OCBC Cycle Singapore: Cycling should not be a contact sport

On Sunday, I was one of the more than 10,000 participants at the OCBC Cycle Singapore event.It was into its sixth year, but this was the first year I was taking part.I only recently bought a hybrid bicycle to get some exercise on weekends. All my rides have been confined to the cycling paths along East Coast Parkway (ECP).The paths are generally crowded on weekends, and it is fairly normal to have to dodge other cyclists, children and the occasional dog to avoid falling off my bike. An accident...

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Singapore kids streets ahead

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In Singapore, citizens don"t want babies — or foreign workers, either

Get the message? (Lydia DePillis/The Washington Post)In Singapore, the place where most people go to make the biggest decision in their lives — other than, arguably, their choice of a spouse — is the headquarters of the Housing Development Board. It’s a get-a-room, one-stop shop: Browse the planned communities depicted in glass-enclosed models on the first floor, pick out your unit at the staged showrooms three floors up, and descend again to line up your financing and apply for a spot.Spend...

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Amazing Spider-Man 2 launches Earth Hour 2014 in Singapore

An environmentally friendly Superhero? Just what the world needs.Sony Pictures has rather cleverly laid claim to that marketing real estate, partnering Spider-Man up with global environmental group the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) and their Earth Hour campaign.With the imminent release of the next chapter in the lucrative Spider-Man movie franchise, the cast flew into Singapore along with a bevy of international media to launch Earth Hour 2014, and the local fans went crazy for them.Thousands...

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InterContinental Hotel Groups (IHG) unveils Holiday Inn Express Singapore

InterContinental Hotels Group (IHG) opened its doors to Holiday Inn Express in Singapore. The 442-rooms Holiday Inn Express Singapore Clarke Quay will commence its functioning in Singapore’s liveliest food and entertainment districts.The new hotel is developed in partnership with RB Capital Hotels, the hotel arm of RB Capital Group – a property investment and development group in Asia that also launched the Cuppage Terrace development in Orchard Road and the EFG Bank Building in Singapore.Holiday Inn Express Singapore Clarke Quay offers guests Free Wi-Fi, free Express Start breakfast or a Grab...

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TASTE OF THE WORLD AT SHERATON TOWERS SINGAPORE HOTEL

Sheraton Towers Singapore is strategically located along Scotts Road with 420 elegantly refurbished rooms and 13,400 square feet of prime function space made up of 17 event venues. Voted by Conde Nast Traveler Gold List as one of the best places to stay in the world, Sheraton Towers Singapore sets the benchmark in the hospitality industry with its outstanding quality standards and personalized butler service. From the detailed elegant furnishings, delicate presentation of culinary experience to warm, discreet service, the hotel believes in pampering its guests with the comfort, luxury and conveniences...

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NEC Participates In Small Cells Asia 2014 In Singapore

By Tengku Noor Shamsiah Tengku AbdullahSINGAPORE, March 31 (Bernama) — NEC Corporation will outline the advantages of its E-RAN Solution for enabling mobile operators to quickly provide indoor services to large enterprises at Small Cells Asia 2014 on April 7-8, 2014 at the Marina Bay Sands Hotel here.Gakuto Oka, assistant manager, Mobile Radio Access Network Division, NEC Corporation, will deliver a presentation on NEC’s E-RAN Solution on April 7 and will introduce the importance of in-building solutions for achieving effective TCO (total cost ownership), outlining innovative solutions for future...

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Surfing The Singapore Skyline

By John OseidA day of seducing lady luck at Singapore’s Marina Bay Sands c asino tables can take its toll. But then dusk rolls around and brings a breezy reward 57 floors above the city at the Ku De Ta lounge. Towering palm trees dot the resort’s rooftop SkyPark, and a 500-foot-long infinity pool is cantilevered across three buildings like a giant surfboard. (If you’ve booked a room, you can plunge in.) Did the renowned architect Moshe Safdie have the Jetsons in mind when he designed the Sands?...

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Solaire apes Singapore to make bigger profits

Malaya Business Insight’s weekday sections treat readers to timely articles on shipping, banking, information and technology, automotive and motoring, real estate and property development, travel and tourism and people and sectoral events. Special issues and supplements are designed to enrich current information and data files of readers with pre-selected topics of national and local significance. Solaire apes Singapore to make bigger prof...

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Can Razon's Solaire match Marina Bay Sands' success?

