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Get Revenge on Your Enemies for Only $20!
Confidential Access, a Singapore-based company that offers various sorts of dastardly revenge for as little as $20 a month, has skipped town.

"Greener" Cabs in Singapore
First fleet of hybrid cabs hit the roads in Singapore later this month.

Singapore Holidays are Full with Fun and Fiesta
The Wild Wild Wet Park in Singapore is a popular tourist destination in Singapore which attracts children as well as old people in large numbers. Considered as the biggest water park in Singapore it offers a perfect picnic option.

Advantages of Singapore Company Incorporation
Company incorporation in Singapore offers many positive incentives. The Singapore government is well aware of its lack of natural resources and thus heavily promotes and supports the development of the service and manufacturing industries. The low corporate and personal tax rates, integrated with tax incentives and further monetary initiatives practiced by the governing bodies in Singapore highlight its appeal.

Hotels Singapore are known Globally for Luxurious Accommodation Facilities
Star hotels in Singapore offer facilities such as round the clock room service, airport pick & drop, swimming pool, internet, bar, gym, restaurant, massage center, conferencing facilities, and many others.

Pond Upon Singapore Hotels for Comprehensive Range of Accommodation Facilities at Affordable Tariff
Hotels in Singapore offer facilities such as round the clock room service, airport pick & drop, swimming pool, internet, bar, gym, restaurant, etc.

Singapore Hotels - Well Renowned for Quality and Comfort
Singapore offers wide range of accommodations to its visitors from budget valuable hotels to luxury hotels in Singapore.

7 Interesting Singapore Attractions for Kids
Singapore has many interesting spots to take kids to. Seven of the best ones are described here.

Helpful Tips About Houses For Rent In Singapore
Whether you are an expatriate stationed in Singapore for a period of time, a bachelor looking for your own pad or urgently need a place to stay but are unable to afford a whole new home yet, then renting in Singapore would be the most viable option you have. There are many things to look out for when renting a house, so these helpful tips about houses for rent in Singapore will definitely come in handy when you should decide to look for one.

Useful Information About Singapore HDB Flat for Sale
HDB estates are self-sufficient with facilities such as supermarkets, clinics, shopping centers, schools, playgrounds and more. The convenience it promises with amenities in close proximity, coupled with the ease of transportation are some of the reasons why millions today have chosen HDB flats as their number one housing option.

Choosing the Right Type of Singapore Houses
Singapore has been voted by foreign expatriates as one of the top locations to migrate to in Asia. However, besides getting acquainted with the benefits of selecting Singapore as the ideal country to live in, choosing the right type of Singapore houses has been a problem for many. In fact, many locals themselves find it difficult to choose the right type of house that suits them.

One Can Easily Find Discount Rate Hotels in Singapore Near the Prominent Mosques
Singapore hotels discount refer to that luxury star hotel which are being offered on discounted rate but the good thing is no compromise with the quality and service of the hotel.

Book Luxury Singapore Hotels in the Proximity of Beautiful Sentosa Island
Singapore luxury hotels are available in wide verities and the most alluring fact is its proximity with the prime tourist centers like Singapore zoo, Orchard Road, Jurong town and Sentosa Island.

Quality Singapore hotels
Singapore has a wide range and variety of accommodation to facilitate its visitors. The right mix of Singapore hotels caters to all kinds of travelers and their requirements.

Comfortable, Quality Singapore hotels
Singapore has a wide range and variety of accommodation to facilitate its visitors. The right mix of Singapore hotels caters to all kinds of travelers and their requirements.

Singapore's Night Safari
Who will have ever thought that it was possible to have your wild park adventure at night?

A Taste of Singapore: Street Food Without The Street
Great holiday starts with great food. The 9th Singapore Food Expo showcases the widest selections of food and beverages to start off the tourist season in Singapore.

Experience Asia in Multi-racial Singapore
Visiting Singapore is just like visiting 3 Asian destinations. Experience Chinese, Malay and Indian cultures at Singapore's ethnic quarters.

