Singapore Informer http://singaporeinformer.com Local Singapore News and Singapore Updates Sat, 18 May 2013 07:52:05 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 Eu Yan Sang International http://singaporeinformer.com/157277/eu-yan-sang-international/ http://singaporeinformer.com/157277/eu-yan-sang-international/#comments Sat, 18 May 2013 07:52:05 +0000 Singapore Informer http://singaporeinformer.com/157277/eu-yan-sang-international/

May 14, 2013 1:21 AM EU Yan Sang’s (EYSAN) Q3 2013 earnings rose 54 per cent y-o-y to S$ 8.4 million. Nine-month 2013 earnings of S$ 13.4 million made up our entire FY13 forecast.      Full News here – RSS Print – Broker’s Take + Singapore Markets + Others

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May 17, 2013 1:04 AM SINGTEL’S Q4 FY13 revenue slipped 6 per cent y-o-y and 3 per cent q-o-q to S$ 4.48 billion, weighed down by the weaker Australian dollar.      Full News here – RSS Print – Broker’s Take + Singapore Markets + Others

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]]> http://singaporeinformer.com/157276/singapore-telecommunications/feed/ 0 Free entry for S’poreans, PRs at S’pore Discovery Centre http://singaporeinformer.com/157274/free-entry-for-sporeans-prs-at-spore-discovery-centre/ http://singaporeinformer.com/157274/free-entry-for-sporeans-prs-at-spore-discovery-centre/#comments Sat, 18 May 2013 05:52:00 +0000 Singapore Informer http://singaporeinformer.com/157274/free-entry-for-sporeans-prs-at-spore-discovery-centre/ 2013/05/0eedd__58A82DC962F2C4686D90E0875CC6

SINGAPORE: The Singapore Discovery Centre (SDC) is offering free entry to Singaporeans and Permanent Residents (PRs) from May 18.It joins the ranks of national museums and heritage institutions in Singapore in giving citizens and PRs entry without ch… Full News here – xinmsn – Singapore News

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]]> http://singaporeinformer.com/157274/free-entry-for-sporeans-prs-at-spore-discovery-centre/feed/ 0 Toll Group opens $300m offshore supply base http://singaporeinformer.com/157273/toll-group-opens-300m-offshore-supply-base/ http://singaporeinformer.com/157273/toll-group-opens-300m-offshore-supply-base/#comments Sat, 18 May 2013 04:52:55 +0000 Singapore Informer http://singaporeinformer.com/157273/toll-group-opens-300m-offshore-supply-base/

May 18, 2013 1:38 AM AUSTRALIA-LISTED logistics provider Toll Group opened its $ 300 million offshore petroleum supply base in Loyang yesterday.      Full News here – RSS Print – Singapore

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]]> http://singaporeinformer.com/157273/toll-group-opens-300m-offshore-supply-base/feed/ 0 Man seriously injured at Audi Fashion Festival http://singaporeinformer.com/157271/man-seriously-injured-at-audi-fashion-festival/ http://singaporeinformer.com/157271/man-seriously-injured-at-audi-fashion-festival/#comments Sat, 18 May 2013 03:52:08 +0000 Singapore Informer http://singaporeinformer.com/157271/man-seriously-injured-at-audi-fashion-festival/ 2013/05/45ad7__3159AA2453BB7BEB88D66AC9E1E49

SINGAPORE: A man was seriously injured after an archway at the Audi Fashion Festival collapsed and landed on him on May 16 at about 9.45am.The Audi Fashion Festival spokesperson said the archway was located 300 metres away from the Tent@Marina Promen… Full News here – xinmsn – Singapore News

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]]> http://singaporeinformer.com/157271/man-seriously-injured-at-audi-fashion-festival/feed/ 0 MBFC devt sees grand opening http://singaporeinformer.com/157269/mbfc-devt-sees-grand-opening/ http://singaporeinformer.com/157269/mbfc-devt-sees-grand-opening/#comments Sat, 18 May 2013 02:51:58 +0000 Singapore Informer http://singaporeinformer.com/157269/mbfc-devt-sees-grand-opening/ 2013/05/ff917__f9268d35183551_1_V235

PropertyGuru.com.sg By Romesh Navaratnarajah: Marina Bay Financial Centre (MBFC), the largest integrated development in Singapore’s CBD was officially opened by Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong on Wednesday. MBFC comprises three office towers of nearly three million sq ft of prime Grade A office space. There are also two residential towers with 649 luxury apartments and [...]

