Singapore Local News, 2012-05-20

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Heartland schools have 'impressive programmes' too: Education Minister Minister for Education Heng Swee Keat has urged parents to find out what primary schools in their neighbourhood have to offer. Mr Heng said many heartland schools offer impressive programmes that develop students holistically......     Fibre services disruption 'due to technical difficulty': M1 Singapore mobile operator M1 today said there was a temporary disruption of its fibre services due to a technical difficulty on its fixed network. M1 said it has restored fibre services as of 3.15pm, to the affected customers...... Singapore police launch COPS community programme The Singapore Police Force's new Community Policing System (COPS) was launched today by the Minister in the Prime Minister's Office S Iswaran. COPS, which aims to improve the way Neighbourhood Police Centres (NPC) work with the........ 8 hurt in pre-dawn fire in Jurong Eight people were injured in an early morning fire at a flat at Tah Ching Road in Jurong. The Singapore Civil Defence Force (SCDF) said it received a call at 4.30am about the fire at Block 337B. The fire was confined to........ Singapore cheerleaders shine in Tokyo competition JAPAN - Singapore's national cheerleading squad are currently in second place after the first day of competition at the Cheerleading Asia International Open Championships in Tokyo. Team Lions are eight points behind Chinese Taipei, who are........ 30-year-old emergency preparedness plan gets upgrade The People's Association (PA) has launched a new enhanced emergency preparedness programme for Singaporeans as the programme celebrates 30 years this year. Among the first to kick off the programme were Residents' Committees (RCs)........

Need to address 'emotional responses' to issue of immigration Tackling the hot issue of immigration will require Singapore to employ tangible solutions, as well as address the emotional response of Singaporeans, said Acting Minister for Community Development, Youth and Sports Chan Chun Sing yesterday......     WP's Png Eng Huat meets Hougang residents Workers' Party candidate for Hougang by-election Png Eng Huat continued his campaigning on Sunday morning...... Heartland schools have impressive programmes too: Heng Swee Keat Minister for Education Heng Swee Keat has urged parents to find out what primary schools in their neighbourhood have to offer...... M1 restores fibre services M1 said it has restored fibre services as of 3.15 pm, to the affected customers...... Community policing system launched The Singapore Police Force's new Community Policing System (COPS) was launched Sunday by the Minister in the Prime Minister's Office S Iswaran...... 8 hurt in pre-dawn fire in Jurong Eight people were injured in an early morning fire at a flat at Tah Ching Road in Jurong...... Emergency preparedness plan gets boost The nationwide effort to prepare Singaporeans for emergencies and contingencies turns 30 this year......