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<header style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Verdana, Tahoma, 'DejaVu Sans', sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px;">Police warn foreign nationals against importing their countries’ issues into S’pore SINGAPORE — The police have warned foreign nationals against importing issues from...

S$9.4m disbursed to enhance integration of newcomers in S'pore By Imelda Saad POSTED: 02 Mar 2014 23:57 SINGAPORE: Some S$9.4 million has been disbursed under the Community Integration Fund since it was set up five years ago. The fund supports organisations in implementing activities to...

25 foreign workers jailed for forged academic certificates POSTED: 21 Feb 2014 12:21 Twenty-five foreign employees have been sentenced to jail between four to 12 weeks for submitting forged academic certificates to obtain work passes to work in Singapore. SINGAPORE: Twenty-five foreign...

Moving from buttoned-up Dubai to sexually unabashed Singapore Our reader, who is a serial mover, advises how to counter the stress of upping sticks from one foreign country and moving to another With a sea of uncovered knees and shoulders, and sexual imagery on display, Helen McClure struggled...

Firms willing to pay more for Singaporean workers Offering employees the chance to work overseas will motivate Singapore staff better than any other perk, said Ms Stella Tang of Robert Half Singapore. TODAY FILE PHOTO BYWONG WEI HAN PUBLISHED: 22 JANUARY, 4:03 AM SINGAPORE — Due to various...

My 14 year old daughter got molested by LHL's Foreign Talent in the bus I am writing this letter to create awareness and inform fellow parents not to be complacent like me on regards to our children's safety. I learned the saddest and hardest way. It is a bad and unfortunate new year to...

Malaysia bars foreign workers from fast-food outlets By PTI | 7 Jan, 2014, 05.47PM IST KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia's fast-food restaurants will no longer be allowed to hire foreign workers, the Home Ministry said today, a decision that will affect thousands of Indians who come seeking work as...

MND set to decide on cap for foreign tenants in HDB blocks By Eileen Poh POSTED: 06 Dec 2013 13:27 SINGAPORE: The National Development Ministry is looking at imposing a cap on the percentage of flats in HDB blocks that can be sublet to foreigners. This is to maintain the Singaporean...

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Man jailed for punching cabby, fined for damaging vehicles By Claire Huang POSTED: 01 Oct 2013 18:27 SINGAPORE: A drunk American chef who repeatedly punched a taxi driver and damaged a motorcycle and a taxi door, was on Tuesday sentenced to two weeks' jail and fined S$1,000. 38-year-old...

YOUR VIEW: 'Is Singapore my home, daddy?' Yahoo Newsroom – <abbr title="2013-09-30T07:48:13Z" style="color: rgb(125, 125, 125); font-family: Georgia, Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 11.818181991577148px; line-height: 2.2em; border: 0px;">5 minutes ago</abbr> This email by a reader...

Man asked not to lean on MRT pole threatens to kill uncle if he goes to China Stomp Tuesday, Sep 10, 2013 A shouting match began on the MRT train after a man was asked to stop leaning on a grab pole. The video was uploaded by YouTube user eltreet with the following comments: "I took this...

Meet my hubby from China Lea Wee, The Straits Times/ANN, Singapore | Feature | Sun, August 11 2013, 11:48 AM More Singaporean women are overcoming bias and cultural differences to find love with men from China Singaporean Airene Tan finds men from China somewhat self-centred and ambitious...

Man jailed for damaging windscreen of car in a road rage incident The Straits Times Friday, Jun 07, 2013 A man who damaged the windscreen of a motorist's car in a road rage incident was sentenced to one week's jail on Friday. Arivalakan Narayanan Kanapathy, 55, admitted to mischief by hitting...

Team-first mentality Singapore's new national football head coach Bernd Stange got down to business right away at his first session with the players by wearing the same outfit as them. They will play against Myanmar and Laos next month. By Sanjay Nair The Straits Times Friday, May 31, 2013...

Former cricket coach gets jail for assisting in housebreaking plan By Claire Huang POSTED: 30 May 2013 2:44 PM SINGAPORE: A former cricket coach was sentenced to 15 months' jail on Thursday for assisting in a plan to steal from his student's house. Jeraj Puvaneshen, 26, admitted to helping...

Laws alone can't fix unfair hiring here By Jacqueline Woo My Paper Tuesday, May 21, 2013 Some Singaporeans have expressed anxiety over perceived discriminatory practices at their workplaces, such as foreign managers hiring from their own home country. This has, in turn, led to calls for the...

10 things I love about being a Singaporean PR BY CHRIS REED I recently became a Singaporean PR and to celebrate I thought I would recount the top ten things I love about being a Singaporean PR: 1. Doing business in Singapore. People take you more seriously and appear to give you more respect...

Wed, 24 Apr 2013 Lollipop Jet Li's daughter will join Shanghai's AKB48 group Jet Li has confirmed that his daughter will join Shanghai-based AKB48 spin-off group SNH48. Taiwan news agency NOWnews reported that the action star's eldest daughter passed the audition for 2nd generation members...