
Match day 6 (29 Feb 2012): Iraq vs Singapore
Full story
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Singapore To Face China, Jordan, Iraq In 3rd Round 2014 World Cup Asian Zone Qualifier - Bernama.com
British businessman faces caning and jail for 'pinching woman's buttocks' while on holiday in Singapore
Dailymail.co.uk, 30 Jul 2011A British businessman on holiday in Singapore faces being lashed with a cane after being accused of squeezing a woman’s bottom in a nightclub.
Austin Cowburn, a recruitment consultant, is alleged to have pinched the woman’s buttocks while partying in the upmarket Boat Quay area at 4am.
It is understood he was visiting the island from Doha, Qatar, where he works as a senior executive for international recruitment company NES Global. Full story
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Singapore police to lash UK businessman for pinching woman’s butt - TruthDive
Tourist Austin Cowburn faces caning in Singapore over butt-grab - The Australian
British Tourist Faces Possible Caning in Singapore - Fox News
Briton may be subjected to judicial caning in Singapore - The Voice of Russia
Faulty made-in-Singapore thermostats recalled by Honeywell
WASHINGTON, July 30 (UPI) -- The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission announced a voluntary recall of 77,000 Honeywell International thermostats due to a burn hazard.
The programmable thermostats involved in the recall were manufactured in Singapore for Honeywell International Inc., of Morris Township, N.J., and sold at home improvement stores, HVAC and electrical supply stores and through contractors from January 2000 through December 2007 for between $80 and $300. Full story
Singapore/Ramadan:Singaporean Muslims get tech-savvy for Ramadan
SINGAPORE, Shaaban 29/July 30 (IINA)-This Ramadan, Muslims will be able to check the times for breaking fast, listen to Holy Quran verses, and even look up sermons on their smartphones, using an app developed by Muis, the Islamic Religious Council of Singapore. The application will be launched on Saturday as part of this year’s Ramadan festivities. It is aimed at engaging the younger and tech-savvy Muslim population. Full story
Saturday, July 30, 2011
Woman alleges molest at Resorts World Sentosa
A woman is alleging that Resorts World Sentosa (RWS) is covering up a case of her being molested.
According to a report on the website, Mimi worked as a cleaner at the integrated resort when she was molested by a supervisor named Bruce ShengJun, who is also a Chinese national.
During her work under the Environmental Service and Maintainence Department (EMS) of the RWS, Bruce had touched her and in Mimi's words, she was "prez (pressed) hard below" by the man. He had also tried to kiss her. Full story
Tiger Airways may trim Australian operations: CEO Chin Yau Seng
Grounded budget carrier Tiger Airways Australia is considering trimming some operations as it waits for Australian aviation authorities to lift a ban on the airline, a report says.
"We lost money in Australia in the last financial year and said then that we would review the network and focus on our more profitable routes," Chin Yau Seng, chief executive of Singapore-based Tiger Airways Holdings Ltd, Full story
Singapore Table Tennis in a vine; disagreement over SEA Games lineup
With its decision to constitute a younger but less experienced team for the Southeast Asian Games, the Singapore Table Tennis Association is now at odds with the Republic’s national Olympic council over the issue.
It really boils down to the question whether Singapore should send its best chances in the sport with its foreign-born representatives or give home-grown talent a chance to shine. Full story
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Singapore Table Tennis in a vine; disagreement over SEA Games lineup - GantDaily.com
OPINION: Back to school for ‘kiasu’ parents - Seah Chiang Nee
The demand for a good primary school, regarded as a crucial start in life here, has soared since the government encouraged the intake of thousands of bright students from abroad.
In 2009, US investment billionaire Jim Rogers, who took up Singapore citizenship, and his wife also performed more than 40 hours of volunteer work at Nanyang Primary.
Today, their 11-year-old daughter Happy is getting the bilingual education that her parents had intended.
This practice has become more widespread in recent years as competition for admission into elite schools intensified during registration of Primary One pupils. Full story
MINDEF: Dr Patrick Tan’s posting done ‘according to vocational guidelines’
In response to queries from the state media, MINDEF said Patrick’s posting as a defence medical scientist was done ‘according to vocational guidelines’. He completed his full-time NS on June 19, 2002.
However, MINDEF did not reveal the number of NSFs who were enrolled in the unique vocation of ‘defence medical scientist’.
