May 2005 in Malaysia and Singapore

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[edit] 31 May 2005 (Tuesday)

[edit] 30 May 2005 (Monday)

[edit] 13 May 2005 (Friday)

  • Nanyang Technological University partners Japan's Mitutoyo to set up a nanometrology centre. (CNA)
  • The final report made by the Committee of Inquiry into the Nicoll Highway collapse of 2004 recommends issue of warnings to six individuals and two companies, in addition to the four already recommended for criminal prosecution. (CNA)
  • Star Cruises announces an increase in capacity of 40% in November to handle the expected increase in demand, with SuperStar Gemini being based here for a four-month period. (CNA)

[edit] 12 May 2005 (Thursday)

  • Air Sahara of India flies into Singapore Changi Airport for the first time. (CNA)
  • Founder and managing director of BreadTalk, George Quek, 48, was fined S$4,000 and barred from driving for 30 months for drunk driving, apprehended after he hit a police car at a roadblock in October 2004. (CNA)
  • The Basel Convention ruled in Singapore's favour over allerged dumping of 1,149 tonnes of what Indonesia considered organic material and hazardous waste in July 2004, which Singapore said was harmless compost. (CNA)
  • Singapore signed a Memoranda of Understanding with the Chinese province of Shandong in a boost to trade ties. {CNA)

[edit] 11 May 2005 (Wednesday)

  • Singapore Airlines reported a 64% increase in profits to S$1.39 billion for the last fiscal year despite higher oil prices, the highest ever for the airline. (Business Times)

[edit] 10 May 2005 (Tuesday)

[edit] 9 May 2005 (Monday)

  • The Ministry of Education announced that secondary school applicants to junior colleges can do so before their examination results are released. (CNA)
  • The Agency for Science, Technology and Research has accepted the second apology by blogger Chen Jiahao after rejecting the first as "insincere", in the wake of what it alleges to be "defamatory statements" made against the organisation by Mr Chen. (CNA)
  • The Land Transport Authority (Singapore) announced the building of a new headquarters at the old Kandang Kerbau Hospital site. (The Straits Times)
  • A man, believed to be a foreign construction worker, was found dead in a multi-storey carpark at Block 295, Compassvale Crescent, Sengkang. (CNA)
  • The Goh Foundation pledged S$3 million to the National Cancer Centre, which will have a laboratory named after the late Mr Wee Kim Wee. (CNA)
  • Smoking will be banned from Singapore's nature reserves from the end of May. (CNA)
  • A chemical spill resulted in closure of Telok Blangah Crescent for 3 hours after nine drums fell off a lorry involved in an accident. (CNA)

[edit] 8 May 2005 (Sunday)