3 Must-see Heritage Buildings in Singapore
Some heritage buildings in Singapore have quite fascinating history. A few have featured as settings in classic novels and local folklore as well. If you are visiting Singapore, remember to check out these 3: the Raffles Hotel, Thian Hock Keng Temple and Sri Mariamman Temple.

3 Must-see Festivals in Singapore
Singapore's multi-racial population celebrates many festivals throughout the year. 3 festivals which visitors will enjoy are Thaipusam, Chinese New Year and the Orchard Road Christmas Light Up.

Singapore: A Bus Ride In The Trees
Sightseeing bus ride trip around Singapore.

Wake Up to Night Vision
Relentless expansion into Singapore and beyond will leave Europe's old circuits struggling to keep up with the pace, writes Alan Henry

Orchard Road, Singapore - The Shoppers Paradise
Experience the best of Singapore at Orchard Road. Enjoy this beautiful cosmopolitan destination, filled with amazing shopping malls, entertainment facilities and much more

Asia Actor in Singapore: Alaric Tay
Fly Entertainment is Singapore’s leading artist management company, exclusively representing some of the brightest stars in the local and regional entertainment scene. Fly Entertainment is also successful in providing casting and event management services.

Hotels in Singapore
How to find a suitable hotel in Singapore for your traveling needs.

Singapore, the gateway to Asia, calls with shopping, sights and fantastic festivals
Located at one of the major intersections of the world, Singapore’s strategic position has allowed it to grow into a major centre for trade, communication and tourism - and has earned it the nickname "gateway to Asia."

History of Chinatown in Singapore
A historical place of interest for tourists visiting Singapore.

Police in Singapore Block Opposition March on Meetings
Singaporean pro-democracy activists took advantage of the International Monetary Fund and World Bank meetings to demand greater freedom of expression from their government.

The Common Good
John Aglionby sees the IMF, World Bank and political activists become unlikely allies in the fight for freedom of speech in Singapore.

Express Yourself
In a state where protests are rare, John Aglionby sees a columnist inspire a small band of Singaporeans to take to the streets

Singaporean Father Admits Repeated Rape of Five Daughters
· Businessman gets 32 years in jail and 24 cane strokes · Parts of Qur'an distorted to justify assaults to wives

Singapore's 'fear Factor' Fails to Silence Dissident
Simon Tisdall: Chee Soon Juan is Singapore's best-known dissident.

Singapore Courts Friends, Wins Enemies
As protests in Thailand against the prime minister, Thaksin Shinawatra, have intensified, Singapore has found itself on the receiving end of a highly unamicable barrage of insults and threats from its large neighbour to the north. By Simon Tisdall

Singapore finally finds a voice in death row protest
The Canton meeting room at Singapore's drab Furama Hotel is an unlikely venue for history to be made. But on Friday night this bland setting hosted an unprecedented event for the tightly controlled island republic.

Drug Case Briton Faces 10 Years
A British magazine editor is facing up to 10 years in prison after the authorities in Singapore smashed what is alleged to be a high-society cocaine ring.

Preaching to the Converted
For its new birth incentives to succeed, Singapore's government must re-brainwash a people now driven by career and cash, writes John Aglionby.

Record Longest Flight Flies in the Face of Its Critics
A hardy group of 181 passengers boarded a jet at Singapore airport yesterday for the world's longest commercial flight - an inaugural non-stop service to New York designed to appeal to time-pressed Asian and American business executives. After a champagne send-off accompanied by a band...

New Texting Speed Record Set
A Singaporean student appears to have thumbed her way into the Guinness Book of Records after smashing the previous fastest time for text-messaging a 160-character text on a mobile phone. The Singaporean media reported yesterday that Kimberly Yeo, 23, clocked 43.24 seconds in the final of...

Censors Relax Video Ban on Adult Scenes
After 39 years of independence, Singaporean society has at last reached adulthood. After 39 years of independence, Singaporean society has at last reached adulthood. Or so say the video censors, who last week announced that films originally made for adults would no longer have to be edited to make them suitable for children before they could be released on to the market.

