Wednesday, January 4, 2012

Singapore Local News, 2012-01-04



    'Substantial cuts' to political appointment holders' salaries proposed
In a long-awaited move, the committee reviewing salaries of political appointment holders has finally made public its proposal to cut the salaries of political appointment holders.The key salary recommendations include:- Cutting the........

    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........

    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........

    S'poreans welcome ministerial pay cut
Most Singaporeans Channel News Asia spoke to said they welcome the move to cut the salaries of Singapore's political appointment holders, with some saying it was long overdue......

President, MPs react to pay cut
Singapore's President Tony Tan Keng Yam has welcomed the recommendations of the Ministerial Salaries Review Committee announced on Wednesday......

"Liposuction death" findings unveiled
The State Coroner has ruled that property management firm boss Franklin Heng died from asphyxia due to airway obstruction following a liposuction procedure......

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......

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......

PM Lee to meet Najib at KL retreat
Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong will be in Putrajaya, Malaysia on Thursday for the Leaders' Retreat with his Malaysian counterpart, Najib Abdul Razak......

Integrated-care agency to step up outreach effort
The government's Agency for Integrated Care (AIC) is stepping up its community outreach efforts to raise awareness about the services it is offering......

SingTel customers hit by 3G network glitch
Customers of SingTel 3G mobile services have been experiencing problems with the network in parts of Singapore......

Emergency exercise at Woodsville Interchange on Friday
The Land Transport Authority (LTA), together with the Singapore Civil Defence Force (SCDF) and Singapore Police Force (SPF) will conduct an emergency exercise in the new road tunnel at Woodsville Interchange on Friday, from 10am to 1pm......

Budget Quiz 2012 to promote awareness of process
The Finance Ministry launched a new Budget Quiz 2012 on its Budget 2012 website......

Govt intends to accept recommended wage cuts : PM Lee
Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong said the government intends to accept the recommendations of the Committee set up to review the salaries of political appointment holders......

PM, ministers face pay cut of 36%-37%
The committee reviewing Singapore ministers' salary has recommended cuts of up to 53 per cent -- the biggest reductions since salaries of office holders were pegged to private-sector pay in 1994......

Bidding exercise for car registration numbers cancelled
The weekly bidding exercise for vehicle registration numbers for the period 21 to 24 January has been cancelled......

GCE O-Level Exam results on Monday
Results of 2011's Singapore-Cambridge GCE O-Level Examination will be released on Monday......

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)......

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