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Singapore buys 11-per-cent stake in US-based energy firm
Singapore - The Government of Singapore Investment Corp (GIC), one of the world's largest sovereign wealth funds, said Tuesday that it has purchased an 11-per-cent stake in the US-based energy-infrast...
Earth Times |
Singapore buys $400 mln stake in energy infrastructure firm
SINGAPORE, May 13 (Reuters) - Government of Singapore Investment Corp (GIC) has bought an 11 percent stake in U.S.-based energy infrastructure firm AEI for $400 million, a spokeswoman for the Singa...
Reuters |
Two Singapore aid agencies given go-ahead to enter Myanmar
Singapore - Welfare organizations in Singapore have received permission from Myamnar's military government to enter the cyclone- battered country and deliver aid, two groups said Tuesday. The city-sta...
Earth Times |
Lalu mesmerizes Singapore students
PATNA: After students of Harvard and Wharton, railway minister Lalu Prasad has now impressed management graduates of yet another of world's top 10 business schools. This time it was students of Ins...
Times of India |
ASEAN cyclone relief talks likely to be held in Singapore
Singapore - Foreign ministers from the Association of South- East Asian Nations (ASEAN) are likely to meet in Singapore soon to discuss measures to support relief and recovery efforts in cyclone- hit ...
Earth Times |
Agri-funds sprouting in Singapore
Singapore - Soaring prices for agricultural commodities are whetting investors' appetites for agri-funds that have been sprouting in Singapore, news reports said on Monday. At least four investment fu...
Earth Times |
Lalu to sell Railways
NEW DELHI: Having grabbed the headlines back home for Railways' massive turnaround, Railway Minister Lalu Prasad is now all set to sell his success story overseas. Prasad, who is embarking tomo...
Times of India |
Cases of abused and neglected children on the rise in Singapore
Singapore - The number of abused and neglected children brought before Singapore courts for care and protection orders has been on the rise, published data said on Saturday. The number reached 114 las...
Earth Times |
UPDATE 1-Shell to shut Singapore CDU, 2 more units in June
SINGAPORE, May 9 (Reuters) - Royal Dutch Shell (RDSa.L: Quote, Profile, Research) will shut its second-largest crude distillation unit (CDU) and two secondary units at its Singapore refinery in June f...
Congoo |
Singapore Telecom expected to post flat earnings
SINGAPORE -- Singapore Telecommunications Ltd. (SingTel), Southeast Asia's biggest telecommunication player, is expected to post flat earnings in the year-to-March 2008 as contributions from its regio...
Inquirer |
Zael Kho of Singapore Writes Fantasy Book Titled Sojourn, Published by Holy Fire Publishing
Zael Kho's book, Sojourn, is a result of Kho's exploration of Islam and Christianity in which he reveals some of the stumbling blocks encountered for and against both Islam and Christianity....
PR Web |
Singapore woman charged with pinching maid
SINGAPORE -- A Singapore woman was charged on Thursday with three counts of pinching her Indonesian maid. Ting Yeng Keow, 58, a housewife, is said to have pinched Sriyani on her left upper arm at her ...
Inquirer |
China-Singapore Tianjin Eco-city to be set up
The China-Singapore Tianjin Eco-city is scheduled to break ground this July and due to complete within 10 to 15 years, of which a pilot area of three square kilometers will be completed within three t...
People's Daily |
Singapore looking at lighter touch in regulating internet
Singapore - The Singapore government is considering a lighter touch in regulating the internet after 13 bloggers called for freedom to discuss political issues and views, the group said on Thursday. T...
Earth Times |
Sino-Singapore Tianjin Eco-City to Be Completed in 10 to 15 Years
Posted on: Wednesday, 7 May 2008, 12:00 CDT Text of report in English by official Chinese news agency Xinhua (New China News Agency) ["Sino-Singapore Tianjin Eco-City To Be Completed in 10 To 15 Year...
RedOrbit |
Singapore reports outbreak of deadly child virus
MOSCOW, May 7 (RIA Novosti) - Almost 1,500 children in Singapore have been infected this week by hand, foot and mouth disease (HFMD), that has already killed a total of 28 children under six in China,...
Russian Information Agency |
Singapore Airlines to increase fuel surcharge
Singapore - Singapore Airlines (SIA) will increase its fuel surcharge for tickets effective May 12 as a result of the sustained increase in jet fuel prices in recent months, the carrier said on Wednes...
