Singapore - A Singapore court sentenced a 35-year-old man to three months in jail Thursday for hitting a schoolboy who accidentally stepped on his foot in a packed bus, a news report said.
Ismail Atan punched the boy three times on his forehead in a public bus in September, the online edition of Straits Times newspaper said.
Singapore - The Singapore Night Safari, one of the city-state's major tourist attractions, cancelled performances Wednesday after dancers of a contracted group from Malaysia had been arrested on suspicion of drug offences.
"Due to unforeseen circumstances, all cultural performances at Night Safari have been suspended until further notice," a statement on the safari's website said. "... Do enjoy the other attractions Night Safari has to offer."
Singapore - A Singapore court sentenced a serial predator and rapist to 42 years in jail on Tuesday, the longest prison sentence handed down to a sexual offender in the city state so far, a news report said.
Bala Kuppusamy was also ordered to be caned the maximum fine of 24 strokes.
Between April and June the 48-year-old man robbed and sexually assaulted seven women who were walking alone at night, the online edition of Straits Times newspaper reported.
New Delhi, Mar 3 : Visiting chief of Singapore defence forces Lieutenant General Desmond Kuek called on Navy chief Admiral Sureesh Mehta here today to discuss ways to bolster military cooperation between the two countries.
After signing pact with India that allows the armed forces of Singapore to train on Indian territory, both countries are all set to expand their bilateral and military ties.
The five-year- bilateral cooperation signed between India and Singapore will see India playing regular host for Singapore armed forces, while Singapore in turn, will allow access to Indian military training facilities.
Singapore - Singapore's Neptune Orient Lines (NOL), one of the world's largest container shippers, said Tuesday that its cargo volume for the six weeks to February 6 slumped 35 per cent over the same period last year due to shrinking demand.
From December 27-February 6, NOL moved 188,400 40-foot equivalent units (FEU), down from 289,400 FEU in the same period a year ago, the company said in a statement.
Average revenue per FEU declined 11 per cent to 2,646 US dollars.
Singapore - A final year student of Singapore's Nanyang Technological University (NTU) stabbed a lecturer Monday morning and then jumped off a building to his death, NTU said in a statement.
The professor is in stable condition. He was rushed to a nearby hospital where he received medical treatment for cuts sustained in the attack.
The student of NTU's electrical and electronic engineering school was pronounced dead after his body had been found at the foot of the seven-storey university building.
Singapore - A Singapore court sentenced a 35-year-old man to three months in jail Thursday for hitting a schoolboy who accidentally stepped on his foot in a packed bus, a news report said.
Singapore - The Singapore Night Safari, one of the city-state's major tourist attractions, cancelled performances Wednesday after dancers of a contracted group from Malaysia had been arrested on suspicion of drug offences.
Singapore - A Singapore court sentenced a serial predator and rapist to 42 years in jail on Tuesday, the longest prison sentence handed down to a sexual offender in the city state so far, a news report said.
Singapore - Singapore's Neptune Orient Lines (NOL), one of the world's largest container shippers, said Tuesday that its cargo volume for the six weeks to February 6 slumped 35 per cent over the same period last year due to shrinking demand.
Singapore - A final year student of Singapore's Nanyang Technological University (NTU) stabbed a lecturer Monday morning and then jumped off a building to his death, NTU said in a statement.