MINDEF added that while in NS, Dr Patrick Tan received an NSman’s salary and fulfilled all requirements of NS, such as the Individual Physical Proficiency Test. It did not explain why Dr Patrick Tan was not sent to serve as a combat medical officer (MO) despite being combat-fit. Full story
Earnings at Temasek's Eircom could fall by 20%
The Irish Times, 30 Jul 2011EIRCOM’S MANAGEMENT has predicted that the company’s earnings could fall by up to 20 per cent over the next two years due to competitive pressures, customer losses and lower average mobile spend by subscribers.
This emerged yesterday as the company began talks with a committee representing first lien senior lenders.
Sources familiar with the plan told The Irish Times that it includes a forecast that Eircom’s Ebitda (earnings before interest, tax, depreciation and amortisation) will decline to about €550 million in the 12 months to the end of June 2012 and to about €510 million in the following year. Full story
Singapore-based Speak Asia's bank accounts frozen in India
The Times Of India, 29 Jul 2011
HYDERABAD: CID sleuths have frozen the bank accounts of online survey company Speak Asia, which allegedly duped about 19 lakh people across the country including 40,000 people from the state to the tune of Rs 33 crore by resorting to financial irregularities.
The Singapore-based company's chief operating officer (COO) Tarak Bajpai and five others were arrested by Mumbai police from Indore in connection with the Rs 2,100-crore fraud on Thursday night. Full story
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Arrested Speak Asia COO insists there is nothing amiss - dnaindia.com
Online survey firm 'dupes' investors of Rs 1,300 crore - The Times Of India
SpeakAsia fraud could be over 8,000 cr: Investors - The Times Of India
Speak Asia COO held for duping investors - Mumbai Mirror
India police 'arrest Singapore firm's officials' - AFP
'Panelist' of Speak Asia's multi-level scheme held - Hindustan Times
Top Speak Asia executive, three aides held for duping investors - Indianexpress.com
Girl rumoured to spread HIV at Zouk
inSing.com, 29 Jul 2011Popular nightspot Zouk is investigating rumours about "Revenge Angel" – a girl using a syringe of HIV-infected blood to inject clubbers.
Zouk has made a police report and investigations are ongoing.
Forums are abuzz about the HIV-infected girl who seeks "revenge" on people in Zouk.
A forumer, Toonsy92, shared how one of her male friends was dancing in Zouk when a girl came up to him and suddenly injected him. Full story
Singapore 'popular for foreign jobseekers'
An expert has suggested that more people are looking to find jobs with employee benefits in Asia, particularly in Singapore.
Guy Day, chief executive of Australia-based Ambition Group, who now lives in Singapore, said the city has replaced Hong Kong as one of the most popular places for Australians to move to when looking for employment abroad.
Speaking to the Wall Street Journal, Mr Day suggested that pollution in the latter country is one reason that Australians are put off searching the job market there, while there are more vacancies becoming available in the island stat Full story
Friday, July 29, 2011
OPINION: Millionaire’s Row - Singapore Government Ministers’ High Salaries Spark Outrage
If you want to become an instant millionaire, you might consider moving to Singapore and running for high political office there.
Singaporean government ministers are among the highest paid state officials in the world.
Not only is the Singaporean Prime Minister, Lee Hsien Loong, the highest paid elected leader in the world (bringing home a cool $2.4-million per year), but most of his top ministers earn in excess of $1-million annually (not including generous perks and pensions).
By contrast, the President of the United States, Barack Obama, only makes $400,000 per year (a pitiful one-sixth of Lee’s annual income). Full story
Temasek's Eircom to talk to lenders about covenant waiver
Reuters, 29 Jul 2011Struggling Irish telecoms group eircom said on Friday it would start talks with its lenders about a covenant waiver if it does breach its financial covenants.
Eircom, majority owned by Temasek unit Singapore Technologies Telemedia (STT), said its shareholders had the right to inject more equity into the company to avoid any breach of its senior debts. Full story
OPINION: CNA propaganda on PAP’s three ‘good’ men
State media Channel News Asia is launching a massive propaganda drive to glorify the repressive PAP regime ahead of the coming presidential election to generate public support for its candidate Dr Tony Tan.
Using the misleading title of “A few good men”, CNA is calling on Singaporeans to leave comments about the trio – Lee Kuan Yew, S R Nathan and Goh Chok Tong on a page of ‘tributes’ set up specifically for them. Full story
Singapore Jun bank lending up 3 pct m/m, up 26 pct y/y
(Reuters) - Total bank lending in Singapore rose 3 percent to S$374.3 billion ($311.4 billion) in June from S$363.3 billion in May, central bank data showed on Friday.
