Singapore in Brief
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488Khaw Non-Committal Over Neighbourhood Renewal Programme for Flats
It’s still uncertain if the National Development Programme (NRP) will be extended to flats built in the early 1990s. National Development...
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557Telcos Top Bad Service List in Singapore
Telcos have been the biggest cuplrits in offering bad customer service. (Ed: that means YOU Starhub, Singtel and M1) This was revealed...
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513NTU & Imperial College Appoint Best Dean
Professor James Best has been appointed the next Dean of the Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine. This was said in a...
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566Fraudulent Work Permits Applied Using Hacked SingPass Accounts
In a joint statement, IDA and MOM confirmed that 3 of the 1,560 SingPass accounts compromised last month were used to make...
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727IN PICTURES: 26,000 Celebrate Right to Love at Pink Dot 2014 in Singapore
Some 26,000 Singaporeans and Permanent Residents filled Hong Lim Park in support of Pink Dot 2014. That’s 10 times more than the...
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706Smartphone Game App for Children Aged 12 Encourages Bondage-Inspired Lingerie and Flirting for Rewards
Smartphone app Star Girl has come under scrutiny for encouraging girls as young as 12 to dress sexily, invite boyfriends to their...
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585Christian Groups Take a Shot at Pink Dot
Leaders of some Christian groups in Singapore are now urging their followers to wear white this weekend to protest against the “Pink...
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608CPI Rises, Inflation to Increase
Singapore’s Consumer Price Index rose 2.7 per cent in May compared to the same period last year. This is according to...
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666TTSH Sacks Political Activist Roy Ngerng
Tan Tock Seng Hospital has fired Singaporean blogger and political activist Roy Ngerng. The sacking is reportedly in connection with his ongoing...
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662Former Straits Times Reporter Jailed for Having Sex with Minor
Former Straits Times Reporter and SPH scholar Eisen Teo Guan Kuan has been sentenced to 18 months in jail for having sex...
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713IN PICTURES: Thousands Turn Out for Return our CPF Rally
An estimated 6000 people braved the heat to listen in on the Return our CPF rally. Most of them were in their...
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840Return Our CPF Rally
It’s one more day to the Return Our CPF rally at Speaker’s Corner. Date: June 7 2014 Time: 4pm Location: Speaker’s Corner,...
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50130% Hike in Premiums of Mandatory Medishield Life
Those with pre-existing medical conditions will have to pay 30% more in Medishield Life premiums for a period of 10 years. That...
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562Medishield Life Recommendations: How You will Benefit
The Medishield Life review committee has unveiled its recommendations for Medishield Life. It will finalise its recommendations in a month. Implementation will...