Singapore Local News, 2012-03-26

---

CPE warns ex-private school managers The former managers of private school Cambridge Business School have been warned by the Council for Private Education for failing to keep proper student records. Mr Tan Cheng Hoe, Mr Tan Cheng San and Mr Guo Qiaoli admitted to........     Town Council Management Report may get 2 new indicators The Ministry of National Development (MND) may include two new indicators in its Town Council Management Report. The two are "need for corporate governance" and "financial adequacy", derived after survey and consultation efforts........ National Bonus for political appointment holders Political appointment holders from Parliamentary Secretary to Deputy Prime Minister will get a pro-rated National Bonus of 1.618 months in March, announced the Public Service Division today. The National Bonus was a recommendation........ StarHub releases UEFA EURO 2012 price plans StarHub has unveiled its price plans for the 2012 UEFA European Football Championship. From tomorrow, viewers can purchase the UEFA EURO 2012 pay-per-view pack at the early bird price of S$58.85 (before Apr 30) or S$69.55 (from May........ Singapore's Feb manufacturing output up 12.1% on-year Singapore manufacturing output last month rose 12.1 per cent from a year earlier, rebounding from a contraction in January of 9.6 per cent. Excluding the biomedical industry, output rose by 7.1 per cent on-year in February,........ Tests on snapped cables which caused NEL disruption still ongoing Tests are still under way to find out why a pair of steel cables snapped, causing a 10-hour disruption of the North East Line (NEL) MRT train service, according to Transport Minister Lui Tuck Yew. He said NEL operator SBS Transit is........ NUS scholar Sun Xu disciplined for online remarks The National University of Singapore (NUS) has taken disciplinary action against undergraduate scholarship holder Sun Xu, the Chinese national who came under fire in February for making offensive remarks about Singaporeans online...... Home test kit for cervical cancer now available Women can now screen themselves for cervical cancer with a newly introduced home test kit. The Delphi Screener allows women to self-screen against cervical cancer by collecting cervical and vaginal cells with a sterile, saline........ PM Lee heads to Seoul nuclear summit SEOUL - Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong will attend the two-day Nuclear Security Summit in Seoul starting today at the invitation of South Korean President Lee Myung Bak. The meeting is a follow-up to the inaugural Nuclear Security........ Higher GST relief for S'poreans returning from overseas From April 1, Singaporeans returning from overseas and tourists can enjoy more Goods and Services Tax (GST) relief. Those who spend more than 48 hours abroad will be able to enjoy GST relief of up to S$600 - double the current amount of........ Three new bus hubs completed ahead of schedule Three new bus hubs have been completed, four months ahead of schedule, announced the Land Transport Authority (LTA) this morning. Minister for Transport Lui Tuck Yew, visited the bus hub at Bedok Reservoir Road to observe how it........

MOE: S'poreans to get absolute priority in Pri 1 registration balloting A major annual school exercise that often gets some Singaporean parents anxious will be tweaked this year to give them greater assurance of their children's admission into schools of their choice. The Ministry of Education (MOE)........     Shanmugam to visit Laos Singapore Minister for Foreign Affairs K Shanmugam will make an introductory visit to Laos on Tuesday at the invitation of Lao Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Thongloun Sisoulith...... Registers of electors to be updated The Elections Department of Singapore will be updating the registers of electors based on their latest NRIC address as of 19 March 2012...... CPE warns ex-private school managers The former managers of private school Cambridge Business School have been warned by the Council for Private Education for failing to keep proper student records...... Town Council Management Report may get 2 new indicators The Ministry of National Development (MND) may include two new indicators in its Town Council Management Report...... National Bonus for political office holders Ministers and other political appointment holders, from Parliamentary Secretary to Deputy Prime Minister, will get a pro-rated National Bonus of 1.618 months in March...... Yaacob Ibrahim to visit Saudi Arabia Minister for Information, Communications and the Arts and Minister-in-charge of Muslim Affairs, Dr Yaacob Ibrahim, will visit the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia from March 26 to 30...... 160 Sri Lankan specialist trainers graduate from NYP International Singapore's Nanyang Polytechnic International has trained 160 Sri Lankans to lead the country's technical and vocational education and training (TVET) reform...... NUS scholar Sun Xu disciplined for online remarks The National University of Singapore (NUS) has taken disciplinary action against undergraduate scholarship holder Sun Xu, the Chinese national who came under fire in February for making offensive remarks about Singaporeans online...... Cervical cancer home test kits launched Singapore women can now screen themselves for cervical cancer with a home test kit...... Tests on snapped cables which caused NEL disruption still ongoing Tests are still under way to find out why a pair of steel cables snapped, causing a ten-hour disruption of the North East Line (NEL) MRT train service, according to Transport Minister Lui Tuck Yew...... Higher GST relief for S'poreans returning from overseas From April 1, Singaporeans returning from overseas and tourists can enjoy more Goods and Services Tax (GST) relief. Those who spend more than 48 hours abroad will be able to enjoy GST relief of up to S$600 - double the current amount of S$300...... More measures ahead to improve bus travel More measures have been announced to improve commuters' experience when travelling by bus......