2015-05-26 Singapore Health

Golden rewards to motivate SEA Games athletes   
The Straits Times
Swimmer Joseph Schooling (right) is the biggest beneficiary of businessman Pang Chin Keong's rewards scheme. -- PHOTO: LIANHE ZAOBAO. By Chua Siang Yee. AFTER the 2013 SEA Games in Myanmar, businessman Pang Chin Keong delivered on his ...

2015-05-26 Singapore Science

eco-business.com   

Rising temperatures mean fewer but fiercer hurricanes   
eco-business.com
Climate change brings mixed prospects for people threatened by hurricanes: they are likely to occur less often, but when they do they will be even more destructive. spertyphoon cn. Super typhoon Rammasun hits Haikou, Hainan province in China on July 18, ...

2015-05-26 Singapore Entertainment

AsiaOne   

Musical fails to score   
AsiaOne
The Broadway musical has had a long history of appropriating the tumultuous histories and strong personalities of other countries. Miss Saigon thrived against the backdrop of the Vietnam War, Les Miserables ran high on the current of Paris' 1832 June ...

2015-05-26 Singapore Sports

South China Morning Post (subscription)   

'New impulse needed' – Real Madrid fire Carlo Ancelotti one year after ...   
South China Morning Post (subscription)
Real Madrid fired coach Carlo Ancelotti as the popular Italian paid for a disappointing season without a major trophy. Ancelotti, 55, had lead Real to their 10th elite European title last season but was sacked on Sunday after the club finished runners-up to ...

2015-05-26 Singapore Technology

AsiaOne   

ERP rates and VEP hours reduced for June holidays   
AsiaOne
SINGAPORE - From May 30 to June 28, Electronic Road Pricing (ERP) rates and Vehicle Entry Permit (VEP) operating hours for the upcoming June holidays will be reduced. After the adjustment, new ERP rates at some roads and expressways during the ...

2015-05-26 Singapore Business

Channel News Asia   

New virtual wallet launched for motorists to pay at ERP gantries   
Channel News Asia
The service – vCashCard - allows motorists to pay for their Electronic Road Pricing (ERP) gantry charges using their credit or debit card, or via their bank account without the need for a physical stored-value card. POSTED: 26 May 2015 10:58. PHOTOS.
Nets, LTA, UOB tie up to offer cardless way to pay ERP charges   THE BUSINESS TIMES
New ERP payment scheme to be launched   The Online Citizen
Virtual CashCard aims to solve ERP woes   The Straits Times

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Reuters   

Singapore first-quarter GDP expands at faster pace on stronger manufacturing   
Reuters
SINGAPORE Singapore's economy grew faster than initially estimated in the first quarter as manufacturing and services sectors showed more resilience, boding well for the city-state's economic growth outlook this year. The trade-reliant economy expanded ...

2015-05-26 Singapore World

Fox News   

Looming monsoon season in quake devasted Nepal 'a whole new issue' - Peter ...   
TVNZ
With the monsoon season looming Nepal has put out a call for more aid after the devastating earthquake that killed more than eight thousand people last month. New Zealand mountaineer Peter Hillary, son of Sir Edmund Hillary, was on Mount Everest at the ...