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May 17, 2013 1:05 AM WE Holdings climbed sharply yesterday, on a day that saw the Singapore stock market stage a late rally amid results-driven trading.      Full News here – RSS Print – Broker’s Take + Singapore Markets + Others

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]]> http://singaporeinformer.com/157268/we-holdings-the-surprise-of-the-day/feed/ 0 Taiwan dollar boosted by gains tax proposal http://singaporeinformer.com/157267/taiwan-dollar-boosted-by-gains-tax-proposal/ http://singaporeinformer.com/157267/taiwan-dollar-boosted-by-gains-tax-proposal/#comments Sat, 18 May 2013 00:52:06 +0000 Singapore Informer http://singaporeinformer.com/157267/taiwan-dollar-boosted-by-gains-tax-proposal/

May 17, 2013 1:05 AM [SINGAPORE] The Taiwan dollar rose yesterday as a proposal to ease rules on stock trading capital gains tax lifted local stocks.      Full News here – RSS Print – Broker’s Take + Singapore Markets + Others

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]]> http://singaporeinformer.com/157267/taiwan-dollar-boosted-by-gains-tax-proposal/feed/ 0 Singapore Court Told Shane Todd Was Depressed But Didn’t Show Any Suicidal Signs http://singaporeinformer.com/157266/singapore-court-told-shane-todd-was-depressed-but-didnt-show-any-suicidal-signs/ http://singaporeinformer.com/157266/singapore-court-told-shane-todd-was-depressed-but-didnt-show-any-suicidal-signs/#comments Fri, 17 May 2013 23:52:49 +0000 Singapore Informer http://singaporeinformer.com/157266/singapore-court-told-shane-todd-was-depressed-but-didnt-show-any-suicidal-signs/ BusinessWeek, 16 May 2013 Shane Todd, a U.S. research engineer found hanged in his Singapore apartment, suffered from depression without appearing suicidal about two months before he died, according to a psychiatrist who treated him. “He had a lot of worrying thoughts that he could not control,” Nelson Lee, the psychiatrist who saw Todd in [...]

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]]> http://singaporeinformer.com/157266/singapore-court-told-shane-todd-was-depressed-but-didnt-show-any-suicidal-signs/feed/ 0 Soilbuild Construction Group launches IPO http://singaporeinformer.com/157265/soilbuild-construction-group-launches-ipo/ http://singaporeinformer.com/157265/soilbuild-construction-group-launches-ipo/#comments Fri, 17 May 2013 22:52:27 +0000 Singapore Informer http://singaporeinformer.com/157265/soilbuild-construction-group-launches-ipo/ Soilbuild Construction Group launches initial public offering (IPO), comprising 168 million new shares priced at S$ 0.25 per share. Full News here – Channel NewsAsia Singapore Business News

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]]> http://singaporeinformer.com/157265/soilbuild-construction-group-launches-ipo/feed/ 0 It’s All Done With Math http://singaporeinformer.com/157264/its-all-done-with-math/ http://singaporeinformer.com/157264/its-all-done-with-math/#comments Fri, 17 May 2013 21:51:57 +0000 Singapore Informer http://singaporeinformer.com/157264/its-all-done-with-math/ In what could be a smoking gun in the City Harvest Church court case, it was discovered that the 2 percent interest rate in the original bond documentation for a Special Opportunities Fund managed by a church member could not possibly yield $ 76,625.  So a fudge figure of 5.05 percent was necessary to revise [...]

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May 17, 2013 1:32 AM HE GAMBLED in casinos and on stocks, and was in debt to the tune of $ 500,000. So Lee Lim Kiong siphoned nearly $ 800,000 from his employer.      Full News here – RSS Print – Singapore

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]]> http://singaporeinformer.com/157263/finance-manager-siphoned-off-800k/feed/ 0 Choosing Sides http://singaporeinformer.com/157262/choosing-sides/ http://singaporeinformer.com/157262/choosing-sides/#comments Fri, 17 May 2013 19:51:51 +0000 Singapore Informer http://singaporeinformer.com/157262/choosing-sides/ As expected, the U.N. General Assembly again condemned Syrian President Bashar al-Assad in a non-binding U.N. resolution but as they say, the devil is in the details. While the resolutions did pass the 193-nation assembly, the votes in favor of the resolution has dived. In August last year, a similar resolution condemning the Syrian government [...]

