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Apple's jacking up the prices for all apps and in-app purchases in Singapore

January 18, 2016, 7:14 pm
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If you're already racking up your monthly bills with app downloads and in-app purchases, get ready to fork out a lot more cash soon. 

Apple is hiking up app prices in several countries following fluctuations in exchange rates, and unfortunately Singapore's part of the list. First reported on The Next Web, prices for apps and in-app purchases will increase within the next 72 hours for users in Canada, Israel, Mexico, New Zealand, Russia, South Africa and Singapore.

The cheapest paid app will soon cost $1.48 instead of the current $1.28. 

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Alleged Yishun cat killer granted bail request to spend Chinese New Year with family

January 18, 2016, 7:55 pm
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The man who was accused of throwing a cat off a HDB block in Yishun has been granted bail of $10,000 today, which will be posted so that he can spend Chinese New Year with his family. 

According to Lee Wai Leong's lawyer, it seems likely that the suspect's father will be posting the bail, Channel NewsAsia reports. Lee had expressed through his lawyer the intent to request for bail in the hopes of spending Chinese New Year at home.

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MAS rolls out fresh new notes and "good-as-new" ones in time for Chinese New Year

January 18, 2016, 8:35 pm
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Putting in the 'new' in Chinese New Year is the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS), who announced that they're issuing crisp $2 notes fresh from the oven to commemorate the occasion. 

What's more notable though is their "good-as-new" initiative, which sees notes that are in excellent condition being circulated back into the market. Last Lunar New year, the proportion of "good-as-new" notes increased to 17 percent of total $2 notes being circulated. 

Since the initiative launched in 2013, MAS states that they've doubled the amount of energy saved from printing lesser $2 notes; energy saved in 2015 alone was enough to power a hundred 4-room HDB flats for seven weeks, they claim. 

The "good-as-new" $2 notes as well as new notes will be available at retail banks from tomorrow onwards.

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Laneway Festival Singapore 2016 gets 4th stage in collaboration with local record label Syndicate

January 18, 2016, 9:27 pm
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With just 11 more days to the country's biggest indie music outing, Laneway Festival Singapore piled on another treat for attendees with the announcement of a fourth (air-conditioned!) stage for their 2016 edition. 

In a first for the festival, there'll be another stage filled with a roster of top talents from both local and international arenas. Curated by Singapore's premier audio-visual collective and music label Syndicate,  the likes of USA's B Bravo and Australia's JPS will take the stage along with our own Fauxe, Kiat (ft. Kane MC), Mean and Rah. Enhancing the experience will be veteran visual artists Brandon Tay and Empyreal, both of whom have thoroughly shocked and awed in numerous events across the country. 

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6 months' jail for man who pinched stepson so hard, he had difficulty walking

January 18, 2016, 10:53 pm
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In an effort to discipline his wife's son, this stepfather stepped beyond his boundaries and used excessive force against the seven-year-old boy whose misdeed was simply staying up past his bedtime. 

The 36-year-old man has since been sentenced to six months in jail after pleading guilty to ill-treating his stepson last year, while a second charge of child abuse involving his four-year-old stepdaughter was taken into consideration. Channel NewsAsia reports that he had slapped the girl and his wife as well. 

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Video: Magners Asia lampoons hipsters with a fake dating app for bespoke folks

January 18, 2016, 11:25 pm
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Calling all ye hipsters of lonely hearts — do you often feel like nobody understands your love for irony, fixed gear bikes and leather craftsmanship? Fret no more, Magners (they make gluten-free cider! Imported from Ireland!) are making sure you get the bespoke love you deserve with their handcrafted dating app: Tinster. 

Presumably a portmanteau of Tindr and 'hipster', we're sad to tell you that alas, it ain't true. But they've got something that should come pretty close — a chance to win tickets to Laneway Festival Singapore next week while getting matched with someone who's as counter-culture as you. Look — there's even some hobbies you can mark on your checklist: 

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Yet another dead cat turns up in Yishun — total suspected abuse cases now stands at 20

January 18, 2016, 11:51 pm
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Yeap, there's definitely more than one cat abuser lurking around in Yishun — yet another bloodied-up cat was found dead in the neighbourhood, and the authorities still haven't caught up to the killer(s). 

