Singapore Local News, 2011-11-17

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Singapore pledges S$50 million in extended contribution to ASEAN BALI - Singapore announced an extension of its contributions to the Initiative for ASEAN Integration (IAI) for another four years from 2012 to 2015. Revealing this during the plenary session of the ASEAN Summit in Bali, Prime Minister Lee Hsien......     New bus interchange to benefit 8,500 commuters daily About 8,500 commuters are expected to benefit daily when the new Clementi bus interchange opens on Nov 26. The new 8,100 sq metre facility will be the sixth Integrated Transport Hub, where bus interchanges and MRT stations are........ MFA reiterates travel advisory to Bangkok Singapore's Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) said it continues to advise Singaporeans to consider deferring non-essential travel to Bangkok and other areas affected by floods. It said this follows a warning by the Bangkok........ ASEAN opens annual summit in Bali BALI - Indonesia's President and current Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Chair, Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, has officially opened the 19th ASEAN Summit in Bali. In his speech in Bahasa Indonesia, the Indonesian President outlined........

Man jailed for using wife's IC to get into RWS Casino while on ban A businessman, who was banned from the casino at Resorts World Sentosa, got around it by borrowing his wife's identity card or driving licence to gain entry on seven occasions. Tan Chee How, 38, ended up wiping out his entire life savings of........     Spreading youth cyber wellness: Ideas needed The Inter-Ministry Cyber Wellness Steering Committee (ICSC) has launched a third call for proposals, on Thursday...... PUB rolls out flood-prevention works National water agency PUB is carrying out drainage improvement works in about 20 locations islandwide, including Shenton Way...... SEA Games: Young Lions beat Thailand 2-0 The Young Lions had only picked up four points from their last three matches and a win against Thailand was a must, which they duly delivered with a 2-0 win...... S'pore paddlers return home after SEA Games Singapore's triumphant table tennis team returned to Singapore from the SEA Games on Thursday...... SEA Games: S'pore bowlers earn silver, bronze INDONESIA: Singapore's women bowlers settled for second and third place in the women's trio event in Jakarta...... SEA Games:S'pore bag bronze in wrestling INDONESIA: Singapore's wrestler Aaron Koh has won the first bronze for the sport on Wednesday in Palembang...... Three focus areas to raise productivity in food manufacturing The Singapore government has identified three key areas of focus to raise productivity in the food manufacturing industry...... S'pore refutes "Jakarta Post" article INDONESIA: The Singapore Embassy in the Indonesian capital has refuted an article published on Thursday in the Jakarta Post about Singapore's position on Timor Leste's application to join ASEAN...... X'mas Light-Up to take place Saturday The annual Christmas Light-Up @ Orchard will be kicked off on Saturday...... SEA Games: Men's fencing team secure bronze At the SEA Games, the men's fencing team bagged a bronze in the foil team event...... Overnight trains for runners at StanChart Marathon Runners heading to the three different start points for the Standard Chartered Marathon Singapore 2011 on December 4 will be able to use overnight MRT train services...... SEA Games: S'pore clinch silver in Waterski JAKARTA: The SEA Games Waterski events got underway on Thursday and Singapore bagged a silver in the Women's Slalom event...... SEA Games: S'pore win 3 more bronze JAKARTA: Singapore won three bronze medals on Thursday at the 26th SEA Games in rowing, open swimming and billiards respectively...... 3 in 10 teachers experience 'cyber-baiting' A new phenomenon called "cyberbaiting", where kids taunt their teachers, film the incident and post it online to embarrass the teacher or the school, has been identified...... S'pore, Australia conclude bilateral maritime exercise The navies of Singapore and Australia have conducted a four-day bilateral maritime exercise, Singaroo...... S'pore pledges S$50m to narrow ASEAN gap BALI, Indonesia: Singapore announced an extension of its contributions to the Initiative for ASEAN Integration (IAI) for another four years from 2012 to 2015, totalling S$50 million...... New Clementi bus interchange to benefit 8,500 commuters daily About 8,500 commuters are expected to benefit daily when the new Clementi bus interchange opens on November 26...... Caution advised for Bangkok travel As floods waters recede in some parts of Bangkok, the advice to Singaporean travellers by Singapore's Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) is to consider deferring non-essential travel to the Thai capital and other areas affected by floods......