From a year ago, bank lending in the city-state gained 26 percent.
Housing loans to consumers rose to S$121.3 billion from S$119.7 billion in May.
According to MAS, the average loan-to-value ratio for housing loans by banks was 44.3 percent in the second quarter, up from 44.1 percent in the first three months of 2011. Full story
Temasek Names Phoon as CEO of Seatown
Temasek Holdings Pte, Singapore’s state-owned investment company, named Jimmy Phoon as chief executive officer of its Seatown Holdings Pte unit.
Phoon, who’s head of strategy at Temasek, will take the appointment starting Aug. 1, Temasek said in an e-mailed statement yesterday. Phoon replaces co-CEOs Nasser Ahmad, a founder of DiMaio Ahmad Capital LLC, and Charles Ong, also Temasek’s senior managing director of special projects, who will continue in that role, Temasek said. Full story
Netizens queried Tony Tan about his son's NS stint
inSing.com, 29 Jul 2011
Dr Tan posted a response to "Jessica Tan", saying that she is mistaken. He goes on to explain that his son attended Basic Military Training, Officer Cadet School, and disrupted his National Service to attend an overseas medical school. His son was then assigned to become a defence medical scientist and performed research at the National Cancer Centre.Dr Tan goes on to explain that his son received an NSman's salary and "fulfilled all requirements of NS such as IPPT and in-camp training".. Full story
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Tony Tan rebuts online rumours about son - Temasek Review Emeritus
Dr Tony Tan dismisses ‘false rumours’ on son - Yahoo! Singapore News
Dr Tan posted a response to "Jessica Tan", saying that she is mistaken. He goes on to explain that his son attended Basic Military Training, Officer Cadet School, and disrupted his National Service to attend an overseas medical school. His son was then assigned to become a defence medical scientist and performed research at the National Cancer Centre.Dr Tan goes on to explain that his son received an NSman's salary and "fulfilled all requirements of NS such as IPPT and in-camp training".. Full story
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Tony Tan rebuts online rumours about son - Temasek Review Emeritus
Dr Tony Tan dismisses ‘false rumours’ on son - Yahoo! Singapore News
OPINION: Foreign Indians will never want to integrate with us - local SG Indian
In laymen terms, the Indian Foreign Talents rushing into Singapore to settle down bring their caste system, ethnic and religious bias-ness with them. They can never integrate with our local Singaporean Indians. Let’s review rationally:
1. They like to congregate and mix with their own – evident from enclaves in East Coast, Punggol, Senkang, Simei, Yishun and more. Most of them are divided by their respective state lingual: Malaylam, Tamil, Hindi, Marathi and Telugu/Karnada. Most of the Indian elites and FTs are Hindi speaking, with Malayalam and Telugu next and Tamil last.
2. They brought with them strong caste and ethnic values as well as ethnic divisions as these are in-built and cultivated in them from young and by segregated communities in India. Recently, a FT group tried to petition and lobby to add Hindi as the main Singaporean Indian language as opposed to our Tamil language, which is one of our four main native languages in Singapore. Full story
Singapore's jobless rate rises to 2.1 per cent
Singapore - Singapore's jobless rate inched up to 2.1 per cent in the second quarter, mainly due to a seasonal influx of students and graduates onto the labour market, officials said Friday.
The rate was up from a three-year-low of 1.9 per cent in the previous quarter, as graduates looked for jobs and students sought vacation employment, the Ministry of Manpower said. Full story
Is Singapore’s workforce ready for the future? - Tan Chuang-Jin
Minister of State for Manpower Tan Chuan-Jin questioned on Thursday if Singapore's workforce is equipped with the skills to meet the challenges of the future.
In a post on The Manpower Blog, Brigadier-General (NS) Tan said that while many employers feel that Singapore's selling point is the availability of a skilled workforce, the country sometimes misses evolving trends.
"Even as we grapple with the here and now, we need to look ahead. How are we gearing up for the challenges of say 2020 and beyond? Will we have the right skills for tomorrow?" he said. Full story
I’m not running away: hairstylist Jonal Chong
The hairstylist who came under fire earlier this year for having lied about styling Hollywood A-list actress Nicole Kidman's hair has come out to reassure customers that he will not be pulling a vanishing act.
This is despite his financial woes, a locked up salon and a reputation in tatters.
