Thursday #sgroundup: Malaysia’s levy on foreign-registered vehicles not likely to be less than $19.50: reports

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Malaysia's levy on foreign-registered vehicles not likely to be less than $19.50: reports
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The Vehicle Entry Permit fee to be imposed on foreign-registered vehicles entering Johor Bahru will not likely be less than S$19.50 (RM50), according to Malaysia's Deputy Transport Minister Abdul Aziz Kaprani, local media reports said.
 
Malaysia's transport minister will implement it by end of the year and added that it was a "reasonable" amount for Singaporeans, given the country's favourable exchange rate.

https://sg.news.yahoo.com/malaysia-s-levy-on-foreign-registered-vehicles-not-likely-to-be-less-than--19-50--reports-044046468.html
 
Singaporean jailed for 3 years in sex-for-fixing case
 Singaporean businessman Eric Ding Si Yang leaves a district court during an earlier hearing on August 28, 2013
A Singaporean businessman was sentenced to three years in prison for providing prostitutes to three Lebanese football referees in an attempt to rig future matches.

Nightclub owner Eric Ding Si Yang, 32, was jailed on corruption charges following revelations that Singapore has become a centre of gambling-linked match-fixing for games as far away as Europe.

https://sg.sports.yahoo.com/news/singaporean-jailed-3-years-sex-fixing-case-062103825--sow.html
 
Proliferation of fake loom kits raises health concerns in Singapore
 Fake Rainbow Loom kits have been selling in Singapore and are known to cause rashes or stomach ache when inges …
Rainbow Loom, a craft kit that lets people of all ages create fashion bracelets and figurines using a special loom tool and and multi-coloured bands, started a craze that has swept countries such as Australia, Britain, Malaysia, Singapore, United Kingdom and the United States.
 
However, in recent months, counterfeit loom kits from China have been appearing on local shelves, often sold at half of the original's $29.90 recommended retail price. These fake and untested Rainbow Loom bands have also caused rashes among children.

https://sg.news.yahoo.com/blogs/what-is-buzzing/proliferation-of-fake-hit-children-s-product-raises-health-concerns-in-singapore-074241260.html

Red alert, red alert: Company fraud on the rise in Singapore
  
In Singapore, 29 per cent of employees have admitted to having experienced fraud within their companies over the past two years.

According to KPMG-SMU Singapore Fraud Survey 2014 report, corporate fraud in Singapore is on the rise. The report suggests that 29 per cent of the survey respondents experienced fraud incident within their organisation over the past two years, up from 22 per cent in the 2011 survey.

https://sg.finance.yahoo.com/news/red-alert-red-alert-company-071600750.html

More MH17 bodies return to Netherlands, EU mulls Russia sanctions
 Floral tributes to the victims of the Malaysia Airlines' flight MH17 lay on July 24, 2014 at Schiphol airport …
Dozens more bodies from the crash site of Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 are set to arrive in the Netherlands, as the EU prepares to hit Russia with fresh sanctions.
 
Foreign ministers from the 28-nation bloc said they would meet in Brussels Thursday to draw up a new list of Russian individuals and entities to be slapped with sanctions over Moscow's role in the Ukraine crisis.
 
https://sg.news.yahoo.com/more-mh17-bodies-return-netherlands-eu-mulls-russia-054647456.html

 
 
 
 
 

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