His ruse caused a loss of $1.3m for Marina Bay Sands casino The mastermind behind Singapore’s largest counterfeit casino chip scam had breezed through Marina Bay Sands (MBS) with $1,000 chips that looked so real,
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Resale volume of Housing Board flats up 8.1% in May, prices down 0.1%: SRX
SINGAPORE – Resale volume for Housing Board flats went up by 8.1 per cent in May, property data portal SRX said in a flash report on Thursday (June 8). According to resale data it compiled,
Read moreAustralian PM says Melbourne siege ‘a terrorist attack’
Islamic State group claimed responsibility. Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull said on Tuesday police were treating a deadly siege in the southern city of Melbourne as an “act of terrorism” after a claim by the
Read moreAsia continues battle as Vietnam declares free of bird flu
Vietnam’s agriculture ministry announced in late May that the country was free of the H5N1 virus after weeks of no new cases. It’s not yet seven in the morning, but the slaughterhouses at the back
Read moreBrit commits suicide, jumping from seventh floor of Bangkok hotel restaurant
Brit commits suicide, jumping from seventh floor of Bangkok hotel restaurant A 67 year old British man has committed suicide after ordering a final drink from the bar of a Sukhumvit hotel restaurant before jumping from
Read moreAustralia, India left out as Vietnam renews visa-free travel for some Europeans
Insiders are unable to push for a wider visa program to include more nationalities. The government has decided to extend its visa-waiver scheme for visitors from five European countries by another year, effectively rejecting the
Read moreDrivers bewildered by twisting Chinese interchange
CHONGQING, China: Five suspended levels and cars going in all directions – a new highway interchange is driving motorists to tears, as they find themselves lost in a concrete maze resembling a plate of spaghetti.
Read moreOverturned trailer causes closure of Keppel Road after Kampong Bahru Road
SINGAPORE – A stretch of Keppel Road has been closed after a trailer overturned on Wednesday (June 7) morning. The Land Transport Authority said in a tweet at 10.40am that Keppel Road was closed after
Read moreChangi Airport’s Jewel to thrill and enchant visitors with sky nets and lush gardens
SINGAPORE – Changi Airport’s future Jewel, which will open in early 2019, promises to be a thrilling experience. Among the highlights that travellers can look forward to is a 50m-long Canopy Bridge suspended 23m-high, with
Read moreNumber of fallen windows up in first 5 months of 2017
SINGAPORE: There were 28 cases of fallen windows in the first five months of this year, compared with an average of 24 cases in the last five years during the same time, according to the
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