Singapore Local News, 2011-01-31

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Which way will the pin fall? This commentary has its genesis in a cryptic text message I received a week ago. Why not do a comment that looks at the top three issues for voters to consider at the coming General Election, the sender asked......     Wet weather affects businesses, shoppers and tourists SINGAPORE : The wet weather the past two days has affected businesses, travellers and shoppers......

Wetter days ahead, says NEA The weather will continue to be wet for the rest of the week......     MUIS helping students in Egypt SINGAPORE : The Islamic Religious Council of Singapore, MUIS, is helping all Singaporean students studying in Egypt, which is being hit by a political crisis...... Bedok midges mostly wiped out The population of green flies known as midges which has plagued residents of Bedok Reservoir for two weeks, has now been reduced by 95 per cent...... Up to 300 scholarships to nurture sporting talent this year SINGAPORE : The Singapore Olympic Foundation (SOF) is looking at giving out about 100 to 300 scholarships this year...... Bread-and-butter issues remain top concerns: REACH survey SINGAPORE : A survey commissioned by government feedback portal, REACH, has found that Singaporeans were generally more satisfied with the quality of life...... ERP rates remain unchanged The Land Transport Authority (LTA) said there would be no change in the ERP rates, following its latest quarterly review of traffic conditions...... Public transport fare review exercise deferred till Q4 SINGAPORE : The Public Transport Council (PTC) has decided to defer this year's fare review exercise to the fourth quarter of 2011...... Immigration offences at 10-year low in 2010: ICA SINGAPORE : Immigration offences are at a 10-year low, with fewer foreigners arrested for immigration offences in 2010 as compared to a decade ago...... Man jailed 3 years for having consensual sex with daughter SINGAPORE : A 47-year-old plumber was jailed for three years for having sex with his own daughter in what's believed to be the country's first consensual incest case...... Situation in Egypt remains unpredictable: MFA SINGAPORE : The Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) has advised Singaporeans to defer all non-essential travel to Egypt, saying that the situation there remains unpredictable...... Super-fast broadband reaches 60% of buildings SIX in 10 buildings have so far been connected to Singapore's super-fast fibre optic broadband network.The fibre optic cables allow users to surf the Internet 10 to 100 times faster than they could with conventional broadband plans - making services ..... Court spares mentally retarded man jail time EDWIN Lim Hoe Meng, 28, who is mentally retarded and threw down a neighbour's flower pot down from the seventh storey last year was granted a conditional discharge by a community court on Monday. This works much like a suspended sentence, for which t..... PTC defers annual public transport fare review THE Public Transport Council (PTC) said on Monday that it will defer the annual public transport fare adjustment this year. The PTC said this was because the Circle Line Stages 4 and 5 (from Marymount to HarbourFront) will open later this year, and t..... Man fined over fatal accident A DELIVERYMAN was fined $5,000 and banned from driving for three years on Monday for causing the death of a woman pedestrian last May.Chua Swee Hock, 56, admitted to failing to give way to Madam Gan Chui, 61, at the pedestrian crossing while making a..... Man jailed three years for incest A MAN who had consensual sex with his 20-year-old daughter was jailed for three years on Monday.The 47-year-old freelance plumber admitted to the incest at the master bedroom of his flat in April 2008. The parties cannot be named as there is a gag or..... 10 year-low in immigration offences: ICA THE number of foreigners arrested for immigration offences has hit a ten-year low, the Immigration & Checkpoints Authority (ICA) said on Monday. In 2010, the total number of foreigners arrested for immigration offences fell by 23 per cent to 4,260 co..... Services lead Singapore's overall employment gains LED by the services sector which added 109,500 workers, Singapore's overall employment for the whole of 2010 increased by 112,500.Construction employment, which rose by 25,100 in 2009, saw modest gains of 2,300 in 2010, due to completion of several l..... Industrial site for sale in Ang Mo Kio: URA THE Urban Redevelopment Authority (URA) has launched the industrial site at Ang Mo Kio Street 62 for sale by public tender on Monday. The land parcel has a site area of about 2.8ha with a maximum permissible gross plot ratio of 2.5 and a lease period.....