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In the western part of Singapore, there is a place where people seeking to escape the tropical heat can take things to the extreme. Where there is real snow, sub-zero temperatures and – for the really adventurous – skiing and snowboarding lessons on a purpose-built slope.
Snow City, which markets itself as a fun day out for everyone from winter-sports enthusiasts to families to corporate team builders, seemed a great idea when it first opened its doors in June 2000.
But since then,…

The majority of UK businesses have still to formally assess the risks they face from the UK’s scheduled exit from the EU, a recent survey has found.

Universities and their staff do not need to pay as much money into a sector-wide pension scheme as had been predicted by either the scheme’s trustee or the Pensions Regulator to maintain current retirement benefits that are promised, an independent assessment of the scheme’s 2017 valuation has found.

In a landmark case this week, Roman Zmajkovic became the first person to be prosecuted under a new Vietnamese law on paedophilia.
Zmajkovic, 33, was charged in Hanoi People’s Court for “having sexual intercourse with children” and given three years in prison followed by deportation to Slovakia. The maximum possible sentence was 15 years. Zmajkovic’s prosecution is the first to occur under a new Vietnamese law that recognises non-heterosexual sex with children as a sex…

‘I came here to find love, but it’s not with you, Bachelor … sorry’
Television franchise The Bachelor has had its fair share of dramatic moments the world over but Vietnam’s version this week may have taken the rose for best twist. During a rose ceremony, in which the eligible bachelor keeps or eliminates the female contestants vying for his affections, one of the women, Minh Thu, said she had fallen in love with a fellow competitor Truc Nhu instead. Subtitled…

In his opening statement at the first public hearing before the Committee of Inquiry (COI), Singapore solicitor-general Kwek Mean Luck said that tardy responses and security inadequacies were major causal factors in the massive cyber attack on SingHealth earlier this year.

A Singapore immigration official was on Thursday charged for allegedly receiving sexual favours from Chinese women in exchange for helping them extend their visas, a rare case of corruption in a city state known for its clean image.
Chin Peng Sum was also accused of tipping off the two women about impending raids and obstruction of justice for deleting incriminating text messages he exchanged with them.
Singapore diplomat Tommy Koh calls for end to gay sex ban
The 51-year-old, a staff sergeant…

Investment fund managers will welcome news that a European watchdog is close to completing a major exercise aimed at minimising Brexit-related disruption to their business operations, an expert has said.

A rights group says the Indonesian woman imprisoned for blasphemy after complaining about noise from a mosque is sharing a cramped cell with 16 other women and given “terrible” food.
Human Rights Watch researcher Andreas Harsono said the ethnic Chinese woman, Meiliana, was emotional but tough when he and other supporters visited her in prison in Medan this week.
“She was sobbing when talking to us,” Harsono said Thursday in a statement about the visit. “The cell is…

Two British divers who helped rescue a Thai youth soccer team from a flooded cave had earlier saved four adults stranded in the same complex, according to a new report on a mission that gripped the world.
The 12 boys and coach from the “Wild Boars” club were trapped by rising waters as they explored the zigzagging passages of Tham Luang cave in northern Thailand on June 23.
Officials leading the rescue called on the expertise of the world’s cave diving community – many…