Mr Daniel Tay, who owns cheesecake shop Cat & The Fiddle, hopes to expand overseas.
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A U.S. Navy captain was sentenced to 46 months in prison on Friday for providing classified information to a Malaysian defense contractor in exchange for stays at lavish hotels and the services of prostitutes.
Captain Daniel Dusek, who is the highest-ranking officer to be charged in one of the navy’s worst bribery scandals, was also ordered by the federal court to pay a US$70,000 fine and US$30,000 in restitution to the navy.
Dusek, 49, pleaded guilty in January last year to charges of conspiracy to commit bribery for giving ship and submarine schedules to help Leonard Glenn Francis carry out a scheme in which his company, Glenn Defense Marine Asia Ltd., or GDMA, overcharged the maritime branch by more than US$34 million.
In exchange for ensuring that U.S. Navy ships stopped at ports where GDMA operated, Francis’ Singapore-based company provided favors and gifts to Dusek and other navy officers, which included fancy meals, alcohol, luxury hotel stays and prostitutes.
Dusek told the court he will never forgive himself for his actions.
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Lower-income households in Jurong Central constituency can receive food and basic necessities for their efforts in improving cleanliness and volunteering in the estate.
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Canberra MRT station will be built on an existing rail line and enhanced work processes are in place, says the Land Transport Authority.
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He has more than 500 pieces of bus-related items including guides, tickets and service plates.
Full-time national serviceman Muhammad Zakaria Azmi, 25 , has spent about $1,500 on these items, which he bought from scrapyards and bus depots.
Their prices ranged between $10 for a service plate and $300 for a digital service number display.
Mr Zakaria, who has a diploma in aerospace engineering, said: “I started collecting bus guides in my primary school days as I took a public bus to school every day.
“I’m fascinated by how these artefacts bring back memories for commuters.
“When my elderly uncles visit and see the artefacts, they start telling me about bus routes in the 1980s.”
For Mr Zakaria, bus number plate SBS2701Z holds special meaning as it has his birthday, Jan 27, and initial “Z” on it.
It was given to him by a friend who picked it up from a scrapyard.
Mr Zakaria often chats with the driver when he takes a bus.
He said: “Not everyone can be a bus captain.
“It’s interesting to know the captain’s life story and how he started his job.”
His favourite bus service is 176, which he took to get to his primary and secondary schools in the west.
He is an only child and his parents are supportive of his collection, he said.
Mr Zakaria, who lives with them in a five-room flat in Pandan Gardens, said: “My parents allowed me to use the master bedroom as my room so that I have space for my collection.
“They encourage me to pursue my hobby as long as I keep my room clean.”
COMMUNITY
Together with a friend, Mr Zakaria is also working on building a remote-controlled bus model measuring 1m by 18cm by 30cm, which he hopes to commercialise in the future.
He has contributed some 15 items to the Our Bus Journey bus carnival.
He estimated that there are about 150 bus enthusiasts in Singapore, saying: “The community of bus enthusiasts is definitely growing.
“Some of them are influenced by friends.
“There are bus enthusiasts as young as seven years old.”
Mr Zakaria feels commuters should be more courteous to bus drivers.
He said: “We often complain when bus services are delayed. But some reasons for their delay, such as road conditions, are inevitable.
“Simple gestures, such as saying thanks when a bus waits for you to catch it, can make a bus captain’s journey more enjoyable.”
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WHAT: Our Bus Journey bus carnival
ORGANISED BY: Land Transport Authority
WHERE: VivoCity, Outdoor Plaza
WHEN: Today and tomorrow, 11am to 8pm
ADMISSION: Free
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This article was first published on March 26, 2016.
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(THE NEW PAPER) – A photograph of the body of one of the two workers killed in the SMRT accident that made its rounds online was a screenshot of a police computer terminal.
South Korea – South Korean activists launched tens of thousands of anti-Pyongyang leaflets into North Korea on Saturday, amid heightened tensions on the divided peninsula, using a propaganda tool that usually sparks threats of reprisals.
Conservative activists, including many North Korean defectors, have been carrying out leafleting exercises using giant gas-filled balloons for years.
Defector-turned-activist Park Sang-Hak and his colleagues released 50,000 leaflets tied to three large balloons from an empty field near Paju City close to the border with North Korea, marking the sixth anniversary of the sinking of a South Korean warship with the loss of 46 sailors.
Seoul pinned the blame for the sinking on the North and froze trade and investment ties.
One of the three balloons was strung with a large banner printed with a Pyongyang-published picture of leader Kim Jong-Un smiling against the backdrop of a missile being assembled.
“Bring down a firestorm on nuclear maniac Kim Jong-Un”, read the slogan.
“We plan to launch a total of 10 million leaflets into the North over the next three months condemning North Korea’s nuclear tests”, Park told journalists.
In October 2014, North Korean frontier guards attempted to shoot down a set of such balloons, triggering a brief exchange of fire across the border.
Park and other activists face protests by residents and merchants living near the border, who are concerned that their livelihood might be affected.
Since North Korea’s fourth nuclear test on January 6, South Korea has resumed blasting a mix of K-pop and propaganda messages into the North, using giant banks of speakers on the heavily militarised border.
North Korea has responded by dropping its own leaflets over the border, attacking South Korean President Park Geun-Hye and returning to psychological warfare methods used in the 1950s and 1960s.
SINGAPORE – The Land Transport Authority (LTA) will impose stringent control on the works being carried out for the new Canberra MRT station along the North-South Line.
According to a statement by LTA, the authority will coordinate with SMRT for access to the work area as the new station will be built on an existing rail line, which could increase safety risk.
LTA announced that there will be “detailed risk assessments of every construction activity and the appropriate safety measures must be taken”. Critical works next to the existing tracks will also be confined to three to four hours when trains are not running.
“A temporary protection enclosure will be erected to cover and protect the existing railway tracks and trains at the site of the new station. In addition, a full scale mock-up of the station column and roof will be installed off-site for LTA to determine the safest and most effective way to carry out the actual construction onsite,” the statement said.
Located between Sembawang and Yishun stations and along Canberra Link, the new station will cater to commuters living in nearby estates such as Sembawang Springs, as well as upcoming residential developments in the neighbourhood.
Canberra station will be opened in 2019. Travelling time will also be cut down by ten minutes for commuters travelling towards the city or Jurong East, according to LTA.
The new station will have five entrances, with one connected to the new housing estates across Canberra Link. There will also be an elevated link bridge that will be built.
Covered linkways to bus stops, pick-up and drop-off points as well as bicycle parks will be available too.
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