Year 2002
Jailed For Having Unnatural Sex
Thursday, 23rd September 2010
A man was jailed for four weeks for having sex with another man in a male toilet at first floor of Mustafa Centre and then lied about it. The 23-year-old Malay man had met another 49-year-old Chinese man at a coffeeshop near Mustafa Centre at around 1am on 14th December 2009. Both agreed to engage in a sexual activity at the public restroom located inside the Mustafa Centre, a 24-hours shopping centre.
Facebook Singapore Office Opened
Tuesday, 21st September 2010
Facebook, a social networking website, has opened it sales office in Singapore. It is Facebook second office in Asia. Their first Asian office is located in Hyderabad, India. Facebook had registered under the name Facebook Singapore Pte Ltd (Registration Number: 201004959C) with the Accounting and Corporate Regulatory Authority (ACRA), and listed Millenia Tower as its local corporate address.
Marina Sands Resort City Check-in
Monday, 20th September 2010
Marina Bay Sands (MBS) and Singapore Airport Terminal Services Ltd (SATS) jointly introduced a new city check-in and baggage acceptance service. It allows passengers to check in their luggage and also collect their boarding pass and baggage claim tags at the Marina Bay Sands integrated resort (IR). The service are only for those passenger departing on Singapore Airlines (SQ) and SilkAir (MI) flights.
Malaysia Prime Minister Visit Singapore
Sunday, 19th September 2010
Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak made a two-day working visit to Singapore. Mr Najib was accompanied by Foreign Minister Anifah Aman and Menteri Besar of Johor Abdul Ghani Othman. During the meeting, Prime Minister Najib and Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong settled a land swap agreement for four land parcels in Marina South and two land parcels in the Ophir-Rochor area. And put the issue of development charges payable on the three parcels of Malaysian land in Tanjong Pagar, Kranji and Woodlands for the Permanent Court of Arbitration to settle. This breaking the 20-year-old deadlock on the 1990 POA.
Largest Candy Store Opened
Friday, 17th September 2010
The largest candy store in Asia, Candylicious, opened at Resorts World Sentosa. The store is also the home to the world's largest lollipop trees at the height of 10 metres. A wide array of candies and chocolates that has never been seen here in Singapore which included sweets and candies from Madelaine Chocolates, Squire Boone Village, Messori Italian Cones and Peeps Marshmallow. Candylicious have an entire wall of bins of hard candies, including some classics like Squirrel Nut Zippers and Black Taffy, plus a number of classic candy bars like Valomilk, Cherry Mash and SkyBar.
Jailed For Asking Others To Take Rap
Friday, 17th September 2010
A 51-year-old man, Charlie Lim Chau Lee, was jailed for six months for asking another person to take the rap (blame) for his traffic offence. Charlie was caught speeding by a speed trap camera along Lornie Road at 4pm on 18 August 2008. He received a summons from the Traffic Police, informing him of a fine of S$150 and six demerit points. Charlie Lim then approached 39-year-old woman, Lim Ah Hwa, to take the blame.
Police Officer Jailed For Dishonesty
Friday, 17th September 2010
A twenty-seven-year-old police officer, Mohamed Hanafi Mohamed Riza, who kept S$70 from a wallet handed over to him by a good samaritan, Mr Ronnie Woo, who had earlier found the wallet. However Hanafi kept the money and discard the wallet on 4 August 2009, when he was manning the Jurong West Neighbourhood Police Centre (NPC). District Judge Jasvender Kaur sentenced Hanafi to four months' jail and said that sentence was appropriate as the public expected the highest integrity from police officers. For misappropriation, Hanafi could have been jailed up to seven years and a fined.
Million Locals Visited The Two Casinos
Thursday, 16th September 2010
Government announced that more one million locals (Singapore Citizen and Permanent Resident) visited the two Casinos (Sands and Resort World) since it opened seven months ago. As every locals that visited needs to pay a $100 entrance fee, which meant that the government gross one hundred million dollars during this period. Even this good money for the government, they did raise some social concerns. Recently the government stop the two casinos from operating free shuttle bus services which ply the heartlands.
First YOG Costed 400 Million Dollars
Wednesday, 15th September 2010
The Singapore government confirm that the Youth Olympic Games (YOG) had cost Singapore close to S$400 million to host it. The initial estimates for the inaugural YOG was S$104 million when Singapore put in the bid for the game. The government spokeperson said "Singapore delivered an inaugural YOG that received high praise from the International Olympic Committee, the international federations, athletes and guests, and most importantly, Singapore citizens who were proud of the collective achievement."
Fire At Lau Pa Sat
Tuesday, 14th September 2010
A fire broke out at Lau Pa Sat, a large food centre in the central business district (CBD). No one was injured in the fire where the ventilation duct and part of the roof were burned. The fire occurred at about 3.30pm was put out within five minutes of the arrival of the firefighter.
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