Singapore Local News, 2012-07-28

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No hike for now: Aljunied-Hougang Town Council The Aljunied-Hougang Town Council (AHTC) has no current plans to raise service and conservancy charges (S&CC), said the Workers' Party, a day after seven People's Action Party Town Councils announced they would be raising charges for the first ti.....     Law has special role in strengthening fabric of S'pore society: Chief Justice Chief Justice (CJ) Chan Sek Keong said today that the law has a special role in strengthening the fabric of Singapore society. He urged new lawyers to uphold the law and overcome the challenges they will face in the profession with........ North East District residents get employment handbook Residents living in the North East District will now have an additional toolkit to help them in their job search. North East CDC with the support from the Singapore Workforce Development Agency (WDA) has launched "My Handbook to........

S'porean acquitted of double murder in Sydney after 8 years in jail SYDNEY - An appeals court in Australia has acquitted Singaporean Ram Puneet Tiwary, who was twice convicted of murdering his two flatmates in Sydney. The 33-year-old has spent more than eight years behind bars and will likely walk free......     Faster recovery for Hepatitis C patients with new drug World Hepatitis Day is observed on 28 July and there's some news for Hepatitis C patients...... Law has special role in strengthening fabric of S'pore society: Chief Justice Chief Justice (CJ) Chan Sek Keong said on Saturday that the law has a special role in strengthening the fabric of Singapore society...... Employment handbook launched Residents living in the North East District will now have an additional toolkit to help them in their job search...... President Tony Tan underlines warmth of longstanding S'pore-UK ties President Tony Tan Keng Yam underlined the warmth of longstanding relations between the United Kingdom and Singapore, during a reception at Buckingham Palace hosted by Queen Elizabeth II on Friday......