COMPLAINTS against Sim Lim Square retailers rose 30 per cent to 244 last year, increasing for the fifth consecutive year.
BANK lending fell in December - the second consecutive monthly decline - as loans to businesses slumped with the financial crisis hammering the economy.
THE eldest son of the late retail tycoon CK Tang, Mr Tang Wee Cheng, died of natural causes last Saturday. He was 75.
A HUGE fire broke out at a forested area along Tampines Avenue 9 on Friday afternoon.
About five fire engines from the Singapore Civil Defence Force took about an hour to put out the blaze, which started at about 4.30pm.