"Right now, I can take my barang barang (things) personally to my client's house and provide hair-cutting services," the disgraced stylist said on Tuesday. "That's all I can do. Don't ask me for a refund as I don't have the money, but I'm definitely not running away." Full story
SGX makes new hire to attract more S-chip listings
Singapore Exchange hired a senior vice president to help tap the initial public offering (IPO) business potentials of Chinese firms, the exchange announced Friday.
Christine Lie will be senior vice president and head of listings for China starting from Nov. 1, it said.
She will report to Executive Vice President and Head of Listings Lawrence Wong.
Lie will "lead ongoing efforts to help companies from China tap the international capital market. She will also drive efforts to provide the more than 150 China companies listed on SGX with services which will help them reach out to investors," the bourse said. Full story
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SGX names new head for China IPO business - China Daily
OPINION: Time to move on Mr Lee Kuan Yew
The Online Citizen, 29 Jul 2011It is hard to imagine a time in Singapore when there is no Lee Kuan Yew. The two are inextricably linked and some would even say that there would be no modern Singapore without Lee Kuan Yew. Indeed, it is sometimes hard to separate the man from the country.
No one can deny his far reaching contributions to Singapore but it has reached a point in time when he should genuinely take a step back and retire for good. Far from aiding the PAP, he is now hampering their efforts at rejuvenation. Full story
Philippine Immigration holds eight ‘fake’ lady tourists bound for Singapore looking for jobs
EIGHT prospective overseas Filipino workers posing as tourists were barred from leaving the Ninoy Aquino International Airport after presenting bogus documents in an attempt to convince immigration authorities that they were financially capable of vacationing in Singapore.
The Bureau Immigration said the suspected “tourist workers” were intercepted at the departure area of the NAIA Terminal 3 as they were about to board a Cebu Pacific flight for Singapore. Full story
OPINION: 100% home-grown Singaporean artist decides to leave Singapore - Jewel Philemon
The Online Citizen, 29 Jul 2011Inch Chua a Singaporean singer-songwriter, musician, composer and multi-instrumentalist, who gained national recognition after being the first Singapore solo artist to be invited to the prestigious South by Southwest Music Festival; an artiste who gained visibility with the release of her 2010 full length debut album Wallflower, announced on her Facebook note that she has decided to move to another country to pursue her career, because she is hurt, angry and heartbroken that she is judged and assumed by many to have made “some majorly bad decisions in (her) life to wind up a musician”. Full story
Fusion Garage tries again with JooJoo 2
CNet Asia, 2011If at first you don't succeed, try and try again. Singapore-based Fusion Garage--makers of the JooJoo tablet which flopped in the market after being delayed--has sent a second tablet to the FCC for approval.
Obviously, there are few details to be gleaned from the FCC documents. The new device has a working name of Grid10, which seems to imply that the tablet will come with a 10-inch display instead of the 12-inch one on the first JooJoo.
Fusion Garage CEO Chandrasekar Rathakrishnan has also indicated previously that new devices from the company would have Google Android installed, which would be a welcomed change from the custom browser-based operating system that was on the original JooJoo. Link
COO of Singapore-based SpeakAsia arrested in Mumbai
The Mumbai police has arrested the chief operating officer of an online survey company for alleged financial irregularities, police said on Friday.
Tarak Bajpai, the Chief Operating Officer (CEO) of SpeakAsia, an online survey company, was arrested Thursday night in connection with a forgery case from the Vijay Nagar police station area, City Superintendent of Police Amarinder Singh said.
Singh, who refused to give further details, said Bajpai was being taken to Mumbai for detailed interrogation. Full story
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Speak Asia COO Tarak Bajpai, three others detained by EOW - Moneylife.in
Top Speak Asia Official Detained by Police for Questioning - Daijiworld.com
Grace Fu voices concern over effects of casinos in Singapore
A senior official has voiced concerns over the effects of the casinos in Singapore shortly after Marina Bay Sands reported its strongest quarterly results, Xinhua news agency said citing a report in local newspaper Today today.
Writing on her Facebook page, Senior Minister of State for Information, Communications and the Arts as well as Environment and Water Resources Grace Fu said she was concerned about the social effects of the casino resorts, known as integrated resorts in Singapore.
“While I acknowledge the contribution of IRs to our economy, I am concern(ed) about the social effects,” she said. Full story
Netizens from China: Video parody disgraceful
The student who posted a video parody about Singaporeans has attracted the attention of foreign media.
A report in China Times, a Taiwanese newspaper, said that netizens in China have denounced Wang Peng Fei as "a disgrace."
