Social media giant Facebook has secured a large office space at the upcoming downtown Marina One development. Industry sources who asked not to be named told The Straits Times that the American technology firm is
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Kim San Leng Food Centre in Bishan fined $1,100 and suspended for a day due to rat infestation
SINGAPORE – The Kim San Leng Food Centre at Bishan Street 13 will be suspended on Friday (Jan 20) due to a rat infestation, the National Environment Agency (NEA) said. The popular food centre was
Read moreMyanmar sends envoy to Bangladesh as Rohingya crisis deepens
YANGON/DHAKA: A special envoy of Myanmar’s leader Aung San Suu Kyi will begin top-level talks in Bangladesh on Wednesday (Jan 11), as the United Nations said the Rohingya crisis prompted 65,000 people to flee Myanmar
Read moreElectrolux’s glass gas cooker hob after reports of glass shattering and small explosions
SINGAPORE – Following reports of glass shattering and small explosions, consumers are advised to stop using Electrolux’s glass gas cooker hob model numbers EGT9637CKP, EGT7637EGP, EGT7637CKP and EGT7627CKP that run on town gas, said Spring
Read moreMore caught on camera driving against traffic flow
At least five motorists recorded doing so by in-car cameras in past three weeks Over the past three weeks, there have been at least five known cases of motorists driving against the flow of traffic.
Read moreRaffles Country Club to make way for KL-Singapore High-Speed Rail
SINGAPORE: The 143-hectare Raffles Country Club site in Tuas will be acquired by authorities to make way for the Kuala Lumpur-Singapore High-Speed Rail project. The club announced the move on its website on Wednesday (Jan
Read moreSurgical forceps removed from Vietnamese man after 18 years
HANOI: Doctors in Vietnam have removed surgical forceps from a man who unknowingly carried them inside his body for 18 years, national television VTV reported. Ma Van Nhat, 54, said the forceps had probably been
Read morePrivate home prices fell 3% in 2016: URA
SINGAPORE: Private home prices fell by 3 per cent for the whole of 2016, according to flash estimates from the Urban Redevelopment Authority (URA) on Tuesday (Jan 3). This is the smallest price drop in
Read more2016 hottest year on record in Singapore, 2017 maybe hotter still
SINGAPORE: This year is set to be the hottest year in Singapore since records started in 1929, said the Meteorological Service on Friday (Dec 30). In a media advisory, the Met Service said the mean
Read moreMerry Christmas Everyone
Your Voice Asia woulkd just like to say Merry Christmas to every one. Christmas is a magical time. It tends to bring back happy memories of family gatherings and charming traditions that have been passed
Read moreMagnitude 6.6 earthquake strikes off eastern Indonesia
A 6.6-MAGNITUDE earthquake has hit Indonesia’s Leti Islands, off the coast of East Timor in the Banda Sea. The quake was felt as far away as Darwin. The epicentre of the quake was 41km northeast
Read moreRochor Centre: Living on borrowed time
SINGAPORE: “There’s nothing much to say,” 80-year-old Mdm Lee said, when asked about the looming demolition of Rochor Centre – her home for the past 40 years. “I’m very sad.” Authorities have yet to announce
Read moreEx-BSI banker Seah gets 2 weeks’ jail and $10k fine
She is the second person to be convicted on charges linked to Singapore’s 1MDB probe Former BSI senior banker Yvonne Seah Yew Foong was sentenced to two weeks’ jail and a $10,000 fine yesterday. She
Read moreSupply of private homes from confirmed government land sales up 7.4% for first-half of 2017
SINGAPORE – The supply of private homes from confirmed government land sales is set to go up in the first-half of 2017. On the Confirmed List are five private residential sites which can yield 2,330
Read moreKL, Singapore sign deal for high-speed rail
Line will be up by end-2026; PM Lee hails pact as a significant milestone in bilateral ties Royston Sim Assistant Political EditorIn Putrajaya Singapore and Malaysia yesterday signed a historic agreement to construct a high-speed rail
Read moreHong Kong arrests 29 in corruption probe linked to four banks
Hong Kong arrested 29 current and former staff of five financial institutions, including four banks, for alleged bribery connected with obtaining confidential customer information to market personal loans, the city’s anti-graft agency said. Operation “Mirabilis”
Read moreBe on the lookout for electronic crime-alert displays
More of such message boards could go up around island if feedback from pilots is positive Singaporeans are already familiar with crime alerts on posters, but more of these warnings will be popping up electronically
Read moreMore than 5,200 households apply for HDB’s Proximity Housing Grant
SINGAPORE – When housewife Jennyfer Aw Young and her husband Wang Dewei, both 34, wanted to buy their first home in 2008, they went for a four-room Build-To-Order flat in Punggol as it was readily
Read moreSingapore Is Beating Hong Kong in Asia’s Fintech Race
Tax benefits, government help and easy access to regional markets led Joe Seunghyun Cho to choose Singapore as the headquarters for his six financial technology companies, rather than base them in the rival hub of
Read moreWoman jailed for acquiring funds she had reason to believe was from criminal conduct
SINGAPORE – A few days after she came to know a man online, she agreed to let him use her bank account to receive money from his client, a court heard. Initially, Lye Kim Fah,
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