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SINGAPORE: A body was found under the flyover at the junction of Kampong Java road and Cavenagh Road on Thursday evening. Police said they were informed at 5.56pm. The body is believed to be that of a male Indian. Police said the body is not decomposed. CID officers and forensic officers were at the scene [...]
Mr Heng Swee Keat. WASHINGTON DC: The Singapore education system believes in continuous improvements to stay updated with societal needs, even as educational experts from the United States gave it a stamp of approval during a panel session at Thursday’s Singapore Conference. In the session titled, “Partnerships in Education: Preparing Students for a 21st Century [...]
Credit cards SINGAPORE: Credit Bureau Singapore said the number of credit card holders aged 21 to 29 have shot up by nearly 50 per cent over the past four years. They now total 150,667. However, this group is also seeing a bigger jump in those not paying in full. From 2008 to 2011, the bureau [...]
Steve McMahon, First XI head coach, observing the amateur footballers during the trials. SINGAPORE: More than 1,400 hopefuls turned up at the trials for MediaCorp TV’s first reality show on football, First XI. Dribbling, passing, shooting, and the beep or fitness test, which proved to be the hardest for the hopefuls. These were the skills [...]
Beneficiaries of HCA Hospice Care mingling and dancing with MediaCorp artistes and volunteers. SINGAPORE: It was a Lunar New Year celebration for the beneficiaries of HCA Hospice Care, MediaCorp’s adopted charity. Beneficiaries were treated to a time of song and games, and even got to mingle and dance with MediaCorp artistes. They also enjoyed a [...]
Contestants in “Angel’s Gate” are given 30 seconds in a lift to make a business pitch to one of the judges SINGAPORE: Budding entrepreneurs in Asia will get a chance to pitch to top investors their business ideas, on a new business reality TV series, Angel’s Gate, which will premiere on Channel NewsAsia on Monday [...]
illegal cigarettes SINGAPORE: More than 4,300 cartons of duty—unpaid cigarettes have been seized by officers from the Immigration and Checkpoints Authority (ICA). The cigarettes were found hidden in between bags of cement in a Malaysian—registered lorry at Tuas checkpoint. The 31—year—old driver had produced an import permit to ICA officers. The permit stated the vehicle [...]
Team Singapore athletes depart for Indonesia on 8 Nov for the SEA Games (file photo) SINGAPORE: A total of S$525,000 was given out to medal—winning athletes from Team Singapore who competed at the 2011 SEA Games. The cash is part of the Singapore National Olympic Council’s (SNOC) Multi—Million Dollar Award Programme (MAP). Winning the lion’s [...]
Singapore Traffic Police SINGAPORE: Several roads will be closed to facilitate this year’s Chingay Parade. The closures will happen this Friday and Saturday between 6pm and midnight. The affected roads are the carriageway of Republic Boulevard in the direction of Raffles Avenue, between Republic Avenue and Raffles Boulevard and Raffles Avenue between Raffles Boulevard and [...]
R&D industry in Singapore SINGAPORE: Some 120 top international scientists including Nobel Laureates, Prof Ada Yonath and Prof Kurt Wuthrich are now in Singapore to discuss cross—disciplinary science. They are here for the 2nd Molecular Materials Meeting (M3) @ Singapore 2012 organised by A*STAR’s Institute of Materials Research and Engineering (IMRE). Molecular materials science cuts [...]