Singapore Local News, 2011-05-23

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DPM Tharman officially appointed MAS chairman The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) has announced that Deputy Prime Minister Tharman Shanmugaratnam has been officially appointed as its chairman with effect from May 21, for a period of two years. Mr Tharman, who is also........

Mr Lee to meet key Asian officals, business leaders Senior Adviser to the Government Investment Corporation of Singapore (GIC), Mr Lee Kuan Yew, is visiting Beijing. A statement said that he will meet Chinese Vice-President Xi Jinping, Communist Party of China Central Committee Political Bureau.......     Home Team to use Command Leadership framework to help identify and develop future leaders Deputy Prime Minister Teo Chee Hean said the Home Team will use a Command Leadership framework to help it identify, select and develop future leaders...... Info kit for caregivers of children with developmental needs SINGAPORE : An information organiser kit is now available for caregivers of children with developmental needs...... Drinking? Make sure you have a Designated Driver Be a D.D. or Designated Driver. That is the message of an anti-drink driving campaign organised by Pernod Ricard Singapore, a wines and spirits distributor...... Sim Ann says experience in civil service, grassroots volunteerism puts her in good stead Senior Parliamentary Secretary for Education Sim Ann said the combination of her experience in civil service and as a grassroots volunteer would put her in good stead in her new appointment...... Man placed on probation for threatening to kill others SINGAPORE : A 40-year-old man was placed on 18 months' probation for threatening to kill others with a samurai sword and using a golf club to hit his elderly father...... More than 6,000 students graduate from SP Kang Kok Wei was a few points short of getting into the Normal Academic stream in secondary school. But through sheer hard work, the Clean Energy major is now one of seven top students at Singapore Polytechnic...... GP suspended for professional misconduct A general practitioner has been suspended for five months for professional misconduct...... MOM fines dormitory operators The Manpower Ministry (MOM) has fined two dormitory operators a total of S$70,000 for aiding employers put up foreign workers in unacceptable accommodation...... "Husband poisoning case" investigator's credibility questioned The High Court heard on Monday that the credibility of the police officer involved in investigating the case of an elderly woman who poisoned her husband, has to be considered...... Senior Parliamentary Secretaries sworn in Four Senior Parliamentary Secretaries have been sworn-in on Monday by President SR Nathan at the Istana...... ERP rates lowered for June holidays The Land Transport Authority (LTA) has lowered the Electronic Road Pricing (ERP) rates by between 50 cents and a dollar at 12 gantries for the June school holidays...... DPM Tharman officially appointed MAS chairman The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) has officially appointed Deputy Prime Minister Tharman Shanmugaratnam as its chairman, with effect from May 21, for a period of two years...... Distance fare refund ends Jun 17 TransitLink said commuters affected by distance fare corrections between July 3 and November 23 last year have made some S$130,000 in bus stop distance claims...... Gerard Ee: "Am I up to it?" "Am I up to it?" That was the first thought Mr Gerard Ee had, when he learnt he would be chairing the committee which would review ministerial salaries......