Process of choosing Singapore Prime Minister should be more transparent: survey
Nine in 10 people feel that the process of selecting Singapore’s next Prime Minister should be made more transparent, according to a survey conducted by market research consultancy Blackbox. The representative survey of 897 Singaporeans, commissioned by Yahoo Singapore earlier this month, also showed
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DPM Tharman on Yahoo survey: I’m not the man for Prime Minister
Deputy Prime Minister Tharman Shanmugaratnam ruled himself out as a candidate to become Singapore’s prime minister on Wednesday (28 September), saying that a few of the fourth-generation leaders have the potential to be “first among equals”. Tharman was responding to a question from the media on the
Yahoo SingaporeUS, Singapore and Switzerland Are World’s Most Competitive Economies
The World Economic Forum's new Global Competitiveness Report 2016-2017 looked at 138 nations, and it put the United States, Singapore and Switzerland at the top.
24/7 Wall St.NanoVibronix Announces Distribution Agreement With Mano Equestrian Services (PTE) LTD in Singapore for Equine PainShield(R)
NanoVibronix, Inc, ,a medical device company, today announced a distribution agreement with Mano Equestrian Services LTD to market and distribute Equine PainShield® in Singapore. Mano's distribution network ...
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Sembawang hostage drama: Terrified neighbour locks herself in her flat
Alia, 54, a resident of Block 462 Sembawang Drive, was terrified to leave home for work on Wednesday (28 September) morning as a hostage situation was ongoing just one floor below her flat. By then, she had already found out about a boy being held hostage in a flat on the fifth floor.
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New Delhi [India], Sept. 28 (ANI): The Union Cabinet chaired by the Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday gave its approval to the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) in the field of Industrial Property Cooperation between Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion under the Ministry of Commerce
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Singapore police break into Sembawang Drive flat
Police broke into a flat at 462 Sembawang Drive at about 12pm on 28 Sept after a man held a two-year-old hostage since Tuesday night. Full story: http://bit.ly/2cA4FD9
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Deceased former journalist inspires others to donate bodies to science
Some four decades ago, journalist Punnappilly Madhava Menon decided to donate his body to science to be used for medical research. The 85-year-old’s younger daughter Jayanthi told Yahoo Singapore that at least 10 friends have reached out to the family to make the same pledge. “I had heard about it,
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Two-year-old boy rescued after 17-hour standoff at Sembawang Drive flat
Police investigations are ongoing. The Singapore police force said preliminary investigations revealed that the man locked himself in the house with the boy following a dispute with the boy’s family members.
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Power fault stalls train service on Bukit Panjang LRT
A power fault has disrupted LRT service on the Bukit Panjang LRT (BPLRT) early Wednesday morning. Commuters should expect a half-hour delay, said SMRT.
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Race is not a key factor in choosing PM for Singaporeans: survey
The race of Singapore’s next Prime Minister is not an important issue for Singaporeans, according to a survey conducted by market research consultancy Blackbox. Of the 897 Singaporeans who took part in the survey, commissioned earlier this month by Yahoo Singapore, 73 per cent of them disagreed that
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London's Baltic Exchange succumbs to Singapore as shipping turmoil deepens
The crisis in global shipping and a tax exodus by big Greek vessel owners have helped finally seal the fate of London's Baltic Exchange after at least three approaches to buy it over the last six years of its near-three centuries history. Some 95 percent of shareholders voted on Monday in favour
ReutersSingapore accuses China of fabricating article about South China Sea dispute
Singapore's ambassador to China has accused a Chinese state-run newspaper of fabricating an article about Singapore's position on the South China Sea. On 21 September, the Global Times printed that a summit of the Non-Aligned Movement in Venezuela saw Singapore raise issues surrounding the South
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UN GA President mistakes female Indian minister for Singapore’s Vivian Balakrishnan
Deleted tweet from UN General Assembly President Peter Thomson. The President of the United Nations General Assembly Peter Thomson has made a diplomatic faux pas when he mistook the name of India’s External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj for Singapore’s Foreign Affairs Minister Vivian Balakrishnan in
Yahoo SingaporeSingapore urged to get tougher on money-laundering
Singapore must take more aggressive action against complex cross-border money-laundering including prosecuting individuals and seizing illicit proceeds, a global financial crimes watchdog said Tuesday. The Paris-based Financial Action Task Force (FATF) said in a review the city-state has made significant
AFP NewsIncredible installations you’ll see at Singapore Indesign 2016
We're getting our cameras ready for these creative installations that'll be at this year's Singapore Indesign event
LookBox LivingSingapore accuses Chinese paper of fabricating South China Sea story
Singapore's ambassador to China on Tuesday accused a major state-run Chinese newspaper of fabricating a report about Singapore's position on the South China Sea, but the paper stuck by its story. The Global Times said on Sept. 21 that at a summit of the Non-Aligned Movement in Venezuela, Singapore
ReutersICE Clear Singapore Announces J.P. Morgan as a New Clearing Member
SINGAPORE--(BUSINESSWIRE)-- Intercontinental Exchange (NYSE:ICE), a leading operator of global exchanges and clearing houses and provider of data and listings services, today announced that J.P. Morgan ...
Business WireWeekend guide (30 Sept-2 Oct): Wicked The Musical, Anugerah Planet Muzik 2016 and more
Catch Broadway hit Wicked, take in the awards glamour at Anugerah Planet Muzik 2016, get good laughs at Kings & Queen Comedy Asia 7, join an architecture walking tour and sign up for many more things you can do in Singapore this weekend.
Yahoo Newsroom£50 billion UK property investment opportunity comes to Singapore
Special Advertising Feature: One of the UK’s leading property developers is set to launch its latest project in Singapore – a project that represents a £50 billion investment opportunity...
Property GuruBaltic Exchange shareholders approve takeover by Singapore Exchange
Baltic Exchange shareholders on Monday approved an 87 million pound ($112 million) takeover by Singapore Exchange for one of London's oldest institutions, in a deal that will give SGX access to the multi-billion-dollar freight derivatives market. The proposed transaction, unanimously recommended
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Teenage Uber passenger dies in accident on Seletar Expressway
A 19-year-old female car passenger has died after an accident involving the vehicle she was in, a lorry and a van on Seletar Expressway (SLE). The police were alerted on Sunday (25 September) at 3.47am to the accident along SLE toward Bukit Timah Expressway. The 22-year-old van driver and two car passengers
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This Singapore device turns your home into an urban farm
Creator Brian Ong hopes his device will help people grow and eat more fresh, wholesome food The late founder of modern Singapore, Lee Kuan Yew, rolled out a plan in 1967 to transform the republic into a “garden city”; today, parks and gardens green spaces adorn the city’s urban landscape amidst the ever-growing
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Man who stabbed gay lover to death jailed 12 years
Tan Chee Yeow pleaded guilty to one charge of culpable homicide not amounting to murder. Having dated for more than eight years, 40-year-old Tan Chee Yeow demanded for his partner Tan Chin Siong to come out of the closet and announce their relationship to the latter’s family. Frustrated, Chee Yeow
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