Singapore Local News, 2011-01-29

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Property price growth slows Reaffirming earlier flash estimates, official housing figures unveiled on Friday showed that the growth of property prices slowed in the fourth quarter of last year......     A lesson from ex-offenders A group of ex-offenders told their stories of imprisonment and gang involvement to an audience on Saturday......

Fewer people sought help from CDAC last year Fewer people sought help from the Chinese Development Assistance Council (CDAC) last year - 63,500, compared to 65,500 in 2009......     MM Lee was describing "worst-case scenario": Dr Yaacob The Minister-in-Charge of Muslim Affairs said Minister Mentor Lee Kuan Yew was describing a "worst-case scenario" when he recently spoke about the Malay Muslim community...... Muslim community holds first marriage renewal event True love and everlasting union or "Kasih Sejati, Ikatan Abadi" has brought together some 250 married couples from the Muslim community to renew their marriage commitments...... MM Lee should clarify comments on Islam: Jamiyah Jamiyah, a member of the Inter-Religious Organisation, has asked for Minister Mentor Lee Kuan Yew to shed more light on the comments he had made in his latest book that Islam is a difficult religion to integrate...... MFA issues Egypt travel advisory Singapore's Foreign Affairs Ministry has advised all Singaporeans to postpone all non-essential travel to Egypt...... Mercy Relief, Indonesian university signs MOU on disaster reconstruction Singapore humanitarian organisation, Mercy Relief has signed a memorandum of understanding on disaster reconstruction cooperation with Indonesia's University of Muhammadiyah Magelang...... Six arrested in anti-loansharking operation Police have arrested 3 men and 3 women, aged between 16 and 44 years old, in an anti-loansharking operation...... First reported H1N1-related death of 2011 An elderly Malay man has died from H1N1 and he is believed to be the first such reported case this year...... Singapore General Hospital confirms H1N1-related death SINGAPORE General Hospital (SGH) confirmed on Saturday with The Straits Times, the first case of a H1N1-related death this year. Mohd Lazim Kalang, 77, died on Wednesday due to a lung infection, after being warded Jan 15 for fever...... Sim Lim salesman sacked for cursing A VIDEO of a salesman at Sim Lim Square swearing at a customer has gone viral on the Internet and raised the ire of many Netizens here.The salesman was caught on tape using vulgarities when the customer asked for a price breakdown of his friend's pur..... Man versus SBS Transit ON THE morning of Jan 18, 47-year-old Michael Hiew was alighting from SBS Transit bus service 25, on his way to work at Serangoon North Avenue 3, when he fell and injured himself.He alleges that the bus drove off before he had completely alighted, ca..... Latest ST iPhone app allows for customisation AN UPDATE of Singapore's most popular news iPhone application (or app), The Straits Times, is now available. Version 3.2, now includes features such as landscape viewing, a most-read section, and push notifications in the MyST section, which delivers.....