Tuesday, April 3, 2012

Singapore Local News, 2012-04-03



    Teenager gets 18 months' probation for having sex with minor
A teenager has been put on 18 months' probation for having sex with his then 12-year-old girlfriend. The 18-year-old had pleaded guilty to four charges in February this year. Besides having sex with the minor on two........

    Open court hearing for Hougang by-election case
The High Court will hear an application by a Hougang resident for a by-election to be held in the single-member constituency within three months or within a "reasonable" time. It set the open court hearing for April 16......

Latest addition to Singapore Zoo's manatee family
The Singapore Zoo is celebrating the latest addition to its manatee family. Valentine was born with his twin brother on February 13. Twin births are extremely rare for manatees. Valentine's brother died soon after birth........

MOM to enhance safety training for foreign maids
As it tackles the "puzzling phenomenon" of why maids continue to fall from windows despite its "best efforts" to educate both employers and workers, the Ministry of Manpower (MOM) today issued a strong reminder to employers to be vigilant......

ASEAN Economic Community vital to meet competition: PM Lee
Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong has said the ASEAN Economic Community is vital, as it is the best way for the 10-member grouping to meet growing competition. He said such a community will also create new opportunities by integrating........

13 nabbed for illegal gambling activities
The police have arrested 13 men for operating and gambling at an illegal gambling den. In a four-hour operation which started at 12.30am on Saturday, the police raided a private apartment in Siglap and nabbed the suspects, aged 18........

Woman killed after being hit by bus in Sengkang
A woman died after she was hit by a bus in Sengkang. The incident happened at about 11.20am at the junction of Sengkang East Way and Compassvale Road. Eyewitnesses told Channel NewsAsia that the woman was run over by SBS........

Call to collaborate on using ICT to support flexible work arrangements
To encourage employers to adopt flexible working arrangements with the help of infocomm technology, the Infocomm Development Authority of Singapore (IDA) has launched a Call-for-Collaboration (CFC), inviting industry players to collaborate and........

AMP calls on needy madrasah students on tap on PC help scheme
The Association of Muslim Professionals (AMP) has invited madrasah students from disadvantaged families to apply for subsidised personal computers and broadband service packages under the association's Ready for School Fund's PC scheme......

New initiatives to help problem gamblers and their families
Two initiatives have been rolled out to help problem gamblers who are not ready or unwilling to seek treatment, and their families. One is an online interactive self-help workbook for problem gambling, the first of its kind in........

Govt offers four land parcels for use as foreign schools
The Government is offering four land parcels for use as foreign schools. Three of the sites at Depot Road, Pasir Ris and Punggol have a lease period of 30 years, while an interim site at Bedok is available for use till Dec 31........

NKF steps up public health education programme
The National Kidney Foundation (NKF) is stepping up its public health education programme with the launch of the NKF Kidney Discovery Centre. Visitors to the centre can learn more about the functions of the kidneys, kidney disease........

One section of Gardens By The Bay to open on June 29
One section of the waterfront gardens at Marina Bay will open on June 29. Bay South Garden is the largest of the three gardens that make up Gardens By The Bay, Singapore's new green oasis in the city. Bay South features........

    Private home prices fall
A combination of a weak global economy, the Government's cooling measures hitting home and peak prices that are putting off investors have led private home prices to fall for the first time in almost three years. According to flash........

    SEC signs MOU with Ecological Movement of Uzbekistan
SINGAPORE : The Singapore Environment Council (SEC) signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the Ecological Movement of Uzbekistan on Tuesday......

Teenager gets 18 months' probation for having sex with minor
A teenager has been put on 18 months' probation for having sex with his then 12-year-old girlfriend......

Open court hearing for Hougang by-election case
The High Court will hear an application by a Hougang resident for a by-election to be held in the single-member constituency within three months......

Table Tennis: Paddlers need to train harder for Olympics: Lee Bee Wah
Team Singapore paddlers returned home on Tuesday to an enthusiastic welcome......

Man arrested for damaging police patrol car
SINGAPORE : A man has been arrested for damaging a police patrol car......

Latest addition to Singapore Zoo's manatee family
SINGAPORE : The Singapore Zoo is celebrating the latest addition to its manatee family......

MOM to enhance safety training for foreign maids
The Ministry of Manpower (MOM) is looking at enhancing safety training for foreign maids......

IDA encourages employers to adopt flexi-work arrangements
The Infocomm Development Authority of Singapore (IDA) is inviting industry players to conduct pilots in the areas of home-based work and setting up of smart work centres......

13 nabbed for illegal gambling activities
Police have arrested 13 men for operating and gambling at an illegal gambling den......

Woman killed after being hit by bus in Sengkang
A woman died after she was hit by a SBS Transit bus in Sengkang......

More initiatives to help problem gamblers
The National Addictions Management Service (NAMS) at the Institute of Mental Health saw a 27 per cent jump in the number of gambling addiction cases in financial year 2010 ending March 31, 2011......

Govt offers 4 land parcels for use as foreign schools
The government is offering four land parcels for use as foreign schools......

NKF steps up public health education programme
The National Kidney Foundation is stepping up its public health education programme with the launch of the NKF Kidney Discovery Centre......

Bay South Garden to open on June 29
Bay South Garden, a section of the waterfront gardens in the new Downtown @ Marina Bay, will open on June 29......

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