THE mini boom that started in the sale of new flats has now spread to the resale homes market, with transactions rocketing 71 per cent in the second quarter.

Sellers have quickly become attuned to the unexpected resurgence in demand and are jacking up asking prices, according to consultants Jones Lang LaSalle.

SOME well-known Asian names are looking to inject life into the food scene here when they open at Ion Orchard in July.

Tokyo's Ginza Bairin, for example, will bring its breaded pork cutlets to the table, and Watami, its brand of casual dining and Yakult-concocted drinks.

DOCTORS will miss at least one in five H1N1 patients here because their symptoms will be so mild, said an infectious diseases expert on Wednesday.

Or they could exhibit no symptoms at all, and still pass on the virus. This means Singapore can expect its H1N1 numbers, now at 220, to spike sharply.

SINGAPORE - TIMES are tough these days and money is a worry, but many Asians believe the best way to weather the global economic crisis is to indulge in little luxuries, according to a new regional survey.

The economic downturn started a long way away from Asia, but it has caused 86 per cent of people in the world's most populous region to worry about their finances, and spurred 80 per cent to save for the future, according to the annual 'Eye on Asia' survey, by global marketing communications firm Grey Group.