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According to a Channel News Asia report today, Singapore has jumped '6 places' from 18th to become the 15th most 'liveable' city in the world: The study was conducted by a London-based magazine Monocle among 25 cities worldwide. The ranking for Singapore in 2010 was not mentioned. However, in another study conducted by Ireland-based... 

An irate Singaporean by the name of Patrick Tan has written a letter to the Straits Times Forum today lambasting PAP Housing Minister Khaw Boon Wan for saying that 'DBSS is not HDB' on his latest blog post. The recent launch of 5-room DBSS flats at $880,000 sparked a massive outroar among Singaporeans with many expressing their... 

OMY, 19 June 2011 20岁优秀理工生和女友到廉价酒店开房被临检，情急之下竟塞20元贿赂警察，要求不记名！ 他当然没有成功，结果因贿赂被判9个月缓刑监视，及做130个小时社区服务。控方不服所判，认为被告应坐牢2至3个月，提出上诉。 被告郑林，来自中国，去年4月持学生证来新读书，案发时在淡马锡理工学院读旅游系一年级。 事件发生在去年9月17日下午3时，地点是牛车水一间廉价酒店。 非第一次开房 根据法庭判词，和被告一起上酒店的是马丽。两人去年5月在中国认识，7月成为情侣后经常一起外出。两人并非第一次到酒店开房。 事发当天，3名警察到酒店巡视时，发现被告和马丽开房，被告声称他们在房里开会。他们下午1时入住酒店。 代警长陈国安叫下属记下两人的资料后准备离开房间，被告却追上去，要求不要记名，还塞了20元给他，结果当场被捕。-...