Wed Jan 15 08:58:46 2014 Hot News Of Singapore.

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kangkung
Tue, 14 Jan 2014 02:00:00 +0800
Astro Awani

#BBCtrending: Be careful what you say about spinach
Malaysia 's prime minister is being widely lampooned on social media for a comment he made about the price of
kangkung , or water spinach. Food is a faux pas minefield for politicians, especially when it 's perceived as being used in a
BBC News
Malaysia netizens see red over PM Najib 's 'kangkong ' remark
Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak has landed himself in the soup after reproaching Malaysians for blaming the government when food prices go up and not being appreciative when food prices drop. In a YouTube video that has gone viral, Mr Najib was
Straits Times
Tue, 14 Jan 2014 23:00:00 +0800
The Guardian

Feathering its
“HOLY cripes, Google just broke into my home”, was a typical reaction on Twitter to news on January 13th that the internet giant had splashed out $3.2 billion of its cash pile on , a startup that makes smart thermostats and smoke-alarm systems for
The Economist (blog)
5 Reasons
Sold To Google
2014-01-14 05_Fotor The big obsession yesterday was with why Google spent $3.2 billion on startup
Labs. But lost in the shuffle of the breathtaking price and lots of questionable speculation about whether this is relevant to Apple Apple was
Forbes
My Republic
Tue, 14 Jan 2014 23:00:00 +0800
CNET (blog)

MyRepublic
launches S$50 1Gbps fibre broadband
It would seem that Singapore 's
MyRepublic
is looking to shake things up with a cheap 1Gbps fibre broadband plan at S$50 a month. The Internet Service Provider made this announcement earlier today on its Facebook page. Similar plans from its competitors
CNET (blog)
At last, a 1Gbps broadband plan in Singapore that doesn 't cost a fortune
Internet provider
MyRepublic

Tech in Asia
Golden Globes 2014
Golden Globes, American Hustle, 12 Years a Slave, Golden Globe, Amy Adams
Mon, 13 Jan 2014 11:00:00 +0800
The Independent

Golden Globes 2014 : A night of glitz and glitch
Golden Globes
are an anomaly among major film awards: decided not by an industry body, such as the Academy, but by the Hollywood Foreign Press, a group of some 90 non-American journalists routinely accused of corruption and of pandering to the
The Independent
Golden Globes 2014 : Live Report
Los Angeles (AFP) - 0440 GMT: This concludes AFP 's Live Report on the 71st annual
Golden Globe
awards. We 'll be back for Oscar night on March 2, and for music fans, you can join us for all the action at the Grammys on January 26. 0410 GMT: For the big
The West Australian
Ballon D'or
Cristiano Ronaldo, Irina Shayk, Ballon D'or 2014, Ronaldo, Ballon D'or 2013
Mon, 13 Jan 2014 20:00:00 +0800
Daily Mail
've got a vote for the
Ballon d 'Or , here 's who I gave it to... and why the
Ballon d 'Or : 1 Cristiano Ronaldo; 2 Lionel Messi; 3 Franck Ribery. Women 's world player of the year: 1 Nadine Angerer; 2 Abby Wambach; 3 Marta. World coach of the year (men 's football): 1 Jupp Heynckes; 2 Jurgen Klopp; 3 Sir Alex Ferguson.
Daily Mail
Ronaldo to win
Ballon d 'Or
And the winner is… Cristiano Ronaldo. Round about eight o 'clock in the evening, at the Kongresshaus in Zurich, FIFA will anoint Real Madrid 's Portuguese star as best footballer of 2013, and award him the
Ballon d 'Or , the second of his career, MARCA
MARCA.com
Bangkok
Bangkok Shutdown, Bangkok Protest, Thailand, Thailand News, Bangkok News
Mon, 13 Jan 2014 11:00:00 +0800
Straits Times

Bangkok
Shutdown: Protesters target ministries, threaten bourse
Thai anti-government protesters stand on the back of a pick up truck waving national flags during a rally in
Bangkok
on Jan 13, 2014. Protesters trying to topple Thailand 's government said they would tighten the blockade around ministries on Tuesday
Straits Times
Thai opposition protesters occupy major streets in
Bangkok
BANGKOK : Tens of thousands of Thai opposition protesters occupied major streets in central
Bangkok
on Monday in an attempted "shutdown " of the capital, escalating a campaign to unseat the embattled premier. The demonstrators want Prime Minister
Channel News Asia
Australian Open
Australian Open 2014
Mon, 13 Jan 2014 11:00:00 +0800
San Francisco Chronicle

