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SMEs can benefit from Johor-Singapore SEZ too: Alvin Tan

SMEs can benefit from Johor-Singapore SEZ too: Alvin Tan

Source: The Straits Times Author: Wong Pei Ting SINGAPORE - Heartland businesses here, as with other Singapore-based companies, can benefit from increased economic connectivity and comparative advantages when the Johor-Singapore Special Economic Zone (SEZ) comes into force. Minister of State for Trade and Industry Alvin Tan said this in Parliament

NTU student with weed on campus planned to distribute drug; receives six years' jail, caning

NTU student with weed on campus planned to distribute drug; receives six years' jail, caning

Source: The Straits Times Author: Samuel Devaraj SINGAPORE - A student from Nanyang Technological University (NTU) has been sentenced to six years' jail and five strokes of the cane after he was found with over 100g of cannabis on campus grounds, which he had planned to distribute. Muhammad Izzat Mazlan

Iswaran's lawyers ask for corruption charges to be tried jointly as both businessmen involved are his 'dear friends'

Iswaran's lawyers ask for corruption charges to be tried jointly as both businessmen involved are his 'dear friends'

Source: TODAY SINGAPORE -- Lawyers for former transport minister S Iswaran have asked the High Court to hear all 35 charges against him in a single trial rather than in two separate trials as proposed by the prosecution. Among other arguments, Senior Counsel Davinder Singh, Iswaran's lead defence lawyer, said

One-piece ERP 2.0 unit for motorbikes cannot be used in cars due to 'greenhouse effect': Chee Hong Tat

One-piece ERP 2.0 unit for motorbikes cannot be used in cars due to 'greenhouse effect': Chee Hong Tat

Source: CNA SINGAPORE: The one-piece ERP 2.0 on-board unit (OBU) used for motorcycles cannot be used for cars, as the "greenhouse effect" within a car can make it too hot for such a device to be placed on the dashboard. On Wednesday (May 8) in parliament, Minister for Transport

Fighter jet crashes at Singapore airbase

Fighter jet crashes at Singapore airbase

Source: GULF NEWS Author: Agence France-Presse SINGAPORE: An F-16 fighter jet crashed at a military airbase in Singapore on Wednesday with no casualties, the defence ministry said. "The pilot successfully ejected and the plane crashed thereafter within Tengah Air Base," it said in a statement. "The pilot is conscious and

Singapore is waging a war against drugs; death penalty an effective deterrent: Shanmugam

Singapore is waging a war against drugs; death penalty an effective deterrent: Shanmugam

Source: The Straits Times Author: David Sun, Christine Tan SINGAPORE - Singapore is waging a war against drugs, and thousands will suffer if the country does not put up a fight or loses the war, said Minister for Home Affairs K. Shanmugam. Delivering a ministerial statement in Parliament on May

5 years' jail for scam mastermind who cheated company director of $1.5m

5 years' jail for scam mastermind who cheated company director of $1.5m

Source: The Straits Times Author: Shaffiq Alkhatib SINGAPORE - Under the pretence of facilitating a loan deal, a man who was a bankrupt duped a director of three firms into handing over $1.5 million in February 2021. Singaporean Wong Poh Kun, who masterminded the ruse, then transferred $1.25