Singapore Local News, 2011-04-12

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RSAF to join counter-piracy efforts in Gulf of Aden For the first time, the Singapore Armed Forces (SAF) has deployed a Republic of Singapore Air Force (RSAF) Fokker-50 Maritime Patrol Aircraft (F-50 MPA) to support the international counter-piracy efforts in the Gulf of Aden. Chief........

Electricity price hike could have been higher The 6-per-cent electricity price hike for April to June may hit some pockets hard, but the tariffs would have been even higher if not for the strong Singapore dollar, said Senior Minister of State for Trade and Industry S Iswaran in Parliament........     SM Goh starts official visit to Hong Kong and China Singapore's Senior Minister Goh Chok Tong started his official visit to Hong Kong and China Tuesday...... Spain's PM to visit Singapore Singapore and Spain will sign several agreements during the two-day working visit of Spanish Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero, which starts on Wednesday...... Tom Hanks to grace S'pore film event in June Two-time Academy Award winner Tom Hanks will be gracing Singapore's first international film event, Screen Singapore, this June for the Asia Pacific premiere of his new feature film, "Larry Crowne"...... 'Pocket-slitting' serial thief caught Police have arrested a 26-year-old man who is believed to be involved in a series of thefts in Ang Mo Kio by slitting the pockets of his victims with a razor blade...... Death of man who was hit by train probed A man who died after he fell onto the tracks at Queenstown MRT Station and was hit by a train, was possibly under the influence of alcohol and sedatives...... 10 arrested for peddling illegal cigarettes The authorities have arrested a Singaporean and nine Vietnamese men for peddling illegal cigarettes...... Man on death row for killing girlfriend acquitted Eu Lim Hoklai, who had been sentenced to death for murdering his China-born girlfriend in 2006, was acquitted by the Court of Appeal on Tuesday...... Man charged with acting as bookmaker A 50-year-old Singaporean has been charged with acting as a bookmaker...... HDB acquires 39 flats from owners for infringing subletting rules The HDB compulsorily acquired 39 flats from their owners last year as they had blatantly infringed the subletting rules......