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To entice early-bird buyers, the developer of West Coast condominium Parc Riviera is taking a novel one-tier pricing approach. EL Development is offering units of the same type from the second to the 15th levels
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Members of 170-strong unit come from police, armed forces and maritime enforcement agency Trinna Leong Malaysia Correspondent In Kuala Lumpur Malaysia has launched an anti-terror unit, comprising officers from the police, armed forces and the Malaysian
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Myanmar has been named the most generous country in the world for the third consecutive year, according to the latest Charities Aid Foundation (CAF) World Giving Index. The annual index, which compiled an average of
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SINGAPORE – The two waves of cyber attacks that brought down Internet surfing on StarHub’s broadband network last Saturday (Oct 22) and on Monday (Oct 24) came from the bug-infected machines of the telco’s own
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The financier accused of the killings of two Indonesian women admitted only to manslaughter on grounds of diminished responsibility Rurik Jutting, the Cambridge-educated financier accused of murdering two Indonesian women in his apartment. A Cambridge-educated
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SINGAPORE: It all started when 26 year-old Anna was planning to travel the US in August. “I knew I needed ESTA (Electronic System for Travel Authorization) to enter the US, so I just Googled ‘ESTA
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BANGKOK – Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong paid his respects to Thailand’s late Bhumibol Adulyadej at Bangkok’s Grand Palace on Friday (Oct 21). PM Lee presented a white wreath at the palace, where the King
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HANOI • At least 21 people have been killed by floods in Vietnam’s four central provinces in the past week, and eight are still missing, the government said yesterday amid preparations for Typhoon Sarika to
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Gili Lankanfushi Maldives, North Malé Atoll, Maldives voted best by Trip advisor. The Gili Lankanfushi Maldives resort is in a remote setting on a private island in the North Malé Atoll in the Maldives. With 45
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BANGKOK (REUTERS) – Thailand’s main mobile telecoms operators instructed customers on Sunday (Oct 16) to report “inappropriate content about the royal institution”, as the government steps up scrutiny for material deemed insulting to the monarchy.
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SINGAPORE – The number of new dengue cases has fallen to a new low for the year, according to the latest figures from the National Environment Agency’s dengue website. There were 125 cases of the
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A woman in her late 50s went to a bank last Tuesday with a heavy heart and a fervent wish to save a young American doctor she had befriended on Facebook. OCBC customer service manager
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BANGKOK – The body of Thailand’s King Bhumibol Adulyadej was taken from Siriraj Hospital in a procession to the nearby Grand Palace on Friday (Oct 14) as thousands of Thais clad in black and white and
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The Monetary Authority of Singapore has ordered a Swiss merchant bank to close and fined two other banks for breaching anti-money laundering controls. The action follows an investigation into money flows linked to the Malaysian
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The Thai king’s health appears to have deteriorated further according to royal medical bulletin that says he underwent a procedure to purify his blood amid other physiological complications related to the heart. A statement issued
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The National Police Criminal Investigation Department (Bareskrim) has named cult leader Dimas Kanjeng Taat Pribadi a suspect for allegedly defrauding people of Rp 25 billion (US$1.92 million) by claiming to be able to multiply banknotes
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Taken from the The Strait Times by Janice Heng Reader Nancy Goh, a single senior citizen Singaporean now working in the United States, intends to return home when she retires within the next five
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Scoot, e-bikes. E-scooters have become more popular with consumers here, in tandem with a decline in interest in motorised bicycles. Some shops now sell hundreds of e-scooters a month, while sales of e-bikes are negligible. Retailers
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KUALA LUMPUR (THE STAR/ASIA NEWS NETWORK) – A total of 16 suspected Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS) militants aged between 20 and 38 years old have been detained in a six-state swoop, said
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Iranian companies are interested in contributing to the construction of a massive canal across Nicaragua that a Chinese company is to build, Foreign Minister Mohammed Javad Zarif said Wednesday. Representatives of private Iranian construction companies
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