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]]> http://singaporeinformer.com/157262/choosing-sides/feed/ 0 Marina Bay to get a lot livelier http://singaporeinformer.com/157260/marina-bay-to-get-a-lot-livelier/ http://singaporeinformer.com/157260/marina-bay-to-get-a-lot-livelier/#comments Fri, 17 May 2013 18:51:54 +0000 Singapore Informer http://singaporeinformer.com/157260/marina-bay-to-get-a-lot-livelier/ 2013/05/6350d__9904f035228924_1_V235

PropertyGuru.com.sg By Romesh Navaratnarajah: Following the grand opening of Marina Bay Financial Centre (MBFC) on Wednesday, the Marina Bay area is set to get more homes, offices and shops in the next few years, noted analysts. Several land parcels in the area have also not been developed yet. MBFC has also established a new standard [...]

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]]> http://singaporeinformer.com/157260/marina-bay-to-get-a-lot-livelier/feed/ 0 NUS honours innovators in video software, dialysis industry http://singaporeinformer.com/157259/nus-honours-innovators-in-video-software-dialysis-industry/ http://singaporeinformer.com/157259/nus-honours-innovators-in-video-software-dialysis-industry/#comments Fri, 17 May 2013 17:52:28 +0000 Singapore Informer http://singaporeinformer.com/157259/nus-honours-innovators-in-video-software-dialysis-industry/

May 17, 2013 1:07 AM This year’s National University of Singapore (NUS) Innovation & Enterprise (I&E) Awards recognise two innovators at entirely different stages of the game.      Full News here – RSS Print – Singapore

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Around 8.20pm today, STOMPer Shuxian was alerted to a fire at a coffeeshop below her house at Serangoon Avenue 3 by the sound of fire engine sirens. Full News here – Stomp – Singapore Seen

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]]> http://singaporeinformer.com/157258/fire-breaks-out-at-blk-237-serangoon-ave-3-coffeeshop/feed/ 0 New panel to help construction sector tackle labour crunch http://singaporeinformer.com/157257/new-panel-to-help-construction-sector-tackle-labour-crunch/ http://singaporeinformer.com/157257/new-panel-to-help-construction-sector-tackle-labour-crunch/#comments Fri, 17 May 2013 15:52:03 +0000 Singapore Informer http://singaporeinformer.com/157257/new-panel-to-help-construction-sector-tackle-labour-crunch/

May 17, 2013 1:32 AM A NEW government committee plans to help the construction industry come up with innovative ways of tackling the labour crunch and its reliance on foreign workers.      Full News here – RSS Print – Singapore

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]]> http://singaporeinformer.com/157257/new-panel-to-help-construction-sector-tackle-labour-crunch/feed/ 0 Clinical testing of Singapore’s first influenza vaccine starts http://singaporeinformer.com/157255/clinical-testing-of-singapores-first-influenza-vaccine-starts/ http://singaporeinformer.com/157255/clinical-testing-of-singapores-first-influenza-vaccine-starts/#comments Fri, 17 May 2013 14:52:32 +0000 Singapore Informer http://singaporeinformer.com/157255/clinical-testing-of-singapores-first-influenza-vaccine-starts/ 2013/05/3f3ff__pc_300x225

Singapore’s first healthy volunteer has been given a dose of the H1N1 influenza vaccine developed by Singapore’s A*STAR and Switzerland’s Cytos Biotechnology AG in a clinical trial. Full News here – Singapore Local News – inSing.com

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]]> http://singaporeinformer.com/157255/clinical-testing-of-singapores-first-influenza-vaccine-starts/feed/ 0 Russian’s bomb threat charge withdrawn http://singaporeinformer.com/157254/russians-bomb-threat-charge-withdrawn/ http://singaporeinformer.com/157254/russians-bomb-threat-charge-withdrawn/#comments Fri, 17 May 2013 13:53:06 +0000 Singapore Informer http://singaporeinformer.com/157254/russians-bomb-threat-charge-withdrawn/

May 17, 2013 1:33 AM A RUSSIAN national accused of threatening to blow up a Singapore Airlines plane was given a discharge amounting to an acquittal after the prosecution withdrew the charge yesterday.      Full News here – RSS Print – Singapore

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]]> http://singaporeinformer.com/157254/russians-bomb-threat-charge-withdrawn/feed/ 0 Malaysians Overseas Protest : Different countries, Different reactions…. http://singaporeinformer.com/157253/malaysians-overseas-protest-different-countries-different-reactions/ http://singaporeinformer.com/157253/malaysians-overseas-protest-different-countries-different-reactions/#comments Fri, 17 May 2013 12:53:03 +0000 Singapore Informer http://singaporeinformer.com/157253/malaysians-overseas-protest-different-countries-different-reactions/

It is always interesting to step back and see what happens when similar events take place in Singapore and in other countries. How the authority reacts and what Singaporeans think of it. Malaysians around the world have reacted negatively to the election results and the rising use of racism among those in power to maintain their [...]

