A STRONGER currency and a rise in inflation has made Singapore a more expensive place for expats to live, a survey has found.
Singapore jumped three spots from a year ago to become the ninth priciest Asian city in the latest cost of living rankings by human resources firm ECA International.
TEHERAN - IRANIAN President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad rejected on Wednesday as 'illegal' a UN nuclear watchdog resolution over the country's disputed nuclear activities, state television reported.
Mr Ahmadinejad also said Israel could not do a 'damn thing' to stop the Islamic state's nuclear programme, which the West suspects is a front to build bombs. Iran denies the claim.
SHE had started piano lessons at a music school in Punggol Plaza three weeks ago and was already showing a flair for the keys.
But while on the way to her weekly class on Tuesday evening with her grandfather, a car ploughed into Lin Qian, killing the five-year-old instantly.
KUALA LUMPUR - MALAYSIA said on Wednesday it will set up a task force with Indonesia to look into the grievances of Indonesian domestic workers here and speed up court cases over abuse and non-payment.
Home Minister Hishammuddin Hussein said the government is optimistic that Indonesia's ban on sending domestic workers to Malaysia, ordered in June after a spate of horrific assaults, will be lifted in the next few months.
