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Singapore exploring multi-city flights in Myanmar
Singapore is looking to introduce multi-city flights within Myanmar by its carriers Singapore Airlines or SilkAir, as part of a series of ways the two countries can cooperate more closely.Prime...
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Traffic Police clerk pleads guilty to graft
A clerk working at the Traffic Police investigation branch provided the contact details of 23 accident victims to an executive at a law firm in exchange for cash, a court heard on Tuesday.Over two...
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Can Singapore match Taipei's rail reliability?
Last month, Transport Minister Khaw Boon Wan set a lofty target for Singapore rail operators. He wants Singapore's rail network to achieve Taipei Metro's 2015 reliability standard of 800,000 train-km...
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NOL did not adapt fast enough, says CEO
Image: Category: NewsBusinessPublication Date: Thursday, June 9, 2016 - 17:00Keywords: singapore companiesNOLExternal URL: NOL did not adapt fast enough, says CEOSend to mobile app: Byline: Jacqueline...
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Hong Kong desperately seeking Chinese tourists
At a store of Sa Sa, one of the largest cosmetics chains in Hong Kong, in the popular shopping district Causeway Bay, five staff members stand idly with nary a customer in sight.It has been "quiet like...
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After-work chess group checks all the right boxes
When Australian financial risk director and avid chess player Bradley Loh moved from Sydney 20 months ago to work in Singapore, he knew nobody who could play the game with him.Today, however, he has...
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First Singapore-designed Swatch
Artist Juliana Ong has become the first Singaporean to have her art adorn a Swatch watch.The design features faces and figures inspired by the images on Chinese burial ornaments, and will be launched...
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10 new measures to keep forest safe during train tunnel tests
Tests to see how a train tunnel can be built under Singapore's protected nature reserve will start soon, but with 10 extra measures to reduce any negative impact on plants and animals.For instance, the...
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Junyuan Sec team wins school cooking contest
Image: Category: NewsSoShiokPublication Date: Friday, June 10, 2016 - 00:00Keywords: cookingconteststudentsExternal URL: Junyuan Sec team wins school cooking contestSend to mobile app: Source: Story...
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StarHub axes 8 channels
Eight TV channels under the Fox Networks Group label will be removed from StarHub's pay-TV service later this month, while the fate of Fox's 25 other channels on the service hangs in the air.Starting...
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Singapore rifle group sues parent body
A legal feud between the Singapore Rifle Association (SRA) and the Singapore Shooting Association (SSA) has taken a new twist.The SRA has filed a High Court suit against parent body SSA for alleged...
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Johor River getting saltier
Malaysia's Johor River is becoming more salty while levels at the Linggiu Reservoir are decreasing, said Minister for the Environment and Water Resources Masagos Zulkifli yesterday.Linggiu, which was...
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Couples getting hitched get help avoiding hitches
Three days before tying the knot might not sound like the ideal time to start thinking about what would happen if husband and wife were to argue.But that was what Mr Darren Koh, 32, and Ms Claire Wong,...
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HDB resale volume stays flat in May, but prices inch up 0.2%
Image: Category: NewsBusinessPublication Date: Friday, June 10, 2016 - 17:00Keywords: HDB resaleExternal URL: HDB resale volume stays flat in May, but prices inch up 0.2%Send to mobile app: Byline: Yeo...
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Tasting the difference after weight-loss surgery
When Ms Prassanthi Sivajothi underwent bariatric surgery, a procedure that reduces the stomach size, she had hoped it would prevent serious weight problems in the future.The 22-year-old teacher did not...
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Swiss buyer upbeat on merger with troubled BSI
Image: Category: NewsBusinessPublication Date: Saturday, June 11, 2016 - 06:00Keywords: 1MDBmoney launderingBSIExternal URL: Swiss buyer upbeat on merger with troubled BSISend to mobile app: Byline:...
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Rise of Apple Pay drives DBS to push for cashless Singapore
The popularity of mobile payment service Apple Pay since it started here in April has prompted DBS Bank to step up efforts to drive a cashless Singapore.More than 47,000 of DBS' credit and debit cards...
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The art of the craft beer
At Maxwell Food Centre, the beer of choice to go with hawker food is usually Tiger, Heineken or Carlsberg.But with the opening of two-week-old stall 3rd Culture Brewing Co, which has five taps, a more...
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Taking up the slack
In 2011, student Naufal Ali often slacklined alone in the void deck of his Housing Board flat in the middle of the night. Like tightrope walking, slacklining involves balancing and walking on a line...
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'Not uncommon' to limit Internet access
Pulling the plug on Internet access on work computers is not uncommon in the private sector, say cyber-security experts and industry players, particularly in areas that deal with extra-sensitive...
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