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WASHINGTON: Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke reiterated his concerns about high levels of US unemployment on Tuesday, just days after a surprisingly large drop in the jobless rate caused cheer. Projecting a sense that the central bank is not resting on its laurels – even after unemployment dropped to 8.3 percent, the lowest level in ...
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SINGAPORE: At the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing, Singapore was represented by a 25-strong athlete contingent in five sports. For the coming London Games, only 10 have qualified so far. But speaking at a dinner reception hosted by President Tony Tan for Team Singapore athletes who took part in last year’s Special Olympics, ASEAN Para ...
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HONG KONG: Taiwan actor Vic Chou revealed during a recent promotional event in Hong Kong for his new film “Perfect Two”, that he hopes to settle down by 40 and is currently seeking a girlfriend, reported Hong Kong media. The 30-year-old actor, who plays a father that grapples with the challenge of raising his young ...
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BEIJING: A home-filmed video showing a four-year-old Chinese boy being forced by his parents to run almost naked through the snow in bitterly cold New York has gone viral and sparked an online uproar. The father was reportedly trying to train his son to be strong and healthy, and the footage has sparked debate about ...
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WASHINGTON DC: Developing an education system that caters to every student while providing each of them many pathways would be essential for Singapore to remain relevant in a changing world, said Education Minister Heng Swee Keat. Speaking on Monday (Tuesday morning, Singapore time) to Singaporean students studying in the US, Mr Heng noted the current ...
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SINGAPORE – The move to increase the intake of Institute of Technical Education (ITE) graduates at polytechnics is underway, but the topic of further education still weighed on the minds of about 100 ITE students at a dialogue with Education Minister of State Lawrence Wong yesterday. Several students from the three ITE campuses at REACH’s ...
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SINGAPORE – The hearing on whether ex-lawyer Leonard Loo was negligent and misadvised a group of four former clients, which resulted in their suit against Standard Chartered Bank (Stanchart) being thrown out, started yesterday. Taiwanese investor Lee Chang-rung, 62, and his brother, sister and brother-in-law claim that their chance of succeeding in that suit was ...
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SINGAPORE – Member of Parliament Yaw Shin Leong has resigned as treasurer of the Workers’ Party (WP), with immediate effect. The party accepted Mr Yaw’s resignation from party leadership yesterday at the Executive Council’s monthly meeting, the WP said in a four-paragraph statement released late last night. The Council has appointed deputy treasurer …
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The following is the full text of the eulogy delivered by Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong at the funeral of the late Dr Toh Chin Chye on 7 Feb, 2012. Family members of the late Dr Toh Chin Chye, President Tony Tan and Mrs Tony Tan, Colleagues, Friends and Fellow Singaporeans 1. We are gathered ...
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SINGAPORE – Casino operators Marina Bay Sands (MBS) and Resorts World Singapore (RWS) have been fined for breaching the Casino Control Act. MBS was fined S$255,000 for breaches from Oct 28, 2010, to April 30 last year and RWS was fined S$130,000 for breaches from Aug 15, 2010, to April 30 last year, said the ...
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On Tuesday, Nurhasimah, 49, a cleaner who used to live in Malaysia, became the seventh person in the group to be convicted for robbery. The Singaporean female was jailed three and a half years. — PHOTO: SINGAPORE POLICE FORCE By Khushwant Singh The trio planned to rob a Malaysian money changer courier delivering currencies to ...
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1964: Market Street Carpark was Singapore’s first multi-storey carpark, providing about 700 parking spaces in the heart of the city. — ST FILE PHOTO By Cheryl Lim and Lo Yee The shortage of parking spaces in the city could get even worse with Capitaland considering redeveloping the Golden Shoe Carpark now that its revamp of ...
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In this Dec 8, 2009 file photo, Alyssa Bustamante, 15, listens during a brief hearing where her attorney entered not guilty pleas on her behalf to charges of armed criminal action and first-degree murder in Cole County Circuit Court in Jefferson City, Mo. Bustamante. — PHOTO: AP JEFFERSON CITY, Missouri (AP) – A US teenager ...
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(Above) Dr Ting and Dr Mak’s ‘Station With Immediate First-Aid Treatment’ – Swift for short – a 10-tonne truck that can be driven to disaster sites to give immediate help to victims. — ST, ZB, BT FILE PHOTOS, GLENEAGLES MEDICAL CENTRE By Chang Ai-Lien, Senior Correspondent Two doctors are suing the Government over a mobile ...
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By Elena Chong Two brothers were brought to court on Tuesday to face charges of causing a 12-year-old girl to perform oral sex on them three years ago. Choong Woon How, 30, unemployed, faces two counts of sexual penetration of a minor at a flat in the north on Jan 8 and 17, 2009, while ...
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KUALA LUMPUR 7 Feb. – Sambutan hangat yang diterima sewaktu persembahan pembukaan lawak jenaka Lawak Ke Der? di Istana Budaya (IB) Jumaat lalu, memberi semangat baru kepada pasangan pelawak Os dan Abon dari kumpulan Osbon. Menurut Abon, untuk persembahan Jumaat ini, kumpulan Osbon akan menampilkan lawak jenaka baru yang pasti mencuit hati penonton. Katanya, dia ...
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Bersama ABD. AZIZ ITARaziz.itar@utusan .com.my LAWAK jenaka dan nyanyian adalah dua bidang seni yang diminati para peminat dalam dunia hiburan tempatan sejak dulu. Cuma yang membezakan dua bidang itu ialah daripada segi popularitinya. Kalau dulu berlawak hanyalah sekadar penyendal dalam sesebuah persembahan, manakala nyanyian menjadi tumpuan utama. Bagaimanapun, apabila …
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Oleh NOOR HANIS HARUNGambar MD. SHAHJEHAN MAAMIN KESEMUA 16 peserta Pilih Kasih musim terbaru sudah bersedia untuk bertarung sesama sendiri. SERAMAI 16 orang peserta terpilih untuk mempertaruhkan bakat masing-masing di pentas Pilih Kasih Musim Ketiga di Kompleks Penyiaran Tuanku Muhammad, dekat sini, Ahad lalu. Program realiti yang mengangkat seni lakon sebagai konsep …
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Oleh KHADIJAH IBRAHIMkhadijah.ibra him@utusan.com.myGam bar ABDUL RAZAK LATIF MEREKA tidak pernah bertemu, namun tetap mesra dek tuntutan kerja. Kemesraan yang terjalin antara pelakon Sari Yanti Mohamad Nazari, 28 dengan Muniff Md. Isa, 29, selari dengan jangka waktu penggambaran drama bersiri BFF…Teman Tapi Mesra. Malah sewaktu sesi foto yang diadakan baru-baru ini, …
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SINGAPORE: A court hearing on whether ex-lawyer Leonard Loo was negligent and misadvised a group of four former clients, resulting in their suit against Standard Chartered Bank (Stanchart) to be thrown out, started on Monday. Taiwanese investor Lee Chang-rung, 62, his brother, sister and brother-in-law claim that their chance of succeeding in that suit was ...
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