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NEWATER is safe for drinking and industrial use. To ensure safety standards, the Public Utilities Board has taken several stringent measures, including a multi-barrier approach in the design of the NEWater plants, comprehensive preventive maintenance programme and equipping plants with sensitive on-line instruments to constantly monitor water quality. - [Read more]

Singaporeans can now go online to watch short videos of Peoples Action Party (PAP) MPs at events on the partys revamped website that was launched yesterday. It is a new way to reach out to young and IT-savvy voters. - [Read more]

More accurate and comfortable laser surgeries to correct your vision - that is the promise for Lasik patients here, thanks to a new system launched this month at the Singapore National Eye Centre (SNEC). - [Read more]

The Government will take measures to help companies secure loans as it expects some inevitable credit tightening among banks. It will share some of the risk of the loans with the banks, which are still lending to each other and non-bank customers - [Read more]

The financial health of two Singapore town councils remains in the black despite their investments in failed Lehman-linked structured products. Holland-Bukit Panjang and Pasir Ris-Punggol Town Councils invested a combined S$12 million using their sinking funds. - [Read more]

Singapore may change its exchange- rate policy in April to favor a weakening currency after exports last month slumped the most in six years, according to UBS AG. - [Read more]

Today, petrol prices drop by another S$0.05 per litre while price of diesel fell by S$0.06 per litre to S$1.373. This is the 14th price cuts since July 2008.

SINGAPORE: Key exports in Singapore, which is already in recession, fell by a worse-than-forecast 15.3 per cent in October, government data showed yesterday.

Even prior to that, the Government will be lending an IMMEDIATE helping hand to retrenched workers as well as small & medium companies that are facing difficulties in getting loans due to banks stricter...

Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong on Sunday voiced confidence that with the help of the government and the people, Singapore will pull through the global economic downturn, which has made it impossible for ...

SINGAPORE: Singapore will move forward its budget statement by a month, to January next year, as the country grapples with the prospect of a prolonged economic rut, the city-states broadcaster quoted the prime ...

The Civil Aviation Authority of Singapore has launched a travel portal. The new site, ViaSingapore.com, enables users to compare the best deals for flights in and out of Singapore, including fares on both full ...

Singapores Senior Minister Goh Chok Tongs advice to US President-elect Barack Obama to pay attention to the economy made amusing reading not just because that is precisely what Obama says he will do but ...

SINGAPORE: A Malaysian worker from Sarawak died after he was mauled by tigers at the Singapore Zoo in Mandai Road yesterday.

This years Orchard Road Christmas light-up, to be officially switched on tomorrow by President SR Nathan, will be themed "A Sweet Christmas in Singapore" and feature environmentally-friendly light emitting diodes which will cut energy consumption by 70 per cent, said the Singapore Tourism Board (STB). - [Read more]

A new PAP Central Executive Committee or CEC is due to be elected this Sunday in what could prove significant given the possibility of a General Election. As the highest decision-making body of the party, CEC members will play a strategic role in planning for the GE. - [Read more]

Enquiries from jittery overseas-based bank executives who wish to relocate to Singapore have reached record highs, according to checks with a dozen recruiters here. Some, like Robert Walters, are reporting 500 to 700 enquiries a week, up from 150 to 200 weekly a year ago. - [Read more]

The Civil Aviation Authority of Singapore (CAAS) said from November 1, Changi has seen a record number of weekly scheduled flights of 4,466. That is an increase of 3.5 per cent, or 152 weekly flights, compared to levels recorded at the start of the year. - [Read more]

50 private liposuction clinics have been approved by a five-member accreditation committee after meeting standards set out by the Ministry of Health (MOH) in July. - [Read more]

The Ministry of Health (MOH) said that while the the proposed amendments to the Human Organ Transplant Act (HOTA) does not exclude foreigners from being compensated, the focus will be on Singaporeans and permanent residents. - [Read more]