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Yesterday (4 Nov), a self-styled Chinese temple medium was sentenced to 4 years' imprisonment for 3 charges of sexual penetration of a minor. Cordovilla Simon had operated as a Chinese medium for more than a decade from several places, including a Hougang flat and rented rooms at the Kerbau Hotel. For more than a year, the 43... 

An Indian national Krishnan Karunakaran was sentenced to 8 year's imprisonment and 9 strokes of the cane yesterday (4 Nov) for attempted culpable homicide after he slashed his wife's throat in 2013 outside of her Hougang flat. He had married the Singaporean woman in India in 2011 and came over in July 2012, but their relationship... 

Speaking at the Singapore Productivity Conference and Exhibition (1 Nov), Manpower Minister Lim Swee Say said Singapore's competitive edge cannot be sustained unless productivity growth exceeds wage growth. This is because Singapore's cheaper export competitors are getting better with higher educational levels. At the same...