Singapore Local News, 2011-06-03

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Railings being installed where teen drowned Less than a day after the tragic drowning of an Indonesian teenager, PUB workers began installing railings next to the drain - where the mishap occurred - at about 10.30am yesterday. In all, 42m of railings will be installed - over........

SDA man has highest GE expenses so far As political parties count the cost of their recent election campaigns, the highest amount that has emerged so far is that of the Singapore Democratic Alliance (SDA) candidate for Punggol East, Mr Desmond Lim - the only candidate to lose his........     President Nathan to make state visit to Mauritius President S R Nathan will be in Mauritius for a four-day state visit starting on Saturday, June 4...... Recalcitrant housebreaker pleads guilty A district court on Friday heard that an odd-job worker had broken into more than a hundred homes just six months after his release from prison for a similar offence...... "Saving Gaia" month back on MediaCorp platforms SINGAPORE : MediaCorp's "Saving Gaia" month will return this year on June 5, which is World Environment Day, to put the spotlight on environmental issues...... Air-conditioning woes at Resorts World Sentosa resolved The air-conditioning woes at Resorts World Sentosa are over. The integrated resort said the motor breakdown of its air conditioning system's chilling units has been fixed and that temperatures are now back to normal...... PM Lee open-minded and sincere about change, says Tan Kin Lian Former NTUC Income chief Tan Kin Lian believes Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong is open-minded and sincere about making changes to the political climate and expects the climate for the Presidential Election to be different this time...... MOE to better understand student experience New Education Minister Heng Swee Keat says he will devote the coming weeks to better understand the student experience...... Former company executive director charged with corruption, forgery A former executive director of a company dealing with phosphate, a substance used in items such as cleaning products and pharmaceuticals, was charged in court on Friday with forgery involving US$1,543,150 and corruption over a 10-year period...... Casino Regulatory Authority gets new chief, Lau Peet Meng Singapore's Casino Regulatory Authority (CRA) will have a new chief executive from June 15...... FairPrice to roll out self checkout system at more supermarkets Shoppers can expect self checkout counters at more NTUC FairPrice supermarkets this year. It's part of the supermarket's efforts to boost productivity and raise service levels with the use of technology...... AVA suspends Taiwan imports used for bubble tea due to DEHP fears Singapore's food safety watchdog has suspended the import of "Jin Guo Wan" brand fruit juice concentrates, which are used as ingredients for bubble tea...... S'pore and US reaffirm bilateral defence relationship Singapore Defence Minister Ng Eng Hen and his US counterpart, Robert Gates, have reaffirmed the excellent and longstanding bilateral defence relationship between the two countries...... Former NTUC Income chief running for President? Former NTUC Income chief Mr Tan Kin Lian has sent his personal friend Mr Png Eng Huat to collect the forms for the certificate of eligibility for the Presidential Election......