Earth Times |
HIV-positive Singapore man charged for sex with teenage boy
SINGAPORE -- An HIV-infected Singapore man on Wednesday admitted to having oral sex with a 16-year-old boy without telling him of the risk of contracting the disease. Chan Mun Chiong, 43, faces a fine...
Inquirer |
Singapore Airlines profits take a nose-dive with soaring fuel costs
The fatal combination of rising fuel prices and slowing business travel could place pressure the performance of Singapore Airlines, potentially resulting in the lowest profit for 18 months. The Int...
Travel Blackboard |
Singapore to have highest concentration of millionaires by 2017
Singapore - Singapore is expected to surpass Hong Kong within 10 years as home to the highest concentration of millionaires in the world, a Barclays Wealth report said Wednesday. A total of 40.7 per c...
Earth Times |
Singapore ready to send rescue teams, doctors to Myanmar
Singapore's Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong said Tuesday that his country is ready to dispatch Disaster Assistance Rescue Teams and medical doctors to Myanmar if necessary. Lee made the offer in a lett...
People's Daily |
Rate Of Voluntary HIV Testing Unchanged In Singapore Despite Expanded Access To Rapid HIV Tests
The number of people who voluntarily took HIV tests in Singapore in 2007 did not improve despite increased access of rapid HIV testing kits to more than 60 clinics, Singapore's...
Medical News Today |
TSMarine opens Singapore base
TSMarine opens Singapore base Offshore Staff ABERDEEN -- TSMarine has opened a base in Singapore. The office will be headed-up by newly appointed regional sales manager, Jason Hewlett with support fro...
Offshore |
Taiwan court orders Singaporean detained over missing fund
Taipei - A Taiwan court on Tuesday ordered the detention of a Singaporean man on suspicion of plotting to embezzle 30 million US dollars of government funds. The Taipei District Court ordered negotiat...
Earth Times |
New low emission buses for Singapore built with Rio Tinto Alcan aluminium lightweight technology
PARIS, France, May 6 /CNW Telbec/ - Alcan Extruded Products, part of Alcan Engineered Products - a business unit of Rio Tinto Alcan, is pleased to announce that it is supplying the aluminium extrusi...
CNW Group |
Singapore is giving 200,000 US dollars to Myanmar
Singapore - Singapore is giving 200,000 US dollars in humanitarian aid to Myanmarin cyclone relief, the foreign ministry said Tuesday. The aid includes medical supplies, drinking water, water purifyin...
Earth Times |
Singapore batsman hits Twenty20 double hundred
A batsman in Singapore has scored what is believed to be the first Twenty20 double hundred, bludgeoning a remarkable 219 from 56 balls in a club match.
Cricinfo |
Mottaki, Singaporean minister discuss issues of mutual interest
FMs Singapore minister without portfolio in Foreign Affairs Zeinolabedin Rashid conferred with Iran's Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki here Monday. In the meeting, Mottaki described cooperation of ...
IRNA |
Singaporean gets 3 weeks in jail for hitting Filipina maid
SINGAPORE -- A Singaporean engineer was sentenced to three weeks' jail on Monday for using a rolling pin to assault his Filipino maid. Xing Likun, 36, had admitted hitting s Irene Israel Miguel on the...
Inquirer |
Zurich Expands Singapore Branch
It will provide a full scope of insurance services to corporate and commercial customers based in Singapore and across South East Asia, including energy insurance products as well as trade credit and ...
Insurance Journal |
Singapore Armed Forces sends engineers to Afghanistan to help in reconstruction effort
The Singapore Armed Forces (SAF) has sent two six-man teams to Bamiyan Province in central Afghanistan, to help with the country's reconstruction effort, said the Defense Ministry in a statement on Mo...
People's Daily |
Taiwan searches home of Singaporean intermediary in Taipei
Taipei - Authorities searched the home of a Singaporean accused of embezzling Taiwan's million-dollar diplomatic fund, as the scandal has begun to implicate more Taiwanese officials. On Saturday eveni...
Earth Times |
Net4 India forms new subsidiary in Singapore
NEW DELHI: Net4 India Ltd on Thursday announced the opening of its newly formed subsidiary Net4 Singapore Pte Ltd and that it has also been awarded with the Service Based Operator (SBO) license in ...
