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MSN Malaysia News, 10 Apr 2011A British banker died in Singapore after plunging nearly 30 metres from a hotel rooftop in the new waterfront Marina Bay business district, police and local media said Sunday. A police statement to AFP identified the deceased as a British man and an investigation into the "unnatural death" on Thursday evening was ongoing. Full storyRelated:British banker dies after

The Malay Mail, 3 Apr 2011SINGAPORE: A 14-year-old Thai teenager was seriously injured after she fell onto the track and was hit by a train at Ang Mo Kio MRT Station this morning.Police said they received a call about the incident at about 11.10am.Train operator SMRT said the Singapore Civil Defence Force (SCDF) arrived at about 11.20am .... Full story

Reuters Africa, 29 Mar 2011SINGAPORE, March 29 (Reuters) - ExxonMobil Corp suspended maintenance work at its Singapore refinery in Jurong afhttp://www.blogger.com/img/blank.gifter the death of a contract worker, the company said on Tuesday. Two contract workers were discovered unconscious in an enclosed space filled with nitrogen on Monday night, the company said in a statement. They were taken

Gov Monitor, 27 Jan 20112010 saw an improvement in the fatal and injury accident rate per 10,000 vehicle population compared to 2009.The fatal accident rate is the second lowest in the past 5 years, just behind that of 2009.In 2010, the fatal and injury accident rate per 10,000 vehicle population saw an improvement from 93.41 in 2009 to 91.93 in 2010. Full story

eTaiwan News, 27 Dec 2010Searchers recovered the body of a fourth Singaporean tourist and were searching for one more missing in Malaysian waters after an overloaded passenger boat capsized near a resort island, police said Monday.The wooden boat had been transporting 29 people _ more than twice its recommended capacity _ to a mainland port Sunday after leaving Malaysia's southern Sibu island,

Winnipeg Free Press, 26 Dec 2010KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia - Police say three Singaporean tourists have drowned and two others are missing after an overloaded passenger boat capsized near a Malaysian resort island.District police chief Mohamad Nor Rashid says the vessel was carrying nearly 30 people to a mainland port Sunday after leaving Malaysia's southern Sibu island, one of the diving zones

TVNZ.co.nz, 15 Dec 2010A 21-year-old Singaporean climber, on a visit from Melbourne, has died after falling 800m from the south-west ridge of Mt Aspiring near Wanaka, this morning.Wanaka police were alerted at 6.50am today after a report a climber had fallen on the mountain. Full storyRelated:A tourist has died while climbing Mt Aspiring near Wanaka in the Southern Alps - Radio New