Singapore Local News, 2012-01-26

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14 bus services diverted for CNY celebrations Fourteen SBS Transit bus service will be temporarily diverted on Feb 5 due to the Chinese New Year celebrations. From 3pm to 11pm, Eu Tong Sen Street and New Bridge Road will be closed to vehicular traffic for the Yuan Xiao Jie 2012........     Frenchman who bit ex-girlfriend fined S$4,000 A French national who bit his former girlfriend during a heated argument has been fined S$4,000. Thirty-eight-year-old Sylvain Christian Emile Pilhion was charged with two counts of using criminal force and voluntarily causing hurt........ 23 SBS Transit bus services affected by road, lane closures Twenty-three SBS Transit bus services will be affected by road and lane closures for the Thaipusam procession held from 9pm,Feb 6 to 3am, Feb 8. The bus services 7, 14, 14e, 16, 21, 23, 36, 64, 65, 66, 111,123, 124, 125, 128, 130,........ No ST Electronics staff called up to assist in CPIB probe, says firm ST Electronics said today that none of its executives have been called up by the Corrupt Practices Investigation Bureau (CPIB) to help with investigations. The company was clarifying a report by The New Paper, published today, which........ New discovery could lead to new treatments, better screening for heart disease A discovery by scientists from the University of Cambridge could lead to new treatments and better screening for cardiovascular disease, a leading cause of death globally. The team, which includes Singapore's A*STAR scholar........ Catch a glimpse of history at this pre-war air raid shelter The only known existing pre-war civilian air raid shelter will be open for free public tours through the entire month of February. Located at Block 78 Guan Chuan Street at Tiong Bahru estate, this tour of the underground premise is........ Victoria Street Wholesale Centre to relocate in April The Victoria Street Wholesale Centre will be relocating to Kallang Road on April 1 this year. Its Merchants' Association has received about 100 queries about renting space in the new premises. The new building, which........ OCBC's disrupted securities trading system back up OCBC Securities customers can now access the full suite of trading transactions on the bank's online platform, iOCBC, updated the bank this afternoon. Power had been restored to the hosting facility by 11am and connection from the........

Chinese clan associations play important role in integration: PM One important mission that Chinese clan associations have today is to help new immigrants integrate with Singapore society, said Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong yesterday. These clan associations, set up years ago to help ease........     Redevelopment works for Iluma to be completed mid-year Redevelopment works for entertainment complex Iluma is set to be completed by the middle of the year...... Youths celebrate Lunar New Year with less-fortunate Tanglin Secondary School came alive on Thursday afternoon with a high-octane Lunar New Year concert with a cause...... North East District CDC centre may be set up this year A Community Development Council centre in the North East District may be set up this year...... Man jailed for providing false information to authorities An illegal fruit seller was sentenced to 10 weeks' jail for giving false information to the authorities...... Former police officer jailed for disciplinary offences A former police staff sergeant has been sentenced to 10 weeks' jail on Thursday...... NHB to organise exhibitions, guided tour of air raid shelter The National Heritage Board will organise a series of exhibitions and tours next month to commemorate the 70th anniversary of the 'Battle for Singapore'...... Man gets 6 months' jail for fracturing ex-girlfriend's ribs A married man has been sentenced to six months' jail Thursday for fracturing the ribs of his 33-year-old ex-girlfriend...... Khaw Boon Wan on raising construction productivity National Development Minister Khaw Boon Wan said the local construction industry needs to raise productivity through standardisation and prefabrication...... Frenchman fined S$4,000 for hurting ex-girlfriend A French national who bit his former girlfriend during a heated argument has been fined S$4,000...... No staffer called up to assist with CPIB probe: ST Electronics ST Electronics says none of its executives has been called up by the Corrupt Practices Investigation Bureau (CPIB) to help with investigations...... New discovery could lead to better screening for heart disease A team of scientists from the University of Cambridge has discovered a method of growing different types of vascular smooth muscle cells - the cells which make up the walls of blood vessels - using cells from patients' skin...... OCBC securities' trading system restored OCBC said its securities' trading system was up and running by 12.00 pm on Thursday...... Parliament to sit on Feb 14 Parliament will sit on February 14 at 1.30 pm, ahead of Budget Day which falls on February 17...... OCBC stock trading site down OCBC customers were unable to carry out stock trading services at the bank's online platform, iOCBC on Thursday morning...... Premature to assume ex-chiefs of SCDF, CNB liable for criminal proceedings:CPIB Singapore's anti-corruption agency has stressed that as investigations are still on-going, it is premature to assume that former commissioner of the Singapore Civil Defence Force Peter Lim Sin Pang and former director of the Central Narcotics Bureau ..... PM Lee in Davos to attend World Economic Forum meeting Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong will be visiting Davos, Switzerland for the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting from January 26-27......