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Acer bets on Windows 8, despite row with Microsoft Staff Reporter 2012-11-18 15:26 Acer's tablet PC with Windows 8 OS. (Photo/ Teng Po-jen) Taiwan's Acer and Microsoft have entered into a tangled business relationship since the software giant's decision to move into the hardware business...

Bike sharing becoming a hit in Taipei CNA 2012-11-18 15:29 A YouBike station in Taipei. (Photo/Su Wei-hsuan) Walk for a couple of minutes to a park, grab a bicycle and ride to a destination. This is not stealing, but sharing. "It's very convenient and cheap to ride around the city now,"...

Taiwanese, fattest in Asia: health department Staff Reporter 2012-11-18 15:41 A nurse weighs a man weigh at a hospital in Taiwan. (Photo/Feng Hui-yi) It's official: Taiwanese people are Asia's heaviest, so says the nation's health department, Taiwan's Commercial Times reports. The obesity...

Jail, fine for man who entered casino with mother's IC By Kimberly Spykerman | Posted: 15 November 2012 2317 hrs Marina Bay Sands Casino SINGAPORE: A 42-year-old man was sentenced to four weeks' jail and was fined S$2,000 Thursday for entering the casino at Marina Bay Sands using...

Teen investigated for lying about lost mobile phone Published on Nov 15, 2012 By Joyce Lim A 16-year-old teenager is being investigated for making a false police report about how he had lost his mobile phone. He had apparently lied to the police on Jul 2, saying that while at a sheltered...

Man charged with causing hurt to elderly person in bus By Claire Huang | Posted: 14 November 2012 1350 hrs Subordinate Courts (file photo) SINGAPORE: An unemployed man has been charged with causing hurt to an elderly man in a bus. Kwok Weng Hon, 25, allegedly punched...

Suspected North Korea missile parts seized en route to Syria in May By Louis Charbonneau UNITED NATIONS | Wed Nov 14, 2012 2:53am EST (Reuters) - A shipment of graphite cylinders usable in a missile program and suspected to have come from North Korea was found in May aboard a Chinese ship en...

Chinese national caught for trying to sneak into S'pore Posted: 31 December 2011 1636 hrs SINGAPORE: A 50-year-old Chinese national was caught at Woodlands Checkpoint for trying to sneak into Singapore. The driver of the Malaysian-registered car she was hiding in was also arrested. The...

How was he caught? :confused: Burglar cum molester could face corrective training Published on Dec 30, 2011 By Khushwant Singh A teacher kept her cool when she woke up to find a burglar touching her chest and groin at 2.20am. The 26-year-old saw Chan Wei Kiat, 32, reaching through the window...

How was he caught? :confused: Burglar cum molester could face corrective training Published on Dec 30, 2011 By Khushwant Singh A teacher kept her cool when she woke up to find a burglar touching her chest and groin at 2.20am. The 26-year-old saw Chan Wei Kiat, 32, reaching through the window...

Police looking for next-of-kin of Chin Swee Road resident Published on Dec 30, 2011 Police are looking for the next-of-kin of 74-year-old Ong Hock Siew (above). -- PHOTO: SINGAPORE POLICE FORCE Police are looking for the next-of-kin of 74-year-old Ong Hock Siew. Mr Ong, a former resident...

14-year-old teen arrested for outrage of modesty in Pasir Ris Published on Dec 30, 2011 By Lim Yan Liang The police have arrested a 14-year-old male believed to be involved in a case of outrage of modesty in Pasir Ris. On Dec 23, the suspect molested a female victim in the lift of a Housing...

Concert promoter ordered to pay $600K for inaccurate GST returns Published on Dec 30, 2011 Yu Siew Fah, a representative of the company Unusual Entertainment Pte Ltd, which was fined $10,000 and ordered pay a penalty of $601,633 was found guilty of wrongly stating the output tax in its GST...

Residents' vigilance help police nab 2 loanshark runners Published on Dec 30, 2011 By Fiona Low Alert members of the public have helped the police arrest two men suspected of being involved in loansharking activities. On Wednesday, a resident at Simei Street 4 spotted a suspect leaving the...

Police arrest 27-year-old serial molester Published on Dec 30, 2011 Police have arrested a 27-year-old man believed to be a serial molester involved in several cases of outrage of modesty in Hougang. -- PHOTO: SPF By Jennani Durai Police have arrested a 27-year-old man believed to be a...

Duo admit to trespassing on rail land, defacing train Published on Dec 29, 2011 Full-time national serviceman Gan Kwang Chuen, 21, (left) and Filipino Mauricio Pocholo Jorge Martinez, 24, (right) then unemployed, cycled to the land off Spooner Road some time before 2am on March 12. -- ST...

Repeat offender gets 7 years for attacking man with broken bottle Published on Dec 29, 2011 18 months after his release from corrective training, Letchumanan Manikam, 50, attacked another man with a broken glass bottle and was sentenced to seven years' preventive detention on Thursday. --...

Police appeal for 69-year-old's next-of-kin to come forward Published on Dec 29, 2011 The police are looking for the next-of-kin of 69-year-old Lim Seow Koon. -- PHOTO: SINGAPORE POLICE FORCE By Jennani Durai The police are looking for the next-of-kin of 69-year-old Lim Seow Koon. Mr Lim...

Police appeal for 61-year-old's next-of-kin Published on Dec 29, 2011 The police are looking for the next-of-kin of 61-year-old Pushpa Hanz Koilottum Padiokal Karunakaran. -- PHOTO: SINGAPORE POLICE FORCE By Jennani Durai The police are looking for the next-of-kin of 61-year-old Pushpa...

Suspected armed robber nabbed Posted: 29 December 2011 1718 hrs SINGAPORE: Police have arrested a 42-year-old man believed to be behind a series of armed robberies targeting victims who advertise their mobile phones for sale at an online marketplace. His first victim was a 27 year old who...