AN ELDERLY man here on Monday became the first H1N1 patient whose illness was serious enough for him to be placed in intensive care.

The 63-year-old also has coronary heart disease, hypertension and other conditions.

On Sunday, he had gone to Tan Tock Seng Hospital's emergency department after three days of flu-like symptoms.

THE leadership of the Association of Women for Action and Research (Aware) has no plan to initiate legal or any other action to recover expenses incurred by the previous executive committee during its short term in office.

Aware president Dana Lam said on Monday that her 12-member committee, elected at a May 2 extraordinary general meeting, did not intend to pursue the matter as they wanted to move on, and close the chapter as quickly as possible.

GENEVA - SWINE flu has infected 94,512 people worldwide and been blamed for 429 deaths since it was first detected in April, the World Health Organisation said Monday.

The A(H1N1) virus has now spread to 136 countries and territories, the WHO said in its latest update, which shows 4,591 new cases and 47 more deaths since the last numbers released on Friday.

OFFICE rents continue to fall, weighed down by rising supply as demand weakens.

CBRE said monthly prime office rents fell about 18 per cent to $8.60 psf in the second quarter, after a 18.6 per cent quarter-on-quarter drop in the first quarter.