Foreign worker goes extra mile to return lost mobile phone

He found a mobile phone in a toilet cubicle in Marina Bay Sands (MBS) and waited at the spot for 30 minutes, hoping someone would return to claim it. Mr Karunanith Satish Kumar, 26, who cleans high-rise buildings, was worried the owner would be anxious. ( read original story ...)

Singapore teen critic held in US while appealing for asylum

SINGAPORE – A Singaporean teenager whose video posts and blogs mocking his government and its late founder landed him in jail twice has been detained in the U.S. where he is seeking asylum, his lawyer and a human rights group said Saturday. The Human ... ( read original story ...)

Row, row, row the boat – from Singapore to Australia, then NZ

Soaring thousands of metres in the air on a flight from New Zealand to Singapore, Mr Grant Rawlinson is preoccupied by what is beneath him. He completed an expedition in 2013 to summit the highest peaks in the North and South Island but his adventurous ... ( read original story ...)

Dreaming of a green Christmas

Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong posted a picture of green "snowmen" at the Singapore Botanic Gardens along with his Christmas greeting on his Facebook page yesterday. "Merry Christmas to one and all! 25 December is a joyous day for Christians ... ( read original story ...)

Mapped: The surprising countries with the best 4G coverage

It is 42nd in OpenSpeed's ranking, with users connecting to LTE networks experiencing an average download connection speed of 21.16Mbps. That's less than half what one can expect in Singapore: 45.86Mbps. The worst country for speed was Costa Rica (5 ... ( read original story ...)

TPG wins Singapore mobile bid in $98m deal

Australian telecommunications and internet service provider, TPG Telecom (ASX:TPM), has had its first win in its bid to add mobile carrier services to its portfolio following a successful tender for the new entrant spectrum auction in Singapore. The total ... ( read original story ...)

David Teoh's TPG Telecom wins Singapore mobile bid

David Teoh's TPG Telecom has won an auction for spectrum allowing it to become Singapore's fourth mobile network provider. The telecommunications provider will pay $S105 million ($98.7 million) for all the spectrum made available at the auction. ( read original story ...)