Singapore Local News, 2011-05-20

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CNB staff sergeant charged A senior staff sergeant from the Central Narcotics Bureau (CNB) was charged with failing to arrest two men after they allegedly offered him bribes totalling S$130,000. Lim Tian Siew (alias Lang Tian Siew) is believed to have........     Japanese man fined S$6,000 for causing the death of a motorcyclist A Japanese financial controller was fined S$6,000 for causing the death of a motorcyclist on August 23 2009. Goto Shobun, 37, who has been working in Singapore for the last four years, was also disqualified from driving all classes........ Suspect arrested for involvement in nine cases of cheating, theft and robbery Police have arrested a 33-year-old man believed to be responsible for at least nine cases of cheating, theft and robbery cases islandwide. He struck over 11 months between June last year, and this month. The suspect........

How Singapore stacks up in the gambling stakes Loss per adult resident 2010: Australia - €902 Singapore - €822 Hong Kong - €352 Japan - €251 Malaysia - €127 2009: Australia - €885.....     I'm "not George Yeo" and "never will be", says Shanmugam Law Minister K Shanmugam, who will also take on the foreign affairs portfolio in the new Cabinet, says he is "not George Yeo" and "never will be"...... ICA's largest haul of contraband cigarettes in 5 years SINGAPORE : The Immigration and Checkpoints Authority (ICA) has scored its largest haul of contraband cigarettes in five years - 412,000 packets of duty-unpaid cigarettes with an estimated street value of S$4.12 million...... Amy Khor wants to address affordability, accessibility, adequacy of healthcare Dr Amy Khor would like to address affordability, accessibility and adequacy of healthcare when she takes on her new post as Minister of State for Health...... CNB officer charged with bribery SINGAPORE : A Senior Staff Sergeant from the Central Narcotics Bureau (CNB) has been charged with failing to arrest two men after they allegedly offered him bribes totalling S$130,000...... 54 suspects nabbed for immigration offences SINGAPORE : A 75-year-old man was among 54 people nabbed by the Immigration and Checkpoints Authority (ICA) in an island-wide operation on Wednesday and Thursday...... Suspect arrested for at least 9 cases of cheating, theft and robbery Police have arrested a 33-year-old man who's believed to be responsible for at least nine cases of cheating, theft and robbery islandwide...... Man jailed for giving almost S$2.4m in bribes A businessman was sentenced Friday to four months' jail and fined S$180,000 for giving bribes worth about S$2.39 million...... Heng Swee Keat has right personality for Education Minister role: Masagos Zulkifli Minister of State for Education and Home Affairs, Mr Masagos Zulkifli said new MP Mr Heng Swee Keat has the right personality for his new role as Education Minister...... New phase in govt's commitment to inclusive growth: Tharman Shanmugaratnam Finance Minister Tharman Shanmugaratnam said his appointment as the Minister coordinating economic and social policies, signals a new phase in the government's commitment to inclusive growth...... Khaw determined to make housing and HDB popular again In his last blog post as Health Minister, Mr Khaw Boon Wan said he is determined to make housing and HDB Singaporeans' popular icon again...... Reform Party eyes western and central Singapore for GE 2016 SINGAPORE - Setting its eyes on 2016, the Reform Party (RP) has set up five regional branches in western and central Singapore to walk the ground - and in the process signalled its interest in contesting the Radin Mas and Pioneer wards at the next Ge..... An alternative Malay leadership? SINGAPORE - He knows it will not be easy but Mr Muhamad Faisal Abdul Manap, the first Opposition Malay MP, hopes to build up an alternative Malay leadership that is not linked to the ruling People's Action Party (PAP)...... 'Malay MPs cannot operate the way they have done in the past' SINGAPORE - One thing is clear to new MP Zainal Sapari : The People's Action Party's (PAP) Malay Members of Parliament cannot cling on to the old ways of handling issues...... Election poll raises questions SINGAPORE - An election opinion poll conducted and published online before Polling Day has raised questions on the current set of laws which prohibit the publication of the results of such surveys during the hustings...... What will the GPCs do now? SINGAPORE - With a record number of Opposition MPs and Nominated MPs - 18 in total - in the next Parliament, it seems that Government Parliamentary Committees (GPCs), first formed more than two decades ago to generate alternative views in the legisla.....