Singapore Local News, 2011-08-10

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Taxi passengers jailed for assaulting cabbies Two taxi passengers were jailed today for assaulting their respective drivers in separate incidents. In the first case, Lim Boon Inn, 39, who ironically is also a taxi driver, was jailed six weeks for fracturing Mr Chia Weng Kwok's........     Inebriated man arrested over fatal hit-and-run Police have arrested a 39-year-old man believed to have been involved in a fatal hit-and-run accident on Monday. The accident, in which a 25-year-old woman sustained multiple injuries and died, occurred at 11.20pm along the PIE........ Doctor fined, suspended over drug prescriptions A doctor has been suspended for four months and fined S$4,000 for inappropriately prescribing drugs to his patients. Dr Tan Boon Huat, who practised at BH Tan Clinic along Bukit Timah Road, pleaded guilty to 33 charges of........ 1 dead in office fire at Shenton Way One person was killed in a fire that broke out at about 10am this morning, at the Afro Asia Building at Robinson Road, at the heart of the Central Business District. The Singapore Civil Defence Force said the fire was put out........ SIA places S$2.3b order with Boeing Singapore Airlines (SIA) said this morning it has placed an order for eight more Boeing 777-300ER aircraft worth S$2.3 billion at list prices. The order is to support the Singapore carrier's growth plans, SIA said...... Singapore's Q2 GDP grows 0.9% on-year, contracts 6.5% on-quarter Singapore's economy grew by 0.9 percent on a year-on-year basis in the second quarter of 2011. On a quarter-on-quarter basis, the economy contracted by 6.5 percent, a reversal from a growth of 27.2 per cent in the preceding........

A flag made by 13,000 Young NTUC members attempting to create the largest human flag during the National Day Parade yesterday at the Padang. Photo by syafiqah HAMID.....     Foreign Minister on official trip to the Philippines Minister for Foreign Affairs Mr K Shanmugam will be making an introductory visit to the Philippines for two days from Thursday...... MFA monitoring UK situation The Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) said it has not received reports of any Singaporean affected by the riots in London so far...... PE: President is not separate power centre, says Dr Tony Tan Presidential hopeful and former deputy prime minister Dr Tony Tan said candidates in the Presidential Election on August 27 should run for the office that exists, not for the one they wish to have...... One person dead in CBD fire One person was killed when a fire broke out at an office building in the Robinson Road central business district (CBD) on Wednesday morning...... Maid charged with hurting employer with knife A 28-year-old Indonesian maid was charged on Wednesday with using a kitchen knife to injure her employer in the stomach...... ASEAN economic ministers meet in Indonesia Trade and Industry Minister Lim Hng Kiang is in Manado, Indonesia to attend the 43rd ASEAN Economic Ministers' (AEM) Meeting and related meetings...... Van driver arrested over fatal hit-and-run case Police have arrested a 39-year-old man believed to have been involved in a fatal hit-and-run accident on Monday...... Fire at Afro Asia Building, Robinson Road put out, one dead A fire that broke out at the Afro Asia Building at Robinson Road has been put out...... Doctor suspended four months A doctor has been suspended for four months and fined S$4,000 for inappropriately prescribing drugs to his patients...... CDCs helped 8,000 job seekers in Q2 Career centres in the five Community Development Councils (CDCs) in Singapore have helped more than 8,000 residents receive training and employment assistance between April and June this year......