Singapore Local News, 2011-07-14

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Over 700 job vacancies at Resorts World Sentosa The National Trades Union Congress' Employment and Employability Institute (e2i) and Resorts World Sentosa (RWS) are going into the heartlands to fill more than 700 vacancies at the integrated resort. This will be done through three........     Co-located S'pore and Malaysia CIQ facility officially opens The co-located Singapore and Malaysia Customs, Immigration and Quarantine (CIQ) facility at the Woodlands Train Checkpoint was officially opened this morning by Singapore's Deputy Prime Minister Teo Chee Hean. Mr Teo, who is also........ HDB launches 7 BTO projects offering 3,600 new flats The Housing and Development Board (HDB) has launched seven Build-to-Order (BTO) projects offering 3,600 new flats. It has combined the BTO launches originally planned for June and July in Thursday's launch, giving flat buyers more........ Tourists fined S$3,000 for cheating on GST Two tourists were each fined S$3,000 for cheating on the Tourist Refund Scheme. The Indian nationals did so by conspiring to retain 11 pieces of "Goods and Services Tax (GST) refunded" jewellery in Singapore. The........ Tan Cheng Bock takes leave from medical practice to focus on campaign Presidential hopeful Dr Tan Cheng Bock has taken leave from his medical practice to concentrate on his campaign. The former MP told Channel NewsAsia that he had to make sure his elderly patients were taken care of before making the........ Singapore's GDP grows 0.5% in Q2 Singapore's economy grew by 0.5 per cent on a year-on-year basis in the second quarter of 2011, down from the 9.3 per cent growth in the previous quarter. Gross domestic product fell an annualised 7.8 per cent in the second quarter........

On the table: Training for hawker centre cooks The battle of the bulge is heading to the kitchen. The Health Promotion Board (HPB) is exploring a tie-up with The Culinary Institute of America to train hawker centre cooks and restaurant chefs to cook food that is more........     George Yeo to join LKY School of Public Policy Former Foreign Affairs Minister George Yeo will join the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy as a Visiting Scholar...... 12 fighters announced for ONE Fighting Championship SINGAPORE : Twelve fighters were announced on Thursday for the ONE Fighting Championship this September...... S'pore leaders send condolences over Mumbai attacks SINGAPORE : Singapore leaders have sent condolence messages to their Indian counterparts over the Mumbai terror attacks which killed close to 20 people on Wednesday...... More families enjoy affordable childcare SINGAPORE : More families are tapping into subsidies which aim to make childcare and preschool services more affordable...... Fake bedding product syndicate busted Police have broken up a major local syndicate involved in the sales and distribution of counterfeit bedding products...... Q2 slowdown no direct impact on re-hiring law SINGAPORE : The National Trades Union Congress (NTUC) is confident the slowdown in the Singapore economy in the second quarter of this year will not affect re-employment laws for older workers...... Co-located S'pore and Malaysia CIQ facility officially opens The co-located Singapore and Malaysia Customs, Immigration and Quarantine (CIQ) facility at the Woodlands Train Checkpoint was officially opened on Thursday morning by Singapore's Deputy Prime Minister Teo Chee Hean...... Tan Cheng Bock takes leave from medical practice Presidential hopeful Dr Tan Cheng Bock has taken leave from his medical practice to concentrate on his campaign...... NUS offers full sports scholarship to student-athletes The National University of Singapore (NUS) has become the first local university to offer a full sports scholarship...... S'poreans living in Japan take part in relief mission TOKYO: Twenty-four Singaporeans living in Japan will be travelling Friday to the city of Miyako in the north-east to take part in a relief mission...... Over 700 job vacancies at Resorts World Sentosa The National Trades Union Congress' Employment and Employability Institute (e2i) and Resorts World Sentosa (RWS) are going into the heartlands to fill more than 700 vacancies at the integrated resort...... Tourists fined S$3,000 for cheating on GST Two tourists were each fined S$3,000 for cheating on the Tourist Refund Scheme...... HDB launches 7 BTO projects offering 3,600 new flats The Housing and Development Board (HDB) has launched seven Build-to-Order (BTO) projects offering 3,600 new flats...... Mumbai mostly calm with heightened security, say arriving passengers Passengers who arrived at Changi Airport from Mumbai Thursday morning said that the Indian city is generally calm despite the multiple explosions that shook the commercial capital Wednesday evening...... Singapore's GDP grows 0.5% in Q2 Singapore's GDP grew by 0.5 per cent on a year-on-year basis in the second quarter of 2011, down from the 9.3 per cent growth in the previous quarter......