Singapore  - Nature lovers were on the prowl Wednesday for a crocodile spotted in a Singapore park to make sure it comes to no harm if caught.

The metre-long reptile has been seen in a mangrove swamp in Pasir Ris Park and other locales over the last two weeks, triggering efforts by the National Parks Board to trap the animal.

Curious onlookers are eager to take pictures.

Singapore - Businesses in Asia are facing a shortage of talent and lack of experienced staff in environments where companies are seeking robust growth, a study said on Wednesday.

Employers need to provide staff with greater independence, empowerment, flexibility and challenging work if they want to attract and retain the best workers, said Hewitt Associates, which conducted the survey for Singapore's Ministry of Manpower.

The study involving 80 business leaders in India, China and Singapore found employees are shifting jobs more frequently instead of seeking life-long employment

Organizations are replacing seniority-based employment with emphasis on results and performance, the study said.

Singapore - Nature lovers were on the prowl Wednesday for a crocodile spotted in a Singapore park to make sure it comes to no harm if caught.

The metre-long reptile has been seen in a mangrove swamp in Pasir Ris Park and other locales over the last two weeks, triggering efforts by the National Parks Board to trap the animal.

Curious onlookers are eager to take pictures.

Among them is KC Wong, who wants "to see the crocodile in its natural habitat before someone does something to it," he told The Straits Times. "After all, Singapore has so little wildlife left."

Singapore - A body believed to be a 37-year-old Chinese national washed ashore after he was spotted struggling in the water with his girlfriend, news reports said Wednesday.

The corpse was found on Tuesday by a group of beach-goers at East Coast Park.

The girlfriend, 25-year-old Vietnamese Dang Thi Tho, was rescued earlier by a passer-by, The Straits Times said.

Tho, who lives in Vietnam with her parents, told the newspaper that she had learned that her boyfriend was married with children in China.

From her hospital bed, she said that he tried to drag her into the sea when they met to talk on the beach.

Singapore  - Suicides among those 65 and older are on the rise in Singapore, increasing from 69 in 2006 to 87 last year, a suicide prevention group said Tuesday.

Samaritans of Singapore said the bulk of calls from those contemplating suicide were related to social issues.

Elderly callers said they thought of suicide because they could not bear the loneliness of living alone, said Christine Wong, the group's executive director.

They were also troubled by language barriers between them and social workers as well as poor health, she said.

Singapore  - Singapore Airlines marked its 1,000th flight of the world's largest passenger jet since the carrier became the first to operate the Airbus A380 in October, the airline said Tuesday.

Flight 322 departed Monday from Singapore's Changi Airport for London's Heathrow Airport.

The superjumbo has clocked 8,500 flying hours and carried 400,000 customers for Singapore Airlines, the company said in a statement.