Singapore Local News, 2012-05-22

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MCYS to offer grant for wheelchair accessible taxi fleet When the licenses of the 15 London Cabs expire next March, wheelchair commuters can expect to ride in a new fleet of wheelchair accessible taxis. The Ministry of Community Development, Youth and Sports (MCYS) will be awarding grants........     Marina Bay Cruise Centre Singapore to create some 3,000 jobs Singapore's second cruise terminal, the Marina Bay Cruise Centre Singapore, is expected to generate some 3,000 jobs in the tourism sector when it is fully operational. Costing about S$500 million, the 28,000 square metres facility........ New Mount Elizabeth Novena hospital to open in July The new Mount Elizabeth Novena hospital complex is on course for its July opening in Singapore. The S$2-billion hospital complex recently received its temporary occupation permit from the Building and Construction Authority...... Survey shows Singaporean men happier than women at the workplace A survey on what makes Singaporeans happy and unhappy has shown that men are happier than women at the workplace and baby boomers are the country's happiest people. The study by Grey Singapore, an integrated marketing........ S'pore is Asia's top convention city for 10th straight year The Republic has maintained its pole position as Asia's top convention city for the 10th consecutive year, according to the latest global rankings by the International Congress and Convention Association. Singapore also retained its........ Rents for hawker and market stalls fall in latest tender exercises Successful bids for hawker and market stalls have come in priced lower in the latest tender exercises. A statement from the National Environment Agency (NEA) said 50 hawkers obtained their stalls successfully in the exercises for........ Png clarifies comment after source reveals he was considered for NCMP post A day after a source claimed that Workers' Party (WP) candidate Png Eng Huat had never asked to be be off the Non-Constituency Member of Parliament (NCMP) ballot, Mr Png today explained it was part of the procedure for every candidate to be........

Why I was not considered for NCMP post: Png The Workers' Party did not by-pass him in putting up his East Coast GRC team-mate Gerald Giam for the Non-Constituency Member of Parliament (NCMP) post. WP Hougang by-election candidate Png Eng Huat had, in fact, taken himself out........     Two arrested, S$650k worth of drugs seized Drugs worth some S$650,000 were seized by officers from the Central Narcotics Bureau in two separate operations on 21 May...... Maid charged for stirring menstrual blood into employer's coffee An Indonesian domestic worker was charged on Tuesday for adding her menstrual blood into her employer's coffee cup...... Govt to help defray cost of new wheelchair-accessible taxis Wheelchair users can look forward to a new fleet of wheelchair-accessible taxis from 2013. The government is giving grants to taxi operators to defray part of the cost of operating cabs that can accommodate larger and high-back motorised wheelchairs...... Marina Bay Cruise Centre Singapore to create some 3,000 jobs Singapore's second cruise terminal, the Marina Bay Cruise Centre Singapore, is expected to generate some 3,000 jobs in the tourism sector when it's fully operational...... Survey shows Singaporean men happier than women at the workplace A survey on what makes Singaporeans happy and unhappy has shown that men are happier than women at the workplace and baby boomers are the country's happiest people...... New Mount Elizabeth Novena hospital to open in July The new Mount Elizabeth Novena hospital complex is on course for its July opening in Singapore...... Terrace housing development gets BCA Green Mark Platinum award A terrace housing development in Serangoon Gardens has become the first landed residential estate to achieve the Building and Construction Authority's (BCA's) top-tier Green Mark Platinum award...... S'pore is Asia's top convention city for 10th straight year Singapore has maintained its pole position as Asia's top convention city for the 10th consecutive year, according to the latest global rankings by the International Congress and Convention Association...... Rents for hawker and market stalls fall in latest tender exercises Successful bids for hawker and market stalls have come in priced lower in the latest tender exercises...... Png Eng Huat clarifies involvement in NCMP ballot process The Workers' Party candidate for the Hougang by-election, Mr Png Eng Huat, has clarified that he went through the ballot process for the Non-Constituency MP post last May......