Singapore  - Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong said Thursday that the city state's economic growth forecast for this year will have to be revised downwards from the current minus 2 per cent to minus 5 per cent as exports continue to be hit by the global economic slowdown.

But Lee said he did not think the decline would be double-digit.

Singapore's exports have been hit hard and the global situation was not looking any better, Lee told reporters during a visit to a local training and jobs placement centre.

Singapore  - A Swedish student and his Singaporean friend were charged in a district court Thursday for appearing nude in public at a popular restaurant district.

Jan Philip, 21, a Swedish student on an exchange programme, and Eng Kai Er, 24, a university student in Sweden, each face a fine of up to 2,000 Singapore dollars (1,321 US dollars) and a jail term of up to three months.

The duo stunned passers-by on January 24 when they strolled naked through Holland Village, which is popular among expatriates in Singapore.

Singapore  - Singapore said Thursday that it signed investment and tax agreements with Libya.

The investment pact was aimed at promoting bilateral investment flows by protecting investors and their investments, Singapore's Trade and Industry Ministry said in a statement.

It guarantees non-discriminatory treatment of investors, compensation in the event of expropriation or nationalization of their investments, free transfer of capital and returns from investment, and access to international arbitration for settlement of investment-related disputes.

Singapore  - A 32-year-old Singaporean divorcee was sentenced to 10 months' jail for having sex with a 13-year old school boy, local media reported Thursday.

The woman, who has a 14-month-old son, pleaded guilty to two of the seven charges for having sex with the minor last May.

The affair was discovered by the woman's sister who visited her flat and found the boy hiding in a wardrobe, according to a report by the Straits Times.

Singapore  - A second woman died Wednesday after a food-poisoning outbreak hit Singapore last week, a radio report said.

Norani Kassim, 59, who was admitted to hospital Saturday, died after lapsing into a coma, hospital officials told the local 938LIVE station.

Aminah Samijo, 57, died Monday while another woman lost her 2-month-old foetus after suffering food poisoning by eating a salad at a food stall.

News reports said 137 people had suffered food poisoning after eating the salad of meat and deep-fried vegetables called India rojak from a popular hawker stall last week.

The government has initiated an investigation of the stall operators while the entire market where it was located has been closed for cleaning.