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Friday #sgroundup: Computer error sells 900 business class tickets at economic prices

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Computer error sells 900 business class tickets at economic prices

Singapore Airlines' (SIA) Boeing 747-400 passenger jet with registration 9V-SPQSINGAPORE-AIRLINE/TATA-SONS-INDIA REUTERS/Tim Chong/Files (SINGAPORE - Tags: BUSINESS TRANSPORT)
Singapore Airlines' (SIA) Boeing 747-400 passenger jet with registration 9V-SPQSINGAPORE-AIRLINE/TATA-SONS-INDIA REUTERS/Tim Chong/Files (SINGAPORE - Tags: BUSINESS TRANSPORT)

What a deal! Over the weekend a computer glitch caused around 900 Singapore Airlines Business Class tickets from Australia to destinations in Europe to be sold at coach prices.

The tickets, sold between, Saturday and Monday, were purchased from various online retailers in Australia. The Business Class tickets should have sold for more than $6,000 a piece, but when they were loaded into the global distribution system for tickets they were priced around $3,500.

https://sg.news.yahoo.com/computer-error-sells-900-business-class-tickets-at-economy-prices-213034900.html

 

COMMENT: What does approval of 'Lang Tong' with no cuts mean for censorship in Singapore?

Media Development Authority (MDA)
Media Development Authority (MDA)

The trailer for Lang Tong is one-and-a-half minutes of steamy, raunchy debauchery. Sex, sex, bak kut teh, violence, sex, sex… one would have expected the Media Development Authority (MDA) to scramble for a ban, but the film – surprise surprise! – has been given an R21 classification, no cuts necessary.

https://sg.news.yahoo.com/blogs/singaporescene/comment-what-does-approval-of-lang-tong-with-no-081603712.html

 

Ailing Malaysia Airlines to suspend shares December 15

Malaysia Airlines
Malaysia Airlines

Malaysia Airlines said its shares will be suspended from the country's stock exchange on December 15 under a government plan to rescue the beleaguered carrier after two devastating aviation tragedies this year.

The national flag carrier, whose loss of both flight MH370 and MH17 compounded years of hefty financial bleeding, said the stock's final day of trading would be December 12, followed three days later by the full suspension.

https://sg.finance.yahoo.com/news/ailing-malaysia-airlines-suspend-shares-december-15-073307551--finance.html

 

Ailing Thai king cancels appearance for 87th birthday

Thai well-wishers hold portraits of King Bhumibol Adulyadej and wave flags as they gather at Siriraj Hospital where the king has spent most of the last few months, on the occasion of his 87th birthday in Bangkok on December 5, 2014
Thai well-wishers hold portraits of King Bhumibol Adulyadej and wave flags as they gather at Siriraj Hospital where the king has spent most of the last few months, on the occasion of his 87th birthday in Bangkok on December 5, 2014

Thailand's ailing King Bhumibol Adulyadej cancelled plans to hold a public annual audience marking his 87th birthday Friday on his doctors' advice, heightening anxiety in the deeply divided kingdom over the monarch's health.

The world's longest-serving sovereign has been seen by Thais as a unifying father figure throughout a turbulent six-decade rule, and his absence comes at a time of profound concern over the kingdom's future as his reign enters its twilight years.

https://sg.news.yahoo.com/ailing-thai-king-advised-not-appear-87th-birthday-021734178.html

 

HDB, URA release three sites for 1,500 new homes

An exterior view of Housing Development apartment flats at the Commonwealth estate on February 13, 2013 in Singapore. (Photo by Nicky Loh/Getty Images)
An exterior view of Housing Development apartment flats at the Commonwealth estate on February 13, 2013 in Singapore. (Photo by Nicky Loh/Getty Images)

Three land sites yielding around 1,500 housing units will be released for sale this month under the Government Land Sales (GLS) Programme for 2H2014.

URA launched a residential site at Jurong West Street 41 (Parcel B) today, while HDB will release an executive condominium (EC) site at Woodlands Avenue 12 on 16 December.

Both sites are on the confirmed list and are located within established residential estates. The tender closing dates for the Woodlands and Jurong West land parcels are on 12 February and 10 March 2015 respectively.

Meanwhile, a commercial and residential site at Holland Road, the first plot under the Holland Village Extension plans, is also being made available for sale on the reserve list today.

https://sg.finance.yahoo.com/news/hdb-ura-release-three-sites-1-500-homes-052859184--sector.html