Singapore Local News, 2011-12-16

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SMRT CEO says she would consider calls to resign Facing the media for the........     Secondary 1 posting results next Wednesday Parents of pupils who took the Primary School Leaving Examination this year, will be able to check their Secondary One posting results next Wednesday, Dec 21, at 9am. The Ministry of Education said they can check the results via SMS........ Terry Fox runs to return in January The Terry Fox Run in support of cancer research returns to Singapore on Jan 15 next year. Flag off will be at the Big Splash along East Coast Parkway at 8am. To register, volunteer, make a donation or find out more about........

Selection of nominees for LKY Water Prize 2012 Sixty-one nominations from across five continents were received for the Lee Kuan Yew Water Prize 2012. The nominations covered a wide range of solutions including technologies harnessing solar power for water treatment and the management of........     PA to organise ministerial community visits from January 2012 SINGAPORE : The People's Association (PA) and its grassroots organisations will hold a new series of ministerial community visits from January 2012...... More training for train drivers to improve communication: SMRT SINGAPORE : SMRT has said there will be more training for train drivers to provide more timely updates to passengers - not just to those on the trains, but even to passengers before they enter the MRT stations...... Tan Jee Say publishes book on General and Presidential elections SINGAPORE : Singapore's two major elections and the experiences that some candidates went through have been documented in a book published by presidential candidate Tan Jee Say, who also took part in the May General Election under the Singapore Democ..... World's largest floating book fair in S'pore for first time SINGAPORE : The Logos Hope, a ship carrying the world's largest floating book fair, is in Singapore for the first time...... SMRT apologises for "income opportunity" message SINGAPORE : SMRT has admitted that it was a "very bad mistake" to send out an "insensitive" message alert about the train disruption on Thursday night...... Tan Cheng Bock donates sales proceeds of photo diary to charity SINGAPORE : Presidential candidate Tan Cheng Bock has donated S$20,000 to charity from the sales proceeds of his photo diary...... Young women not seeking early help for womb disease One in 10 Singapore women suffers from endometriosis...... SMRT CEO apologises for MRT breakdown SMRT CEO Saw Phaik Hwa on Friday offered her sincere apologies to all MRT commuters affected by the five-hour breakdown on the North-South Line on Thursday evening...... Secondary One posting results out next Wednesday Parents of pupils who took the Primary School Leaving Examination this year, will be able to check their Secondary One posting results next Wednesday (December 21) at 9:00 am...... Train disruption sent two to hospital SINGAPORE : Two women were sent to hospital for breathing difficulties, after being caught in Thursday night's train disruption...... Terry Fox Run returns to S'pore next year The Terry Fox Run in support of cancer research returns to Singapore on January 15 next year......