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Ris Low denies being an escort for hire By Ben Tan Sunday March 6, 2011 09:45 pm PST Ris Low has rubbished reports that she is a social escort, after a local escort agency called Ambassador Productions had shown photos of a bikini-clad girl under the name of

A Singapore official has played down concerns the city-state will run out of time to prepare the floodlit street circuit for this year's formula one race. Singapore will host the Youth Olympic Games in the same Marina Bay area until the end of August -- less than a month before the F1 circus arrives in town for round 15 of the 2010 world championship. But Justin Chew, the Singapore Tourism Board's executive director of F1 projects, told the state-owned MediaCorp: "We do have enough time. "Based on the timeline set by the Youth Olympic Games organisers, they will take at least two to three weeks to vacate the circuit completely. "But we have already 'de-conflicted' it and whatever time they need to move out and what we need to put in the area have been worked out," he insisted. The tight schedule means that fundamental structures for the street circuit such as lighting trusses are already being erected. Source: GMM

Just yesterday, we told you that Toyota was reportedly set to pay the full $16.4 million fine to the U.S. government, so long as the automaker would not be required to admit any wrongdoing. Well, the 'T's have been crossed, the 'I's have been dotted, and the official statements have been released. The largest civil fine ever issued to an automaker by the U.S. government will be paid by way of electronic funds transfer, and will take place within the next 30 days. For what it's worth, The Detroit News reports that if the $16.4 million maximum cap on fines didn't exist, it could have charged $6,000 per vehicle

Dr Silviu Ionescu, charge d'affaires of the Romanian Embassy, has reportedly said that he was not involved in a fatal hit-and-run incident involving an embassy car. He said he will return to Singapore later this month to assist in investigations. Dr Ionescu is believed to be able to further assist with the tragic double hit-and-run accident that occured along Bukit Panjang Road on Dec 15. Three pedestrians were hit in the accident. One of the three, 30-year-old Mr Tong Kok Wai, has since passed away. At the time of the accident, Mr Tong had been married to Madam Yenni Young for just a month. He was taken off life support on Christmas Day, after suffering severe brain damage in the accident Central to the incident is a black Audi A6 belonging to the Romanian embassy. Dr Ionescu had earlier said that he was the last official to use the car involved in the accident. According to a report published in The New Paper, his reasons for returning to Romania were for medical tests, scheduled in advance as he has diabetes.