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Massive revenue from the Integrated Resorts (IRs)

January 12, 2011 | Author: | Posted in Anthropology Sociology, Consumer Guides, Economics, Entertaining

REVENUE from the integrated resorts (IRs) between April and November last year may have hit about $420 million but collections from other gambling activities have fallen. Second Minister for Finance Lim Hwee Hua said this in Parliament on Tuesday. Levies charged for entry at the IRs raked in $130 million for the Totalisator Board during …

LTA to issue 3 per cent fewer COEs for 6 months

January 11, 2011 | Author: | Posted in Society, Vehicles

The government will issue 3 per cent fewer COEs for the next six months. (AFP File Photo) The Government will be issuing fewer Certificates of Entitlement (COEs), according to Transport Minister Raymond Lim, who announced it in Parliament today. The Land Transport Authority (LTA) will make 22,368 COEs made available in the six months between …

CHIJ St. Nicholas produces top ‘O’ Level student again

January 11, 2011 | Author: | Posted in Educations, Reference & Education, Society

The 2010 GCE ‘O’ Level examination results were released on Monday afternoon. (Yahoo! file photo) For the third year running, CHIJ St. Nicholas Girls’ School (SNGS) has produced the top O-level student. The 2010 GCE ‘O’ Level examination results were released on Monday afternoon at the respective secondary schools of students who sat for the …

What is No Pants Subway Ride?

January 11, 2011 | Author: | Posted in Society

NEW YORK – HUNDREDS of New York subway riders, unencumbered by skirts, trousers or modesty, took part on Sunday in a spontaneous showing of leg despite sub-freezing temperatures. The 10th annual ‘No Pants Subway Ride’ saw hundreds of New York strap-hangers shed outer garments from the waist down, even as they wore seasonally-appropriate jackets, scarves, …