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Go Fish: Itacho Sushi buys giant tuna for $35,000
Hong Kong restaurant chain Itacho Sushi has purchased a giant wild tuna for $35,000.The tuna, which came from this year's first ceremonial auction at Tokyo's Tsukiji fish market, arrived on the morning...
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Hot or Not? Bam! Tapas-Sake Bar
What it is:Sake expert Derrick Lim, and Santi and Ola Cocina Del Mar alum Pepe Moncayo have teamed up to launch this Japanese-Spanish small plates joint on uber hot Tras Street (right next to where...
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Cap That: Singapore Customs send over 77,850 fake vodka bottles to be destroyed
Over 77,850 empty bottles bearing the name of a vodka brand have been handed over to the brand owner to be destroyed. The bottles, seized in June last year along with 18 boxes of bottle caps and 10...
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Bidadari works may cause 'naughty' squirrels to run amok
The Finlayson's squirrel, a fairly aggressive, non-native species believed to have originated from escaped or abandoned pets, is in danger of 'running amok' following preparations to transform its...
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LionsXII win 2-1 in pre-season friendly with PPSM Magelang
The LionsXII team recently tasted their first ever win under the leadership of new coach Fandi Ahmad at the second match of their pre-season Indonesian tour. After losing 3-0 to Indonesia Premier...
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OMG: Look what happened when this food blogger ate at hawker centres for a week
Grace, a Singapore blogger that talks up her love for real (unprocessed and mostly homecooked) food on Vegsmoothiebunny, recently underwent the painful and uncomfortable process of renovating her...
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Singaporeans more charitable than ever, but elderly sector lacking support
Donations were at an all-time high in 2013 on various counts, according to the National Volunteer & Philanthropy Centre, based on numbers from Singapore's largest donation portal SG Gives. $11...
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Singapore's OCBC Bank in talks to buy Hong Kong lender
Singapore's Oversea-Chinese Banking Corp (OCBC) said Monday it was in exclusive talks to acquire Hong Kong's Wing Hang Bank, in a move that could give it greater access to the Chinese market.Dow Jones...
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Significant number of Singaporeans want to change jobs this year: Survey
A survey conducted by recruitment firm Hudson in November shows that many Singaporeans are looking to change jobs this year. According to the company's latest 2014 Salary & Employment Insights...
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Video: Man 'knocked down' by horses at Singapore Turf Club race unhurt
Singapore Turf Club has stepped in to explain the videos (watch one below) of a man being run over by horses at the start of a race in Kranji's Singapore Racecourse. The videos of Race 10 held on Jan....
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Local travel agency Five Stars Tours gone bust
A police report has been lodged on the shutdown of local travel agency Five Stars Tours (Private Limited). Rumours of the company facing financial difficulties have been rife since more than six months...
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Singapore records first dengue death in 2014
The Ministry of Health (MOH) and the National Environment Agency (NEA) announced in a joint press statement that a 59-year-old Chinese woman died of dengue on Jan. 8, making it the the city's first...
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Wi-fi connection trial at 28 MRT stations to be available from mid-2014
The Land Transport Authority (LTA) will introduce a wi-fi connection trial across 28 MRT station platforms in Singapore from mid-2014 as part of the Land Transport Master Plan initiatives to provide...
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Asians Civilisations Museum finds questionable artefacts in its collection...
The Asian Civilisations Museum (ACM) has found two questionable artefacts from the collection it has amassed from New York gallery Art of the Past over the past 14 years.The Uma Parameshvari sculpture...
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Local company Razer launches all-in-one wristband with fitness tracking and...
Razer's new product the Nabu, is a wristband that tracks your runs and delivers smartphone notifications.Available in this quarter, the Nabu alerts you of incoming calls, emails and texts while...
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Viral Now: New raunchy couple turn up on the internets as Alvivi bows out
OK before you start clicking on all these embedded links, we'd like to warn you that they're all NSFW. Noobs, that means DO NOT OPEN UNLESS ALONE. A blog started in 2012 apparently aims to 'bring out...
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Man back in jail for sexual assault after spending half his life there
Razali Osman has been sentenced to 20 years in jail and 24 strokes of the cane for attempted aggravated rape, housebreaking and sexual assault, after spending a significant amount of time in prison...
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Four ex-ICA officers charged with accepting bribes
Four former Immigration and Checkpoints Authority (ICA) specialists based at Tuas Checkpoint were charged for corruption on Jan. 9.According to Channel NewsAsia, the officers — 25-year-old Azhar...
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Kidnappers demand $20m from Sheng Siong CEO in exchange for his mother back
Two Chinese men, aged 41 and 50, who kidnapped 79-year-old mother of Sheng Siong's chief executive officer Lee Hock Chee, had initially demanded a ransom of $20 million but later agreed to $2 million...
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More than half of Singaporeans spend over $400 — 800 on birthday party for...
A recent survey done by children's party planning company My Party Rocks, shows that 54 percent of parents that throw birthday parties for their kids spend over $400 — 800 on each shindig.15 percent...
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