TOKYO – TOYOTA sold 8.42 million vehicles globally in 2010, remaining the world’s top automaker for the third year straight despite recall woes in the key North American market. General Motors also released a new tally Monday for its global 2010 sales, at 8.39 million vehicles, slightly fewer than Toyota’s number. Toyota’s global sales, including …
INFORMATION technology technician Derek Li is left with a crushed foot and had to have three of his toes amputated after the front wheel of an off-duty SBS Transit bus crushed his foot in an accident outside Hougang Plaza on Nov 29 last year. Mr Li, 27, was crossing a road junction when the traffic …
WELLINGTON – POLICE in a New Zealand town have been forced to resume foot patrols after their futuristic Segway scooters were deemed illegal, reports said on Thursday. Police in the North Island town of Taupo had enthusiastically embraced the electric-powered devices but had to abandon them after finding it was against the law to use …
CHANGI Airport saw a record 42 million passengers over 2010 thanks to a strong finish in the year-end holiday season, Changi Airport Group said on Thursday. The new milestone is a 13 per cent increase over 2009’s passenger movements, and far surpasses the previous annual record of 37.7 million recorded in 2008. Monthly and daily …
CERTIFICATE of Entitlement (COE) premiums for big cars have continued their downward slide after there were 13-year highs in December 2010’s final round of bidding. The COE premium for cars above 1,600cc ended at $58,910 – a drop of $10,090 or 14.6 per cent. For Open COEs, which can be used for any vehicle type …
THE green light has been given by the Land Transport Authority (LTA) for the alignment of the North-South Expressway (NSE) between Admiralty Road West and Toa Payoh Rise. The new expressway – with construction expected to start from 2013 and finish by 2020 – will run parallel to the Central Expressway (CTE) to serve the …
BRISBANE (Australia) – AUSTRALIA’S third-biggest city Brisbane was besieged on Wednesday by once-in-a-century floods that could hit up to 20,000 homes, as the death toll in raging torrents rose to 12. Thousands of people took refuge with friends and central districts were eerily quiet as the river city of two million battened down for its …
THERE will be fewer new drivers on the road this year compared to last year, going by fresh statistics from the Traffic Police. The number of people taking up lessons to get their driving licences is estimated to have dipped by 30 per cent between the period from January to September last year, and the …
The government will issue 3 per cent fewer COEs for the next six months. (AFP File Photo) The Government will be issuing fewer Certificates of Entitlement (COEs), according to Transport Minister Raymond Lim, who announced it in Parliament today. The Land Transport Authority (LTA) will make 22,368 COEs made available in the six months between …