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A 32-year-old man, Aung Kyaw Swar Hlaing, was fined $5,000 by the court yesterday (23 Oct) for criminal intimidation and causing hurt. The man was said to be a "cargo specialist". The court heard that the man was drunk when he barged into a boutique shop at Far East Plaza, clad only in a T-shirt and red underwear, when the shop... 

Shanghai China Daily, the national English-language newspaper of China, published a story yesterday (23 Oct) about 28-year-old Zhu Yi'an who has difficulty owning a home in Shanghai ('High costs make owning home an impossibility'). Zhu reportedly has no plans to marry soon, at least not until he can afford to put down the downpayment... 

The demand for ITE graduates is going up as the Ministry of Manpower tightens the influx of foreign workers into Singapore. When Budget 2013 was presented in Parliament early this year, it was announced that foreign worker quotas for the services and marine sectors would be cut. Restaurants, retail shops and engineering firms...