SINGAPORE: Temasek Holdings announced on Tuesday (Jul 11) a record net portfolio value of S$275 billion (US$197 billion) as at end-March 2017, up from S$242 billion (US$180 billion) a year ago. The Singapore-based investment company posted
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Netizens pick on Singapore beauty pageant contestants over their looks
It’s tough being a beauty contestant, whether you’re drop-dead gorgeous or not much of a looker. Invariably, there would be unkind remarks one way or another – from sexist ones to the downright crude at
Read moreBoon Tat Street murder victim sold ‘everything he owned’ to save business
The victim of the fatal Boon Tat Street stabbing managed to turn around a shipping business on the brink of bankruptcy during the 2007-2008 economic crisis. Mr Spencer Tuppani, 38, who was the chief executive
Read moreSingapore Night Festival 2017 celebrates 10 years by bringing back its popular acts
Singapore Night Festival (SNF), which turns 10 this year, will be looking towards the future by reflecting on its past. To commemorate the festival’s journey, SNF invites visitors to take a walk down memory lane
Read moreSuspect in Boon Tat Street stabbing: ‘He’s my son-in-law, let him die’
When a customer told him that a man was bleeding outside his restaurant, Mr Eldad Tan, 28, rushed out to help the victim. He was shocked when an elderly man told him not to help
Read moreMan jailed, caned for attempted rape of tourist at Choa Chu Kang Park
SINGAPORE: She said “no” and put up a struggle, but Indian national Daler Singh paid no mind to the victim’s pleas. He pinned her to the ground and forced himself on her. The 29-year-old Indonesian
Read moreGeneral waste disposal facilities to be licensed from August
SINGAPORE: The National Environment Agency (NEA) on Tuesday (Jul 11) said it will start licensing general waste disposal facilities from August. These facilities are defined as those that receive, store, process or treat general waste
Read more2 arrested after 41-year-old man found dead in Geylang
SINGAPORE: Two Bangladeshi men have been arrested in connection with the death of a 41-year-old man in Geylang on Sunday (Jul 9). The suspects, aged 30 and 34, were arrested separately on Sunday and Monday,
Read moreInquiry: Woman killed by bus after missing component caused brakes to fail
Vehicle was missing a component; coroner calls death a ‘tragic traffic misadventure’ When he realised that the brakes on his vehicle had failed, a private bus driver mounted a kerb to avoid a crash with
Read morePush for Singaporeans to eat healthier hawker food
Health Promotion Board draws up list of shop-bought dishes under 500 calories. Four in 10 hawker stalls will sell at least one healthier dish by 2019, if the Health Promotion Board’s (HPB) latest effort to
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