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President, MPs react to pay cut
Singapore's President Tony Tan Keng Yam has welcomed the recommendations of the Ministerial Salaries Review Committee announced today. In a statement, a spokesman for the Office of the President said Dr Tony Tan has informed the........
Man with fetish for young boys jailed 18 years
Fifty-one-year-old Sikendar Sellamarican was first locked up in 1988 for having sex with a 10-year-old boy, and was again jailed in 1994 for sexually preying on a 13-year-old boy. Within two years of his release in 2008, the street........
A look back at ministerial salaries
The first formal method to benchmark salaries for ministers was established in 1994, with a White Paper on 'Competitive Salaries for Competent and Honest Government'. Under the framework, an entry level minister's annual salary was pegged to........
Ministers' pay-cut formula unveiled
The proposed formula for a junior minister's pay will be the median income of the top 1,000 earners who are Singapore citizens. A 40 per cent discount will then be applied, working the pay out to be S$1.1 million per year. This was........
SingTel customers experiencing problems with 3G services
Customers of SingTel 3G mobile services have been experiencing problems with the network in parts of Singapore. Those affected since Tuesday night are mainly in the northern and western parts of Singapore. The telco said on its........
Companies band together to promote corporate volunteerism
Some 40 private companies have come together, for the first time, to collaborate on a corporate social responsibility (CSR) effort. Under 'Project We Care', the companies will embark on a series of CSR projects within their own companies to........
Salary report to be adopted as basis for political salaries: PM Lee
The Government intends to accept the recommendations made by the committee reviewing the salaries of political appointment holders in Singapore. Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong said in a letter to committee chairman Gerard Ee dated........
No "party politics" when appointing advisers: PA
The People's Association (PA) said it does not get involved in "party politics" when appointing advisers to grassroots organisations (GROs). It was responding to media queries on whether Mr Anthony Loh, appointed yesterday as........
GCE 'O' Level results out on Jan 9
Results of 2011's Singapore-Cambridge GCE O-Level Examination will be released on Monday. School candidates can collect their results from their schools at 2pm, while private candidates will be informed of their result by post......
Bidding exercise for car registration numbers cancelled
The weekly bidding exercise for vehicle registration numbers for the period between Jan 21 and 24 has been cancelled. The Land Transport Authority said this is due to the upcoming Lunar New Year public holidays which falls between........
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Error leads to retesting of DNA used in 87 cases
An error by a Health Sciences Authority (HSA) laboratory manager has led to the authorities re-testing almost 2,000 DNA samples from 87 criminal cases. The staff had misread the label of HSA's test solution and used a stronger........
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