May 2005 in Malaysia and Singapore - 12 May 2005 (Thursday)

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)

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