Times of India |
Singapore leader warns of China backlash after torch protests
Singapore's prime minister warned today that recent protests during the Olympic torch relay have angered the Chinese public and will create 'consequences' beyond the games themselves.Prime Minister Le...
Breaking News.ie |
Singapore eyes Turkish privatizations
Singapore is planning to take part in the upcoming privatization tenders for ports, energy, environment and banking in Turkey, including the tender for Halkbank, Abdullah Tarmugi, Singapore's parliame...
Turkish Press |
Interpol alert issued for sacked Singapore police officer
Singapore - An Interpol alert has been issued for a sacked senior Singapore police officer wanted for fraud and on the run, news reports said Friday. Mark Koh Kian Tiong, a Criminal Investigation Depa...
Earth Times |
Singapore to get environmentally kinder German-engineered buses
Singapore - Singapore is to become the first country in South-East Asia to obtain German-engineered buses designed to be kind to the environment and accessible to disabled passengers, a public transpo...
Earth Times |
Singapore to usher in new e-Invoicing system, May 1
SINGAPORE -- Suppliers of goods and services billing the government of Singapore will need to submit their invoices electronically starting May 1 as part of a plan seeking to extend the reach and qual...
The China Post |
Singapore welcomes confirmation of US ambassador for ASEAN affairs
Singapore - Singapore welcomed Thursday the US Senate's confirmation of career foreign service officer Scot Marciel as its first ambassador for ASEAN affairs. "The US is the first dialogue partner of ...
Earth Times |
Coach warns against complacency in Singapore showdown
WITH Malaysian cricket mediocre at best, the national team have no room for complacency when they take on Singapore in the Stan Nagaiah Trophy tomorrow at the Kinrara Oval.
New Straits Times |
Prime minister confident in Singapore
Singapore - Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong expressed confidence Thursday in Singapore's ability to cope amid the uncertain global economic outlook but warned that "dark storm clouds have gathered."In ...
Earth Times |
Rotech secures first contract for new Singapore base
Rotech secures first contract for new Singapore base Offshore staff SINGAPORE -- Mass-flow excavation specialists Rotech Subsea has secured its first contract from its recently opened Singapore base. ...
Offshore |
Singapore groups to push for maids' day off
Singapore in 2006 ruled out giving domestic helpers mandatory rest days, saying it would be inconvenient. In a joint statement, the advocacy groups said about 170,000 migrant women work as maids in...
Yahoo! News |
Singapore Slingers to check out Castro
MANILA, Philippines -- Team owner Bob Turner will arrive in the country Thursday with the intention of tapping the services of topnotch amateur Jason Castro as reinforcement to the Singapore Slingers....
Inquirer |
Singapore stays top, Rotterdam and Dubai edge out Kaohsiung
Taipei - Singapore, Shanghai and Hong Kong continue to dominate world container port rankings, while Taiwan's main port of Kaohsiung Harbour slid two places to No 8 last year, a Taiwanese government r...
Earth Times |
Groups launch drive to get Singapore foreign maids day off a month
Singapore - Civil society groups plan to launch a website Thursday as part of a yearlong campaign to persuade Singapore employers to give maids at least one day off each month. The city-state's 180,00...
Earth Times |
Singapore to require electronic invoices from suppliers
Singapore - Suppliers of goods and services billing the government of Singapore will need to submit their invoices electronically starting May 1 as part of a plan seeking to extend the reach and quali...
Earth Times |
Singapore Jobless Rate Rises, May Climb Further
By Reuters Singapore's unemployment rate rose to a seasonally adjusted 2 percent in the first quarter amid mounting uncertainties in the global economy, and analysts warned the jobless rate may climb ...
CNBC |
ASEAN students pick Singapore as top place to work
Singapore - Singapore emerged as the top place to work and play among university students in the Association of South-East Asian Nations grouping, a survey said Wednesday. More than half of the 2,170 ...
Earth Times |
Singapore Airline Expands its Fleet with Fourth A380 Aircraft
Singapore Airlines took delivery of its fourth A380 aircraft at the Airbus Delivery Centre in Toulouse, France on Saturday. The new A380 aircraft, which is the world’s largest passenger plane,...
Travel Blackboard |
Singapore succeeds at managing everything - except dating
SINGAPORE : It was like a college mixer, a classroom full of young men and women seeking a recipe for romance. They had assembled for the first class of "Love Relations for Life: A Journey of Romance...