MANILA – Bloomberry Resorts Corp hopes to recreate the magic of Singapore’s Marina Bay Sands with the expansion of its $1.2 billion Solaire casino-resort in Manila, a crucial project if the firm is to reverse its disappointing first-year results.Solaire is the first of four planned integrated resorts expected to rise in Manila Bay’s new Entertainment City gaming precinct, a massive development designed to give wealthy Asian gamblers an alternative to the Chinese casino city of Macau.Solaire’s first phase opened in March last year, and as work on the $500 million expansion gets into full swing...

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Singapore"s Shockingly Nice Airport Just Won Best In The World Again

Photo courtesy of Singapore Changi Airport Singapore’s Changi Airport was just named the world’s best airport in 2014 by the World Airport Awards. This is the second year that Changi took the top spot in Skytrax’s World Airport Awards, the most prestigious airport award in the industry.Skytrax evaluates over 400 airports around the world for service, check-in, transfers, shopping, security, immigration, and more. It’s no surprise that Changi took the No. 1 spot. The international transit...

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Over 9000 Singaporeans celebrate Singapore Day in London

LONDON: Over 9,000 Singaporeans living, working and studying in the United Kingdom and Europe came together to celebrate Singapore Day in London on Saturday.They were joined by Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong, Deputy Prime Minister Teo Chee Hean and Minister in the Prime Minister’s Office Grace Fu.The event was held at London’s Victoria Park.Thousands of Singaporeans and their friends enjoyed the familiar tastes, sights and sounds of home including authentic hawker food.They were also updated on developments in Singapore, including the education landscape, the sports scene, infrastructural developments...

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Growing Maybank Singapore ops

SHIFTING FOCUS: Group wants to capitalise on the republic’s huge corporate banking segment MALAYAN Banking Bhd (Maybank), the fourth-largest banking group in the Asean region, aims to grow its business in Singapore by capitalising on the country’s huge corporate banking segment. Its president and chief executive officer Datuk Abdul Farid Alias said some 66 per cent of the banking business in Singapore comprises corporate financing, while the retail segment makes up the remaining. “This is unlike...

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10,000 cyclists take part in final day of OCBC Cycle S'pore

SINGAPORE: More than 10,000 cyclists came together on Sunday morning to take part in OCBC Cycle Singapore.In total, a record 12,000 people took part in the three-day event, which took them past iconic landmarks such as the Sheares Bridge, Singapore Flyer and Marina Bay Sands.Acting Manpower Minister Tan Chuan-Jin helped flag off the Super Challenge category at the F1 Pit Building, before taking part in the 59-kilometre challenge himself.OCBC Cycle Singapore also saw representatives from various charities take part to raise funds.The event is into its sixth year, and attendance has grown steadily.It...

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Suspect under police guard after Singaporean student stabbed to death

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Singaporean student Meena Narayanan stabbed to death in Brisbane hotel

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Singapore Dunes LLC gets state permit to build road across dunes to Lake ... - The Grand Rapids Press

SAUGATUCK, MI – Construction will begin this spring on a two-lane blacktop road that will allow access across the Singapore Dunes to 18 home sites facing Lake Michigan, according to a spokesman for Singapore Dunes LLC, a development company owned by Oklahoma oilman Aubrey McClendon.Singapore Dunes, which plans to sell the lots for between $1.5 million and $2.75 million each, announced it received permission to build the road from the Michigan Department of Environmental Quality on Friday, March 28.The permit opens up some 18 building sites, said Stephen Neumer, project manager for the company....

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Lights off for Earth Hour in Singapore

The environmental campaign saw record participation from 350 organisations, who pledged to switch off their lights in their bid to help save the planet.PHOTOS VIDEOS Man of “The Amazing Spider-Man” attends the Earth Hour with Spider-Man, the first super hero ambassador for Earth Hour, the global movement organised by WWF (World Wide Fund For Nature) in Singapore. (Christopher Polk/Getty Images for Sony/AFP) Andrew Garfield and Emma Stone of “The Amazing Spider-Man 2″ attend the Earth Hour campaign with Spider-Man, the first super hero ambassador for Earth Hour, in Singapore. (Photo: Xabryna...

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Singapore: Small state, big weapons buyer

Singapore‘s determination to remain independent has fuelled military expansionism – but in a fast-changing global security environment, the militarised city-state may be forced to take sides.“Our immediate part of the world is changing dramatically,” said the Singaporean defence minister, Dr Ng Eng Hen, during a recent unveiling of Singapore’s defence plans.In his opening remarks, the defence minister of this city-state of five million people alluded to the difficult balancing act Singapore has had to master since its independence. “In the latter half of the 20th century, US dominance...

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