This came after the paper ran a piece on how the 24-year-old was expelled from a private university after he posted the offensive clip online. Full story
Singapore press heaped praises on foreign-born players after win
Singapore's press heaped praise on the city-state's foreign-born footballers following its 6-4 aggregate win over arch-rivals Malaysia in the Asian World Cup 2014 qualifiers.
"Born in China, 100% S'porean" said local tabloid the New Paper, with the words juxtaposed to a photograph of a euphoric Shi Jiayi, the China-born midfielder who scored the equalizing goal in Thursday's 1-1 draw.
The picture's background featured banners unfurled by Malaysian fans with the messages "100% Malaysians, NO FOREIGNERS" and "100% PURE MALAYSIAN," highlighting pre-match sneers of Singapore's over-reliance on its naturalised players. Full story
Pinoy jailed, caned for robbing burger joint in Singapore
A Filipino is facing five years in jail and 24 strokes of cane for robbing some S$6,000 (P210,000) from a burger joint in Singapore earlier this year, according to a report on news site Today.
Charlie Cabo Perez, 32, pleaded guilty to armed robbery, attempted armed robbery, and criminal breach of trust.
Perez, who used to work as an assistant manager at Burger King’s National University of Singapore outlet, also misappropriated S$800 (P28,000) of the food chain’s money. Full story
Singapore Producer Price Inflation Rises In June
Producer price inflation in Singapore's manufacturing industry accelerated in June, the Department of Statistics said Friday.
Producer prices advanced 4.4 percent year-on-year in June, faster than the downwardly revised 4.1 percent increase in May. The May figure was revised from 4.6 percent reported earlier.
The oil index increased 27 percent from last year, while the non-oil index dropped 3.1 percent. Among the non-oil components, significant decline was registered for prices of crude materials. Full story
Singapore Investors Less Confident About Outlook, Poll Shows
Investor confidence in Singapore fell on concern about the global economy, the debt crisis in Europe and escalating debt debate in the U.S., according to a JP Morgan Asset Management survey.
The Singapore Investor Confidence Index Poll, designed to reflect the outlook and behavior of experienced investors, fell to 121 in the first half of 2011 from 134 in the second half of last year, according to a statement handed out in Singapore today. A number topping 100 on the index ranging from 0 to 200 indicates a positive outlook. Full story
Tiger Airways to Refund Money to Passengers
Singapore-owned budget carrier Tiger Airways will have to refund money to passengers booked to fly until next Thursday.
The Civil Aviation Safety Authority has given Tiger Airways Australia a set of conditions which can form the basis for the airline resuming operations. A number of these conditions must be satisfied before any flights can be undertaken.
Others require Tiger Airways to take ongoing actions, to CASA's satisfaction, as the airline builds back up to a normal schedule. The conditions do not allow for a resumption of operations until CASA is satisfied Tiger is able to do so safely. Full story
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Further delays as Tiger Airways begins refunds - Breaking Travel News
Parco next NEXT: Success or failure?
CNNGo.com, 29 Jul 2011Back in March 2010 the fashion industry was abuzz with the unveiling of the retail arm of the Parco next NEXT project at Parco Millennia Walk.
Established to help up-and-coming local fashion designers become viable business owners, Parco next NEXT is part commerce training program, part industry mentorship, part retail experience.
For many years, Singapore's fashion industry has been highly underrated and under supported, but this joint collaboration between Parco (Singapore) Pte Ltd and the Textile & Fashion Federation (Singapore) (TaFf) -- supported by SPRING Singapore -- is lending solid legs to Singapore’s fashion industry. Full story
Thursday, July 28, 2011
Singapore ousts Malaysia in Asian World Cup qualifier
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) -Singapore progressed in Asian World Cup qualifying on Thursday after a 1-1 draw with Malaysia, advancing 6-4 on aggregate.
Seeking to overturn a 5-3 deficit from the first leg, Malaysia went ahead 1-0 on a goal by Safee Sali in the 58th minute. Shi Jiayi equalized for Singapore in the 73rd minute and the visitors held firm to secure the draw.
Singapore advanced to the group-stage third round alongside regional heavyweights such as Japan and Australia. Link
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Football: Singapore coach slams referee - New Straits Times
Football: Defensive blunder lets Malaysia down - New Straits Times
Malaysia hear the Lions roar - The Malaysian Insider
Tiger Airways says Australian domestic flights could resume on Aug 5th
SINGAPORE, July 28 (Xinhua) -- The domestic flights of Tiger Airways Australia could resume from Aug. 5, its parent company Tiger Airways Holdings said in a statement on Thursday.
