Singapore Local News, 2011-03-18

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Charity event for quake victims At the Blue Jazz Cafe in Arab Street last night, a concert featuring 150 performers - about a fifth of whom are Japanese living here - was held to raise money for the Japan quake victims. One of the performers was Miss Kyoto Abe, a Sendai........

ICA foils contraband smuggling attempt The Immigration and Checkpoints Authority (ICA) has foiled an attempt to smuggle in 600,000 sticks of cigarettes and more than 120 kg of duty-unpaid chewing tobacco......     Rugby test featuring All Blacks and Wallabies in new national stadium, hopes SportsHub CEO SportsHub's new CEO, Mr Philippe Collin Delavaud, hopes for a glamour rugby test featuring New Zealand's All Blacks and Australia's Wallabies, when the national stadium reopens in March 2014...... NWC invites views on wage guidelines The National Wages Council (NWC) is inviting members of the public and organisations to offer their views on this year's wage guidelines as it prepares to start deliberations on them next month...... George Yeo offers condolences to Japan quake victims SINGAPORE : Singapore Foreign Affairs Minister George Yeo was at the Japanese Embassy on Friday morning to offer his condolence to the victims and families affected by the quake...... SIA ups capacity of flights from Tokyo's Haneda Airport Starting on Saturday till March 21, Singapore Airlines will be operating larger capacity 777-300 aircraft for flight SQ633 from Tokyo Haneda to Singapore, to cater to increased demand...... S'pore radiation levels normal, says NEA The National Environment Agency (NEA) said on Friday that there are no abnormal changes in radiation levels in Singapore and the public should not be unduly alarmed...... NTUC FairPrice, Dairy Farm to help raise funds for Japan quake victims SINGAPORE : NTUC FairPrice and the Dairy Farm Group are working with the Singapore Red Cross to raise funds for victims of the Japanese earthquake and tsunami...... Indonesian defence minister in S'pore for official visit The Indonesian Minister for Defence, Dr Purnomo Yusgiantoro, called on Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Defence Teo Chee Hean at the Ministry of Defence on Friday morning...... Upskirt video man pleads guilty A production engineer has pleaded guilty to five charges of insulting the modesty of women by taking underskirt videos of them without their knowledge...... Car upholstery shop catches fire A car upholstery shop along Sin Ming Drive (no. 32) caught fire early Friday morning...... S'pore delegation at international teaching summit in New York NEW YORK: The first International Summit on the teaching profession took place in New York City with representatives from more than two dozen countries. Among them, a delegation from Singapore, accompanied by Senior Minister of State for Education, M.....