Thursday, January 12, 2012

Singapore Local News, 2012-01-12



    Man jailed and fined for pretending to be a licensed real estate agent
A 45-year-old man has become the first person to be sentenced in court with representing himself as a property agent without being registered with the Council for Estate Agencies (CEA). Tan Cher Peng was today jailed four months and fined........

    Government's Budget Statement on Feb 17
The Government's Budget Statement will be delivered by Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Finance, Mr Tharman Shanmugaratnam, in Parliament on Friday, 17 February. A "live" webcast of the delivery of the Budget Statement will be available........

Two nabbed for entering casino using another's identification papers
The police have arrested two persons for entering the casino at Resorts World Sentosa (RWS) using another person's identification documents in two separate cases in September last year. Police said on September 1 last year, a 35-year-old woman.......

Island-wide sting nets 69 drug offenders
The Central Narcotics Bureau (CNB) continues to intensify enforcement efforts, arresting 69 offenders in another island-wide operation. It also seized half a kilogram of heroin with a street value of S$75,000. The CNB said the........

Man gets 37 months' jail for cheating and causing hurt
A self-employed man took his wife's identity card and passed it to his Chinese girlfriend to help him cheat credit companies. Teo Tiong Guan was jailed 37 months for six counts of cheating licensed credit companies of about S$140,000 and........

Expect pilot scheme for mechanised parking by end of this year
Chairman of the Government Parliamentary Committee (GPC) for National Development Lee Bee Wah revealed that Housing and Development Board (HDB) residents can expect a pilot scheme for mechanised parking by the end of the year. Dr Lee, who was.......

Chinese national jailed for overstaying and bribery
A Chinese national caught for overstaying tried to get out of it by bribing a police officer with sex. For that, 25-year-old Guo Cheng Cheng was sentenced today to eight months jail and fined S$3,000. The unemployed........

LTA releases 22,160 COEs for February to July
The Certificate of Entitlement (COE) quota from February to July this year will be 22,160. This is slightly lower than the 22,324 COEs released for August last year to January this year. Bidding under this quota will........

Mandarin oranges from China cheaper by 10 per cent
With the Lunar New Year fast approaching, stallholders are counting on brisk business for Mandarin oranges. This year, Mandarin oranges freshly harvested from some parts of China, which have enjoyed favourable weather are expected........

Hospitals to implement initiative to encourage breastfeeding
Singapore hospitals with maternity wards will implement the Baby Friendly Hospital Initiative this month, as recommended by the World Health Organization. International guidelines promoting exclusive breastfeeding among mothers by........

Ministerial pay review report misunderstood: Committee
The committee to review ministerial salaries has clarified that the recommended S$1.1 million annual salary for entry-level Ministers includes basic pay and bonuses amounting to seven months. In its blogpost, the committee said it........

Firms likely to give smaller raises this year: Survey
Basic wage increases this year is expected to drop to 3.6 per cent compared to the 4.1 per cent growth seen in 2011. And total wage increase in expected to be only 1.3 per cent if inflation hits at about 2.5 to 3.5 per cent......

    Five new BTO projects launched
Five new Build-To-Order (BTO) projects were launched by the Housing and Development Board (HDB) yesterday, offering 3,923 new flats in Choa Chu Kang, Punggol, Sengkang and Tampines. The HDB said at least 95 per cent of the flat........

    Bogus property agent jailed, fined
A 45-year-old man has become the first person to be sentenced for representing himself as a property agent without being registered with the Council for Estate Agencies (CEA)......

Green roof as flood mitigation effort
Industry players and academics have voiced support for the recommendations by a panel of flood experts......

Healthy IP environment contributes to creative economy
A robust Intellectual Property (IP) environment is essential to the growth of Singapore's creative economy......

2012 Budget Statement on 17 Feb
The Ministry of Finance said on Thursday that the 2012 Budget Statement will be delivered by Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Finance Tharman Shanmugaratnam in Parliament on 17 February......

Man gets 37 months' jail for cheating and causing hurt
A self-employed man took his wife's identity card and passed it to his Chinese girlfriend to help him cheat credit companies......

Advancing cruise tourism in ASEAN
ASEAN's Tourism Ministers have agreed on closer collaboration to advance cruise tourism in the region, at their recent meeting in Manado, Indonesia......

Mechanised parking systems to ease lot crunch
The authorities are targeting to do pilot tests of mechanised parking systems in housing estates by year-end......

Two nabbed for entering casino using another's identification papers
Police have arrested two persons for entering the casino at Resorts World Sentosa (RWS) using another person's identification documents in two separate cases in September last year......

69 arrested by CNB during 5-day islandwide operations
Singapore's anti-drug agency, the Central Narcotics Bureau (CNB) continues to intensify enforcement efforts with another island-wide operation......

13 art galleries picked as pioneer tenants for Gillman Barracks
Thirteen contemporary art galleries have been selected as pioneer tenants for the Gillman Barracks art galleries......

LTA releases 22,160 COEs for February-July
The Certificate of Entitlement (COE) quota for the six-month period from February to July this year will be 22,160......

Chinese national jailed for overstaying and bribery
A Chinese national who was caught for overstaying tried to get out of it by bribing a police officer with sex......

Maternity wards to implement initiative to encourage breastfeeding
The Health Promotion Board (HPB) is working with five maternity hospitals to make them baby-friendly, in line with World Health Organization (WHO) guidelines......

Ministerial pay review report misunderstood, says committee
The committee to review ministerial salaries has clarified that the recommended S$1.1 million annual salary for entry-level ministers includes basic pay and bonuses amounting to seven months......

Basic wage increases expected to drop in 2012
Basic wage increase this year is expected to drop to 3.6 per cent compared to the 4.1 per cent growth seen in 2011......

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