08 July 2010
Malaysian sovereign fund Khazanah today extended its partial offer for Parkway Holdings Ltd by 18 days, intensifying its battle with India’s Fortis Healthcare over control of the hospital chain. Khazanah, through subsidiary Integrated Healthcare Holdings Limited (IHHL), has extended the offer to 5.30 pm or after the close of the trading day on July 26, [...]
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01 July 2010
Singapore’s Marina Bay Sands resort is now officially open following an inaugural ceremony last week. The event was attended by celebrity chefs, fashion designers, musicians and other well-known figures, as well as officials from the resort’s operating company who predicted that it would ‘usher in a new era of international tourism development’. Sheldon G Adelson, [...]
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04 June 2010
Singapore Exchange (SGX) today said 40% of its broking members, numerous proprietary trading firms and several vendors including crossing network operator Chi-East, have chosen its new co-location service months before its first-quarter 2011 launch. By re-locating their trading applications to the new state-of-the-art SGX data center, co-location customers can transact with SGX’s trading engine at [...]
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09 April 2010
A passenger of Quantas Airlines had to be restrained by flight stewards after he threatened to bring down the plane with the power of his mind only. An Australian reporter on the same flight said passengers sitting near the man believed he was under the influence of drugs or alcohol or both and had religious [...]
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09 April 2010
Citigroup plans to employ 200 new members of staff in 2010 for its Singapore operations. This is according to the global head of human resources for Citigroup, Mark Morgan, who has stated the financial institution will expand its staff from around 8,000 this year, the Business Times Singapore reported. New positions will be generated in [...]
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23 March 2010
The Monetary Authority of Singapore has allowed ICICI Bank to offer retail banking services. The authority has granted ICICI Bank a qualified full banking (QFB) status on Monday. ICICI Bank is the second Indian entity to get this authorization in Singapore. The State Bank of India, the largest lender in India, was given a similar [...]
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05 March 2010
An unidentified terrorist group is planning attacks on oil tankers in the Strait of Malacca, one of the world’s busiest shipping lanes, Singapore’s navy warned on Friday. Its intent “is probably to achieve widespread publicity and showcase that it remains a viable group,” said an advisory issued by the Singapore Navy Information Fusion Center (IFC). [...]
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02 March 2010
Japan’s Ai Miyazato won the US$1.3 million HSBC Women’s Champions tournament in Singapore yesterday to continue her sparkling start to the USLPGA season with a second straight title. Miyazato, the joint overnight leader with Juli Inkster of the US, posted a 69 for a 10-under total of 278 for the tournament and took home the [...]
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05 February 2010
A Malaysian woman and a man got handed the death sentence today for drug trafficking in Singapore. Cheong Chun Yin (26) and Pang Siew Fum (54) were arrested by the Singapore’s Central Narcotics Bureau (CNB) officers on June 16, 2008 after they were found to be trafficking a total of 7.7kg of diamorphine. Singapore media [...]
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03 February 2010
The Singapore Airshow 2010 is taking place from 2 to 7 February 2010. The first 4 days are exclusively for trade attendees and the final 2 weekend days are open to public. The world’s newest planes and aviation products will be for showcase at the aviation exhibition, where over 800 exhibiting companies from more than [...]
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29 January 2010
Singapore, officially the Republic of Singapore, is an island city-state off the southern tip of the Malay Peninsula, 137 kilometres (85 mi) north of the equator, south of the Malaysian state of Johor and north of Indonesia’s Riau Islands. At 710.2 km2 (274.2 sq mi), Singapore is a microstate and the smallest nation in Southeast [...]
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Added on 21 June 2010
British writer freed from Singapore jail
Singapore plant of Pfizer gets 100 Million Dollar expansion
Marina Bay Sands Singapore officially open
Swiss man gets caned in Singapore
The drainage system in Singapore will get some upgrading after Orchard Road was flooded
The Swiss Graffiti on the Singapore Subway Train – Video
Singapore Exchange SGX moves data center
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