Friday #sgroundup: Why the Singapore dollar rally may sputter out

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Why the Singapore dollar rally may sputter out
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The Singapore dollar may have surged to a nine-month high, but this will not go on for long. According to an analyst, the Singapore dollar is "overvalued", with the gains driven by external factors, not domestic fundamentals.

https://sg.finance.yahoo.com/news/why-singapore-dollar-rally-may-090128055.html
 
Singapore singer gets NS delayed to audition for The Voice of China
 Singapore singer Jeremy Teng, who recently won at Japanese singing competition Nodojiman the World, has managed …
Singapore singer Jeremy Teng, who recently won at Japanese singing competition Nodojiman the World, has managed to delay his National Service enlistment in order to audition in popular singing show, The Voice of China.
 
Teng, 20, announced this in a Facebook post on Thursday evening, where he said that his "re-appeal" via his Jurong MP and Deputy Prime Minister Tharman Shanmugaratnam, and emails to Defence Minister Dr Ng Eng Hen as well as Minister for Manpower Mr Tan Chuan Jin, have "paid off".

https://sg.entertainment.yahoo.com/blogs/singapore-showbiz/singapore-singer-gets-ns-delayed-to-audition-for-the-voice-of-china-044816259.html
 
Thailand to re-launch women-only train carriages
 
Thailand's railway authority said it will re-launch women- and children-only carriages in main routes nationwide after a 13-year-old girl was raped and killed in her berth on an overnight train earlier this month.

The State Railway of Thailand said in a statement that the special carriages will start operating on trains travelling to the north, the northeast and the south on 1 Aug.

https://sg.news.yahoo.com/thailand-launch-women-only-train-145427185.html
 
Bad weather likely cause of Air Algerie crash - French officials
 An Air Algerie Airways plane prepares to land at Houari Boumediene Airport in Algiers July 24, 2014. REUTERS/Louafi …
Poor weather was the most likely cause of the crash of an Air Algerie flight over the West African state of Mali with 116 people on board, French officials said on Friday.

Investigators at the scene of the crash had concluded the airliner broke apart when it hit the ground, the officials said, suggesting this meant it was unlikely to have been the victim of an attack.

https://sg.news.yahoo.com/bad-weather-likely-cause-air-algerie-crash-french-072728514.html
 
Ukraine's PM resigns, complicating MH17 probe
 Ukraine Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk addresses the American Jewish Committee's closing plenary session via …
Ukraine's prime minister resigned after his governing coalition collapsed, plunging the former Soviet state into political limbo as it struggles to quell a deadly rebellion in the east.

The shock announcement added to an already chaotic situation in the country, where international experts are carrying out a complex investigation into last week's downing of Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 that left 298 dead.

https://sg.news.yahoo.com/ukraine-prime-minister-resigns-over-coalition-break-145902238.html
 

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