Singapore Local News, 2011-03-13

---

GE: Programme to spruce up Whampoa to proceed if PAP wins seat SINGAPORE : Minister of State in the Prime Minister's Office, Heng Chee How, has said a S$90 million programme to spruce up Whampoa, which he oversees, will proceed if the People's Action Party (PAP) wins the single ward in the upcoming General Elect.....     GE: Good for S'pore if all 87 seats contested, says DPM Wong SINGAPORE : Deputy Prime Minister and Member of Parliament for Bishan-Toa Payoh GRC, Wong Kan Seng, has said he welcomes contest from opposition parties in the area...... Fire at Marine Terrace flat kills one person SINGAPORE : SCDF said a fire broke out at a flat in Marine Terrace where one person was found dead......

3 women, 2 men to be charged with shoplifting SINGAPORE : Three women and two men will be charged in court on Monday with shoplifting from a department store in Syed Alwi Road......     Opposition "need to seek breakthrough in GRC" in coming GE Workers' Party Secretary-General Low Thia Khiang has said that any serious opposition party will need to capture a Group Representation Constituency (GRC) at the upcoming General Election to make progress...... PAP gears up for contest in Moulmein-Kallang GRC The People's Action Party (PAP) will fight seriously any opposition team fielded in Moulmein-Kallang GRC, said Environment and Water Resources Minister Yaacob Ibrahim...... Changes in voters' demographics in Aljunied GRC "not very big": George Yeo Foreign Affairs Minister and MP for Aljunied GRC, George Yeo, has said that the changes in voters' demographics in his constituency are "not very big" even with the recent boundary changes......