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All rights reserved. en-us Sat, 16 Apr 2011 07:37:01 +0800 www.channelnewsasia.com Singapore Business News SINGAPORE : Asian investors are looking further afield in search of good returns and are expected to increase their exposure in the Russian bond market. http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporebusinessnews/view/1123085/1/.html Sat, 16 Apr 2011 00:19:48 +0800 http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporebusinessnews/view/1123085/1/.html Singapore Local News SINGAPORE: Singapore's national football coach has shortlisted 31 players to represent Singapore, four months after the national team was disbanded in early January after a poor performance at the 2010 AFF Suzuki Cup. http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporelocalnews/view/1123080/1/.html Fri, 15 Apr 2011 23:45:27 +0800 http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporelocalnews/view/1123080/1/.html Singapore Local News SINGAPORE : Childcare operator Cherie Hearts is suing Australian firm G8 Education for breach of contract. http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporelocalnews/view/1123079/1/.html Fri, 15 Apr 2011 23:37:17 +0800 http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporelocalnews/view/1123079/1/.html Singapore Local News SINGAPORE: A nationalised public transport system can result in inefficiencies and a drop in service levels, said Minister in the Prime Minister's Office, Mrs Lim Hwee Hua. http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporelocalnews/view/1123076/1/.html Fri, 15 Apr 2011 23:00:16 +0800 http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporelocalnews/view/1123076/1/.html Singapore Local News SINGAPORE : Former Non-Constituency MP Steve Chia has said the Singapore electorate should expect more three-cornered fights in future elections. http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporelocalnews/view/1123075/1/.html Fri, 15 Apr 2011 22:50:27 +0800 http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporelocalnews/view/1123075/1/.html Singapore Business News SINGAPORE : DBS Group Holdings has said it plans to open at least eight new branches in China this year, double its workforce, and is on track for the opening of 50 outlets by 2013. http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporebusinessnews/view/1123074/1/.html Fri, 15 Apr 2011 22:49:47 +0800 http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporebusinessnews/view/1123074/1/.html Singapore Local News SINGAPORE: Singapore's National Kidney Foundation held a charity dinner Friday evening - its first major fundraiser since the 2005 scandal involving the Foundation's misuse of funds. http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporelocalnews/view/1123071/1/.html Fri, 15 Apr 2011 22:38:20 +0800 http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporelocalnews/view/1123071/1/.html Singapore Local News BOAO, Hainan : With the shift in favour of emerging economies, an important role of the G20 is to make sure that this transition takes place without affecting global growth, said Singapore's Senior Minister Goh Chok Tong. http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporelocalnews/view/1123064/1/.html Fri, 15 Apr 2011 22:25:41 +0800 http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporelocalnews/view/1123064/1/.html Singapore Business News SINGAPORE : Telco M1 on Friday said its first-quarter net profit after tax rose 8.2 per cent from the corresponding period a year ago as it won more customers for its mobile services. http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporebusinessnews/view/1123067/1/.html Fri, 15 Apr 2011 22:25:20 +0800 http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporebusinessnews/view/1123067/1/.html Singapore Business News SINGAPORE: Overseas Union Enterprises (OUE) said it plans to buy LCH Hotels, which owns the 320-room Crowne Plaza Changi Airport, for S$224.5 million. http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporebusinessnews/view/1123065/1/.html Fri, 15 Apr 2011 22:21:27 +0800 http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporebusinessnews/view/1123065/1/.html Singapore Business News SINGAPORE : Massage-chair maker Osim International is buying a 35 per cent stake in luxury tea brand TWG Tea Company for S$31.36 million. http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporebusinessnews/view/1123063/1/.html Fri, 15 Apr 2011 22:19:29 +0800 http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporebusinessnews/view/1123063/1/.html Singapore Local News SINGAPORE : Universal Studios Singapore will have its grand opening on May 28, and some Hollywood and Asian celebrities are expected to be in town. http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporelocalnews/view/1123058/1/.html Fri, 15 Apr 2011 21:57:53 +0800 http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporelocalnews/view/1123058/1/.html Singapore Local News SINGAPORE: After nearly two decades of having a Community Club located at a void deck, residents in the Keat Hong division of Chua Chu Kang GRC will get a full range of facilities in new premises. http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporelocalnews/view/1123057/1/.html Fri, 15 Apr 2011 21:51:47 +0800 http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporelocalnews/view/1123057/1/.html Singapore Local News SINGAPORE: All four molest charges against former Singapore Zoo vet Dr Oh Soon Hock were withdrawn Friday. http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporelocalnews/view/1123055/1/.html Fri, 15 Apr 2011 21:21:29 +0800 http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporelocalnews/view/1123055/1/.html Singapore Local News SINGAPORE : Several subsidiary rules under the Parliamentary Elections Act are coming into force from Friday. http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporelocalnews/view/1123051/1/.html Fri, 15 Apr 2011 20:59:24 +0800 http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporelocalnews/view/1123051/1/.html Singapore Local News SINGAPORE: More people and corporations are coming forward to support heritage-related causes, with first-time donors making up more than half of the supporters of such causes last year, said the National Heritage Board. http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporelocalnews/view/1123048/1/.html Fri, 15 Apr 2011 20:42:44 +0800 http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporelocalnews/view/1123048/1/.html Singapore Local News SINGAPORE : Singapore's Finance