Singapore Local News, 2012-02-18

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Crowds flock to Singapore Air Show The week-long Singapore Airshow opened its doors today to the public and thousands of aviation enthusiasts from the world over, came in droves to the event site at the Changi Exhibition Centre. From as early as 8am, visitors hopped........     More Singaporean youths volunteer overseas: National Youth Council More young Singaporeans - most of them students - are going overseas for volunteer work, and the National Youth Council wants to get more young working adults on the bandwagon. It is doing so by making its grant programme more........ Students learn peer mediation techniques on Youth Mediation Day Six hundred secondary school students gathered at Republic Polytechnic today to mark the sixth annual Youth Mediation Day. The event was organised by the Ministry of Law's Community Mediation Unit, and aims to introduce peer........ Singapore must adapt and learn to manage social diversity: Grace Fu Singapore must adapt and learn to manage greater diversity in perspectives, values systems and aspirations. Senior Minister of State for Information, Communications & the Arts Grace Fu said the challenge of increasing social........ Sultan of Johor visits Singapore Air Show The Sultan of Johor, Sultan Ibrahim Sultan Iskandar visited the Singapore Air Show today morning, at the invitation of Singapore Defence Minister Dr Ng Eng Hen, said Malaysian National News Agency, Bernama. The Sultan viewed the........

Workfare Income Supplement extended to Special Education grads When 24-year-old Chen Min Li (picture) first started work at burger restaurant Carl's Jr last August, she had difficulties with numbers, and would match orders incorrectly with table numbers. She received extra training at the Movement for the........     Govt urged to extend wage subsidies Employers will need to make full use of Singapore's latent manpower resource, as the economy progressively reduces its dependence on foreign workers...... Carbon Emissions-based Scheme welcomed Motor industry players said the introduction of the new Carbon Emissions-based Scheme announced on Friday in the Budget statement, is a positive move...... Shanmugam to visit Mexico Minister for Foreign Affairs and Law K Shanmugam will be in Mexico from Sunday to attend the two-day G20 Ministers of Foreign Affairs Informal Meeting in Los Cabos...... MOE pledges support to students with disabilities Minister for Education Heng Swee Keat said his ministry is committed to supporting students with physical disabilities...... Crowds flock to S'pore Airshow The week-long Singapore Airshow has opened its doors on Saturday to the public and thousands of aviation enthusiasts from the world over, came in droves to the event site at the Changi Exhibition Centre...... Overseas voluntarism on the rise More young Singaporeans -- most of them students -- are going overseas for volunteer work, and the National Youth Council wants to get more young working adults on the bandwagon...... From canal to lush waterway In a first for Singapore, a canal in Bishan Park has been transformed into a lush waterway...... More sports volunteers needed One recommendation of Singapore's Vision 2030 plan is to have a Sports Volunteer Framework to add value to this important group in the sports eco-system...... S'pore must adapt and learn to manage social diversity: Grace Fu Singapore must adapt and learn to manage greater diversity in perspectives, value systems and aspirations...... 600 students learn peer mediation skills on Youth Mediation Day Six hundred secondary school students gathered at Republic Polytechnic on Saturday to mark the sixth annual Youth Mediation Day......