Singapore Local News, 2012-02-27

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Use hawker centres to promote graciousness: Panel Singapore - The Hawker Centre Public Consultation Panel aims to use hawker centres as a platform to encourage graciousness. The 18-member panel, which shared its recommendations with the media this afternoon, was appointed by the Ministry of........     Parliament to discuss transport, halal certification Transport will be one of the issues being brought up when Parliament meets tomorrow. MP Penny Low wants to know what is the Ministry of Transport's vision for the public transport landscape in five years' time. She also........ IDA steps in to speed up NGNBN roll out More than a year into the start of the roll out of next generation nationwide broadband network, regulator Infocomm Development Authority is stepping in to ramp up and improve how beleaguered company OpenNet has been delivering its........ Colorectal cancer cases on the rise in Singapore The number of colorectal cancer cases is on the rise in Singapore. Latest figures show that in the last five years ending 2010, there were over 8,206 cases, compared to about 7,900 cases from 2005 to 2009. Nearly nine........ GCE 'A' Level results out on Friday The results of the 2011 Singapore-Cambridge GCE Advanced Level Examination will be released on Friday. School candidates can collect their result slips from their respective schools from 2.30 pm. Private candidates........

Students take the lead in LTA's campaign for grace She and her friends did not think it was "cool" to give up seats to others who needed them more on the bus but an incident Yeo Shi Wen saw made her change her mind: A teenage boy pretending to flip through his textbook when he saw an elderly........     Call for private health insurance sector reforms Building an inclusive society is one key thrust of this year's Singapore Budget...... Donations to CDCs up 5% to S$10.9m Companies, organisations and individuals dug deeper into their pockets last year to support local initiatives for the needy...... Man arrested for allegedly molesting maid Police have arrested a 27-year-old Bangladeshi man for allegedly outraging the modesty of a 25-year-old maid...... IDA proposes Next Gen broadband improvements Singapore - As part of the regulator's review of the Next Generation Nationwide Broadband Network, the Infocomm Development Authority (IDA) has laid out some proposals for infrastructure provider OpenNet to step up its operations...... 'Hawker centres of the future' ideas submitted Hawker centres of the future could be managed and operated by a socially conscious operator, such as a social enterprise or a cooperative...... New S'pore debate series uses interactive element Television debate series often have a panel of judges to listen to the arguments of the proposition and the opposition before declaring the winner...... Singapore and Malaysia conduct bilateral maritime exercise A bilateral maritime exercise is being conducted between the navies of Singapore and Malaysia...... Two new road projects to improve connectivity in northern S'pore The Land Transport Authority has announced two new road projects to improve overall road connectivity and capacity in the northern part of Singapore...... TCM Practitioners Board censures acupuncturist A registered acupuncturist has been suspended for three years...... Increase in colorectal cancer cases in Singapore The number of colorectal cancer cases in Singapore is on the rise...... Parliament to discuss transport, halal certification Transport will be one of the issues being brought up when Parliament meets on Tuesday...... Lease Buyback Scheme sees low take-up rate The phrase "asset rich, cash poor" is a common refrain in Singapore, but property watchers said schemes aimed at helping elderly Singaporeans unlock the value of their flats are slow to find favour...... Singapore, Australia in research efforts to combat infectious diseases Singapore and Australia are partnering in its research efforts to combat emerging infectious diseases...... GCE 'A' Level results out on Friday The results of the 2011 Singapore-Cambridge GCE Advanced Level Examination will be released on Friday......