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]]> http://singaporeinformer.com/157253/malaysians-overseas-protest-different-countries-different-reactions/feed/ 0 WP Chairman Sylvia Lim challenged PAP TC Chairman Teo Ho Pin to make report to CPIB http://singaporeinformer.com/157252/wp-chairman-sylvia-lim-challenged-pap-tc-chairman-teo-ho-pin-to-make-report-to-cpib/ http://singaporeinformer.com/157252/wp-chairman-sylvia-lim-challenged-pap-tc-chairman-teo-ho-pin-to-make-report-to-cpib/#comments Fri, 17 May 2013 11:53:26 +0000 Singapore Informer http://singaporeinformer.com/157252/wp-chairman-sylvia-lim-challenged-pap-tc-chairman-teo-ho-pin-to-make-report-to-cpib/ Yahoo! News Singapore, 16 May 2013 Worker’s Party Chairman Sylvia Lim has challenged Dr Teo Ho Pin to make a report to the Corrupt Practices Investigation Bureau (CPIB) if he believes that the WP had mismanaged the Town Council. In a press release in terse response to PAP Town Council chairman Dr Teo’s reference on [...]

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]]> http://singaporeinformer.com/157252/wp-chairman-sylvia-lim-challenged-pap-tc-chairman-teo-ho-pin-to-make-report-to-cpib/feed/ 0 Gigs – Pennylane Band http://singaporeinformer.com/157251/gigs-pennylane-band/ http://singaporeinformer.com/157251/gigs-pennylane-band/#comments Fri, 17 May 2013 10:52:18 +0000 Singapore Informer http://singaporeinformer.com/157251/gigs-pennylane-band/ Sat 18 May These old-school rockers show you how to rock out to legends like Bon Jovi, Nirvana and Red Hot Chilli Peppers. Full News here – Time Out Singapore RSS Feed

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]]> http://singaporeinformer.com/157251/gigs-pennylane-band/feed/ 0 Still no confirmed buyer for $300m bungalow http://singaporeinformer.com/157249/still-no-confirmed-buyer-for-300m-bungalow/ http://singaporeinformer.com/157249/still-no-confirmed-buyer-for-300m-bungalow/#comments Fri, 17 May 2013 09:52:04 +0000 Singapore Informer http://singaporeinformer.com/157249/still-no-confirmed-buyer-for-300m-bungalow/ 2013/05/76a55__9056b235215469_1_V235

PropertyGuru.com.sg By Romesh Navaratnarajah: The tender for the S$ 300 million bungalow (pictured) at 33 Nassim Road closed yesterday with no confirmation on a buyer, reported The Straits Times. Karamjit Singh, Head of Investments and Residential at Jones Lang LaSalle, said that bids were received but declined to give details. According to market watchers, a [...]

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]]> http://singaporeinformer.com/157249/still-no-confirmed-buyer-for-300m-bungalow/feed/ 0 Todd’s research group not involved in confidential projects http://singaporeinformer.com/157247/todds-research-group-not-involved-in-confidential-projects/ http://singaporeinformer.com/157247/todds-research-group-not-involved-in-confidential-projects/#comments Fri, 17 May 2013 08:51:55 +0000 Singapore Informer http://singaporeinformer.com/157247/todds-research-group-not-involved-in-confidential-projects/ 2013/05/18772__1BC498CDC6BC79E0255CB11987B81

SINGAPORE: American researcher Shane Todd was never involved in any sensitive or highly-confidential military and defence-related projects while working for Singapore’s Institute of Microelectronics (IME).This is according to three colleagues who wor… Full News here – xinmsn – Singapore News

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]]> http://singaporeinformer.com/157247/todds-research-group-not-involved-in-confidential-projects/feed/ 0 Filipinos in Taiwan are advised to disguise themselves to avoid harrassment and assault http://singaporeinformer.com/157246/filipinos-in-taiwan-are-advised-to-disguise-themselves-to-avoid-harrassment-and-assault/ http://singaporeinformer.com/157246/filipinos-in-taiwan-are-advised-to-disguise-themselves-to-avoid-harrassment-and-assault/#comments Fri, 17 May 2013 07:52:45 +0000 Singapore Informer http://singaporeinformer.com/157246/filipinos-in-taiwan-are-advised-to-disguise-themselves-to-avoid-harrassment-and-assault/ Manila Bulletin, 16 May 2013 An overseas Filipino worker (OFW) on Thursday advised his kababayans in Taiwan to disguise themselves when going out to avoid being discriminated by locals who are impassioned for the killing of a Taiwanese fisherman by members of the Philippine military during an encounter in overlapping waters of the two countries [...]

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