Singapore Local News, 2012-05-02

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Singapore's broadband fifth-fastest in Asia Pacific: Report Singapore has the fifth-fastest broadband speeds in the Asia-Pacific region, according to a report released today. The Fourth Quarter, 2011 State of the Internet report released by cloud platform provider Akamai found that the........     S'pore is 4th most desirable place to live & work: survey Singapore has moved up two spots to become the fourth most desirable place in the world to live and work, according to a survey by recruitment firm Hydrogen and business school ESCP Europe. This is because Singapore has become an........ NTUC FairPrice to raise staff volunteering hours Singapore's largest supermarket chain operator NTUC FairPrice aims to raise its staff volunteer hours to 2,300 hours by 2016. Last year, its volunteers clocked a total of 200 hours through ad-hoc projects. It also plans........

PAP appoints new branch chairmen in Aljunied GRC The People's Action Party (PAP) has announced new appointments to two of its branches in Aljunied GRC. Mr K Muralidharan Pillai takes over from former Member of Parliament Cynthia Phua as the branch chairman of Paya Lebar. Mr........     Youths arrested for armed robbery A 19-year-old man was robbed at knife point by two youths who demanded payment from him for online sex chats...... Singapore's Chief of Defence Force receives Indonesia's highest military award Singapore's Chief of Defence Force Lieutenant-General Neo Kian Hong has received Indonesia's highest military award, the Bintang Yudha Dharma Utama or Grand Meritorious Military Order...... Military truck on fire along Mandai Avenue A military vehicle caught fire along Mandai Avenue on Wednesday...... DPM Tharman to attend ASEAN+3 meeting in Manila Singapore's Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister Tharman Shanmugaratnam will be in Manila on May 3 to attend the 15th ASEAN+3 finance ministers and central bank governors meeting, as well as the annual meeting of the Board of Governors of the A..... URA establishes Rail Corridor Partnership The Urban Redevelopment Authority (URA) has established a Rail Corridor Partnership to look into the programming and promotion of community activities along the Rail Corridor...... No standard procedures were in place for SMRT tunnel checks There were no standard operating procedures in place when SMRT staff conducted checks on the train tunnels following the first MRT breakdown on 15 December...... Corporate Karting Challenge returns for second year The second edition of the Singapore Corporate Karting Challenge is back...... S'pore is 4th most desirable place to live & work: survey Singapore has moved up two spots to become the fourth most desirable place in the world to live and work, according to a survey by recruitment firm Hydrogen and business school ESCP Europe...... NTUC FairPrice to raise staff volunteering hours Singapore's largest supermarket chain operator NTUC FairPrice aims to raise its staff volunteer hours to 2,300 hours by 2016...... Ex-car salesman jailed for misappropriating over S$240,000 A former car sales executive was sentenced to 15 months' jail for misappropriating over S$240,000 from his employer...... Myanmar's construction minister visits Singapore Myanmar's Minister for Construction U Khin Maung Myint is in Singapore for a four-day visit, from 1 to 4 May, to study Singapore's experiences in urban planning and development......