Wednesday, 26 April 2017 SINGAPORE: Singapore’s industrial production rose faster than expected in March from a year earlier, thanks to a continued surge in the electronics sector, data showed on Wednesday, pointing to a possible upward revision in the city-state’s first quarter GDP. Manufacturing output in March rose 10.2% from …
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Wednesday, 19 April 2017 SINGAPORE: A heavy downpour marked the final journey of first-generation Singapore leader Othman Wok who was accorded a state-assisted funeral. The casket, draped in the Singapore flag, was carried into Masjid Sultan in Kampung Glam by male family members and Minister-in-charge of Muslim Affairs Dr Yaacob …
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Tuesday, 18 April 2017 SINGAPORE: The Woodleigh MRT Station in Singapore was closed Tuesday due to a security incident. The republic’s police said in an update on Facebook a short while later that they were investigating a suspicious package found at the station. A Civil Defence Force Hazmat team is …
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Thursday, 13 April 2017 PETALING JAYA: SP Setia Bhd is said to be the highest bidder for a residential project in Toh Tuck Road in Singapore with an estimated bid of S$265 million. According to a report by Singapore’s Business Times, the property developer was among 24 bidders for the …
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Saturday, 1 April 2017 SINGAPORE: A majestic 100-year-old Jurassic Park-like forest, complete with freshwater wetlands, has opened at the Botanic Gardens. Called the Learning Forest, the US$30 million project has reshaped a wild, dense and largely inaccessible century-old secondary forest into the first space in Singapore where the public can …
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Friday, 31 March 2017 SINGAPORE: Pest control and officers from the National Environment Agency (NEA) carried out fogging at Simon Place after Singapore’s first Zika cluster this year was detected in the area. Teams began spraying sidewalks and drains in the area at about 9.30am. 2 locally transmitted cases had …
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Friday, 31 March 2017 SINGAPORE: A Scoot airliner and an Emirates plane hit each other in the early hours of Thursday at Changi Airport. A Scoot spokesman said flight TZ188, bound for Tianjin, China, was taxiing before take-off when the accident happened at 1.40am. All 303 passengers and 11 crew …
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Monday, 27 March 2017 Singapore: French President Francois Hollande arrived in Singapore, the first leg in the final foreign tour of his 5 year term, and will go on to Malaysia and Indonesia. The tour in Jakarta is dominated by economic and defence issues and is aimed mainly at strengthening …
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Monday, 27 March 2017 Singapore: The water price hike is necessary to bring home the scarcity of water but more time could have been spent explaining the price increase before it was announced, so that people would not have been so surprised, said Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong. Commenting on …
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Saturday, 18 March 2017 In one of the most expensive countries in the world to own a car, Peter Chiu is finding a novel way to pay for one. The 58-year-old retired policeman rents a car in Singapore, drives 3 to 4 hours a day for Uber Technologies Inc to …
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