Daily Briefing: Warning on mobile scams via Facebook; MRT trains to be stopped for testing

And Fortis Healthcare allegedly mulls over buyout of Singapore trust.

From Yahoo: A number of victims have incurred charges to their mobile phone bills after they provided a three-digit PIN number to strangers whom they befriended on Facebook, the police warned on Monday (27 March). In a post on their Facebook page, the police said the scammers initiated contact with the victims by sending a friend request via the social networking site. A number of the scammers even set up Facebook accounts similar to that of the victims’ friends.

From Yahoo: Trains on the North-South Line of the MRT will be stopped for about 10 minutes starting at 11pm Tuesday night (28 March) to switch over to a new signalling system, the Land Transport Authority (LTA) and SMRT said in a joint media release Monday. Trains will then resume operation in the new signalling mode. During the test, an announcement will be made to passengers to inform them of the delay. SMRT will also be deploying staff at stations to provide assistance to commuters.

From Bloomberg: Fortis Healthcare Ltd., India’s second-largest private hospital chain by market value, is weighing a buyout of the Singapore-listed business trust that owns some of its clinics, people with knowledge of the matter said. The New Delhi-based company is considering making an offer for all the units it doesn’t already own in RHT Health Trust, which has a market value of S$726 million ($520 million), according to the people. Deliberations on the potential take-private deal are at an early stage, and Fortis Healthcare could decide not to proceed with a bid, the people said, asking not to be identified because the information is private.

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