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OSLO: Roy Hodgson made a winning start to his reign as England manager on Saturday after an Ashley Young goal gave his side a 1-0 victory over Norway at the Ullevaal Stadium. Hodgson, who only took over as the successor to Fabio Capello earlier this month, saw his experimental England side record their first win ...
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WUHAN, China: World number one Wang Yihan dramatically survived four match points in an epic singles contest as hosts China won the women’s Uber Cup on Saturday, laying to rest the ghosts of two years ago. “I saw the Uber Cup and thought, ‘what if I lose the match again like 2010?’. But then it ...
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SINGAPORE: Workers’ Party (WP) Secretary-General Low Thia Khiang said he wanted to put the issues of the by-election behind the party. Speaking to the media on Sunday morning before the start of his party’s victory parade in Hougang, Mr Low said moving forward, he wanted to focus on working with the ruling People’s Action Party ...
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SINGAPORE: Polling for the Hougang by-election has closed. Ballot boxes from the nine polling centres were sealed before being moved to the counting centres. The counting centres are at the Serangoon Secondary School and Holy Innocents’ Primary School. Some 40 elections officials will count the votes. The Elections Department said that as of 5pm, 83 ...
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SINGAPORE: Speaking at a news conference after the result of the Hougang by-election was announced, the Workers’ Party’s Secretary-General Low Thia Khiang hit out at the way the campaign played out, saying the ‘circumstances ’ had been ‘unfair’ to his party. During the conference, the Workers’ Party chief had strong words for the …
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SINGAPORE: A woman was found dead near Raffles City along Stamford Road early Sunday morning. Police received a call for assistance at about 4am. When officers arrived, they found a woman in her mid-twenties lying motionless on the third floor parapet near a Starbucks outlet. Officers from the Singapore Civil Defence Force, using safety harnesses ...
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SINGAPORE: Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong has said that he is disappointed that PAP’s candidate Desmond Choo did not win the Hougang by-election. But Mr Lee, in a statement, said he is encouraged that the PAP obtained 37.91% of the vote this time. Mr Lee, who is the PAP’s Secretary-General, noted that this improves on ...
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SINGAPORE: The counting of votes for the Hougang by-election is going on at the Serangoon Secondary School and Holy Innocents’ Primary School. Some 40 elections officials are counting the votes. The two candidates – People’s Action Party’s (PAP) Desmond Choo and the Workers’ Party’s (WP) Png Eng Huat – are making their rounds to the ...
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SINGAPORE: A traffic accident involving two cars and a taxi occurred at the junction of Rochor Road and Victoria Street early Saturday morning. That is the exact location where a Ferrari sports car crashed into a taxi and a motorcycle two weeks ago, killing three persons and injuring two others. This time, the taxi driver ...
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SINGAPORE: Workers’ Party’s Png Eng Huat has won the Hougang by-election with 13,447 votes against PAP’s Desmond Choo’s 8,210 votes. Mr Png won the single-seat constituency with 62.09% of the vote, against Mr Choo’s 37.91%. The result was announced by Returning Officer, Yam Ah Mee, some two-and-a-half hours after polling closed at 8pm. …
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TOKYO, Japan: Japan’s Ryosuke Irie is looking forward to the London Olympics for an opportunity to avenge his loss to American Ryan Lochte in the men’s 200 metre backstroke last year. At the world championships in Shanghai, Irie had to be satisfied with the silver medal behind Lochte, who clocked one minute 52.96 seconds to ...
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Published on May 25, 2012 NTUC FairPrice on Thursday became the first employer to announce it was increasing salaries, two days after the move was recommended by the National Wages Council. — ST PHOTO: ARTHUR LEE CH By JESSICA LIM NTUC FairPrice on Thursday became the first employer to announce it was increasing salaries, two ...
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SYDNEY: Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard on Sunday vowed to take the government to the next election, despite reports a key Labor figure is canvassing support for a return of ex-leader Kevin Rudd. The prime minister and then foreign minister Rudd faced off against each other in a party room vote in February, with the ...
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SINGAPORE: Chinese Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi will visit Singapore from 28 to 29 May at the invitation of Minister for Foreign Affairs and Minister for Law K Shanmugam. It will be Mr Yang’s first official visit to Singapore as Foreign Minister. During his stay, Mr Yang will call on President Tony Tan Keng Yam, Prime ...
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Published on May 25, 2012 TOKYO (AFP) – A Japanese artist cooked his own genitals and served them to five paying diners in Tokyo to cover the medical costs, in a bizarre act to raise awareness about sexual minorities. Mr Mao Sugiyama had his penis and testicles surgically removed in March and kept them frozen ...
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HONG KONG: Hundreds of pro-democracy activists marched through central Hong Kong on Sunday to mark the 23rd anniversary of the crushing of the Tiananmen Square protests in Beijing. Activists marched to the government headquarters in the first of a series of planned events marking the anniversary in the southern Chinese city. Several marchers said they ...
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CapitaLand chief says trend of units of less than 50 sq m should be curbed Published on May 25, 2012 The interior of a 388 sq ft apartment at Soho 188 in Race Course Road. Singapore should curb the increasing trend of so-called shoebox apartments because they are ‘almost inhuman’, CapitaLand chief executive officer Liew ...
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SINGAPORE: Portugal’s President Anibal Cavaco Silva will make a two-day state visit to Singapore from May 27 at the invitation of President Tony Tan Keng Yam. This will be the first state visit from Portugal. President Cavaco Silva will be accompanied by First Lady Mrs Maria Cavaco Silva, several ministers, officials from the President’s Office ...
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Malaysians once again make up the biggest proportion of foreign buyers Published on May 25, 2012 A couple and a housing agent checking out the Parc Rosewood showflat in Woodlands earlier this year. The development made up almost half of the shoebox units sold in suburban areas in the first quarter. — ST PHOTO: RAJENDRAN ...
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Muka depan B’Pop hari ini Adira rayu diberi peluang untuk terus buktikan bakat seni, bukan lagi isu berkaitan pengkid SELEPAS Marsha Milan Londoh yang dianggap bintang kelahiran Akademi Fantasia (AF) paling kerap dihimpit kontroversi, Siti Adira Suhaimi atau Adira, 21, juga tidak pernah sunyi daripada dihujani cerita panas apabila sisi peribadinya sering menjadi paparan …
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