Ministry has spelt out in detail the approval powers of officers, starting from the Permanent Secretary, for contracts for their respective ministries. http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporelocalnews/view/1123047/1/.html Fri, 15 Apr 2011 20:35:02 +0800 http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporelocalnews/view/1123047/1/.html Singapore Local News SINGAPORE: The Housing and Urban Development Company (HUDC) estate in Serangoon North is three signatures away from achieving privatisation. http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporelocalnews/view/1123044/1/.html Fri, 15 Apr 2011 20:25:21 +0800 http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporelocalnews/view/1123044/1/.html Singapore Local News SINGAPORE : Singapore's newest opposition party Socialist Front has said it will not be contesting in the upcoming General Election. http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporelocalnews/view/1123042/1/.html Fri, 15 Apr 2011 20:11:34 +0800 http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporelocalnews/view/1123042/1/.html Singapore Local News SINGAPORE: Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong said there are no easy solutions for issues faced by Singapore but gave the assurance that the government will continue to do what is right. http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporelocalnews/view/1123039/1/.html Fri, 15 Apr 2011 19:58:34 +0800 http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporelocalnews/view/1123039/1/.html Singapore Local News SINGAPORE : Three new chairpersons have been appointed to head key groups in the People's Action Party (PAP). http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporelocalnews/view/1123030/1/.html Fri, 15 Apr 2011 19:20:49 +0800 http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporelocalnews/view/1123030/1/.html Singapore Local News SINGAPORE : A mother and daughter fell to their deaths from their flat on the 12th storey at Block 290B Bukit Batok Street 24 on Friday morning. http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporelocalnews/view/1123028/1/.html Fri, 15 Apr 2011 19:17:37 +0800 http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporelocalnews/view/1123028/1/.html Singapore Local News SINGAPORE: A pregnant housewife was jailed two weeks, on Friday, for abusing her maid in 2009. http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporelocalnews/view/1123024/1/.html Fri, 15 Apr 2011 18:40:21 +0800 http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporelocalnews/view/1123024/1/.html Singapore Business News SINGAPORE : Stocks in Singapore closed 0.18 per cent lower on Friday following news that China's inflation had hit a 32-month high, suggesting Beijing's efforts to rein in soaring costs are still falling short. http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporebusinessnews/view/1123020/1/.html Fri, 15 Apr 2011 18:34:33 +0800 http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporebusinessnews/view/1123020/1/.html Singapore Business News SINGAPORE : Singapore Airlines (SIA) said on Friday that it will be raising its fuel surcharge for tickets issued on or after April 21 due to the continuing rise in jet fuel prices. http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporebusinessnews/view/1123014/1/.html Fri, 15 Apr 2011 18:04:10 +0800 http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporebusinessnews/view/1123014/1/.html Singapore Local News SINGAPORE : The ruling People's Action Party (PAP) is expected to unveil its election manifesto when the Young PAP celebrates its 25th anniversary on Sunday. http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporelocalnews/view/1123012/1/.html Fri, 15 Apr 2011 17:57:09 +0800 http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporelocalnews/view/1123012/1/.html Singapore Local News SINGAPORE: A former model employee with Singapore MRT, now called SMRT, was jailed three months, on Friday, for abusing her Indonesian maid in October 2009. http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporelocalnews/view/1123004/1/.html Fri, 15 Apr 2011 17:06:47 +0800 http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporelocalnews/view/1123004/1/.html Singapore Local News SINGAPORE : A man has been charged with three counts of under-reporting S$1,457,059 in net profits from Full Skil Wire Cut Services between Year of Assessment 2000 and 2002. http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporelocalnews/view/1123003/1/.html Fri, 15 Apr 2011 17:02:32 +0800 http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporelocalnews/view/1123003/1/.html Singapore Business News SINGAPORE: Retail sales in Singapore slipped a seasonally adjusted 3.6 percent in February from the previous month. http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporebusinessnews/view/1122979/1/.html Fri, 15 Apr 2011 15:02:13 +0800 http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporebusinessnews/view/1122979/1/.html Singapore Local News SINGAPORE: A 25-year-old water seepage surveyor was sentenced on Friday to a year's jail for having sex with his underage girlfriend, who is also his supervisor's daughter. http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporelocalnews/view/1122971/1/.html Fri, 15 Apr 2011 13:35:51 +0800 http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporelocalnews/view/1122971/1/.html Singapore Business News SINGAPORE : Sales of private residential properties increased in March, bucking four consecutive months of decline. http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporebusinessnews/view/1122964/1/.html Fri, 15 Apr 2011 13:08:20 +0800 http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporebusinessnews/view/1122964/1/.html Singapore Business News SINGAPORE : Property developer CapitaLand is paying S$360 million for a 40 per cent stake in Surbana Corporation - a township developer owned by Temasek Holdings. http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporebusinessnews/view/1122960/1/.html Fri, 15 Apr 2011 12:40:37 +0800 http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporebusinessnews/view/1122960/1/.html Singapore Local News SINGAPORE: A gynaecologist has been fined S$10,000 by the Singapore Medical Council (SMC) for offering various procedures which were allegedly not medically proven as treatments. http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporelocalnews/view/1122955/1/.html Fri, 15 Apr 2011 12:11:59 +0800 http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporelocalnews/view/1122955/1/.html