 Four members of the Bali Nine – Tach Duc Thanh Nguyen, Matthew Norman, Si Yi Chen, and Scott Rush – have their life sentences for heroin smuggling increased to the death penalty. (AFP) Government offensive against Abu Sayyaf:
- Memorial services are held in Zamboanga City for six Marines killed in an attack on Monday in which a 27-man unit engaged in a firefight with close to 200 Abu Sayyaf fighters. (Inq7)
- Southern Philippine cities are alerted to the possibility of bomb attacks by Abu Sayyaf. (Inq7)
 Two design teams are selected to design and build the Gardens at Marina South and Marina East in the Gardens by the Bay, with the development blueprints released for public consultation. The Garden at Marina Centre is not awarded to any design team so as to allow for greater participation in the design phase from the general public (CNA).- The Singaporean economy tops a list of 175 economies as the most business-friendly economy in the world in a survey conducted by the World Bank's International Finance Corporation. Thailand ranks 18th, Malaysia 25th, Vietnam 104th, the Philippines 126th, Indonesia 135th, Cambodia 143th, Laos 159th, and Timor-Leste at 174th (IFC) (CNA) (TNA).
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