Riau, Indonesia News

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SINGAPORE : The Singapore Civil Defence Force will step up on fire safety checks this festive season to make sure that building owners do not flout safety rules.

SINGAPORE: Veteran Singapore musician Douglas Oliveiro was beaten up by a group of unknown men near his home last Wednesday, fracturing his skull.

POLICE have detained the son of a couple who were arrested on Thursday in connection with the murder of a contractor and manager of a construction firm at Jalan Tebing Runtuh, during a robbery in Johor Baharu, on Wednesday.

SINGAPORE: A wooden boat sank after colliding with another vessel off Sentosa late Monday night.

SINGAPORE : With investigations still ongoing, prosecutors yesterday applied for a week's extension before going ahead with the trial of Mohammad Johan Rashid, 31, who is accused of the murder of a six-year-old. He is being held at the Central Police Division and will appear in court again on Thursday for a trial date.

KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs: Khazanah Nasional Berhad and the National Heritage Department have been entrusted to restore two heritage sites recognised by United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization .

Expatriates in key Asian cities are feeling the squeeze from the weak US dollar, which has pushed up their daily living expenses, a survey showed Wednesday.

Home energy conservation is the fastest way to make a positive impact on the environment and save consumers money.

Via Bird Flu Information Corner, a translated report from Padang Today : Padang, West Sumatera ::: Duck farmer suspected to contract bird flu .

SINGAPORE: Over 100 people were evacuated from a block of flats in Marine Parade on Monday after a fire broke out in an apartment.

JOHOR BAHARU, Nov 29 -- The People's Progressive Party will be serving a notice to Senator Datuk T. Murugiah Monday to ask him to vacate his deputy minister post within 14 days, said its president Datuk M. Kayveas.

Two college students were killed when the motorcycles they were riding, collided with a car at Jalan Ujung Pasir, Bandar Hilir early on Sunday.

MUAR, Sun: Former Information Director-General Datuk Abas Salleh died at his house in Jalan Yahya, Parit Perupok here last night.

SINGAPORE: They were involved in an attack that led to the death of Institute of Technical Education student Siah Wui Xiang.

Jakarta, Nov 23 People reacted angrily on Monday before the disaster caused by the Indonesian ferry sinking in bordering areas of Riau island, which caused 29 deaths and many missing people.

KUALA LUMPUR: Three deaths -- two in Melaka and one in Penang -- were reported from 819 dengue cases last week, Health Director-General Tan Sri Dr Mohd Ismail Merican said.

The first genetic historical map of the Han Chinese, the largest ethnic population in the world, as they migrated from south to north over evolutionary time.

JOHOR BAHARU, Nov 25 -- The Human Rights Commission of Malaysia suggested that detectors be installed to detect prisoners' movements to avoid suicide in prison cells.

MUMBAI: In a highly volatile trade, the Bombay Stock Exchange sensitive index, Sensex recovered from the initial sharp losses.