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- Kept business, pleasure apart -
THE art dealer is accusing an ex-lover of refusing to return hundred of thousands of dollars worth of antiques out of spite.
Continuing his testimony on Tuesday, Mr Subhash Kapoor, 61, the managing director of New York-based Art of the Past, said he had been intimate with Ms Paramaspry Punusamy, 54, since 1998 but never mixed business with pleasure.
- Jailed for false bomb threat -
A PORT operation executive who sent a false e-mail about a bomb at a train car and station was jailed for six months on Tuesday.
Chu Seng Chou, 37, had earlier pleaded guilty to transmitting the false message to the Ministry of Home Affairs' feedback section from his Chai Chee home on Feb 26 last year (09).
- Contraband cigarettes seized -
ONE of the biggest hauls of contraband cigarettes in recent years has been uncovered at the Tuas Checkpoint during a routine inspection.
The haul of 8,349 cartons of duty-unpaid cigarettes worth $641,000 in duties and taxes were found hidden among boxes of plastic containers on a Malaysian-registered prime mover truck by Immigration and Checkpoint Authority (ICA) officers.
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- ICA foils cigarette smuggling attempt - SINGAPORE: Immigration and Checkpoints Authority (ICA) officers foiled a cigarette smuggling attempt at the Tuas Checkpoint last Friday.
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- Students accepted to JCs, institutes to extend travel concession -
Students accepted into junior colleges and centralised institutes this year must extend the validity of their concession cards by the end of the month, in order to continue enjoying concessionary bus and train fares.
- WSH auditors given statutory duties -
From next month, Workplace Safety and Health auditors will play a key role in enhancing the safety of workplaces as they have been given statutory duties and powers by the Ministry of Manpower.
- ISD calls up pastor -
SINGAPORE - The founder and senior pastor of a Christian church here publicly apologised last night for being "offensive" and "insensitive" after three video clips of him questioning Buddhist and Taoist beliefs sparked outrage among many Singaporeans. Pastor Rony Tan from Lighthouse Evangelism church posted his apology on the church's website after being called up by the Internal Security Department (ISD).
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- She stands by her man - The ongoing sodomy trial of opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim has been hard on his six children, according to his wife Dr Wan Azizah Wan Ismail.
- Mum says: I feel betrayed - A 63-year-old retiree set a police trap on Saturday for her adopted daughter, after she allegedly stole about $80,000 in jewellery and valuables from their home.
- 'He could have killed any one of us' - Ex-national cyclist Vincent Ang claims he and 15 other cyclists narrowly escaped serious injuries while riding last Tuesday.
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