Singapore Local News, 2011-08-04

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Four face death penalty over seized drugs Nearly half a million dollars worth of drugs were seized by the Central Narcotics Bureau (CNB) in a 24-hour long operation that began on Wednesday. Four drug traffickers were arrested with about 2.8 kg of heroin with a street value........     2.27 million voters for Presidential Election For the forthcoming Presidential Election, about 2.27 million Singaporeans will qualify to cast their vote if more than one candidate qualifies to contest. The Elections Department said this is fewer than the number who were........ New approach to presidency: Swee Say NTUC secretary-general Lim Swee Say said the labour movement will expose unions to the different candidates contesting the Presidential Election this time round. In the past, it had formally endorsed Mr Ong Teng Cheong and Mr S R........ 10,000 illegal sleeping pills seized About 10,000 midazolam sleeping pills, meant for the black market, have been seized by the Health Sciences Authority (HSA) and the Immigration and Checkpoints Authority (ICA). HSA said, in a statement today, that its enforcement........ Workers expect to job-hop in five years The career-for-life is vanishing. Human resources firm, Kelly Services, says more than half of all Singaporean respondents to its Global Workforce Index say they expect to switch careers within the next five years. The........ SMRT to add 119 train trips weekly From 15 August, public transport operator SMRT will add 119 train trips each week on the North-South East-West (NSEW) Lines to shorten waiting times during non-peak hours on weekdays and on Sundays. Waiting times during non-peak hours will be....... Fined for not updating address A self-employed woman has been fined S$500 for failing to inform the authorities about a change in her home address within the given time limit of 28 days. Ooi Siew Lang, 48, could have been jailed up to five years and fined a........ Jailed 2 years for stealing S$2 A cleaner will be spending two years behind bars after breaking into his former workplace to steal a cash register that contained only S$2. This is the minimum sentence for his housebreaking offence. Ansar Anwar broke........ '1965 not a political film' An upcoming social-political thriller, which is set against the backdrop of a defining moment in Singapore's history and featuring a young Mr Lee Kuan Yew as one of its characters, is "not a political film", said its executive producer, Mr........

No reasonable excuse for not paying taxi fare? Face S$1,000 fine With the number taxi drivers of being cheated of their fares reportedly on the rise, the spotlight has now turned on what recourse cabbies have when passengers make off without paying. Highlighted by a taxi driver who wrote to the........     MFA, S'pore Red Cross launch recovery projects in Japan The Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) and the Singapore Red Cross will be launching about S$34.4 million worth of recovery projects in the earthquake and tsunami-struck region of Tohoku, Japan...... Shortage of PhD talent in Singapore's R&D industry: A*STAR Singapore's national research agency A*STAR (Agency for Science, Technology & Research) has said that the main challenge for the R&D sector here is the lack of sufficient PhD talent...... NUS MBA ranks top in Asia The National University of Singapore's (NUS) MBA programme topped the ranking among business schools in Asian universities...... Financial literacy workshops for poly students Polytechnic students are set to get a head-start on financial literacy as the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA) and the Securities Investors Association Singapore (SIAS) collaborate to put out a series of seminars on money managem..... National Day Rally on Aug 14 Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong will deliver this year's National Day Rally (NDR) speech on August 14 from 6.45pm...... PE: 2.27m Singaporeans qualify to vote for new President Slightly more than 2.27 million Singaporeans are eligible to vote in the forthcoming Presidential Election if there is a contest...... 10,000 illegal sleeping pills seized The Health Sciences Authority (HSA) and Immigration and Checkpoints Authority (ICA) seized some 10,000 midazolam sleeping pills which were illegally imported without a licence...... Majority of S'pore workers looking to switch careers The career-for-life is vanishing...... Woman fined for failing to report change in address A self-employed woman has been fined S$500 for failing to inform the authorities about a change in her home address within the given time limit of 28 days...... Two years' jail for S$2 theft A cleaner will be spending two years behind bars after breaking into his former workplace to steal a cash register that contained only S$2...... SMRT to add 119 train trips from Aug 15 From August 15, SMRT will add 119 train trips each week on the North-South East-West (NSEW) Lines to shorten waiting times during non-peak hours on weekdays and on Sundays...... Small developments to come under Housing Developers Act Proposed changes to the Housing Developers (Control & Licensing) Act will cover all housing developers and not just those developing projects with more than four units...... Singapore looking to import electricity Minister in the Prime Minister's Office, S Iswaran, said Singapore is seriously considering electricity imports from its neighbours to add to its energy mix...... Heavy rain warning Heavy thundery showers with gusty winds are expected over many areas of Singapore between 9.10am and 10.10am Thursday......