KhattarWong lawyers split to start new firm

Heavyweight law firm KhattarWong is set to lose its high-profile criminal lawyer Subhas Anandan and three of its top partners when they move to a new firm next month.

Highlights on SDP Dr Vincent debate at Political Forum on S'pore's Future - 02Apr2011

Tin Pei Ling Music Video "I don't know what to say"

PAP's future member of parliment would be paid $15,000 a month to "don't know what to say" and behaving like an immature kid.



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Wife takes good care of husband

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Watchdog probes disappearance of 40,000 files after Chen resigned

The office of Taiwanese President Ma Ying-jeou yesterday revealed that nearly 40,000 official documents, including more than 25,000 diplomatic secrets, went missing when Ma’s predecessor Chen Shui-bian stepped down in 2008.

Custody battle auction, bid to lose custody

In Beijing, a couple who is getting divorced is in a custody battle, instead of fighting to win the custody of their 4 year-old son, they fight to lose it.

Japanese artificial hymens are popular in China

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China's Thieves Code

Forgotten benefactor helped hide the movement’s leaders

The man who set up the revolutionary base at Castle Peak Farm is largely forgotten, just like the history of the site he owned.

Peter Lim gives $2m for Hwa Chong scholarship

Former remisier Peter Lim has donated $2 million to Hwa Chong International School’s (HCIS) scholarship fund, one of the largest donations he has made to a school so far.

Casino stake of Ho’s wife rises to HK$8.6b

Angela Leong On-kei, the fourth wife of Macau gaming magnate Stanley Ho Hung-sun, has emerged from the prolonged family fight for control of Ho’s assets with an effective 12 per cent stake in SJM Holdings, worth HK$8.64 billion based on the casino operator’s share price.

Elizabeth Taylor, last of the old-Hollywood screen sirens

Elizabeth Taylor, the violet-eyed film goddess whose sultry screen persona, stormy personal life and enduring fame and glamour made her one of the last of the old-fashioned movie stars, died yesterday at age 79.

The Chinese consumer fails to live up to the world’s hopes

The world is pinning its hopes on the great Chinese consumer.

Smoking ban on way for indoor public places

New regulations on tobacco use to come into effect from May 1

Gaoxian trading halts: a poser

China Gaoxian has joined the string of S-chips that have seen trading of their shares either halted or suspended. While investors are still anxiously awaiting news from the company, speculation is rife on what could have possibly happened. Investor fears stem from accounting irregularities at some China-based firms listed in Singapore.

Hong Kong inquest faults Manila police for hostage slaughter

Philippine police officers contributed to the deaths of eight hostages in the Manila bus bloodbath an inquest jury said yesterday, ruling that they were unlawful killings.

Crucial questions that were never answered

Investigation was impeded by poor handling of evidence and limits on jurisdiction

China can overtake US in 20 years with 8% growth

China could overtake the United States as the world’s largest economy if it maintains annual growth of 8 per cent over the next 20 years, the World Bank’s chief economist said yesterday.

A green pipe dream

Step forward the South-North Water Diversion Project, the much-vaunted, long-awaited silver bullet that is supposed to cure Beijing’s parched state. A relic of the Maoist era - it was Mao Zedong who in 1952 first suggested transferring water from the south of China to the arid north - the scheme called for three routes to funnel water north from the Yangtze River. But, almost 60 years on, none of the routes are close to completion, while the costs continue to rise inexorably.

China’s Shrinking Labour Pool Creating ‘Spoilt’ Workers

“Mama Mia,” the GM of an Italian company lamented to me over lunch in Shanghai, “The corruption I can deal with, but human resource issues are driving me insane. Workers are too short-term focused – 50 percent leave within two months no matter how much money and training we give.”