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News on Singapore continually updated from thousands of sources around the net.

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Last news: 19 hours 18 minutes ago

A recent study by the Ministry of Health revealed that about 4.5 per cent of the population, or approximately 189,000 people, carry the Thalassaemia gene. - [Read more]

Close TO 1,000 people, among them former NTUC chief executive Tan Kin Lian, will petition the Government today to hold an inquiry into credit-linked securities sold by financial institutions here. - [Read more]

The upcoming integrated resorts (IRs) at Marina Bay and Sentosa will have shatterproof glass and structural reinforcements to help them withstand terrorist attacks. - [Read more]

The Nanyang Technological University has fallen for the third straight year in a ranking of the worlds top 200 universities. - [Read more]

Claims that static from a passing underground train derailed Formula One driver Mark Webbers hopes in the Singapore Grand Prix last month have been dismissed by the city-states Mass Rapid Transit system operator. - [Read more]

Australian airline Qantas has confirmed that 38 Singaporeans were on board QF 72 which made an emergency landing at Learmonth on Tuesday. Most of the injured Singaporeans were given outpatient treatment while a few are under observation and in stable condition. - [Read more]

Two new pairs of flyovers will be built along the most congested stretches of the Central Expresswy (CTE). The Land Transport Authority said on Thursday one flyover will allow northbound motorists from the Pan-Island Expressway (PIE) to continue their journey on the CTE without competing with those taking the Braddell exit. - [Read more]

Singapore moved up two spots to fifth place in the World Economic Forums 2008 Global Competitiveness Index on Wednesday, as it pulled away from other Asian economies. - [Read more]

Promoting business and boosting trade and investment between India and the rest of Asia will be the guiding mantra at the mini Pravasi Bharatiya Divas which begins in Singapore later this week.

A day after SingTel announced a hike in its land line fee and call charges, rival StarHub has thrown down the gauntlet by offering its 511,000 cable TV customers a free home line. All you have to do is to give up your SingTel land line by the end of this year and take up a StarHub Digital Voice Home service. - [Read more]

Some consumers are sighing at yet another price hike, the latest of which was by SingTel yesterday. The telco says its subscription charges for its fixed line phone service will go up by 10 dollars a year. But in this age of technology, consumers have the luxury of turning to alternative communication methods. - [Read more]

Only one in three Singaporeans take part in at least one arts activity a year. The National Arts Council wants to reach out to the rest within the next five years in an ambitious 5 million dollar Arts for All - Community Engagement Plan - [Read more]

Drug company Roche said sales of anti-viral drug Tamiflu have gone up in tandem with flu cases this year. Tamiflu is not just being stockpiled to fight against the avian flu, but also prescribed to patients down with severe flu. - [Read more]

Public housing is often associated with poverty-stricken slums and other social ills but Singapores high-rise apartment blocks built by the government are an exception. - [Read more]

In every one of the 57 Starbucks outlets in Singapore, there is a constantly running water tap which is never turned off as long as the outlet is open. The practice is required to fill a "dipping well" to clean utensils and meet health standards. But Singapore Environment Council executive director Howard Shaw says he feels that the practice wastes water. - [Read more]

Oil companies cut pump prices here for the eighth time since July amid a worsening economic crisis in the United States and Europe that has driven oil prices to near 12-month lows. They lowered petrol and diesel rates by five cents a litre across the board. - [Read more]

The Land Transport Authority is reconsidering an alternative entrance to the Serangoon Gardens Foreign Workers Dormitory. This comes after affected residents complained that the proposed road would cause traffic and noise congestion in the area. - [Read more]

Agri-Food and Veterinary Authority (AVA) is more than halfway done with testing food samples for traces of melamine. Of the more than 2,200 samples, 1,450 have been tested. It would expand its tests to animal feed and pet food. - [Read more]

Changi Airport will be corporatised next year in a bid to boost its status as a leading aviation hub. The move will see the creation of two entities - a regulator and an airport operations company. - [Read more]

Singapore appears headed for its first recession since 2002 as the city-state suffers from a US economy wilting under its worst financial crisis since the Great Depression, economists say. - [Read more]