Singapore Local News, 2010-12-27

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'Help works best in tailored measures' Instead of a "blanket approach", the best way to help the lower income group - in the face of rising costs of living next year - is still through targeted measures......     Top chinese drama producer dies MediaCorp's Senior Vice-President for regional Chinese drama productions, Victor Lau, died on Sunday evening. He lost his battle with an illness...... 'Rubbish' scam lands man in jail His ruse was a load of rubbish...... Five new sites gazetted as national monuments The Singapore Conference Hall and the adjoining Trade Union House which was the former home of the labour movement, have been gazetted as National Monuments by the Preservation of Monuments Board (PMB)......

Police arrests two for loansharking activities Police arrested a 62 year-old man and a 27 year-old woman for suspected involvement in loansharking activities in two separate cases on Monday......     New residency system for specialist doctors Residency programmes for specialist doctors - at SingHealth, National Healthcare Group and National University Health System - are now more structured since a US-based system was adopted in July...... Croupier to plead guilty to misappropriating chips SINGAPORE : A Taiwanese celebrity's daughter who was working as a croupier at Resorts World Casino faces charges of stealing casino chips worth more than S$110,000...... Body of 4th Singaporean found after boat sank in Johor The body of one of the Singaporeans missing after a fishing boat capsized off Mersing, Johor in Malaysia has been recovered and identified by family members...... SGX to give foreign brokers remote access THE Singapore Exchange (SGX) wants to make it easier for foreign brokers based overseas to trade here.The move will help the local bourse extend its reach into the international securities market...... Jailed and fined for 'dead-garbage-man' scam AN UNEMPLOYED man would tell residents in the Bukit Timah area that he was with the garbage collection company and there would be no waste collection the next day as the truck driver had died. Vijayakumar Ramalingam, 47, would then claim that he was ..... 4 buildings declared national monuments AN OLD conference hall and three memorials on Monday have been declared national monuments by the Preservation of Monuments Board (PMB).They are the Singapore Conference Hall, located in Shenton Way; and the three memorials in Esplanade Park, namely ..... S'poreans not put off by coach accidents IT'S cheaper, more comfortable and convenient.That was what Singaporeans told RazorTV when asked if they were concerned with travelling to Malaysia via coach instead of taking an airplane or train...... Two arrested for illicit moneylending activites THE police on Monday arrested a 62-year-old man and a 27-year-old woman for suspected involvement in loansharking activities in two separate cases.The male suspect was arrested in the vicinity of Kitchener Road...... Former Supreme Court and City Hall get $413.8m facelift THE former Supreme Court and City Hall buildings will be restored to the tune of $413.8 million.The restoration project, commissioned by the National Heritage Board, will begin in January 2011...... SPH sponsors floorball championships SINGAPORE Press Holdings (SPH) will be the title sponsor for the 5th National Primary Schools Floorball Championships 2011. Organised by the Singapore Floorball Association, supported and sanctioned by the Co-curricular Activities Branch of the Minis..... MFA confirms deaths of 4 Singaporeans off Mersing THE Ministry of Foreign Affairs has confirmed that three Singaporeans - three male, one female - have died after a boat en route to Mersing capsized.They are Adrian Tan Kook Yong, Chua Lim Khoon, Tor Soon Kwee and Ms Low Li Jun...... Easier way to detect dangerous flu A NEW, fully automated method to detect potentially dangerous changes in the flu virus has been developed in a joint collaboration between the Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*Star) and the University of Maryland......