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• More powerful battery for EVs

  
  Solar Headlines — Authority: 142
  PANASONIC Corp has developed more powerful batteries for use in everything from laptops to electric vehicles, the Japanese electronics maker said on Friday. The new lithium-ion batteries are 20 per cent to 30 per cent more powerful than current batteries, according to Osaka-based Panasonic. They can raise the ...
  7 hours ago

• Press Muse: Speaking “truth” for power

  
  The Online Citizen — Authority: 592
  Click to enlarge Spiegel Foreign talent, national identity, immigration, integration. The deluge of reportage on these issues du jour is incessant, from fears of the dilution of identity to possible citizenship tests, from ministers’ speeches to  stories about foreign-born men doing national service . People ...
  1 day ago

• Singapore extradites terror suspect to US

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 739
  Singapore, Dec 25 (DPA) Singapore has extradited a businessman to the US, where he had allegedly tried to buy weapons for the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE), the Straits Times reported Friday.Balldev Naidu Ragavan, 47, tried to act as a broker between firearms manufacturers and purchasers between February and ...
  3 days ago

• ST letter-writer calls Singapore Athletic Association ‘despicable’

  
  The Singapore Sports Fan Says... — Authority: 419
  The letter:This letter by Maurice Alphonso appeared in the online forum of The Strais Times yesterday (www.straitstimes.com). I found myself nodding at his sentiments.Pity the letter wasn’t published in the paper version of  TheStraits Times. I am sure it would have made a much bigger impact.Here’s the ...
  5 days ago

• World Cup: Give the viewers a (commercial) break

  
  Blowin' In The Wind — Authority: 430
  I dont agree with the Sunday Times that if Fifa charges five times more for the World Cup telecasts next year, television viewers must also pay five times more than they did four years ago. Thats not how the media business works. Look at the Sunday Times sister paper, the Straits Times. With a news-stand price of ...
  1 week ago

• This good English?

  
  Blowin' In The Wind — Authority: 430
  The Speak Good English Movement in Singapore has turned some purists into vigilantes, encouraged by the leading local newspaper. The Straits Times asked its readers to email photos of bad English on billboards, road signs and notices in public places. "The most common error spotted: No outside food allowed," ...
  1 week ago

• Asian Markets Decline On Shares Surge Worry

  
  MyTownTalks — Authority: 511
  Windsor Genova - AHN News Writer Hong Kong, China (AHN) - Pending initial public offerings are stirring fears of a glut in shares that impacts on liquidity sending Asian stocks to a decline on Thursday. The Shanghai Composite Index shed 2.3 percent while Hong Kongs Hang Seng Index was down 1.2 percent. Japans Nikkei ...
  1 week ago

• Budget hotels in Malaysia being turned into sex dens

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 739
  Kuala Lumpur, Dec 16 (ANI): The Alor Star City Council has found that 90 per cent of the city’s budget lodgings are fire traps.Many such places have also become dens for immoral activities, including gambling and prostitution, the council found.The findings come as the council checked about 100 budget lodgings, ...
  1 week ago

• Asian Stocks Decline On Chinese Property Worries

  
  MyTownTalks — Authority: 511
  Melvin Baker - AHN Reporter Hong Kong (AHN) - Asian stocks declined Tuesday amid Chinese concerns that the government might act to cool heated real estate prices. The Shanghai Composite index slipped 28 points, or 0.9 percent, while the Hang Seng in Hong Kong fell 272 points, or 1.2 percent.
  1 week ago

• Asian Stocks Rebound On Dubai Debt Reassurance

  
  MyTownTalks — Authority: 511
  Melvin Baker - AHN Reporter Hong Kong (AHN) - Asian stocks pulled out of their dive on Monday after Abu Dhabi said it was giving $10 billion to Dubai to relieve the island countrys debt problems, taking stress off European banks. The news turned around several markets. Hong Kongs Hang Seng had been down 1.6 percent in ...
  2 weeks ago

