Singapore Informer

Alan Shadrake, 75, released on bail after book about country’s death penalty led to defamation and contempt of court charges

Singapore may overtake China as Asia’s fastest-growing economy this year, increasing the attractiveness of the city state’s stocks and putting pressure on policymakers to check inflation with a stronger currency. Gross domestic product of the Southeast Asian island will rise 10.8 per cent in 2010, according to the median of 13 estimates in a Bloomberg [...]

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, [...]

June 16 this year. Orchard Road in Singapore. Flooded mainly because the drainage system couldn’t take care of all the water most people say. To be honest, it was a lot of water in a short period of time. But still… PUB is responsible for the drainage system in Singapore. We take a serious view [...]

A Swiss man has been arrested in Singapore on suspicion of breaking into a high-security subway depot and spray-painting graffiti on a train, an offense punishable by caning, police said Friday. “We confirm that a 33-year-old Swiss male national has been arrested in relation to the case,” a spokesman for the Singapore Police Force told [...]

After an intensive 24-hour police operation, Police arrested three male Malaysians, aged between 21 and 26 years old last night in connection with the death of a man whose body was discovered at the open field along Kallang Road. The three suspects are also believed to be involved in a series of armed robberies with [...]

Singapore Airlines has added a new Airbus type to its fleet with the delivery of its first c. Acquired under a lease agreement with Dublin-based AWAS, the aircraft was handed over to the airline at a ceremony in Toulouse today attended by Mak Swee Wah, Executive Vice President Operations and Services, Singapore Airlines, Frank Pray, [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

This is a video we found from Singapore in 1957″. It is called “Singapore – The Lion City in 1957. See how much space they had in the plane? Cool. Singapore was already a big city back then. Watch, enjoy, share and leave your comments below…

What would you change on the Apple iPad? What features are missing for you? Or do you think the iPad will be useful for you the way it is? Apple’s new iPad is no doubt one of the most anticipated high tech gadgets this year, and since it comes from Apple it will be successful. [...]

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 [...]