PRESS DIGEST - Singapore newspapers - June 11

SINGAPORE, June 11 | Wed Jun 10, 2009 8:22pm EDT

SINGAPORE, June 11 (Reuters) - The following are stories from Singapore newspapers on Thursday. Reuters has not verified these stories.

THE STRAITS TIMES

- A Christian couple were jailed eight weeks on Wednesday for distributing and possessing anti-Muslim and anti-Catholic publications.

- Singapore has become one of the 10 most expensive cities in Asia for expatriates to live, according to a new cost-of-living survey by ECA International.

BUSINESS TIMES

- Property auctions in Singapore have revived, with deals hitting S$18.5 million ($13 million) in May alone, exceeding the S$17.9 million figure for the whole of the first quarter, Colliers International figures show.

- PetroChina (0857.HK), which is buying Singapore Petroleum Company (SPC) SPCS.SI, will likely want to make changes at SPC's Singapore refinery so that it can process heavy crudes including those from Venezuela, industry officials said.

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