Singapore Local News, 2011-10-24

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Environmental awareness is not enough: Campaign organisers The Clean and Green Singapore 2012 campaign will appeal to Singaporeans' emotional ties with the environment. Organisers said environmental awareness among Singaporeans is high, but the challenge was to get them to put this into........     Dr Amy Khor appointed chair of national HIV committee Minister of State for Health, Dr Amy Khor has been appointed to chair the National HIV/AIDS Policy Committee. The appointment took effect at the start of the month. The 16-member committee includes representatives from........ 50 more childcare centres to open Singapore's biggest childcare chain, NTUC First Campus (NFC) will open 50 more childcare centres over the next two years. That would mean one new centre every two weeks. Enrolment capacity will also increase by 50 per........ New DBSS to be launched in Clementi A new Design, Build and Sell Scheme (DBSS) project, Trivelis, will be launched this week at Clementi Ave 4, about five minutes from Clementi Mall and the MRT station. The developer of the project, EL Development Pte Ltd, has also........ Train services will run till late for Deepavali: SMRT SMRT is extending train service hours on the eve of the Deepavali holiday. The transport operator said train services on the North-South, East-West and Circle Lines will be extended into the early morning hours of Wednesday for........ Inflation dips slightly, but holds above 5% Singapore's inflation rate held above 5 per cent for a fourth month as housing and transportation costs surged - but still stayed marginally below economists' forecasts. The consumer price index rose 5.5 per cent in September from a........

Singaporean youths spend more time gaming than American youths: Study An inaugural study of 3,000 youths here has found that Singaporean adolescents spend more time than American youths on video gaming. On average, gamers here spend about 20 hours per week on gaming, as compared to about 13 hours for........     S'pore sends condolences after Saudi Crown Prince's death President Tony Tan Keng Yam and Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong have sent their letters of condolence to Saudi King Abdullah Abdul Aziz on the passing of Crown Prince Sultan Abdul Aziz, Minister of Defence and Aviation of Saudi Arabia...... 3 nabbed for trying to enter RWS casino using fake identity SINGAPORE : Three people were arrested between June and September this year for trying to enter the Resorts World Sentosa (RWS) casino using another person's identification...... Shanmugam to attend meetings in Perth ahead of CHOGM Minister for Foreign Affairs K Shanmugam will be in Perth, Australia, to attend a series of meetings ahead of the three-day Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM), which starts this Friday...... Tourism professionals, biz leaders attend TravelRave SINGAPORE : More than 9,500 tourism professionals and business leaders attended this year's TravelRave 2011 which ended on Sunday...... Insufficient savings put the frowns on S'poreans Singaporeans rate their personal savings as the area they are most unhappy with, according to a study called "The Happiness Report"...... Inspiring S'poreans to take ownership of conservation The Clean and Green Singapore 2012 campaign will appeal to Singaporeans' emotional ties with the environment...... New DBSS to be launched in Clementi A new Design, Build and Sell Scheme (DBSS) project, Trivelis, will be launched this week at Clementi Ave 4, about five minutes from Clementi Mall and the MRT station...... SMRT extends train services on Deepavali eve SMRT is extending train service hours on the eve of the Deepavali holiday...... NTUC First Campus to open 50 more childcare centres Singapore's biggest childcare chain, NTUC First Campus (NFC), will open 50 more childcare centres over the next two years. That would mean one new centre every two weeks...... Changi Airport sees 12.5% more passengers in September Singapore Changi Airport handled 12.5 per cent more passengers in September compared to the same period a year ago...... Amy Khor appointed chair of national HIV committee Minister of State for Health, Dr Amy Khor has been appointed to chair the National HIV/AIDS Policy Committee......