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Was the haze responsible for 90,000kg of dead fish?

Dead fish Since last Friday (28 Jun), thousands of dead fish have been found floating at sea and on the shore in Lim Chu Kang as well as the Sungei Buloh Wetland Reserve (SBWR). News of the dead fish was first reported by a blogger called sgbeachbum last Saturday (29 Jun). sgbeachbum is a man called Andy, 43, who volunteers...

Temasek: China’s credit crunch ‘will not affect’ its substantial stakes in Chinese banks

Last month, China's central bank, the People’s Bank of China (PBOC), decided to tighten liquidity in the market in its bid to limit funds to a vast informal loan market ("shadow finance") as it works to shore up growth in the world's second-largest economy. As a result, some Chinese banks found it difficult to borrow the money...

Resale prices of private condos increase by 1.8% last month

Despite 8 rounds of property financing curbs by the Govt with the last one enacted only last week, resale prices of non-landed private residential units (i.e, condominiums, etc) showed an overall increase of 1.8% in June 2013. This is according to a flash estimate by the Singapore Real Estate Exchange (SRX). An estimated 605...