International Herald Tribune |
Exercise To Affect Busy Singapore Sea Lanes - Minister
- which carry almost half the world's daily oil shipments - will be affected by a maritime emergency exercise next month, a cabinet minister said on radio Tuesday.
Morning Star |
Singapore Inflation to Stay High, Cool in Second-Half
CNBC.com Singapore's central bank said on Tuesday inflation would cool to an average 4 percent in the second half of 2008, after it hit a 26-year high above 6 percent in the first six months of the ye...
CNBC |
Turkish Parliament Speaker Calls For Closer Ties With Singapore
ANKARA - Turkish Parliament Speaker said on Monday that relations between Turkey and Singapore should be promoted. Turkish Parliament Speaker Koksal Toptan told journalists after meeting Parliament Sp...
Turkish Press |
Eight Singapore preschools urged to close due to virus
Singapore - Eight more preschools have been urged to temporarily close after another 540 cases of hand, foot and mouth disease were reported in a four-day period, health officials said on Tuesday. So ...
Earth Times |
Commerzbank unit buys Singapore office building at record price - report
SINGAPORE (Thomson Financial) - Commerzbank Real, a wholly-owned unit of Commerzbank AG of Germany, has acquired an office building in Singapore for S$743.8 million ($547 million) from a joint venture...
Congoo |
Singapore offers citizens $1.47 food-stall meals
Singapore's government is advertising food stalls that offer S$2 (1.47 U.S. dollar) meals to help people in Asia's second-richest country cope with consumer prices at a three-decade high, a newspaper ...
People's Daily |
Higher pay has maids choosing Taiwan, Hong Kong over Singapore
Singapore - Fewer foreign maids are choosing to work in Singapore, with those from the Philippines and Indonesia now preferring Taiwan and Hong Kong, a survey said Monday. The 20 maid agencies surveye...
Earth Times |
Singapore, hit by food cost, promotes $1.50 meals
SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Singapore's government is advertising food stalls that offer S$2 ($1.47) meals to help people in Asia's second-richest country cope with consumer prices at a three-decade high, a...
Reuters |
Burma Activists Stage Protests in Thailand, Singapore
Burmese activists in Thailand and Singapore demonstrated Sunday against next month's constitutional referendum. In Thailand, about 100 activists demonstrated outside Burma's Embassy in Bangkok. The ...
VOA |
Singapore home price rise slows in Q1, sales slump
SINGAPORE - Reuters Singapore private home prices rose 3.7 percent between January and March, the second straight quarter of slower growth as property sales slumped to the lowest in five years, govern...
Turkish Press |
Singapore Airlines Takes Delivery Of Its 4th Airbus Jet
TOULOUSE, France (AFP)--Singapore Airlines Ltd. (C6l.SG) has taken delivery of its fourth Airbus A380 plane, the world's biggest passenger jet, which left Toulouse, France, on Saturday, Airbus said. T...
Congoo |
Konkan Railways gets patent for anti-collision device in China, Russia, Singapore
New Delhi, Apr 26 (ANI): In a major development that will open new vistas for the Konkan Railway, the anti-collision device (ACD) developed by it has been granted patent by China, Russia and Singapore...
KeralaNext |
Singapore asks homes to cut energy use by 10pc
Singapore's National Environment Agency wants households to cut electricity use by 10 percent as fuel costs surge. Under the so-called '10 Percent Energy Challenge,' the city state asked its 1.1 mill...
West Australian |
Singapore Regulators Fine State Tv Show For Gay Content
A Singapore TV regulatory agency has fined a state-owned television channel $11,000 for broadcasting a program depicting a gay couple and their adopted baby in a way that "promotes a gay lifestyle." T...
Showbiz Data |
Singapore welcomes China offer of dialogue with Dalai Lama
Singapore - Singapore welcomed on Friday China's offer to begin consultations with representatives of the Dalai Lama, saying a long-term solution is in the interest of the "entire region.""No one, lea...
Earth Times |
Singapore shares close higher on Wall Street gains, Keppel falls
SINGAPORE (Thomson Financial) - Singapore shares finished higher Friday as Wall Street's overnight gains encouraged investors to buy select stocks, but Keppel Corp fell after the industrial conglomera...
Congoo |
St. Regis Opening in Singapore
WHITE PLAINS, NY, April 24, 2008. Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide, Inc. today announces the opening of The St. Regis Singapore, the first internationally branded luxury hotel to open in Singap...
