[ad_1] SINGAPORE – Prosecutors have urged the court to sentence a former Singapore Armed Forces (SAF) regular to nine years in prison with seven strokes of a cane after he sexually abused a girl in January 2018 and attempted to abuse another. girl four months later. On Thursday (October 1), …
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[ad_1] Thursday, October 1, 2020-9: 32 am SINGAPORE shares fell into positive territory on Thursday, with the benchmark Straits Times Index (STI) gaining 12.45 points or 0.5 percent to 2,479.07 at 9 a.m. M. The winners outnumbered the losers 76 to 28, after 48.5 million securities worth S $ 34.9 …
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[ad_1] SINGAPORE: A Malaysian human rights group accusing Changi Prison of brutal execution had its proceedings against Singapore’s Home Affairs Minister K Shanmugam last month rejected by the Malaysian High Court, the Ministry of Justice said. Interior (MHA) Thursday (Oct 1): Calling the group’s legal action “unfounded.” In January, the …
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[ad_1] SINGAPORE – Approximately 5,870 jobs in the professional services industry have been available to job seekers since April, with four out of five roles for professionals, managers, executives and technicians (PMET). There have also been around 2,070 company-organized internships and adjuncts and 1,080 training positions offered in the industry, …
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[ad_1] SINGAPORE: More than 1,500 companies in the professional services sector have offered around 9,000 opportunities since April this year, of which 80 percent are for professional, managerial, executive and technical (PMET) roles, said the Ministry of Hand de Obra (MOM) on Thursday (October 1). More than 1,400 job seekers …
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[ad_1] SINGAPORE: A queue of voters formed outside the Myanmar embassy in Singapore on Thursday (October 1) morning, marking the start of overseas voting for the November 8 general elections. While there is no official data, an estimated 200,000 Myanmar citizens live in Singapore, according to the embassy. Ad Ad …
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[ad_1] SINGAPORE – The High Court of Malaysia has dismissed a lawsuit brought by the Malaysian rights group Lawyers for Liberty (LFL) against Singapore’s Home Secretary K. Shanmugam. The lawsuit was filed by the non-governmental organization (NGO) on January 24 of this year, in response to an instruction from the …
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[ad_1] SINGAPORE – Despite the Covid-19 pandemic and recession, private home prices in Singapore rebounded in the third quarter as Singapore entered phase two of its reopening after a nearly two-month circuit breaker of duration. The overall private residential property price index rose 0.8 percent, faster than the 0.3 percent …
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[ad_1] WASHINGTON (AP) – President Donald Trump rushed Wednesday (Sept. 30) to quell an uproar over his failure to explicitly denounce white supremacist groups during his debacle of debate with Joe Biden, who called his electoral rival of “national shame”. Bitter adversaries returned to the campaign a day after their …
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[ad_1] HONG KONG: On Thursday (October 1) the Hong Kong leader praised her city’s “return to peace” after China imposed a security law that helped quell last year’s huge democracy movement, as thousands of police officers were on standby to put down new protests during the day’s National Celebrations. The …
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