2014年9月27日 星期六

2014-09-28 Singapore Singapore

  Channel News Asia   
Safe Singapore sees death penalty price worth paying  Indian Express
Twenty years ago, the shining city-state was described by an American writer as “Disneyland with death penalty”. Singapore's spectacular economic success, built on conformity and the heavy hand of the law, has only become a respected model since then, ...

Death penalty for drug traffickers "effective deterrent": Shanmugam   AsiaOne
'Death penalty to drug traffickers makes S'pore safest place'   Business Standard
Death penalty needed in anti-drug fight: Shanmugam   The Straits Times
TODAYonline   
Channel News Asia   
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  AsiaOne   
More may get to go on haj in 2015: Yaacob  AsiaOne
Singapore's request to raise the official haj quota from 680 to 800 could be met next year, said Dr Yaacob Ibrahim, who is the Minister-in-charge of Muslim Affairs, yesterday. Last year, the Saudi government temporarily shrank Singapore's official quota due to ...

Singapore "optimistic" official haj quota will increase next year: Dr Yaacob   Channel News Asia
More Singaporeans may go on haj next year   The Straits Times

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  The Straits Times   
Report lodged against ex-China tour guide  The Star Online
Taking advantage: Yang allegedly wanted to seize control of Chung's assets. - The Straits Times / Asia News Network. THE Office of Public Guardian (OPG) had last week lodged a report against former China tour guide Yang Yin after it was reported that he ...

What info do PR applicants have to submit?   The Online Citizen
Singaporean widow files legal action to get fortune back from Chinese man   Times of Oman
Report lodged against former China tour guide by Office of Public Guardian   The Straits Times
Bangkok Post   
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  Channel News Asia   
Pioneers who have played role in promoting racial, religious harmony  Channel News Asia
79-year-old Dr R Karunanithy, 83-year-old Shamsudin Shadan and 69-year-old Sister Maria Sim were among religious and community leaders from the Pioneer Generation who were honoured on Saturday (Sep 27) for their efforts in promoting religious and ...

More than 200 pioneers honoured for promoting racial and religious harmony   The Straits Times

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  GlobalPost   
Family sues over Hong Kong tourist's death in Singapore  GlobalPost
SINGAPORE, Sept. 27 (Xinhua) -- The family of a Hong Kong tourist is sueing those allegedly responsible for his death in Singapore due to the fall of a marquee structure for more than 1.5 million Singapore dollars (1.2 million U.S. dollars), local daily Straits ...

Family sues over HK tourist's death at Raffles Avenue   The Straits Times

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  Channel News Asia   
Part-time caterer and seamstress wins Exemplary Mother Award  Channel News Asia
Jamila Abdul Karim, a mother of five, received the award from President Tony Tan Keng Yam. The award aims to create role models for the community, especially young mothers. Besides balancing career and family, the winner must also have contributed ...

Singapore's 'Iron Lady' wins exemplary mother award   The Straits Times

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  The Malaysian Insider   
Private school spared action after Singapore Archbishop 'forgives' RM666,000 ...  The Malaysian Insider
A Catholic church, described as one of Singapore's poorest churches, has decided not to pursue legal action against a private school over non-payment of rental of church land amounting to S$260,000 (RM666,000), the Straits Times reported. "On appeal by ...

Archbishop forgives man who owed $260000   The Straits Times

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  The Straits Times   
Dancing women in sarees smash stereotypes  The Straits Times
If you saw a picture of middle-aged women in sarees hugging one another and dancing, what would you think they were up to? According to a photo gone viral on social media, those were Indian scientists celebrating the success of their Mars orbiter last week ...


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  The Straits Times   
Boy's death puts care system in spotlight  The Straits Times
Rebecca Loh has been sentenced to 10 years' jail for causing the death of her nine-year-old son, by pushing him out of their home's fifth-storey window. -- WANBAO FILE PHOTO. By Hoe Pei Shan. Rebecca Loh was an unemployed single mother with a ...


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  The Straits Times   
New ideas for ageing Singapore  The Straits Times
Veteran architect Tay Kheng Soon wants to spark a conversation about new ways to live, work and play in land-scarce and fast- ageing Singapore. So he has uploaded a video on YouTube with a host of ideas, from building cheap retirement cottages in ...


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