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Trek 2000 founder and thumb drive inventor Henn Tan pleads guilty to falsifying accounts, cheating
Henn Tan, who founded the company that developed the ubiquitous thumb drive, pleaded guilty on Monday (Aug 15) to five charges of engaging in conspiracies to falsify accounts, forge documents to cover his tracks and cheat external auditors.…
Retail staff set to get 8.4-8.5% annual pay increases over next 3 years under Progressive Wage Model
Local retail workers are set to get salary increases of 8.4 percent to 8.5 percent annually over the next three years under a proposed wage ladder to boost low wages in the sector.
This is expected to take effect from Sept 1 this year to…
East Asia faces increase in heatwaves, urgent need to adapt, study finds
Heatwaves are predicted to become more frequent and intense in East Asia with climate change, increasing the risks to human health and agriculture and creating an urgent need to develop strategies to adapt, scientists said in a recent…
MSF to increase fostering allowance from Sep 1 to better support foster families
The Ministry of Social and Family Development (MSF) said on Saturday (Aug 13) that it will increase the allowance given to foster families from Sep 1 to better support them in caring for foster children.
The monthly allowance will be…
Tradenation luxury goods scam: Couple charged, husband says ‘our mistake’ to flee…
The couple at the center of an alleged multi-million-dollar luxury goods scam were charged in court on Friday (Aug 12), a day after they were handed over to Singapore police following their arrest in Malaysia.
Singaporean Pi Jiapeng, 26,…
Couple allegedly involved in luxury goods scam arrested as they were checking in at JB hotel
The couple allegedly linked to a scam involving luxury bags and watches worth $32 million were arrested at a budget hotel in Skudai, a 20-minute drive from the Causeway.
Plainclothes Malaysian police officers caught Pi Jiapeng, 26, and his…
SDP sets sights on Sembawang for next general election
The Singapore Democratic Party (SDP) intends to contest Sembawang GRC at the next general election, said the opposition party's chairman Paul Tambyah on Tuesday (Aug 9).
SDP contested in the constituency in 2006 and 2011.
"Many people…
NDP 2022: A night of celebration at Singapore’s first full parade since pandemic
About 25,000 people gathered at the Marina Bay floating platform to mark Singapore's 57th birthday on Tuesday (Aug 9), in a show that recognised the hardships inflicted by the Covid-19 pandemic and celebrated a return to relative normalcy.…
Three public service veterans top this year’s National Day Awards list
Three Singaporeans with a long record of public service have been conferred the Distinguished Service Order, one of the Republic's top national honors, for their contributions to the country over the years.
They are among 6,258…
More than 1,000 residents turn up to celebrate National Day in Ang Mo Kio
More than 1,000 residents of Ang Mo Kio GRC gathered on Tuesday morning (Aug 9) to celebrate Singapore's 57th birthday in the constituency's first National Day Observance Ceremony in two years.
Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong attended the…