The airline said that it has been working constructively with the Civil Aviation Safety Authority of Australia (CASA) to address the concerns it had raised, and that it is confident it can comply with the conditions set by the authority. Full story
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Singapore Airlines profit plunges 82 percent in second quarter on higher fuel costs
SINGAPORE — Singapore Airlines Ltd. says quarterly profit plunged 82 percent as soaring fuel prices pushed up costs.
The carrier said in a statement Thursday that its net profit in the second quarter was 45 million Singapore dollars ($37 million) compared with SG$253 million a year earlier.
Quarterly revenue at the world’s second-biggest airline by market capitalization rose to SG$3.58 billion from SG$3.47 billion a year earlier. Full story
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Break-in at Singapore Post mail transit room in Choa Chu Kang
On 20 July 2011, SingPost lodged a Police report on a break-in at its Mail Transit Room (MTR) in Choa Chu Kang (CCK). Some ordinary mail items intended for three private housing/property in CCK were discovered missing. These ordinary mail items include personal mail from service providers, promotional mail and publications. Registered mail and parcels to the areas were not affected.
SingPost is working closely with the Police in their investigations.
SingPost has notified the affected residents about the incident. It also wishes to inform senders who had posted mail on 18 and 19 July 2011 to residents of the three private housing areas namely Verde View, Yew Mei Condominium's Blk 50 CCK Nth 6 and Windermere Condominium's Blk 22/26/28 CCK St 64 about the incident and that they may wish to re-send their items. Full story
Linkin Park, Shaggy and Rick Astley to perform at Singapore F1
Formula 1, 28 Jul 2011Singapore race organisers have announced that multi award-winning band Linkin Park, Glee star Charice, Grammy-winning reggae artist Shaggy, trip hop producers Massive Attack and 1980s legend Rick Astley are all set to perform at different venues over the course of September’s Marina Bay round.
Headliners Linkin Park will perform songs from album A Thousand Suns on race day, September 25, on the Padang main stage. Massive Attack will wow the crowds with a DJ set on Friday night, whilst Glee starlet Charice will be in action on Friday and Saturday nights. Shaggy and Rick Astley will both perform on Saturday and Sunday. Full story
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Qantas gives nod to Singapore-Virgin tie-up
QANTAS will not stand in the way of Virgin Australia pursing a close tie-up with Singapore Airlines.
It says the two Australian airlines need alliances because they are at a big disadvantage to their government-owned competitors.
In giving its tacit support to the planned deal, Qantas said heavy regulation, ''extremely high'' fixed costs, competition from government-owned airlines, and the tyranny of distance made it ''very difficult'' for Virgin and itself to recover its cost of capital on international routes. Full story
Singapore tycoon buys $395m Sydney tower from Commonwealth Property Office Fund
SINGAPORE billionaire Tay Tee Peng has agreed to buy a Sydney office tower for $395 million from the listed Commonwealth Property Office Fund (CPA).
Industry sources said Mr Tay made the acquisition through his company, Memocorp Australia, which holds his Australian real estate investments, said to be valued at $600m. Full story
Protesting PRC foreign workers confront employer's wife outside their home
Yahoo! Singapore News, 28 Jul 2011
Some 38 Chinese nationals congregated outside their former employer's home at Jalan Telang off Upper Thomson Road on Wednesday morning demanding payment for their overtime salary.
With police trying to mediate, they faced off the employer's wife, who tried in vain to turn them away, shouting at them and asking, "Why are you all here? Why are you causing trouble?"
Some of the workers also claimed that she gave them the thumbs-down sign repeatedly, adding that they felt very "insulted".
Their former employer, 35-year-old Yoga Naidu, eventually arrived some three hours later with their overtime salaries, dispensing cash and receipts between 1.15pm and close to 3pm. Full story
Some 38 Chinese nationals congregated outside their former employer's home at Jalan Telang off Upper Thomson Road on Wednesday morning demanding payment for their overtime salary.
With police trying to mediate, they faced off the employer's wife, who tried in vain to turn them away, shouting at them and asking, "Why are you all here? Why are you causing trouble?"
Some of the workers also claimed that she gave them the thumbs-down sign repeatedly, adding that they felt very "insulted".
Their former employer, 35-year-old Yoga Naidu, eventually arrived some three hours later with their overtime salaries, dispensing cash and receipts between 1.15pm and close to 3pm. Full story
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