Singapore Local News, 2011-08-20

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Archbishop of Catholic Church warded with broken ankle Archbishop Nicholas Chia of the Catholic Church in Singapore was warded this morning after he broke a bone in his ankle, a senior member of the clergy has confirmed. The member of the clergy said Archbishop Chia had broken "a small........

Teeing off for a good cause SingTel's annual Charity Golf event raised a record S$820,000 this year. This amount is the largest in the 10 years the telecommunication company has been running SingTel Touching Lives Fund (STLF), its corporate philanthropy programme. Earlier........     PE: Law minister emphasises provisions in Constitution Singapore's Law Minister K Shanmugam said Singapore would need to change the Constitution to allow the President to speak whenever he likes and on whatever topic he likes...... Borders Bookstore vouchers no longer valid After hearing that the Borders Bookstore at Wheelock Place is shutting down, some people tried to use their vouchers on Saturday at the other outlet at Parkway Parade. But they were not allowed to do so...... Law Ministry studying possibility of licensing QCs: Shanmugam Singapore's Law Ministry is studying the possibility of licensing three to five top Queen's Counsels (QCs) to work as independent practitioners and argue in court...... PE: Tony Tan to hold lunchtime rally on Aug 24 Presidential candidate Dr Tony Tan will hold a lunchtime rally on Wednesday, August 24, at the Boat Quay, next to UOB Plaza...... Archbishop Nicholas Chia in hospital for fractured ankle Archbishop Nicholas Chia of the Catholic Church in Singapore has been warded in hospital after he fell and fractured his ankle on Friday evening...... Student group from NTU launches two-day charity event Raising funds for the Singapore Children's Cancer Foundation. That is the aim of a group called Touch of the Hearts Committee from Nanyang Technological University...... STTA kicks off mass table tennis event As part of Singapore Table Tennis Association's (STTA) 80th anniversary - a special table tennis event was held Saturday morning at Suntec...... PE: Tan Kin Lian suggests pension for elderly Presidential candidate Tan Kin Lian has floated the idea of a pension for the elderly to complement the Central Provident Fund (CPF) savings that they can draw on...... LTA won't hesitate to penalise SMRT for security breach: Josephine Teo Minister of State for Transport Josephine Teo has said the Land Transport Authority (LTA) will not hesitate to penalise SMRT following a second security breach at its train depot...... Joint exercise on Circle Line to test operational readiness A joint emergency exercise was successfully conducted on Saturday morning to test the operational readiness of the final stage of the Circle Line (CCL) from Marymount to HarbourFront ahead of its opening on October 8...... PE: Tan Jee Say to lobby for volunteerism & ageing population if elected Volunteerism and the ageing population are issues that presidential candidate Tan Jee Say will lobby for, if he is elected......