Singapore Local News, 2012-03-15

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SBS Transit CEO apologises for service breakdown SBS Transit will be conducting "thorough checks" on the rest of the North-East Line (NEL) from Outram station to Punggol to ensure its cables are secure, said its CEO Gan Juay Kiat at a media conference held this afternoon......     Bringing the arts closer to home In the coming weeks, don't be surprised to see musicians playing away at your nearby coffee shop or bus interchange or artworks exhibited at your void deck. These manifestations of community art are part of a push by the People's Association........ CPF Special, Medisave accounts interest maintained at 4% Central Provident Fund (CPF) members will continue to enjoy 4 per cent interest rate on their Special and Medisave accounts from April to June. This is in line with the government's announcement made in September last year to........ New private home sales up 29% in February Demand for new private homes in Singapore continued to increase last month, after rising sharply in January. The Urban Redevelopment Authority said excluding executive condominiums, 2,413 new private homes were sold last month, up........ NEL trains delayed until further notice SBS Transit's breakdown along the North East line between Dhoby Ghaut and Harbourfront stations could now stretch into the late afternoon, with the Land Transport Authority announcing services will likely only resume at 5pm. In........ S'pore Cord Bank wants more donors The Singapore Cord Bank has facilitated its 100th unrelated cord blood transplant, six years after its first one. And the only public cord bank in South-east Asia is now hoping for more donors to step forward to increase transplant........ Unemployment at 14-year low Companies in the Republic added more jobs than initially estimated last quarter, pushing the unemployment rate to a 14-year low in 2011. Employers increased payrolls by 37,600 in the three months through December, compared with a........ NUS and NTU move up in global university ranking The National University of Singapore (NUS) and the Nanyang Technological University (NTU) have moved up in an annual ranking of universities' reputations published by London-based publication Times Higher Education. The weekly........

Time for mandatory rating scheme for all public toilets: RAS As the push for cleaner toilets in Singapore continues, the Restroom Association (Singapore) (RAS) has called for a mandatory rating scheme for all public toilets. The association, which currently runs a voluntary rating scheme for........     Hua Song Museum to close from Thursday SINGAPORE : The Hua Song Museum located at Haw Par Villa at Pasir Panjang Road will close from Thursday...... PassionArts Month to be launched on Sunday SINGAPORE : A new arts and culture programme, called PAssionArts Month, will be launched on Sunday...... Campaign to create Tobacco-Free Generation in S'pore SINGAPORE : A group of medical practitioners and researchers in Singapore has embarked on a campaign to create a Tobacco-Free Generation in Singapore...... Thousands affected by NEL train disruption Thousands of commuters in Singapore woke up to another train service disruption on Thursday, this time on the North East Line...... Former CEO pleads guilty to cheating The former executive chairman and chief executive officer of Startech Manufacturing has pleaded guilty to multiple counts of cheating, amounting to almost S$29.5 million...... 4% interest maintained for CPF Special & Medisave accounts Central Provident Fund (CPF) members will continue to enjoy 4 per cent interest rate on their Special and Medisave accounts from April to June...... Singapore's January retail sales up 1.7% Retail sales in the country continued to moderate, rising at 1.7 per cent in January, compared to the previous year...... NEL's Dhoby Ghaut-HarbourFront service disrupted till further notice Resumption of MRT services between Dhoby Ghaut and HarbourFront stations on the North East Line will be delayed till further notice...... Train breakdown better managed this time: Lui Tuck Yew Transport Minister Lui Tuck Yew said Thursday's train breakdown appears to be better managed...... Train disruption on NEL caused by snapped overhead power cable SBS Transit said the train disruption on the North East Line Thursday morning was caused by an overhead power cable that had snapped...... Former actor to plead guilty to charge of voluntarily causing hurt Former MediaCorp actor Ng Aik Leong, better known as Huang Yiliang, is expected to plead guilty when he returns to court on April 5...... NEL train service between Dhoby Ghaut and HarbourFront stations disrupted The North East Line train service between Dhoby Ghaut and HarbourFront stations is unavailable due to a power supply problem in the tunnel at Outram Park Station......