PRESS DIGEST – Singapore newspapers – April 12

April 12, 2010 By Leave a Comment

SINGAPORE, April 12 (Reuters) – The following are stories from Singapore newspapers on Monday. Reuters has not verified these stories.

Industrials

STRAITS TIMES

- Singapore’s Council for Private Education (CPE) is investigating a racket involving the sale of student passes by two men who claim to be from a local private school.

- Infrastructure management and consulting firm CPG Corp, owned by Australia’s Downer EDI (DOW.AX), hopes to expand its presence outside Singapore.

BUSINESS TIMES

- The Singapore government launched eight private residential sites in the first quarter of 2010 as developers sought to replenish shrinking landbanks and demand for new homes remains strong. (Reporting by Clement Quek)

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PRESS DIGEST – Singapore newspapers – April 20

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SINGAPORE, April 20 (Reuters) – The following are stories from Singapore newspapers on Monday. Reuters has not verified these stories.

THE STRAITS TIMES

- Singapore’s Health Minister has urged doctors to reconsider plans to separate another pair of twins joined at the head as three of the four who were separated in operations here are dead and a fourth is not faring well.

- Singapore may have clawed itself up to No. 10 in worldwide service rankings, but the island-state’s residents do not share this view. A survey of 35,000 people saw a drop in customer satisfaction across sectors from finance to health care.

BUSINESS TIMES

- Venture capital funds appear to have called a time-out as the worsening economic climate takes its toll on capital raisings.

- Fraud busters have their hands full as deteriorating economic conditions produce a marked rise in fraud cases.

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PRESS DIGEST – Singapore newspapers – April 17

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SINGAPORE, April 17 (Reuters) – The following are stories from Singapore newspapers on Friday. Reuters has not verified these stories.

THE STRAITS TIMES

- Prince Waleed Bin Talal, the wealthy Arab owner of Raffles Hotel is reported to have put the hotel back on the market in a bid to offset billion-dollar losses racked up in the financial meltdown.

- Lower taxes helped Singapore’s number three telecommunication firm, Mobile One (MONE.SI), post a 10.3 percent rise in its net profit to $41.9 million ($27.99 million) for the first three months of this year.

BUSINESS TIMES

- In a situation reminiscent of that at Sino-Environment, the chief executive officer and controlling shareholder of another Chinese company, China Sky Chemical Fibre (CSKY.SI), has found his pledged shares the subject of claims by lenders.

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PRESS DIGEST – Singapore newspapers – April 13

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SINGAPORE, April 13 (Reuters) – The following are stories from Singapore newspapers on Monday. Reuters has not verified these stories.

THE STRAITS TIMES

- Singaporean were advised by the foreign ministry to delay their travel plans to Thailand after the Thai government declared a state of emergency following violent protests in the country over the weekend.

BUSINESS TIMES

- Hundreds paid their final respect to the chief executive officer of Singapore’s DBS Group (DBSM.SI), Richard Stanley, who died on Saturday after battling cancer.

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