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 [...]

Pfizer Inc., the world’s biggest drugmaker, said Thursday it invested $100 million in the expansion of its Singapore plant that makes nutritional products for infants and children. The New York company said the expansion increased the plant’s production capacity by 50 percent. That helps it serve several Asian countries, including China, Indonesia, Thailand, Taiwan and [...]

A court in Singapore on Friday sentenced a Swiss man to five months in jail and three strokes of a cane for breaking into a train depot and spray-painting graffiti on two carriages of a metro train last month. Friday’s ruling came after Oliver Fricker, a software consultant, pleaded guilty to the charges pressed against. [...]

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 [...]

The Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore (MPA) said it is coordinating the containment and clean up efforts of the resultant oil spill after the ship collision in the Singapore Straits on Tuesday. A Malaysian-registered tanker, MT Bunga Kelana 3 and the St Vincents and The Grenadines-registered bulk carrier, MV Waily collided at about 6:03 [...]

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 truly fantastic casino hotel opened on Tuesday in Singapore in the heart of its financial district offering great services and in-numerous facilities. The three 55-story towers offer a large sky park where you can have a clear view of the surrounding area – a real breath taking spectacle. The casino hotel was designed and [...]

Police have arrested six youths aged between 14 and 17 years old for suspected involvement in a series of school break-ins and snatch thefts committed in Yishun Estate. On 17 April 2010 at about 2.00 am , Police responded to a case of alarm activated at a Primary School located along Yishun St 21. Police [...]

Porsche makes great cars, every child knows this. And the Porsche Cayenne, the 4×4 SUV model, is especially in demand. Now the Germans have unleashed a new model of the Porsche Cayenne for the year 2010. It was designed to have ‘greater social acceptance’ – and this percolates every aspect of its make-up, from its [...]

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. [...]