The dead cat was found in a drain at Block 361 along Yishun Ring Road this morning, according to a post on the Yishun 326 Tabby Cat Facebook page. A report by The New Paper revealed that this Ragdoll-Burmese crossbreed was no stray — this was a family's pet cat that just had just given birth to five kittens. 

 

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Jermaine Pennant officially signs on with Tampines Rovers; gets free car too

January 19, 2016, 12:22 am
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In the biggest and most high-profile signing that ever happened in the history of Singapore football, former English Premier League star Jermaine Pennant sealed the deal with Tampines Rovers this morning. 

The 33-year-old Englishman who once roamed the pitch under Arsenal and Liverpool will now be donning the #9 jersey for the Rovers for the upcoming season, Channel NewsAsia reports. 

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Man fined for using 'love potion' on woman, which turned out to be poisonous

January 19, 2016, 1:53 am
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A man's desperate quest for love pushed him to turn to the realm of the magical when he bought some love potion online and used it on woman. 

The substances he thought would cause her to fall in love with him? Yeah, those turned out to be poison. 

Wong Fook Hiong has since been sentenced to the maximum fine of $1,500 for negligently endangering  life, The Straits Times reports. 

The married 43-year-old technical support officer had bought two vials of the substance online for $287 and poured them into the water bottle of his target at Ngee Ann Polytechnic last year. On a couple of occasions, the 30-year-old woman drank the horrible concoction, which she found to be of bitter taste. 

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Tiger Beer ropes in international celebrities to bring Chinese New Year greetings to the world

January 19, 2016, 2:30 am
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This Lunar New Year, Tiger Beer wants the whole world to know about the annual Asian festival, and their latest campaign is pulling together celebrities and stars from all around the world to shout the celebratory greetings. 

Not just any simple "Gong Xi Fa Cai" greeting though. The #SayItWithTiger campaign has the likes of Liam Hemsworth (Thor's equally handsome brother), Emily Ratajkowski (super-duper hot actress/model), Norman Reedus (The Walking Dead's resident badass Darryl!), Diego Costa (Chelsea's hothead striker) and more saying "Hǔ Hǔ Shēng Wēi, Hè Xīn Nián". Hope you don't mind the intentionally vertical videos. 

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Ex-finance manager jailed for misappropriating about $470k from employer over 6 years

January 19, 2016, 6:52 pm
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When you're dealing with large amounts of money on a daily basis as part of your job, it's tempting to just keep all those cash for yourself. 

For 36-year-old former finance manager Smita Salil Mhatre however, she carried out exactly that when she misappropriated about $470,000 from her employer progressively over six years. 

The permanent resident has since been sentenced to jail for 46 months, The Straits Times reports, after she pleaded guilty to three of six charges of criminal breach of trust as a servant. 

She had joined market research company The Research Pacific Group back in 2006, working her way up from an accounts and administrative executive to finance manager. 

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More companies in Singapore on the lookout for new hires this year

January 19, 2016, 7:20 pm
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Good news for all you unemployed or just looking for something new — more employers in Singapore are looking to hire this year. 

A report by recruiters Hudson noted that 41 percent of 383 employers surveyed plan to increase headcount in the new year, while only 6 percent plan to reduce it. Majority (53 percent) just want to keep the status quo with the current headcount though. 

"Employers are feeling confident enough to put hiring back on the agenda," said Hudson Singapore  Regional Director Emmanuel White. "It's positive to see that organisations are planning for growth. However, the more buoyant the economy, the harder it will be to attract people with the right skills and experience. In this market, there will be strong competition for talent". 

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Shanmugam urges Singaporeans to guard against both fundamentalism and Islamophobia

January 19, 2016, 8:02 pm
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As the threat of Islamic extremism looms ever closer with the recent bombings in Jakarta, Home Affairs Minister K Shanmugam gave caution about the trend of Muslims in Singapore that refuse to stand together with the community. 

The minister spoke of the issues concerning fundamentalism in his opening address yesterday at a two-day symposium organised by the S Rajaratnam School of International Studies, TODAY reports. 