Isner out of
Australian Open
due to foot injury
John Isner 's stay in Australia has been cut short by injury for the second year in a row. The 13th-seeded American retired with a nagging right ankle injury during his first-round match at the
Australian Open
today after losing the first two sets to
John Isner out of
Australian Open
due to foot injury
MELBOURNE, Australia – John Isner added a new chapter to his poor luck Down Under when he retired in the first round Tuesday at the
Australian Open
with an ankle injury. Isner, the only American male seed at No. 13, trailed Slovakian Martin Klizan 6-2,
USA TODAY
O Level Results 2014
Mon, 13 Jan 2014 14:00:00 +0800
TODAYonline

Levels : 99.9% of school candidates awarded certificates
Levels : 99.9% of school candidates awarded certificates. An infographic to illustrate the education pathways for
Level
students on Jan 13,
. Photo: Ministry of Education
SINGAPORE — Of 34,124 school candidates who sat for the 2013
TODAYonline
Jennifer Lawrence
Nicholas Hoult
Mon, 13 Jan 2014 20:00:00 +0800
NEWS.com.au (blog)

Jennifer Lawrence 's
Golden Globes dress inspires 'lookalikes
JENNIFER Lawrence 's
Golden Globes dress has already become a meme with many poking fun at the American Hustle star 's outfit choice. Lawrence, who won the best supporting actress award for her role in American Hustle, turned heads with her choice of
NEWS.com.au (blog)
Jennifer Lawrence 's
Golden Globe gown sparked a worldwide fashion meme
Popular website Buzzfeed even created an article entitled "13 things
Jennifer Lawrence
looked like at the Golden Globes ", comparing the award winner to marshmallows, tube socks and "a tampon ". Jennifer (offered referred to online as J-Law) has long
Irish Independent
Leonardo DiCaprio
Matthew McConaughey
Mon, 13 Jan 2014 23:00:00 +0800
Celebuzz

Leonardo DiCaprio
Displays Golden Globe-Winning Abs
amp; Gets Wet With
We must replay this shiz again and again!! There 's just something about a screaming
Leonardo DiCaprio
in nothing but his skivvies that gets us all hot and bothered! LOLz! Throw a cup of water on his seksi God-like body and you 've got yourself a hit movie!
PerezHilton.com
Leonardo DiCaprio 't Been Able to Work Since 'Wolf of Wall Street
Leonardo DiCaprio
went home a winner during tonight 's Golden Globes in the best film actor (comedy), for his role as Jordan Belfort, a stockbroker who rises to unthinkable riches before falling into crime and corruption, in The Wolf of Wall Street.
Celebuzz
Pongal
Makar Sankranti
Mon, 13 Jan 2014 17:00:00 +0800
Hindustan Times

India celebrates Makar Sankranti,
Pongal , Bhogali Bihu; thousands take dip in
Comments. Makar Sankranti,
Pongal
and Bhogali Bihu are being celebrated by people from all walks of life on Tuesday. PlayPause. A youth displays his catch during community fishing as part of the Bhogali Bihu celebrations at the Goroimari Lake in
Hindustan Times
5-in-1: Makar Sankranti,
Pongal , Bihu, Lohri and Eid make it a festive Tuesday
There is a reason for almost all communities to celebrate. From Makar Sankranti, Bhogali Bihu, Lohri,
Pongal
to Eid-e-Milad-un-Nabi, a string of festivals lined up on Tuesday will make it a day of celebration of sorts for the city. Each of the
Daily News
Analysis
Bangkok Post
Mon, 13 Jan 2014 11:00:00 +0800
Bangkok Post

Hungry protesters ravage food outlets |
Bangkok Post : breakingnews
Shopping centres and food outlets near major protest landmarks enjoyed brisk business on the first day of the
Bangkok
shutdown. Demonstrators throng the McDonald 's shop at Amarin Plaza on Monday. THITI WANNAMONTHA. Queues of customers waiting
Bangkok Post
City Harvest Church
City Harvest trial
Mon, 13 Jan 2014 20:00:00 +0800

City Harvest
trial: Information kept from auditor
Kong Hee and Ho Yeow Sun arrive at the Subordinate Courts on Monday, Jan 13, 2014. Information about allegedly sham bonds at the centre of the
City Harvest Church
trial had been kept from the auditor in charge of the firm issuing the bonds, a court
Straits Times
O Level
Gce O Level
Mon, 13 Jan 2014 20:00:00 +0800
TODAYonline

