Singapore  - The body of a newborn baby boy was discovered in a rubbish bin in the transit area of Singapore's Changi Airport, the Straits Times reported Friday.

A cleaner made the sordid discovery just before 9 pm on Wednesday.

Close-circuit television footage from the terminal was being reviewed to trace the person who dumped the fair-skinned baby, who had his umbilical cord still attached.

It is believed that drops of blood were found in a toilet near one of the terminal's gates.

Singapore  - A Singapore restaurant owner became the first employer to be jailed for a so-called phantom-worker scam, which involves declaring a false number of local employees in order to to hire more foreign workers, the Straits Times reported Friday.

District Judge Shaiffudin Saruwan jailed Sulaiman Abdullah for six months. Sulaiman claimed he had tried hard but failed to recruit Singaporean workers.

Singapore  - Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong on Thursday named Defence Minister Teo Chee Hean as his new deputy, saying the appointment was part of a cabinet reshuffle aimed at renewing leadership and preparing younger office holders for broader responsibilities.

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Singapore  - Tourist arrivals in Singapore dropped 15.2 per cent in February from the same month a year ago to 689,000 visitors, the Singapore Tourism Board said Thursday.

Indonesia with 103,000 visitors, China with 80,000, Australia with 51,000, Britain with 47,000 and Malaysia with 46,000 accounted for Singapore's top five visitor-generating markets, accounting for 48 per cent of the February arrivals.

The board said Singapore's hotel room revenue dropped 28.7 per cent last month to 123 million Singapore dollars (81.5 million US dollars).