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Acer plans 500 more branch stores in India Staff Reporter 2012-09-12 16:28 (GMT+8) Acer's pavilion at the London Olympics. (File photo/Commercial Times) Taiwanese PC maker Acer is planning to launch another 500 branch stores in India, our sister newspaper Commercial Times reported on Sept...

IKEA's disillusioned Chinese suppliers plan to Do It Themselves Staff Reporter 2012-09-12 16:10 (GMT+8) An IKEA store which opened in Wuxi, Jiangsu province in June. (Photo/Xinhua) Low pricing has been IKEA's main strategy to survive in the China market, creating tension between the Swedish...

iPhone 5 likely to cost more than RMB7,000 in China Staff reporter 2012-09-12 17:16 (GMT+8) The iPhone 4S, the last version of Apple's smartphone. (Photo/Xinhua) Apple's new iPhone 5 will retail in China for more than 6,999 yuan (US$1,105), reports the Jiefang Daily, the daily newspaper of...

Sleeping beauty: Wuhan student offers marriage to unseen rescuer Staff Reporter 2012-09-12 16:04 (GMT+8) The student carries the girl who fainted up to the sixth floor of her dorm building in Wuhan University. (Internet photo) A male student at the engineering school in Wuhan University who...

More than 120,000 foreigners join China's social insurance Xinhua 2012-09-12 16:04 (GMT+8) A social insurance center in Shandong. (Photo/Xinhua) More than 120,000 foreigners have subscribed to China's social security system so far, Hu Xiaoyi, China's vice minister of human resources and...

Only US$33k compensation paid out in Yunnan earthquake Staff Reporter 2012-09-12 11:55 (GMT+8) Heavy rainfall added to Yunnan's woes after the earthquake. (Photo/Xinhua) A Chinese insurance company has only paid 210,000 yuan (US$33,000) in compensation to earthquake victims since the...

China makes massive investment in affordable housing Xinhua 2012-09-12 16:04 (GMT+8) China hopes to build 36 million affordable housing units over the course of its current 5-year plan. (Photo/Xinhua) China invested 820 billion yuan (US$129.4 billion) in building affordable housing units for...

Chinese minister accused of trying to recruit Indian spies Staff Reporter 2012-09-12 16:23 (GMT+8) Liang Guanglie meets AK Antony, the Indian defense minister, on Sept. 4. (Photo/Xinhua) China's defense minister, Liang Guanglie, is suspected by India's intelligence community of attempting to...

Taiwan to spend another US$16bn on US weapons Staff Reporter 2012-09-12 11:24 (GMT+8) F-16C/D Falcons remain Taiwan's priority on its shopping list. (Internet photo) Taiwan's Ministry of National Defense plans to spend another NT$500 billion (US$16 billion) on arms and military equipment...

Former official Bao Tong blasts Bo Xilai, CCP Staff Reporter 2012-09-12 16:03 (GMT+8) Bao Tong was formerly a secretary to Zhao Ziyang. (Internet photo) Bao Tong, a Chinese democracy activist and a former high-ranking official, has launched a scathing attack on the Chinese Communist Party...

Japanese purchase of Diaoyutais met with 'people's war' Staff Reporter 2012-09-12 16:10 (GMT+8) A Chinese protester tramples Japan's flag outside the Japanese embassy in Beijing on Sept. 11. (Photo/CNS) After the Japanese government signed a contract to nationalize disputed islands in the...

High Court set to hear case on law criminalising gay sex By Joanne Chan | Posted: 21 August 2012 2112 hrs SINGAPORE: The High Court is set to hear whether a section of the law which criminalises gay sex is unconstitutional. This follows a ruling by the Court of Appeal on Tuesday on a bid...

Fight leaves Chinese national with stab wound Published on Aug 17, 2012 By Jalelah Abu Baker A Chinese national was stabbed in a fight with his housemate late on Thursday night. The police said that they were alerted to the tussle at Block 106, Bedok North Street 4, at 10.50 pm. The man...

Man jailed for molesting 3 women By Claire Huang | Posted: 07 August 2012 1618 hrs SINGAPORE: A Canadian national who also holds an Australian citizenship was on Tuesday sentenced to two weeks' jail for molesting three women and punching one of them. Francis Lawrence Del Rosario, aged...

Man walks free after jail sentence is backdated By Claire Huang | Posted: 06 August 2012 2129 hrs SINGAPORE : Twenty-four-year-old Desmond Neo Han Wen walked out of court a free man on Monday, even after he was sentenced to seven months' jail on two charges of voluntarily causing hurt and...

Man jailed 3 months for filming stepdaughter showering Published on Jul 19, 2012 A technician hid his cell phone in a recording mode under the sink to film his 11-year-old stepdaughter showering in October 2010. He then downloaded the clip onto a thumbdrive. -- PHOTO: AZIZ HUSSIN By...