Singapore  - A Singapore justice on Thursday fined an editor of The Wall Street Journal 10,000 Singapore dollars (6,600 US dollars) for three articles that the city-state's government said showed contempt of its judiciary, a news report said.

Melanie Kirkpatrick, a deputy editor of the New York-based business newspaper's editorial page, had acknowledged responsibility for the publication of the articles in The Wall Street Journal Asia that the justice found to be in contempt of court.

Singapore  - A Singapore court sentenced a tattoo artist who helped a friend tattoo his wife's breasts, abdomen and forearms for suspected infidelity to two years and 10 months in jail, news reports said Thursday.

The sentence for the tattooist, 41, was two months shorter than the husband's jail term. Like the husband, who was sentenced in 2007, he will also be given six strokes of the cane, the Straits Times newspaper reported.

Singapore  - A former employee of a Singapore luxury watch retailer who allegedly made off with watches worth several million US dollars last Christmas Day surrendered to the authorities in Bangkok on Tuesday, Singapore police reported.

"Jerry Ee ... is currently in the custody of the Royal Thai Police, and more than 200 pieces of the stolen watches were recovered," a statement by Singapore Police Force said.

The 35-year-old, who was on Interpol's wanted list, is suspected of having taken more than 380 watches from expensive designer brands.

Singapore - A Singapore court on Tuesday sentenced a serial molester who preyed on children and teenagers in lifts to nine years in jail, media reports said.

Singapore - Singapore Airlines (SIA), one of the world's leading carriers, posted a heavy slump in passenger numbers and a decline in cargo shipment Tuesday, as the aviation industry is further hit by the global economic downturn.

In February, SIA carried 1.18 million passengers, down 20.2 per cent from the same month last year, the airline said.

Singapore - Bayer Schering Pharma Asia-Pacific's sales grew 23 per cent to 910 million euros (1.3 billion US dollars) in 2008 despite the global economic downturn, the company's regional head, Chris Lee, said Tuesday in Singapore.

The growth rate, based on business numbers that excluded Japan, made the subsidiary of Germany-based Bayer Schering Pharma AG "one of the fastest-growing multinational pharmaceutical companies in Asia," Lee said.