• Malays dysfunctional families and ITE Dropouts

  
  Anak Melayu Boleh — Authority: 128
  I was reading the Straits Times a few days back about the state our Malay ITE dropouts which is alarming. I don’t have the exact figure, but the article didn’t seem encouraging enough. I would have thought the success rates of Malays students would have been better with the times. Now the ‘gahmen’ even ...
  2 weeks ago

• Indian barbers in Malaysia told to shut shop

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 739
  Kuala Lumpur, Dec 12 (IANS) An estimated 2,000 Indian barbers in Malaysia face a crisis. The government has decided that foreigners are not required to ply their trade in this sector.In Penang, 50 of the 70 barber shops have closed down in the last six months.Penang Indian Hairstylists Association committee member K. ...
  2 weeks ago

• Make English second official language, Malaysia urged

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 739
  Kuala Lumpur, Dec 11 (IANS) A leading Malaysian Indian lawyer-lawmaker wants the constitution to be amended to make English the second official language to enable its free use in courts.Reacting to a judgment stipulating use of Bahasa Malaysia in courts and for filing documents, Karpal Singh, who is also the ...
  2 weeks ago

• Singapore toddler hooked on iPhone (Malaysian Mirror)

  
  The Gadget News — Authority: 163
  SINGAPORE – For Singapore toddler, two-and-a-half year old Inez Chua, sliding is not a problem. Not at the playground, but the Apple iPhone. With her nimble fingers, she can even take photographs, change the mobile phone’s wallpaper and play games, according to a Straits Times report. Continue reading here: ...
  2 weeks ago

• S’pore toddler hooked on iPhone (Malaysian Mirror)

  
  The Gadget News — Authority: 163
  SINGAPORE – For Singapore toddler, two-and-a-half year old Inez Chua, sliding is not a problem. Not at the playground, but the Apple iPhone. With her nimble fingers, she can even take photographs, change the mobile phone’s wallpaper and play games, according to a Straits Times report. View post: S’pore toddler ...
  2 weeks ago

• Asian Stocks End Week With Regained Strength

  
  MyTownTalks — Authority: 511
  Melvin Baker - AHN Reporter Hong Kong (AHN) - Asian stocks regained strength on Friday as Chinese industrial production rose more than forecast and U.S. jobless claims fell. The Nikkei 225 Average in Tokyo rose the most in the region, adding 245 points, or 2.5 percent, to 10,107.87.
  2 weeks ago

• US$5.5b for solar projects

  
  Solar Headlines — Authority: 142
  The World Bank announced on Wednesday US$5.5 billion (S$7.5 billion) would be invested in solar energy projects in five countries of the Middle East and North Africa in a bid to combat climate change. The Washington-based banks Clean Technology Fund approved financing of US$750 million on Dec 2 to boost the use of ...
  2 weeks ago

• Asian Shares Mixed As Gains, Losses Stay In The Lines

  
  MyTownTalks — Authority: 511
  Melvin Baker - AHN Reporter Hong Kong (AHN) - Asian stocks were mixed on Thursday, with changes in national benchmark indices having little effect on neighboring markets. The greatest losses were experienced in Japan and Taiwan.
  2 weeks ago

• Asian Markets Continue Decline On Financial Worries

  
  MyTownTalks — Authority: 511
  Melvin Baker - AHN Reporter Hong Kong (AHN) - Asian shares fell broadly for a second day, with Chinese markets experiencing the greatest declines. The Shanghai Composite Index lost 57 points, or 1.7 percent, to end trading at 3,239.57
  2 weeks ago

• Penang to attempt new Guinness dance record on New Year’s Eve

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 739
  Kuala Lumpur, Dec 8 (ANI): Malaysian state Penang is set to welcome 2010 by making an attempt at a new Guinness world record through the 1 Population 1 World dance event.The event, Penang Golden 2010 (PG2010), which has been organised for the fifth consecutive time by CreatiVision D.C. Sdn Bhd and supported by Celcom ...
  2 weeks ago

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