Singapore Local News, 2011-06-16

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Strike in Canada affects mail delivery Mail and parcels to Canada will not be delivered because Canada Post has suspended operations, following a strike by postal employees. Canada Post is not accepting inbound and outbound international mail and Speedpost items, and........     Singapore organisers looking to the Paris Air Show for opportunities Organisers of the 2012 Singapore Airshow are looking to secure S$10 million in exhibition contracts and sponsorships when they attend the Paris Air Show next week, even as the International Air Transport Association recently slashed its profit........ NAFA receives four-year EduTrust certification The 73-year-old Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts (NAFA) has received the four-year EduTrust certification, the arts institute announced yesterday. Awarded by the Council for Private Education (CPE), the certification is the second........

Illegal set top boxes no match for StarHub An underground trade in illegal cable television decoders appear to be thriving - a few years after it was wiped out from the retail market. Such devices claim to offer free access to all of StarHub's cable TV channels - which........     Woman killed by train could be listening to music via earpiece before she was hit A 40-year-old woman who was killed after being hit by a Malaysian Railway (KTM) train on September 7 last year could have been listening to music through an earpiece just before the tragic incident...... Singapore hockey coach wants fitter, stronger team The Singapore squad preparing for the Under-18 Asia Cup have their work cut out for them. And their new coach feels they need more muscle to bolster their raw talent...... Three men charged with offering private bets at casino Three men have been charged with engaging in a conspiracy in March to facilitate illegal bookmaking activities...... Former cabby jailed 16 months Taxi driver Jaffar Kassim could have surrendered to his company's lost and found department, a green haversack that he had found lying on the floor near a Changi Airport drop-off point on February 19...... Rapid Transit System Link to JB to be located near Republic Poly SINGAPORE : Residents living near Republic Polytechnic in Woodlands could see greater interest in their properties...... Khaw Boon Wan may revise BTO income ceiling National Development Minister Khaw Boon Wan said the rising age of first time Build-to-Order (BTO) applicants justifies revising the HDB income ceiling...... Close to 90 arrested in islandwide drug bust The Central Narcotics Bureau (CNB) has arrested 79 suspected drug abusers and 10 suspected drug traffickers in an islandwide operation......