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Year 2012

Pastor Steven Yang Jailed For Lying

Friday, 24th August 2012

A short jail term for Pastor Steven Yang Suan Piau of Eternal Life Baptist Church, after he we found guilty of lying and provide misleading information to an immigration officer at Woodlands Checkpoint. Pastor Yang's lawyer questioned if the Judge had placed previous sentencing precedents "on an altar and obsessively worshipped them?" He also drew similarities to the recent case of Dr Woffles Wu, a high profiled plastic surgeon, who was fined S$1,000 for giving false information to the police about his speeding offences.

Tyra Banks Spotted In Orchard Road

Friday, 17th August 2012

Tyra Banks was spotted strolling along Orchard Road. She is in Singapore to promote her company ANTM.

Law Professor In Sex Scandal

Friday, 27th July 2012

A National University of Singapore (NUS) law professor who allegedly gave his student prime grades in exchange for sex is under investigation.

City Harvest Church Founder Charged

Wednesday, 25th July 2012

City Harvest Church (CHC) founder Kong Hee and five other CHC members were charged in court for alleged misuse of church funds. Kong, 47, faced three charges for committing criminal breach of trust as an agent of CHC and for allegedly misappropriating about $24 million from CHC's building funds for unauthorised use. His right hand man, Tan Ye Peng, 39, faced ten charges. A church board member, John Lam Leng Hung, 44, faced three charges. The church finance manager Sharon Tan Shao Yuen, 37 faced seven charges. Serina Wee, 35, chruch ex-finance chief and Chew Eng Han, 52, church ex-investment manager faces ten charges each. Each charge carries the maximum punishment of life imprisonment and a fine. The court has allowed Kong Hee to travel overseas for pastoral purposes. His bail was set at S$1 million.

Silver River Furniture Fined For Non GST Compliance

Friday, 20th July 2012

Silver River Furniture, a Singapore Furniture Retailer, was fined S$4,000 on four counts of not complying with GST regulations on price displays. The Internal Revenue Authority of Singapore (IRAS) found two of Silver River Furniture's advertisements in a local English daily in early 2012 with small print stating "all prices exclude delivery and GST".

Private Company To Built Electric Car

Thursday, 19th July 2012

A Singapore Company, Mayton Auto, was setup to develop a Uniquely Singapore electric car. The company with partners from China and the United States will be putting about S$10 million for the project.

Singapore Government May Open Up Changi Runway

Tuesday, 17th July 2012

Singapore may open the third runway at Changi Airport for civil aviation use. The runway, Changi Air Base East, is currently used by the military only. More airport terminals may be built on the 1,000-hectare piece of land in Changi.

Singapore Government Collected About $100M

Wednesday, 11th July 2012

In the first half of 2012, Singapore Government collected S$93 Million in Casino Entry Levies from locals visiting the city's two casinos. Which translated to about 2 millions Singaporean and PR visits a year. Or about 1,500 local visits each of the casino on any given day. The is a visible rise in gambling addiction amongst wealthy in Singapore. And going to the casino is becoming a social norm here.

M-346 Completed First Test Flight

Wednesday, 11th July 2012

The first of the twelve RSAF M-346 completed it first test flight over Venegono Superiore in Italy.

MOE Scholar Jailed

Monday, 9th July 2012

Jonathan Wong Wai Kheong, aged 25, was five years' jail. Jonathan Wong was a former Ministry of Education scholar who was caught having sexual offences with an underage (15-year old) girl. Earlier, Wong, was caught for possessing child pornography in Britain, was expelled by the University of York and had his scholarship revoked in 2010.

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