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SINGAPORE: While the downturn made many businesses scale down, some in the luxury sector chose this time to scale up and introduce new concepts.
Avid collectors may fork out hundreds of thousands of dollars in Singapore’s first and only luxury watch winding boutique.
Watch winders are devices that keep expensive, automatic watches running when not worn and can accommodate anything from two to a thousand watches.
SINGAPORE: Singapore's broadcasting industry has lost a stalwart. Former news reader, Vernon Palmer, died of pneumonia on Friday evening.
He was 84.
He was the voice of Singapore's baby-boomer generation.
SINGAPORE: More than S$600,000 have been raised for 51 voluntary welfare organisations in this year's Citibank-YMCA Youth for Causes programme, the highest amount since it was started in 2002.
The 100 teams taking part were asked to come up with entrepreneurial activities for non-profit organisations.
And to challenge them further, they had to promote public awareness for the social causes of the organisations.
SINGAPORE: Members of the aviation community did their bit for charity on Saturday.
More than 4,000 runners from 116 organisations kept their feet firmly grounded, as they participated in the Aviation Run at Changi Exhibition Centre.
The charity run raised S$218,000 for the Community Chest.
SINGAPORE: The number of serious burn victims seen by the Singapore General Hospital Burns Centre has inched up in the last three years from 14 to 19.
But the number of skin donors has dipped averaging two per year now.
And two victims in the news recently cleared up some myths at a public forum on the issue on Saturday.
SINGAPORE: Less than a dozen die-hard movie fans are left in an unusual challenge.
By sitting through a 100-hour movie marathon, which started on Thursday, they could walk away with S$10,000 cash and a trip to Hollywood.
Many went through some limbering exercises to stay awake.
SINGAPORE: Singapore and the Philippines have expressed satisfaction with the close and cooperative relationship shared over the past four decades and they are confident the enduring relationship could be further strengthened in the years ahead.
This is the view of Foreign Affairs Minister George Yeo and Philippine Secretary of Foreign Affairs Alberto Romulo after their meeting in Manila on Saturday afternoon.
Mr Romulo also thanked Mr Yeo for Singapore's prompt humanitarian assistance offered to the Philippines in the wake of Typhoons Ketsana and Parma.
SINGAPORE: It was a heartfelt moment as the late Anthony Yeo was honoured with the Special Recognition Award.
Known to many as the "father of counselling" he was recognised for his pioneering efforts in counselling and his training of more than 1,000 counsellors.
The family wanted a low profile and so a former student of Mr Yeo spoke on their behalf.
SINGAPORE: Singapore is set to host the next World Chinese Entrepreneurs Convention in October 2011. It is a biennial gathering of Chinese businessmen from around the world.
The announcement was made on Saturday in Manila where the convention was held this year.
Singapore's Foreign Minister George Yeo attended the hand-over ceremony that effectively made Singapore the next organiser.
Mr Yeo said: "We feel very honoured to host the World Chinese Entrepreneurs Convention a second time. It started in Singapore and 20 years after the first meeting, we have it back in Singapore.
SINGAPORE: Singapore has signed a plan to cooperate with China on traditional Chinese medicine (TCM).
In a blog entry, Health Minister Khaw Boon Wan said that 15 per cent of Singaporeans visit a TCM physician instead of a general practitioner when sick - a market share that has remained stable for years.
Many Singaporeans use both Chinese drug stores and Western pharmacies. There is also now a TCM presence in all public hospitals.
SINGAPORE: A 20-year-old full-time National Serviceman died at the Singapore General Hospital (SGH) on Saturday afternoon.
Lance Corporal Mar Teng Fong, an engineering systems specialist, was found unconscious on the navy's RSS Persistence on Wednesday.
A fellow serviceman found him lying between a hydraulic sliding door and its door frame, after he failed to return from a routine check.
SINGAPORE: The festive season is upon us again. But amid the revelry, the police is reminding all in Singapore to be vigilant while shopping and celebrating.
The Annual Festive Season Crime Prevention Campaign was launched at Suntec City Fountain of Wealth on Saturday.
Gracing the event was Senior Parliamentary Secretary for Education and Home Affairs Masagos Zulkifli.
SINGAPORE: The mascots for the world's first Youth Olympic Games in Singapore next year have been revealed.
One is a male Lion called Lyo and the other a female Merlion called Merly.
The mascots were officially introduced to much celebration at Suntec City on Saturday.
SINGAPORE: The ex-CEO of Ren Ci Hospital, Ming Yi has been sentenced to ten months jail. A district court has also sentenced his former aide, 34-year-old Raymond Yeung to nine months' imprisonment.
47-year-old Ming Yi, whose real name is Goh Kah Heng and Raymond Yeung were convicted last month of falsifying Ren Ci payment vouchers.
The pair was involved in an unauthorised loan of S$50,000 made in 2004 to the Mandala Buddhist Cultural Centre, a religious artefact shop managed by Yeung.
SINGAPORE: According to Law Minister K Shanmugam, there are three lessons for Singaporeans to take away from the way the Government, employers and unions responded to the downturn.
Managing the country's finances prudently and in a disciplined way – is the first lesson to be learnt from the financial crisis, said Mr Shanmugam.
Singapore's strong reserves were vital, as it enabled the Government to be decisive in introducing the S$20.5 billion Resilience Package.
SINGAPORE: The state of Idaho in the US may be more than half a world away but it's home to 250 aircrew from the Republic of Singapore Air Force, their spouses and children, all housed at the Mountain Home Air Force Base.
Anyone who has watched the movie "Top Gun" probably harbours dreams of being a fighter pilot.
But is it as glamorous as the movies make it seem?
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