He notes that the Muslim population here is growing "somewhat more distant" from the rest of society, with some believing that democracy is "incompatible with Islam".

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Premier psych-rockers Tame Impala to return for another trippy show in Singapore this April

January 19, 2016, 9:03 pm
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Attendees of Laneway Festival Singapore's first outing at Gardens By The Bay in 2012 would remember that the night took a real psychedelic turn when Australian lads Tame Impala took the stage. 'Twas mellow vibes all around as Kevin Parker and co. brought their premier '60s psych crunch to life as the festival drew to a close with the Marina Bay Sands as a backdrop to their narcotic tunes. Totes far out, dude. 

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Video: Over 1,800 SPF and SCDF officers respond to simulated island-wide attacks

January 19, 2016, 9:29 pm
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This simulated attack upon Singapore couldn't have been more relevant these days, especially when an Islamic State-sanctioned attack just transpired in neighbouring Indonesia.

Over the last two days, the Singapore Police Force, the Singapore Civil Defence Force and other Home Team agencies conducted an island-wide exercise at various locations, involving over 1,800 personnel. The exercise was carried out to test the readiness of the Home Team forces in responding to multiple armed attacks — and by the looks of the captured highlights, they did just fine. 

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7 brands that you didn’t know were from the same company

January 19, 2016, 10:49 pm
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This article was first published on DollarsAndSense.sg

 

Have you ever walked into a shopping mall and be amazed at the variety of choices available for you to choose from? Or perhaps, you were contemplating which Japanese restaurants would give you the best value-for-money deals. Or which brand you would like to show your support for.

Sometimes however, this doesn’t really matter. Because multiple brands would belong to the same parent company anyway. Let us take a look to see what are some of these brands.

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Singaporean money-launderer in Australia tells tall story to police after getting caught

January 19, 2016, 11:55 pm
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After getting caught for money laundering, a Singaporean man tried explain himself to the Australian police with an unlikely story involving an aunt in Newcastle and an uncle in China. 

San Wei Koh has since been sentenced to at least nine months in jail in New South Wales for his offence, with the judge not knowing what to make of his tall story, The Herald reports. 

Koh had arrived in Australia in April last year, and didn't make the declaration if he was carrying over $10,000 in Australian money. Eight days later, he deposited nearly $300,000 in a Star Casino safety deposit box, adding $700,000 in cash the next day. 

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27 radicalised Bangladeshi workers detained for contemplating armed jihad overseas

January 20, 2016, 12:42 am
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Ah, so that's why Home Affairs Minister K Shanmugam brought significant attention to Islamic radicalism in his address yesterday at a symposium. 

The Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) just released a statement regarding the arrest of 27 Bangladeshi construction workers under the Internal Security Act. In the first reported case of foreigners in Singapore preparing attacks overseas, the Bangladeshi nationals arrested were found to be considering armed jihad back in their homeland. 

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SIA to launch connecting flight service between Singapore, Canberra and Wellington

January 20, 2016, 1:19 am
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A new service offered by Singapore Airlines (SIA) promise to improve accessibility into the Australian capital of Canberra and the New Zealander capital of Wellington.

Come Sep 20 onwards, SIA will be operating the 'Capital Express' service four times a week on a Singapore-Canberra-Wellington route, and the reverse order on return flights. This would be mean that SIA will be the first airline with flights between the capital of both countries. 

Photo: SIA newsroom

"We are excited about the prospects for our new ‘Capital Express’ route, which we are confident will appeal to leisure, government and corporate travellers," said SIA CEO Goh Choon Phong. 

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Say no to Trashway: One man's call to ensure a litter-free Laneway Festival Singapore

January 20, 2016, 2:20 am
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Last year's Laneway Festival may have garnered the biggest turnout ever in their five-year history, but the event did earn some stern words from Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong too for being a total landfill.

The overwhelming amount of trash left behind on the lush landscapes of The Meadow post-festival were of wasteland levels, prompting PM Lee to express his disappointment at the legions of hipsters. He even compared their actions to an AFF Suzuki Cup match where Myanmar sports fans cleaned up after themselves by picking up the litter left behind at the National Stadium.  

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