82.7% score 5 or more GCE
Level
passes
A total of 82.7 per cent of the 34,124 students who sat for last year 's GCE
Level
examination scored five or more passes, the highest since 2004. In 2012, 81.3 per cent scored five or more passes, down from the previous year 's 81.9 per cent. The
TODAYonline
83% of
Level
students achieve five or more passes
Yahoo Newsroom/Ministry of Education - A total of 34,124 school candidates sat for the 2013 GCE
Level

Levels
this year managed to attain
Yahoo Singapore News
EPL Table
Sun, 12 Jan 2014 02:00:00 +0800
Bleacher Report

EPL Table
Week 22: Full Standings Following Weekend 's Slate of Matches
It doesn 't get much tighter than the top of the
English Premier League table
after a weekend that featured a number of critical victories from the top clubs. Every team that was in the top seven of the table that played on Jan. 11 or 12 picked up an
Bleacher Report
EPL Table
2014: City Surges in
English Premier League Table
Rankings
LOS ANGELES (LALATE) – The
EPL Table
2014 Rankings for the
English Premier League Table
Standings has a new leader within the last half hour: Manchester City. While the latest
EPL Table
2014 for January 12 is expected to get changed tomorrow
LALATE
Sun, 12 Jan 2014 02:00:00 +0800
SuperSport
'o tops
foreign-born wealth list
The company, with one of the world 's largest collection of curated research on ultra-high-net worth individuals, puts Welsh footballer of Manchester United Ryan Giggs as the second-wealthiest foreign-born player in the
with a net worth of $45 million.
SuperSport
Zayn Malik
Sun, 12 Jan 2014 17:00:00 +0800
Entertainmentwise
'Happy Birthday, Zayn, You 're My Hero ':
Zayn Malik
Gets Inundated With 21st
We bet
Zayn Malik
is waking up to a thumping headache today if his 21st birthday celebrations were anything to go by on Saturday night. The One Direction hunk kick-started his special day last night by inviting pals to his London pad for a proper
Entertainmentwise
Happy 21st birthday
Zayn Malik
- here 's why he 's the best member of One Direction
That chiselled jaw-line, those abs and the eyes which look like they 've been stolen from a puppy (disclaimer – I 'm pretty sure no puppies have been hurt in the making of
Zayn Malik
), sorry but Zayn obviously had VIP access when looks were being handed
Mirror.co.uk
Ariel Sharon
Sat, 11 Jan 2014 23:00:00 +0800
BBC News

Ariel Sharon 's
mark on history
Ariel Sharon 's
life was intimately entwined with the life of the country he loved from the moment of its birth. He fought in its war of independence in 1948 and from that point until he slipped into a coma in 2006 it seemed there was hardly a moment of
BBC News
Israelis pay final respects to former PM
Ariel Sharon
Israelis from all walks of life flocked to parliament Sunday to catch a glimpse of
Ariel Sharon 's
coffin and pay their final respects to the iconic former prime minister and general. A stream of visitors ranging from former army comrades to political
CBC.ca
Premier League
Man City, English Premier League
Sat, 11 Jan 2014 23:00:00 +0800
BBC Sport

Garth Crooks 's Team of the Week
Premier League : Garth Crooks 's Team of the Week. By Garth Crooks Football Analyst. Six of the top seven teams in the
Premier League
played this weekend and they all won. Arsenal could make it seven out of seven if they win their fixture against Aston
BBC Sport
Premier League
Table 2014 Week 22: Reviewing Matchday 21 's Most
Arsenal will enter Matchday 21 's final contest needing a full three points if they want to retain the table 's top spot. With the teams chasing them continuing to show consistently good form, the Gunners have no margin for error. That point was really
Bleacher Report
Jilla Review
Jilla, Jilla Movie Review
Fri, 10 Jan 2014 05:00:00 +0800
IBTimes India

Jilla
Review
Roundup: Vijay, Mohanlal Hold Film with Impressive Performances
According to Behindwoods
Review
Board, "The charismatic screen presence of Vijay and Mohanlal, few enjoyable musical tracks and comedy scenes and power packed action sequences mark Neason 's
Jilla
that travels on a standard template and satiates
IBTimes India
Jilla
Movie
Review : It looks like Vijay has realized that he can be in mass masala films that are not only entertaining to his fan base but also to every segment in the audience. He did this earlier with films like Ghilli, Pokkiri and Thuppakki, and does it
Times of India