Year 2008
40,000 to get vouchers
Thursday, 4th December 2008
About 40,000 children who are currently attending school, will receive the Labour Movement's Back to School vouchers. The vouchers which can be used to stock up on school neccessities such as assessment books and stationery at the Labour Movement's Back to School Fair located at three venues this weekend. The beneficiaries are also able to enjoy services like eye check ups and hair cuts for free while there. Vendors at the Back to School Fair include Bata Singapore, Popular Bookstore and Spectacle Hut, among others and some offer discounts of up to 80 per cent for those with vouchers.
Seraya Power Station Sold for $3.8 billion
Wednesday, 3rd December 2008
Seraya Power Station, which generates power from oil and gas, has an installed capacity of 3,240 megawatts, or roughly 30 per cent of the Singapore's electrical capacity. Seraya Power Station posted a profit of S$218 million on a yearly revenue of S$2.79 billion. The Seraya Power Station consists of two blocks of natural gas-fired combined cycle plants and nine units of steam plants, was sold to a Malaysia's YTL Power International Bhd for an enterprise value of S$3.8 billion. Seraya Power Station is the third and last power generator to be sold by Temasek. Temasek had earlier sold its two other power generation companies, Senoko Power Station and Tuas Power Station.
Australian TV journalist jailed 10 months
Tuesday, 2nd December 2008
Peter Lloyd, age 42, a New Delhi-based correspondent for the Australian Broadcasting Corporation, pleaded guilty to all three charges. He was arrested while on holiday here in Singapore on 16 July 2008 and was charged with possessing 0.41 grams of the stimulant, also known as Ice. In his rebuttal, he said was traumatised from covering wars and natural disasters. Mr Lloyd was given a jailed sentence of 10 months by a Singapore court for his drug offences.
Public Road Converted Into Alternate Runway
Monday, 1st December 2008
A Republic of Singapore Air Force (RSAF) F-16D+ fighter takes off from a public road during an Air Power Generation exercise. More than 10 Republic of Singapore Air Force (RSAF) aircraft executed a series of take-offs and landings on Lim Chu Kang Road as part of an exercise. Lim Chu Kang Road was converted into an alternate runway by the RSAF's Air Power Generation Command (APGC) for an exercise involving the RSAF's F-5 and F-16 fighter aircraft, and E-2C airborne early warning aircraft. The sixth in the series since 1986, the Alternate Runway Exercise hones the RSAFs readiness and ability to deliver uninterrupted air power at all times.
Pioneer NUS High School batch graduates
Monday, 1st December 2008
The first batch of 88 National University of Singapore (NUS) High School of Mathematics and Science students graduated and all of them will get places in better universities here or overseas. With their NUS High School diplomas will earn all of them places in good universities. Some of the students have already been admitted to top universities such as UK King's College London, Cambridge and Oxford universities. Their six years education which specialised in math and science and did away with the O-levels and A-levels.
About 400 Singaporeans left Thailand
Sunday, 30th November 2008
About 400 Singaporeans are known to have left Thailand by two Singapore Airlines and two JetStar flights out of U-Tapao Airport. These additional flights will continue over the next few days. Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) has been coordinating closely with Singapore carriers to mount additional flights to move stranded Singaporeans out of Bangkok. With the ongoing anti-government demonstration in Bangkok, MFA have issued a travel advisory for Singaporeans to postpone non-essential travel to Bangkok.
Singaporean killed in India Terrorist Attack
Saturday, 29th November 2008
28-year-old lawyer Lo Hwei Yen had been taken hostage by terrorists at the Oberoi Hotel in a Terrorist Attack in Mumbai, India. According to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ms. Lo had gone to Mumbai on Wednesday to attend a business seminar and it was meant to be only a one-night trip. Her body, found on the 19th floor of the hotel after Indian Commandos stormed the building to flush out the Terrorist - she had bullet wound on her head and chest. Ms. Lo was a law graduate of the National University of Singapore and she was working for a offshore law firm, Stephenson Harwood, based in Singapore.
Nike opens $5m flagship
Friday, 28th November 2008
Nike has invested $5 million in a new flagship store in Orchard Road, unfazed by the economic gloom. The store which took over the two-storey duplex previously occupied by Topshop in Wisma Atria is the first store owned and operated by the brand itself. All previous Nike shops were opened with local partners. This is the first flagship by the brand in South-east Asia and also the first in Asia to have Nike's T-shirt customisation service. In Singapore, with the renewed focus on sports as a result of Singapore winning the bid to host the first Youth Olympic Games in 2010.
Jailed for wearing kangaroo in a judge's gown T-shirt
Thursday, 27th November 2008
20-year-old Muhammad Shafi'ie Syahmi Sariman, 33-year-old Activist Isrizal Mohamed Isa and 47-year-old John Tan Liang Joo, Singapore Democratic Party (SDP) assistant secretary-general, were jailed for contempt of court. The action by the three was the worst form of insult when they branded Singapore's justice system as a 'kangaroo court' by wearing T-shirts with a kangaroo dressed in a judge's robe. 'Kangaroo court' is usually understood as being a court characterised by irregular procedures or sham proceedings. At the time of the incident, the three had been outside the Supreme Court building where a hearing had been taking place to determine damages that Singapore Democratic Party leader Chee Soon Juan and his sister Chee Siok Chin had to pay. John Tan Liang Joo was sentenced to 15 days' jail. Isrizal Mohamed Isa and full-time national serviceman Muhammad Shafi'ie Syahmi Sariman, were each sentenced to seven days' jail. Justice Judith Prakash also ordered each of them to pay SGD $
WSJ fined for contempt of court
Tuesday, 25th November 2008
A Singapore court has found the Wall Street Journal in contempt of court for publishing three articles relating to Singapore's judiciary, and fined it SGD $25,000. According to court statement "The three publications, read individually or collectively, are in contempt of court because of the allegations by way of insinuations clearly possess the inherent tendency to interfere with administration of justice". In addition to the fine, Dow Jones Publishing Company (Asia) was ordered to pay $30,000 in legal costs to the Attorney-General, who had initiated the legal action.
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