Singapore Local News, 2011-06-10

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Why Khaw is worried ... Since he began his housing blog, he has announced policy changes and reviews, updated public housing supply numbers and asked for ideas. In his eighth post, National Development Minister Khaw Boon Wan hit the alert button......

Doctor to appeal against his suspension by SMC A doctor who was convicted by the Singapore Medical Council (SMC) for administering a non-clinically proven stem-cell treatment is now appealling against his one-year suspension. Dr Wong Yoke Meng, 63, was found guilty in April for........     Love means going bald in Hair for Hope Be prepared to see more bald people - up to 3,000 of them - between now and August...... F1 Powerboat race set for Singapore return in November Hot on the heels of September's F1 race, the waters at Marina Bay will come alive with high speed powerboats...... Mother of abandoned "Eunos baby" jailed 10 weeks, fined S$2,000 A former Indonesian maid was on Friday jailed 10 weeks and fined S$2,000 for abandoning her newborn baby at the rooftop garden of a multi-storey carpark, and for overstaying in Singapore for 273 days after her S-pass expired in July last year...... Police arrest 50 for suspected loansharking activities Police have arrested 50 people in their latest loansharking operation which lasted 14 hours...... Former teacher jailed for having sex with underaged student A former secondary school teacher was Friday jailed 10 months for having consensual sex with one of his students who was under age...... Hawazi Daipi leads delegation to International Labour Conference Senior Parliamentary Secretary for Education and Manpower, Hawazi Daipi, will lead a tripartite delegation to attend the 100th Session of the International Labour Conference in Geneva, Switzerland...... S'pore adventurer sets off to scale Mount Kilimanjaro Singapore adventurer Ms Jane Lee has set off to scale Mount Kilimanjaro in Africa...... Lawrence Wong appointed to MAS Board of Directors Minister of State for Education and Defence Lawrence Wong Shyun Tsai has been appointed to the Board of Directors of the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS)......