Singapore Local News, 2011-10-04

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NUS to strengthen exam processes The National University of Singapore (NUS) said it is looking to strengthen the examination processes. This followed after an incident last Saturday when a Managerial Economics examination was cancelled for first-year students at........     Fugitive jailed after 18 years A man, who was on the run for 18 years, was finally sentenced today. Neo Yeng Kwang, 42, was jailed for 21 months after he pleaded guilty to one charge of housebreaking and another of voluntarily causing hurt, offences he committed........ Was GE2011 an 'Internet election'? Not really, a survey finds Was this year's General Election indeed an "Internet election" - strongly influenced by the online community - as some have asserted? A new survey by the Institute of Policy Studies (IPS) attempted to answer this assertion, by........

No debate on dolphins There was drama yesterday at the Resorts World Sentosa's corporate office after dolphin activist Ric O'Barry, 72, and representatives from animal welfare group Animal Concerns Research & Education Society (ACRES) turned up unannounced......     S'pore, M'sia to call tender for Rapid Transit System KUALA LUMPUR: Singapore and Malaysia will soon call a tender for the Rapid Transit System (RTS) which will connect Johor Bahru and the island republic...... Visually impaired get special tour of new Caldecott station More than 40 visually impaired persons had a feel of the new Caldecott station on the Circle Line MRT station ahead of its opening this Saturday...... Ex-MUIS president dies at age 94 The former president of the Islamic Religious Council of Singapore (MUIS), Haji Buang Haji Siraj, has died...... When custody battles turn deadly On the morning of 22 September, the bodies of a mother and her three-year-old-son were found in Bedok Reservoir, in what is believed to have been a suicide triggered by a custody tussle...... NUS to strengthen exam processes The National University of Singapore (NUS) said it is looking to strengthen the examination processes...... Supervisor jailed 6 weeks for stealing A supervisor of a construction company was jailed six weeks on Tuesday for stealing several items, including company property, that were worth more than S$14,000...... S'pore performs Asia's first new heart valve treatment A new minimally invasive procedure to treat patients with heart valve problems has been performed for the first time in Asia at the National Heart Centre Singapore...... Chief of Defence conferred top Malaysian military medal Chief of Defence Force Lieutenant-General Neo Kian Hong was conferred the top Malaysian military medal in a ceremony at the National Palace in Kuala Lumpur on Tuesday...... Fugitive jailed after 18 years on the run A man, who was on the run for 18 years, was sentenced to 21 months' jail on Tuesday...... GE not "Internet election", says survey Singapore's recent General Election (GE) was viewed by some as an "Internet election", but a joint survey by the Institute of Policy Studies (IPS) and the Nanyang Technological University (NTU) suggests this may not be the case...... Local donors support NUS student exchange programme A new award has been set up by local donors to support the National University of Singapore (NUS) Business School's student exchange programmes with prestigious foreign universities......