Lim Hng Kiang upbeat on GDP growth
TRADE and Industry Minister Lim Hng Kiang is upbeat about the economy despite an unexpected sharp fall in non-oil domestic exports last month.Speaking on the sidelines of an aviation event yesterday, he said in reply to reporters' queries, that the Government... [Read more]
Lawyer: Why sue just 3 of 7 board members?
THE lawyer for two men being sued by the National Kidney Foundation (NKF) yesterday questioned why only three board members were facing legal action when there were seven in total. Mr Chia Boon Teck, who is acting for Mr Richard Yong... [Read more]
Choice of injury claims must be legally informed
I REFER to the article, 'Lawyers using 'pushy tactics' to get workplace-injury clients' (ST, Jan 20). The Law Society is puzzled by the reporting of insurers' concerns about a rise in common-law negligence claims. These concerns exhibit very little faith in... [Read more]
Want good service? Bring back tipping
AS PARLIAMENT prepares for the upcoming Budget Debate, I appeal to the Government to seriously consider abolishing the service charge that hotels and restaurants levy on food and beverages. With the service charge fixed at 10 per cent by law, a... [Read more]
Sports World
DELAY IN LANDIS PROBE SLAMMEDMADRID: The Tour de France's director-general expressed frustration on Tuesday over the slow progress of Floyd Landis' doping case. 'The anti-doping commission in the United States won't meet until the first days of March to study the... [Read more]
Oil leak threatens British coast
SIDMOUTH (ENGLAND) - THE 3,500 tonnes of fuel in the tanks of a British container ship beached off the south-east coast of England is the 'main concern' of coast guard officials hoping to avert a long-term environmental disaster.Coast guard spokesman Paul... [Read more]
Arabs see troop surge plan as a sign of US desperation
CAIRO - THE news that the US will send thousands more troops to Iraq was met with strong scepticism across the Middle East yesterday. Many saw the troop surge as a desperate move that will only increase the US' failures in... [Read more]
Blast debris aggravates threat to satellites and space travel
CHINA'S blowing up of its satellite likely created a vast debris cloud that heightens concerns about the growing threat that space junk poses to spacecraft and satellites, say experts. The blast, which occurred on Jan 11 and was confirmed by officials... [Read more]
Japanese defence chief offends US govt again
TOKYO - THE Japanese Defence Minister has reportedly criticised Washington's handling of the relocation of an American base, his second attack on US decision-making in a week. Mr Fumio Kyuma irked the Bush administration on Wednesday by saying the United States... [Read more]
Chinese couple win child back after long tussle
NASHVILLE - ALMOST eight years after a Chinese couple living in the US placed their daughter in what they thought was temporary foster care, a court has ordered that she be returned to her biological parents. The unanimous decision by the... [Read more]
Oei Hong Leong buys land for Buddha museum
TYCOON Oei Hong Leong is paying $29.8 million for a plot of land on which he will build a museum to display his vast collection of Buddha statues.The approximately 55,000 sq ft site along Pasir Panjang Road contains two buildings which... [Read more]
Saturday, February 17, 2007
Why I like to post news in a fucking cheebye manner. Why cannot ah?! Fuck you!
Posted by anonymous at 11:10 PM
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