Singapore - In light of the outbreak of swine flu cases in Mexiko and the United States since Monday all passengers arriving at Singapore's main Changi airport are being screened for flu symptoms.
Thermal scanners at the arrival halls measure the temperature of passengers just before they undergo immigration checks, the Ministry of Health and the Civil Aviation Authority said in a joint statement.
Passengers with higher-than-normal temperature would undergo a more thorough medical assessment.
Singapore - A Singapore court Friday sentenced a serial molester who sexually assaulted girls as young as nine to 32 years in jail, media reports said.
Huang Shiyou, 22, was also ordered to be caned the maximum of 24 strokes after he pleaded guilty to five charges of aggravated molestation, sexual assault and attempted rape, the online edition of Straits Times newspaper reported.
Singapore - Singapore's Chartered Semiconductor, one of the largest chipmakers worldwide, on Friday posted a net loss of 98.8 million US dollars for the first quarter of
2009, compared to a profit of 2.4 million US dollars in the same period a year ago.
Revenue for the first three months of 2009 reached 243.9 million US dollars, down 37.2 per cent from a year earlier, the company said in a statement.
Singapore - Singapore's ailing economy faced another setback as manufacturing output plunged 33.9 per cent year-to-year in March, according to data released by the Economic Development Board on Friday.
The city-state's slump in factory output reached a record in March, local media reported.
The March numbers were even worse than the drop of 15.1 per cent in February and the contraction of 27.6 per cent in January.
Singapore - Kuwait-based Agility Logistics Ltd, one of the world's leading providers of logistics to businesses and governments, plans to continue its expansion aggressively despite the global economic crisis.
"The appetite for growth is very substantial," said Agility chief executive officer for Asia-Pacific Wolfgang Hollermann Friday in Singapore.
Singapore - Capitaland Ltd, one of Asia's largest real estate developers, said Friday its first quarter net profit dropped nearly 83 per cent from the same period a year ago amidst unprecedented challenges arising from the global financial downturn. In the three months that ended March the Singapore-based company reported net profits of 42.9 million Singapore dollars (28.6 million US dollars), down from 247.5 million Singapore dollars a year earlier, Capitaland said in a statement.
Singapore - In light of the outbreak of swine flu cases in Mexiko and the United States since Monday all passengers arriving at Singapore's main Changi airport are being screened for flu symptoms.
Singapore - A Singapore court Friday sentenced a serial molester who sexually assaulted girls as young as nine to 32 years in jail, media reports said.
Singapore - Singapore's Chartered Semiconductor, one of the largest chipmakers worldwide, on Friday posted a net loss of 98.8 million US dollars for the first quarter of 
Singapore - Singapore's ailing economy faced another setback as manufacturing output plunged 33.9 per cent year-to-year in March, according to data released by the Economic Development Board on Friday.
Singapore - Kuwait-based Agility Logistics Ltd, one of the world's leading providers of logistics to businesses and governments, plans to continue its expansion aggressively despite the global economic crisis.
Singapore - Capitaland Ltd, one of Asia's largest real estate developers, said Friday its first quarter net profit dropped nearly 83 per cent from the same period a year ago amidst unprecedented challenges arising from the global financial downturn. In the three months that ended March the Singapore-based company reported net profits of 42.9 million Singapore dollars (28.6 million US dollars), down from 247.5 million Singapore dollars a year earlier, Capitaland said in a statement.
