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Man seriously injured at Audi Fashion Festival
SINGAPORE: A man was seriously injured after an archway at the Audi Fashion Festival collapsed and landed on him on May 16 at about 9.45am.The Audi Fashion Festival spokesperson said the archway was located 300 metres away from the Tent@Marina Promen...

RSVP Singapore raises S$300,000 for beneficiaries
SINGAPORE: RSVP Singapore on Friday raised S$300,000 with a gala dinner.The non-profit organisation provides opportunities for seniors to serve the community through their talent and experience.Deputy Prime Minister and Home Affairs Minister Teo Chee...

K Shanmugam on official visit to Oman and UAE
SINGAPORE: Foreign Affairs and Law Minister K Shanmugam will make a five-day official visit to the Sultanate of Oman and the United Arab Emirates starting May 17.It will be Mr Shanmugam's introductory visit to the United Arab Emirates and his second ...

Missing elderly man found
SINGAPORE: Eighty-three-year-old Tengh Koo Yam has been found.Earlier, police appealed for information on his whereabouts.Mr Tengh had been seen in the vicinity of Serangoon Avenue 2 on 6 May at about 7.30am.   - CNA/ir...

Two boys arrested in connection to Jurong vandalism cases
SINGAPORE: Police have arrested two 14-year-old boys who are believed to be involved in a series of vandalism cases.Police said that the cases occurred in the Jurong West public housing estate and were reported in early May this year.The suspects wer...

Woman contracts virus after walking barefoot
SINGAPORE: A MediaCorp hotline caller is reeling from the shock of having contracted a virus - after walking around barefoot.The virus - human papillomavirus (HPV) - caused warts to form on the sole of her feet.Doctors say one of the symptoms of HPV ...

Museums set to open doors for free visits from May 18
SINGAPORE: Singapore citizens and permanent residents will get free entry to all national museums and heritage institutions from May 18.They include Asian Civilisations Museum, National Museum of Singapore, Peranakan Museum, Singapore Art Museum, Sin...

More employers & mothers take part in third flexi-work mingling session
SINGAPORE: More employers and mothers are open to the idea of flexible work arrangements, said online job portal Careermums and social enterprise Mums@Work.Their third flexi-work mingling session has seen an increase in participation from both employ...

Siblings arrested for illegal 4D activities
SINGAPORE: Police have arrested a 45-year-old man and his 53-year-old sister for suspected involvement in illegal 4D collection activities.Police said at about 3.30pm on May 16, officers from Ang Mo Kio Police Division arrested the man in the vicinit...

AXS machines down for 2 hours nationwide
SINGAPORE: AXS machines broke down islandwide on Friday at about 4pm.Users were not able to make self-service payments until some two hours later.Reports of the AXS machines malfunctioning trickled in from 4pm.They seemed to be working normally at fi...

Six arrested for suspected loanshark activities
SINGAPORE: Four men and two women, aged between 20 and 41 years, were arrested for their suspected involvement in loanshark activities.They were arrested in an operation conducted by Bedok Police Division over the last two days.A 24-year-old man was ...

Alleged football match-fixer charged with perverting the course of justice
SINGAPORE: One of the five charges against alleged match-fixer Eric Ding has been amended from theft to perverting the course of justice.Ding allegedly tried to conceal a receipt from his personal safe after it was seized by the authorities.The 31-ye...

HDB working to raise awareness on EASE
SINGAPORE: More than 1,000 households have applied for the Housing and Development Board's (HDB) Enhancement for Active Seniors (EASE) programme since the pilot was launched in July 2012.EASE was piloted in two towns Bukit Merah and Kallang/Whampoa. ...

Animal welfare code could be in place next year
SINGAPORE: An animal welfare code that spells out the do's and don'ts of pet care could be in place next year.That means owners who don't provide proper shelter, food or leave their sick pets untreated can be punished.Activists are asking authorities...

Clinical testing of Singapore's first influenza vaccine starts
SINGAPORE: Singapore's first healthy volunteer has been given a dose of the H1N1 influenza vaccine developed by Singapore's Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR) and Switzerland's Cytos Biotechnology AG in a clinical trial.In an announ...

Transsexual avoids caning for being loanshark runner
SINGAPORE: A transsexual has been sentenced to 14 months' jail for damaging property and harassing a debtor.Twenty-one-year-old Benitha was formerly a male known as "Kaviraj Tamaraselvan". Kaviraj underwent a sex change operation in March 2012 before...

MOH plans to build 7 elderly care facility centres by early 2014
SINGAPORE: The Health Ministry is looking at building about seven elderly care facility centres islandwide by early next year.This was announced by Health Minister Gan Kim Yong who launched the St Hilda's Community Services Centre on Friday morning.T...

Rare artefacts on display at Sun Yat Sen Nanyang Memorial Hall
SINGAPORE: More than 90 rare artefacts and historical materials from Japan and Singapore are on display at the Sun Yat Sen Nanyang Memorial Hall.The exhibition, called "Kindred Spirits: Dr Sun Yat Sen, Singapore and Japan" is the first exhibition foc...

Police appeal for information on missing elderly man
SINGAPORE: Police are appealing for information on the whereabouts of an elderly man.Eighty-three-year-old Tengh Koo Yam was last seen in the vicinity of Serangoon Avenue 2 on May 6 at about 7.30am.Mr Tengh is about 1.62 metres tall and is thin. He h...

Todd's research group not involved in confidential projects
SINGAPORE: American researcher Shane Todd was never involved in any sensitive or highly-confidential military and defence-related projects while working for Singapore's Institute of Microelectronics (IME).This is according to four of his colleagues w...

NParks reminds public not to release animals at reservoir parks, nature reserves
SINGAPORE: The National Parks Board (NParks) said there have not been any cases of animals being released at reservoir parks and nature reserves in the past two years.NParks is reminding the public not to release animals into the wild this Vesak Day,...

A good career does not depend solely on qualifications: Heng Swee Keat
SINGAPORE: Singapore's Education Minister Heng Swee Keat said a good qualification alone does not guarantee a good career, let alone a job.Mr Heng said what is also needed is relevant skills, lifelong learning, and a concurrent growth in the economy....

Sofix Parquet recalled as precautionary measure
The floor cleaner was recalled after it was detected that it may contain micro-organisms that could cause infection

Singapore's NODX down 1% on-year in April
SINGAPORE: Singapore's non-oil domestic exports fell 1 per cent on-year in April, according to data from trade agency IE Singapore.Still, the figure is better than the 2 per cent drop economists have forecast.While the decline in April was largely du...