Hospitality Newswire |
Dubai Airport outperforms Singapores Changi
Dubai Airport has edged ahead of Singapore Changi Airport, in terms of passenger throughput, for the first time. Dubai overtaking Singapore represents a significant milestone in global aviation with o...
Select Property |
Singapore teachers join cleaners as outbreak toll rises
Singapore - Teachers, administrative staff and cleaners scrubbed Singapore preschools and child-care centres Friday to curb an outbreak of hand, foot and mouth disease after 880 new cases were reporte...
Earth Times |
Singapore TV station fined for airing show with gay couple and baby
Singapore - A television station was slapped with a 15,000- Singapore-dollar (10,489-US-dollar) fine for airing a show depicting a homosexual couple and their adopted baby in a manner promoting "a gay...
Earth Times |
Singapore Calls for Private Sector to Participate in Environment Protection
Posted on: Thursday, 24 April 2008, 09:00 CDT Singapore calls for private sector to participate in environment protection SINGAPORE, April 22 (Xinhua) -- Singapore's National Development Minister Mah...
RedOrbit |
Singapore Dollar Slides To 6-day Low Against US Currency [USD/SGD]
AM The Singapore dollar declined to a 6-day low of 1.3596 against the US currency by about 6:10 am ET Thursday. The Singapore dollar that hit a new multi-year high of 1.3464 against the greenback earl...
Congoo |
Opalesque Publishes Singapore Hedge Fund Manager Roundtable - How the Smallest Country in Asia Grew Into a Hedge Fund Giant
Singapore hedge fund industry enters prime league within global hedge fund jurisdictions, set for further massive growth - unless, as investors warn, private lending space derails Asian hedge funds. R...
PR Web |
Visitors to Singapore reach record for March
Singapore - Singapore welcomed 908,000 visitors in March, setting a new record for the month and 5.7 per cent growth over the corresponding month a year ago, the Tourism Board said on Thursday. Indone...
Earth Times |
Plastic baby bottles in Singapore deemed safe amid global worries
Singapore - All plastic baby bottles sold in Singapore are safe, and stores are not being asked to stop selling them, news reports said Thursday. The Agri-Food and Veterinary Authority (AVA) gave its ...
Earth Times |
Boeing soars above Airbus with 60 orders at Singapore Airshow
February 20, 2008 By GILLIAN WONG Singapore - Boeing is outpacing European rival Airbus in competition for Asian customers at the Singapore Airshow this week, snagging orders for 60 planes yesterday f...
Business Report |
Malaysia scraps plans for high-speed bullet train to Singapore
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia – Malaysia has scrapped plans for a multi-billion-dollar high-speed bullet train connecting Kuala Lumpur and Singapore because of high costs, a government official said We...
San Diego Union-Tribune |
Former Singapore League players jailed for match-fixing, says report
A view of Singapore´s financial district is seen in this file photo. Six footballers from former Singapore league side Liaoning Guangyuan have been sentenced to jail and fined for match-fixing, a new...
Soccer Way |
India, Singapore ink agreement to strengthen bilateral ties
The agreement was signed between External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee and his Singapore counterpart George Yeo on the sidelines of the India-Singapore Joint Ministerial Committee (JMC), that was...
KeralaNext |
Singapore lawyer spared jail in
Hong Kong - A top Singapore lawyer who stole items worth 1,200 US dollars from a Hong Kong hotel room has been spared jail after a judge determined the crime was a cry for help, a newspaper reported W...
Earth Times |
V Australia hires Singapore Airlines to service new planes
Virgin Group has come under fire after they announced that they will be hiring an arm of Singapore Airlines to maintain V Australia’s new B777 fleet. Currently, no Australian airline operates ...
Travel Blackboard |
Singapore PM says home affairs minister not responsible for terror escape
Singapore's Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong said Tuesday that top home affairs officials should not be automatically removed or punished just because security lapses allowed a top terror to escape a pr...
People's Daily |
Carriers cooperate on New Zealand/Singapore loop
MISC Berhad, MOL, Nippon Yusen Kaisha, Orient Overseas Container Line, and Pacific International Lines Ltd. (PIL) will combine their NZM and NZS services into a single loop to be called NZX. MOL sai...
American Shipper |
Adel Uni to boost Singapore campus
The University of Adelaide has plans to make Singapore its second-largest campus within a decade. It plans to double the number of students at its Singapore facility from 500 to 1,000 over the next t...
ABC Australia |
