Singapore

Indian worker dies from shipyard explosion

Singapore  - An Indian national who was severely burned in a shipyard explosion died in a Singapore hospital, officials said on Tuesday.

Executive jailed for blowing company's money on gambling

Singapore  - An executive who siphoned 1.9 million Singapore dollars (1.4 million US dollars) from a company and lost it in casinos was jailed for seven years and six months, news reports said on T

Environmental ad withdrawn from TV after viewers find it gruesome

A television ad intended to jolt viewers to the impact of environmental destruction on future generations was taken off the air after complaints that a scene of a chainsaw cutting open a boy manneq

Many well-off Singapore residents yet to start retirement savings

Many well-off Singapore residents yet to start retirement savings

Singapore's oldest retailer delists from exchange

Singapore - Robinson and Co Ltd, Singapore's oldest retailer, is to be delisted from the Singapore Exchange Monday after its takeover earlier this year by the Dubai-based Al-Futtaim Group, Robinson

ASEAN workshop warned against overly ambitious human rights body

Singapore - Too much ambition could easily scuttle the establishment of an ASEAN human rights body, a workshop on forming the agency was warned Thursday.

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