Singapore Local News, 2011-03-23

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S'pore clinches chair of key IMF committee PARIS - The International Monetary Fund has announced that Singapore Finance Minister Tharman Shanmugaratnam will chair the fund's steering committee. He will be the first Asian to head the advisory board. Mr Shanmugaratnam, 54, has accepted........     Food from Japan safe so far As global attention turned to the possible health risks associated with Japanese food imports, the Singapore authorities took further steps yesterday to allay concerns, reiterating that since the earthquake and tsunami struck Japan - crippling........

Iswaran's recipe to boost tourism At Fairmont Singapore, the hotel's maintenance staff not only take care of the usual maintenance issues, they also check the mini-bars in the guest rooms. This frees the mini-bar staff from having to check every room in the hotel -........     Employers urged to provide more options for women Over 850 women turned up at the 'Inclusive Back2Work With U' fair which involved about 18 companies that provided more options for women, like part-time positions and flexible hours, to attract them to join the workforce...... 4 men from Chile charged with theft SINGAPORE : Four men from Chile have been charged in court with theft...... Woman jailed, fined for offences including maid abuse A 31-year-old woman has been sentenced to a jail term of six weeks and one day and fined S$1,500 for different offences including maid abuse...... COEs fall in all except small cars category Premiums for Certificates of Entitlement (COEs) fell in all but the small cars category, or category A - which went up by S$1,213 to S$43,813...... PAP introduces its first new woman candidate for coming GE The ruling People's Action Party (PAP) on Wednesday introduced its first new woman candidate for the coming General Election...... Singapore Day 2011 to be held in Shanghai on April 16 It is a festival for overseas Singaporeans to come together and celebrate what it means to be Singaporean...... Chinese national "not terribly frightened" after cabby's death A Chinese national on trial for the murder of a taxi driver, told the High Court on Wednesday he was "not terribly frightened" when he tried to remove evidence after allegedly killing the man...... Singapore's inflation up 5% on-year in February Singapore's February consumer price index (CPI) rose by five per cent, versus market expectations for a rise of 5.4 per cent...... Parliament to sit on April 11 Singapore's Parliament will sit on April 11...... More TB cases in Singapore last year The number of new tuberculosis (TB) cases rose slightly last year......