Singapore Local News, 2012-04-10

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Man jailed for having sex with underage prostitute A former security consultant was jailed four months today for having sex with an underaged Vietnamese prostitute. 49-year-old Winson Chan Swee Teck was found guilty of paying the girl S$100 for her sexual services. The........     Judge explains decision on Hougang by-election application Justice Philip Pillai said he granted leave for a judicial review hearing on the application by a Hougang resident to order the Prime Minister to hold a by-election in the constituency as "the very low threshold for leave has been met"...... New secondary school to offer students ITE certification Students who enrol at the new specialised Normal Technical school will leave with not just an GCE N(T) level certificate but an ITE Skills Certification as well. The school will offer students taster modules of ITE courses in lower........ CPE issues Advertising Code for private schools The Council for Private Education has issued an Advertising Code that establishes clear ground rules for responsible and truthful advertising by private education institutions (PEIs). The council said the code, which will better........ IDA to release more 4G spectrum for telcos As mobile data traffic is projected to grow exponentially over the few years, consumers can expect to see the 4G mobile network deployed much more pervasively in Singapore by 2016. This new, next generation mobile network promises........

Finance Ministry can borrow S$170b more Parliament has authorised the Ministry of Finance to borrow a further S$170 billion, raising the ceiling for issuing government securities to S$490 billion. Eighty per cent of the increase will be issued to the Central Provident Fund to meet........     Ex-teacher jailed for texting obscene messages to student A former relief teacher was jailed 10 months on Tuesday for sending lewd text messages to his 13-year-old student...... 6 youths arrested for handphone scams Police arrested six youths, five males and one female, aged 13 to 15, for a series of scams involving the use of victims' mobile phones to purchase game credits...... National Skin Centre launches first online patient health portal National Skin Centre patients now have the convenience of accessing records and communicating with their healthcare team from the comfort of their own homes...... High court judge issues grounds of decision on Hougang by-election case Singapore's High Court Judge, Justice Philip Pillai has issued his grounds of decision on an application by a resident of Hougang for a by-election in the single seat constituency...... Specialised Normal (Tech) school to start January Singapore's first specialised school for Normal (Technical) students will begin operations in January 2013...... Man jailed for having sex with underage prostitute A former security consultant was jailed four months on Tuesday for having sex with an underaged Vietnamese prostitute...... IDA to auction 4G spectrum from next year Singapore consumers may enjoy nationwide 4G technology for their mobile communications as early as 2016...... CPE issues Advertising Code for private schools The Council for Private Education has issued an Advertising Code that establishes clear ground rules for responsible and truthful advertising by private education institutions (PEIs)......