Singapore Local News, 2011-12-20

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SingTel customers to get 4G SingTel customers will become the first in Singapore to experience 4G speeds, from 22 December onwards. Today, the telco launched its 4G, or long term evolution (LTE), plan for consumer and business customers. For a start, it will........     TransCab raises taxi fares TransCab will raise flagdown fares from 3 January 2012. The flag-down rate will increase from 20 cents to 70 cents, depending on the taxi type. The start trip on a Toyota Crown cab will cost S$3, instead of S$2.80...... Woman in coma after fall in SMRT bus A 54-year-old woman is in a coma after she fractured her skull following a fall in a bus on Sunday. According to Mr You Bu Ya, the husband of the victim Ding Weibo, Mdm Ding boarded SMRT bus service 167 at Orchard Road, near The........ NEL train service suffers delay Train service on the North-East Line (NEL) between Outram Park and HarbourFront Stations were delayed for about 20 minutes today morning due to a signalling fault. Operator SBS Transit said two trains stopped in the tunnel during........

More SIA flights to Seoul, Mumbai Singapore Airlines (SIA) will make some flight network changes between March 25 and Oct 27 next year to match capacity with prevailing demand for travel during the Northern Summer schedule. The carrier will add a daily service to........     Maid sentenced to jail for cheating employer A Filipino domestic worker has been sentenced to three months' jail for duping her employer into handing over her jewellery and then pawning them...... SingTel to launch 4G service SingTel is moving into fourth generation mobile broadband internet services. The company said it is launching these services in Singapore for both retail and corporate customers...... MWC gears up to house migrant workers affected by slowdown The Migrant Workers' Centre (MWC) is gearing up to help migrant workers who may be affected by the economic slowdown next year...... Car catches fire after crash A car crashed into a bollard and caught fire on Tuesday afternoon in Bedok South Avenue 3...... Animal lovers want to save Punggol dogs Some animal lovers are trying to save the stray dogs in Punggol from being culled...... Night Safari's lanky newcomer Singapore's Night Safari welcomed a lanky newcomer this festive season - a 1.88-metre tall baby giraffe...... Michael Lim to chair Accounting Standards Council Chairman of the Land Transport Authority, Mr Michael Lim Choo San, has been appointed as Chairman of the Accounting Standards Council (ASC)...... SIM student jailed for trying to take upskirt shot A student from the Singapore Institute of Management (SIM) has been sentenced to two weeks in jail for trying to take an upskirt photo of a 14-year-old girl inside a lift with his mobile phone...... Stranded S'poreans in Johor Bahru rescued 21 Singaporeans and 3 Malaysians stranded at Endau Rompin National Park in Johor have been rescued...... TransCab fares up from 3 Jan; three others to follow Singapore's second largest taxi operator, TransCab, will raise its fares from 3 January 2012 due to higher overhead costs that will hit the earnings of its drivers...... Man accused of filming 13-year-old girl charged A 30-year-old man, who allegedly filmed a 13-year-old girl when she was changing in her room, has been charged with insult of modesty...... Maid jailed for cheating & pawning elderly's jewellery A Filipino domestic helper was sentenced to three months' jail for duping her employer into handing over her jewellery and then pawning them...... CPF members to enjoy 12% savings HPS premiums CPF members will pay significantly lower annual premiums for the Home Protection Scheme (HPS)...... NEL train services delayed for 20 minutes Train services on the North-East Line (NEL) between Outram Park and HarbourFront stations were delayed for about 20 minutes on Tuesday morning due to a signalling fault......