Thursday, May 31, 2012

Singapore Local News, 2012-05-31



    Sundaresh Menon to be Judge of Appeal
Singapore's Attorney-General Sundaresh Menon will be a Judge of Appeal of the Supreme Court from Aug 1. High Court Judge Steven Chong Horng Siong will be the new Attorney-General from June 25 for a period of two years......

    New system to boost productivity in child care centres
A new system to monitor temperature, height, weight and even attendance at child care centres has proven to boost productivity. Called Vitals and Attendance Monitoring System (VAMS), the machine has helped teachers free up up to 45........

NTU ranked 16th among top 100 of world's major young universities
Nanyang Technological University (NTU) has been placed 16th among the top 100 of the world's major young universities - those below 50 years old - in the ranking by Times Higher Education. Earlier this week, NTU was ranked 4th in........

HPB rolls out health engagement programme with ITE
The Health Promotion Board (HPB) has rolled out a health engagement programme with the Institute of Technical Education (ITE) to get youths to embrace health habits and a smoke-free lifestyle. Under the programme, HPB will form a........

Govt will call S$1.2b of infocomm tenders this FY: IDA
The Government plans to call S$1.2 billion worth of new infocomm tenders in financial year 2012 - a shade over what was awarded in the last financial year, when the Government awarded 638 infocomm contracts worth more than S$1.12 billion......

MOE launches new model to help teachers develop holistically
The Teacher Growth Model (TGM), which aims to develop teachers holistically, was launched by the Ministry of Education (MOE) this morning. The professional development model encourages teachers to engage in continual learning and........

    Volunteers run donation drive for National Day
From donating S$5 to charity to have a customised Lego figurine be part of a scale model of the National Day Parade (NDP), to submitting videos of themselves singing the National Anthem, Singaporeans can expect more "engaging" National Day........

    Abuse of the process of court for Hougang hearing to go on: AGC
The Attorney-General's Chambers (AGC) maintained that it would be an abuse of the court process for the hearing on the Hougang by-election petition to go on, now that the by-election has been called and concluded......

Football: Edgar Davids picks Holland to win Euro 2012
Former Dutch international, Edgar Davids, thinks his native country Holland stands a strong chance of lifting the title at the upcoming European Football Championships......

Football: Charges amended for two M'sians accused of match-fixing
Two Malaysian men who have been charged with their involvement in fixing a match between Lions XII and Sarawak on May 22, had their charges amended on Thursday......

Steven Chong to be Singapore's new Attorney-General
Justice Steven Chong Horng Siong, who will be Singapore's new Attorney-General (AG) from 25 June, said he is now moving on to a new chapter in his career in law as the country's AG after spending more than 25 years in private practice before joining .....

Five suspects arrested for loansharking activities
SINGAPORE : Police have arrested five suspects for loansharking harassment in three separate cases. In the first case, three suspects were caught at about 6pm on May 30 at Serangoon Avenue 2......

NTUC Foodfare extends S$1.99 meals to more heartlanders
SINGAPORE : NTUC Foodfare is extending its S$1.99 meals to more heartlanders, as part of its Rice Garden social project to provide affordable local fare......

READ! Singapore 2012 aims to get more children to love reading
The National Library Board (NLB) wants to reach out to more children in this year's READ! Singapore initiative......

Sundaresh Menon to be Judge of Appeal
Singapore's Attorney-General Sundaresh Menon will be a Judge of Appeal of the Supreme Court from 1 August......

MPA tests emergency operational readiness in waters
The Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore (MPA) on Thursday held an exercise in the waters off the new Marina Bay Cruise Centre and Marina South Wharves to test its operational readiness in an emergency......

Doctor and 3 patients charged over selling cough mixture illegally
A doctor and three of his patients have been charged with illegally selling cough mixture containing the pain-relieving drug, codeine......

S'pore govt to spend S$1.2b on infocomm contracts in 2012
The Singapore government plans to offer S$1.2 billion worth of new infocomm contracts in the 2012 financial year, up from S$1.12 billion in the previous year......

New temperature monitoring system for childcare sector
A new system that can take the temperature and attendance of children at a fraction of the time usually needed was made available for the childcare sector in Singapore on Thursday......

Toa Payoh food centre to undergo upgrading
The food centre at Block 75 Toa Payoh Lorong 5 will be upgraded under the National Environment Agency's (NEA) Hawker Centres Upgrading Programme (HUP)......

MOE launches new Teacher Growth Model
SINGAPORE : The Education Ministry has launched a framework to help teachers develop holistically and become student-centric professionals......

HPB rolls out health engagement programme with ITE
The Health Promotion Board (HPB) on Thursday rolled out a health engagement programme with the Institute of Technical Education (ITE) to get youths to embrace healthy habits and a smoke-free lifestyle......

Fatal accident along PIE
A motorcyclist died in an accident along the Pan-Island Expressway (PIE) on Thursday......

Singapore appoints new diplomats to Indonesia and Brunei
The Singapore government on Thursday appointed Mr Anil Kumar Nayar as Singapore's next ambassador to Indonesia and Mr Jaya Ratnam as the country's next High Commissioner to Brunei......

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