Singapore Local News, 2012-01-14

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Govt trains sights on improving transport Singapore - Details on how the Government will help bus operators boost their fleet and drivers in a sustainable manner will be revealed "in the next few months", Transport Minister Lui Tuck Yew said yesterday. He noted that, although "the issues are.....

CGH team gets award for feeding project With pneumonia one of the highest causes of hospitalisations and re-admissions to hospitals from nursing homes, a Changi General Hospital (CGH) team has reduced such incidences by improving on feeding techniques. Drinks, for example, are........     Smooth start at new Circle Line stations It was a smooth start at the two new stations on the Circle Line. Bayfront and Marina Bay stations officially started operations on Saturday, adding 2.4 kilometres to the Circle Line route...... Golf: Handa S'pore Classic returns in April The ISPS Handa Singapore Classic is returning for the third time. This year, organisers are staging the golf event in April instead of September, and they hope this will help to draw in the crowds...... Two Singaporean men drown in Indonesia BINTAN, Indonesia: Two Singaporean men drowned after high waves struck while they were swimming off Indonesia's Sumatra island on Saturday, police said...... CDAC aims to help more families move up social ladder Self-help group Chinese Development Assistance Council (CDAC) has set aside more funds to help more families move up the social ladder. Its budget for this year is bigger by 15 per cent - at about S$25 million, and it aims to help 64,500 beneficiari..... Ultra-marathoner to run for a good cause in Brazil An ultra-marathon runner is going the distance again but this time to kill two birds with one stone...... Khaw spreads cheer to underprivileged at Sembawang nursing home Minister for National Development Khaw Boon Wan spread cheer to the underprivileged as he visited a nursing home in Sembawang on Saturday morning...... Lunar New Year goodie bags for elderly residents in Punggol South Celebrations for the upcoming Lunar New Year came a little earlier for 480 residents of Punggol South on Saturday as they received goodie bags from Deputy Prime Minister Teo Chee Hean...... Singaporean drowns, one missing in Indonesia BINTAN, Indonesia: A Singaporean man drowned and another was missing after high waves struck while they were swimming off Indonesia's Sumatra island on Saturday, police said...... ESM Goh wants to see stronger economic links with major Indian states Emeritus Senior Minister Goh Chok Tong wants to see stronger economic ties between Singapore and major states in India, at a time when the Indian economy holds huge growth potential...... DSTA staffer collapses, dies after run A deputy director of the Defence Science and Technology Agency (DSTA) collapsed and died on Wednesday night after a run...... Two Malaysians charged over DBS/POSB ATM fraud Two Malaysian men were charged in court on Saturday morning with possessing skimming equipment to make false ATM cards......