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Kong Hee (Chinese: 康希; pinyin: Kāng Xī; born 23 August 1964) is the founder and senior pastor of City Harvest Church. [2] He was convicted in 2015 of being involved in the City Harvest Church Criminal Breach of Trust Case , Singapore's biggest case in misuse of charitable funds.
Convictions. Misuse of City Harvest Church's funds, around $50 million Singapore Dollars. The City Harvest Church Criminal Breach of Trust (CBT) Case was one of the longest criminal trials in Singapore's history. [2] Church founder Kong Hee and five other church leaders were found guilty by a District Court on 21 October 2015 of CBT by agent ...
Media of Singapore. List of newspapers. The Straits Times (also known informally by its abbreviation ST) is a Singaporean daily English-language newspaper owned by the SPH Media Trust. [2] [3] [4] Established on 15 July 1845, it is the most-widely circulated newspaper in the country and has a significant regional audience.
The collapse of the Hotel New World was a civil disaster that occurred in Singapore on 15 March 1986. [1] The Hotel New World was a six-story building situated at the junction of Serangoon Road and Owen Road in the Rochor district when it suddenly collapsed, trapping 50 people beneath the rubble. [2] 33 people died and 17 people were rescued.
Christians in Singapore constitute 19% of the country's resident population, as of the most recent census conducted in 2020. [3] Christianity is the second largest religion in the country, after Buddhism and before Islam. In 2020, about 37.1% of the country's Christians identified as Catholic with 62.9% labeled as 'Other Christians', most of ...
Lee Kuan Yew GCMG CH SPMJ DK (born Harry Lee Kuan Yew; 16 September 1923 – 23 March 2015), often referred to by his initials LKY, was a Singaporean statesman and lawyer who served as the first Prime Minister of Singapore from 1959 to 1990, and Secretary-General of the People's Action Party from 1954 to 1992. He was the Member of Parliament ...
SINGAPORE (Reuters) -Authorities in Singapore said they charged two former officials of Sembcorp Marine on Thursday with handing bribes to Brazilian officials to advance the company's interests in ...
Headquarters. Singapore. Circulation. Target 300,000 daily. Website. tnp .straitstimes .com. The New Paper is a Singaporean newspaper. It was originally published in tabloid format as a "noon paper", then from 2016 as a freesheet in the morning from 7 a.m. onwards. In December 2021 the paper went to digital only.