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  • Japan sinks Singapore at Sudirman Cup

    Japan showed all-round strength by sweeping aside Singapore 5-0 in their group match at the Sudirman Cup here Monday. Hiroyuki Endo and Kenichi Hayakawa made it 1-0 for Japan in the men's doubles by beating Chrisnanta Danny Bawa and Terry Zhao 21-7, 21-18. World No.24 Gu Juan of Singapore was beaten by No.10 Minatsu Mitani at 21-10, 21-19 in women's singles while in men's singles, Derek Wong ...

  • Indian jailed in Singapore for prostitution

    A 24-year-old Indian man has been jailed by a court in Singapore for managing a prostitution ring. Kothandan Vinod has pleaded guilty to managing three Indian women after promising each of them a salary of Rs.30,000 (S$684) to work as prostitutes in Singapore, the Straits Times reported Monday. Vinod was in Singapore on business for less than a week when he was caught. Two of the women - ...

  • Video of Gangnam Style danced across the globe wins Ultimate ST SuperFan Contest

    Miss Valerie Song, 24, won $100,000 worth of tickets to the Social Star Awards and Singapore Social Concerts just by having fun. She was picked as the No. 1 Ultimate Super Fan on Sunday night. Her video entry, which shows her and her siblings dancing Psy's Gangnam Style in a number of European countries, beat over 400 entries to the top prize. The programme executive will be sharing her ...

  • Victim in viral video which shows boss slapping him files police report

    An intern, who was slapped by his boss in a video that went viral over the weekend, has lodged a police report, the Ministry of Manpower (MOM) said in a statement on Monday,The Ministry said it was notified about the video via e-mail and is in touch with the person who recorded the video. MOM will be working with the police on the case.The 17-second video, uploaded onto Youtube last Friday ...

  • Gabon nets US$1.7bn Singaporean investments

    Gabonese authorities have managed to secure investments worth a total of US$ 1.7 billion from Singapore, including a new fertilizer plant to be set up outside Port Gentil and palm oil ...


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Julie & Julia

Julie & Julia

In Julia & Julia, the ever-impressive Meryl Streep pulls off another of her unlikely highwire acting feats by embodying the immediately recognizable chef Julia Child, a pre-Food Network PBS mainstay in the 1960s and 1970s who introduced Americans to French cooking and ... ...

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  • Singapore GP launches Rev Up Singapore campaign

    With four months left to the Formula One Singapore Grand Prix, race promoter Singapore GP has launched a "Rev Up Singapore" campaignto bring fans closer to the ...

  • More Singaporeans could re-enter workforce if firms adopt flexi-work

    The Employer Alliance (EA) said hundreds of thousands of Singaporeans could re-enter the workforce and ease the nation's manpower shortage if more companies adopted flexible work ...

  • Frontline work of civil service is key DPM Teo Chee Hean

    Ms Rosalind Chiew (left), a customer service officer of 21 years at Holland-Bukit Panjang Town Council, attends to a resident on Aug 16, 2011. Deputy Prime Minister Teo Chee Hean said that engaging the public is key, as he called on public servants to support their frontline colleagues. -- ST FILE PHOTO: NG SOR ...

  • City Harvest trial $6 million purportedly paid to American production company

    Serina Wee Gek Yin arrives at the Subcourt for the third day of trial on Monday, May 20, 2013. It has emerged in court on Monday that $6 million was paid to producer Justin Herz by City Harvest Church through Xtron Productions. The amount, reflected on an excel sheet and listed under "additional JH needs", came attached in an email from accused Serina Wee in Oct 2009. -- ST PHOTO: SEAH ...

  • Singapores CapitaLand launches $520 mln convertible bond-terms

    HONG KONG | Mon May 20, 2013 5:58am EDT HONG KONG May 20 (Reuters) - CapitaLand Ltd, the biggest property developer in Southeast Asia, plans to raise up to $520 million in convertible bonds due 2020, according to a term sheet of the deal seen by Reuters on Monday. The bonds were launched with a coupon of 1.375 percent to 1.875 percent and an initial conversion price of S$4.901 to ...

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