Singaporeans Enter the Gum-chewing 21st Century
The good news for Singapore's secret army of clandestine chewers: gum is going on sale legally for the first time in 12 years. The bad news: if you want some you will have to register as a gum user and show an identity card every time you buy a packet. The arch-symbol of the American way...

Airline's New Fleet Includes a Cupboard for Corpses
It is always inconvenient when a passenger dies on an aeroplane - not least for the person sitting in the next seat. So Singapore Airlines has attempted to take the trauma out of such tragedies by introducing a special cupboard to store any unexpected corpse. The airline's new fleet of...

Big Brother Agrees to Turn a Blind Eye in Singapore
City state decides it is time to open up its tightly controlled society.

Singapore Bans Gay Book Group
Rights activists in Singapore yesterday condemned the authorities as discriminatory and out of touch for rejecting a theatre group's plan to hold three seminars on gay literature, alongside a play on homosexual themes. The Fun Stage wanted to hold the seminars to explore issues raised in...

As Pet Stores Multiply, So Do Abandonments, Euthanizations
The number of pet stores in Singapore is increasing. In 2003 alone, 18 new stores opened. 'Fur Kids,' one of the newest pet stores, sold approximately 120 dogs in the first four months after opening.

Police Censor Fly-on-wall Tale of Gang Life
Acclaimed film dubbed a threat to Singapore's national security. With his spiky hair, infectious bonhomie and casual dress sense, the 27-year-old Singaporean film-maker Royston Tan is not obvious as a threat to national security.

Singapore Lets Cosmo Girl Back - But Only in a Jacket
After a two-decade ban, the Cosmo girl is set to return to Singapore - although only in a shrink-wrapped, body-hugging cover to prevent undesired leching, the government of the tightly controlled city state announced yesterday.

Study: Singapore Has Lost Half Its Animals
A new, landmark study shows that Singapore has lost about half its animal species in the last 200 years, and that the rest of the region is likely to follow suit very soon.

Pet Fish that Glow in the Dark Confiscated
On July 25, authorities in Singapore confiscated over 400 genetically-altered, glow-in-the-dark aquarium fish. The fish were implanted with fluorescence genes from light-emitting jellyfish by Taikong Corp, a Taiwan manufacturer and distributor of aquarium products.

Singapore's tribute to sisters
More than 500 people gathered at a Singapore mosque last night to bid farewell to the Iranian twin sisters who died on Tuesday shortly after surgeons had separated them.

Singapore Dispatch: How the Country is Coping With Sars
John Aglionby visits the country with the highest Sars-related death rate. Last Saturday, Singapore thought it had contained, if not quite beaten, the mysterious and undefined bug known as severe acute respiratory syndrome, or Sars, which from its southern China origins has now reached every continent and killed more than 100 people.

Singapore Disptach: How the Country is Coping With Sars
Singapore has the highest Sars-related death rate of all the countries infected but the government says the country is coping well, writes John Aglionby.

Focus: Race to Beat the Sars Bug
In a high-security London laboratory, scientists work around the clock to understand the killer Sars virus. Half a world away in a Singapore hospital, the victims fight for their lives. Jo Revill and John Aglionby report.

Gunboat Diplomacy in the Singapore Straits
Malaysia has set its sights on an island claimed by Singapore and neither side seems prepared to budge, reports John Aglionby.

Shattered dreams on island Shangri-la
Tales of abused maids prompt wealthy Singapore to put its houses in order. Coming from a small village in West Java armed only with a junior high school diploma, Ira Sumira thought that being a maid in wealthy Singapore would be her way out of Indonesia's poverty trap.

Reports of Abused Maids in Singapore
Tales of abused maids prompt wealthy Singapore to put its houses in order.

Couple to fight Singapore extradition
A businessman and his Singaporean personal assistant, currently held in Melbourne, are to fight an extradition request by the Asian island state which wants to question them about a double murder, a court heard yesterday.

Singapore gives human nature a push
Twenty-something Singaporeans fretting about affairs of the heart need worry no more, because the government has produced a brochure on how to plan and execute the perfect romantic outing.

Horror of the Fall Recalled in Pow Homage
Veterans return to site of ordeal 60 years after loss of Singapore.