Singapore Local News, 2011-02-16

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High Court dismisses claim against NParks for breach of contract The High Court has dismissed a claim by a cleaning company against the National Parks Board for breach of contract......     CNA announces winners of "Japan Hour" homeviewers contest Japan Hour - Singapore's longest running lifestyle and travel programme - reached some 340 000 affluent viewers last year, some 9,000 more than the year before...... Mongolian PM to visit S'pore The Prime Minister of Mongolia Sukhbaatar Batbold will make an official two-day visit to Singapore from Thursday, at the invitation of Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong...... Flu cases exceed epidemic levels The number of flu cases in Singapore has gone higher than the epidemic levels first seen in January...... S'poreans in Bahrain remain vigilant amid protests The situation in Bahrain is tense and Singaporeans working there said they have to remain vigilant...... Woman murdered in Jurong A 50-year-old woman was found dead, lying in a pool of blood on Wednesday morning in a flat at Block 5 Yung Ping Road in the Jurong area...... SDP unveils alternative Budget The Singapore Democratic Party (SDP) has unveiled an alternative Budget, the first time an opposition party is presenting to the government's financial policy for the year ahead...... Budget: What help will middle-income earners get? The concerns of the middle-income are expected to be addressed in the Budget this Friday, and observers hope it'll include rebates and tax reliefs to help this group cope with the rising cost of living......

Court dismisses cleaning company's claim against NParks A cleaning company hired to manage the public parks here must perform trash removal duties......     Budget Statement to be delivered from 3.30pm on Friday Finance Minister Tharman Shanmugaratnam will deliver the Budget Statement for FY2011 at 3.30pm in Parliament on Friday...... More new offices eco-certified Taking the effort to 'green' offices has paid dividends...... CPF keeps 2.5% Ordinary Account interest rate The CPF Board will continue to pay 2.5 per cent annual interest for members' Ordinary Account (OA) savings between April and June this year...... S'pore offers financial aid to Brazil flood victims The Singapore Government will make a monetary contribution of US$50,000 to help those who have been affected by the severe floods last month in the three Brazilian municipalities of Teresopolis, Petrpolis and Nova Friburgo...... Eleven trapped in NEX Mall lift for 45 minutes ELEVEN shoppers were trapped in a lift at NEX mall in Serangoon for 45 minutes with no answer on the intercom when they called for help according to a reader on Stomp, a popular citizen-journalism website.The lights and fan even went off for five min..... Cut defence spending and ministerial salaries: SDP CUT defence spending and ministerial salaries, and spend more on education, healthcare and social benefits.These are among the many proposals in the Singapore Democratic Party's (SDP) shadow budget, released on Wednesday as a counter-proposal to the ..... Jailed 14 months for sex with a 14-year-old girl HELMY Mahamod did not learn his lesson the first time around and on Feb 1, the 28-year-old repeat offender was sentenced to 14 months in jail for having sex with a 14-year-old girl. Eight years ago, he had committed a similar offence with a different..... Jail and fine for solemnising fake marriage HE THOUGHT he was merely doing a favour by standing in and solemnising the marriage of his former colleague but Ainagoundan Kattan broke the law by impersonating a Justice of the Peace. The security guard was jailed a week and fined $2,000 on Wednesd..... Singapore Budget statement out at 3.30pm on Friday SINGAPORE'S Minister for Finance, Tharman Shanmugaratnam, will deliver the 2011 Budget Statement in Parliament on Friday (Feb 18) at 3.30pm. The Straits Times will be posting live updates of Finance Minister Tharman Shanmugaratnam's Budget speech on ..... Austral View en bloc, sale price of $88 million PRIME freehold apartment, Austral View was put up for sale by public tender on Wednesday. Marketing agent, CB Richard Ellis, has set an asking price of $88 million or $1,350 psf per plot ratio...... Japanese upskirt offender in Singapore jailed A JAPANESE national who captured six photographs of a woman's thighs and her underwear with his digital camera was jailed for one week on Wednesday.Nakagoshi Yuta, 25, pleaded guilty to insulting the modesty of the 30-year-old woman at Dhoby Ghaut st..... What the Singapore Census 2010 found THE latest data from Census 2010 on households and housing in Singapore, released on Tuesday, has revealed the following trends.See our graphic breakdown for a quick guide...... Singapore woman found dead in pool of blood THE body of a 50-year-old Singaporean woman was found lying in a pool of blood on Wednesday morning.The victim, Loh Nyuk Moi, was apparently found with four stab wounds...... Singapore to donate US$50k in Brazil flood aid THE Singapore government will donate US$50,000 ($64,000) in humanitarian assistance to help those affected by floods in Brazil, a spokesman for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) said.Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong had earlier written to Brazilian..... CPF keeps 2.5% Ordinary Account interest rate THE Central Provident Fund (CPF) Board will continue to pay 2.50 per cent interest per annum for members' CPF savings in their Ordinary Account (OA) from Apr 1 2011 to June 30 2011. The computed CPF interest rate derived from the major local banks' i.....