Wednesday, August 29, 2012

Singapore Local News, 2012-08-29



    Kindergarten teacher charged with ill-treating child
A kindergarten teacher from a PAP Community Foundation Education Centre has been charged with ill-treating a five-year-old child under her care. The court heard that the 25-year-old woman asked the girl to remove her clothes and........

    French woman accused of stealing Ralph Lauren bag said to be kleptomanic
A French woman accused of stealing a Ralph Lauren bag worth S$32,800 is said to have suffered from kleptomania. 42-year-old Olivia Lemercier Maurice, who was back in court today, is seeking to get a medical assessment in........

Man charged with attempting to lure girl into committing indecent act
A 25-year-old man has been charged with attempting to lure a girl into committing an indecent act. Tan Ji Beng allegedly sent a text message to the 14-year-old girl, asking her to show him her breasts. The incident took........

Singapore appoints new Chief Justice
Singapore has appointed a new Chief Jusice, the fourth in the Republic's history. According to a press statement from the Prime Minister's office, the President, acting in his discretion, and in concurrence with the advice of the........

Section of TPE to be closed on Sept 1 for road works
A section of Tampines Expressway (TPE) between Jalan Kayu and Punggol Way will be closed to traffic on Saturday from 12.01am to 5am for road widening works. The Housing and Development Board said today that during the temporary........

Former ISD HQ, MHA premises at Phoenix Park marked as national historic site
The site which once housed offices of the Ministry of Home Affairs and was home to the headquarters of the Internal Security Department (ISD) was marked a national historic site today. The designation of the site - which includes........

Thomson Line to fully open by 2021
Come 2021, commuters living in the North - such as Woodlands, Sembawang and Thomson - will be able to travel directly to the city area using Singapore's sixth MRT line, the Thomson Line. The 30km-long line will have 22 fully underground........

Li Ka Shing group eyes more S'pore CBD land
HONG KONG - Billionaire Li Ka Shing's (picture) Singapore property joint venture may seek more land in the city's downtown to replicate its latest development that attracted global banks including Standard Chartered and Macquarie Group. The........

    Judge dismisses OpenNet's bid
OpenNet should appeal to the Minister of Information, Communications and the Arts or have exhausted all other remedies before the company seeks a judicial review. This was a point made by High Court Judge Woo Bih Lee as he dismissed OpenNet's.......

    Disbarred lawyer accused of CBT, forgery
A recently-disbarred lawyer was charged with 31 counts of criminal breach of trust, as well as one charge of forgery......

Kindergarten teacher charged with ill-treating child
A kindergarten teacher from a PAP Community Foundation Education Centre has been charged with ill-treating a five-year-old child under her care......

SUTD architecture undergrads to have direct access to professionals
Undergraduates and faculty specialising in the Architecture and Sustainable Design (ASD) pillar from the Singapore University of Technology and Design (SUTD) will have direct access to established practising architects on campus from next year......

Singapore to have new Chief Justice from 6 Nov
Judge of Appeal, Sundaresh Menon, will be Singapore's new Chief Justice from 6 November......

PA Integration Council to hold first meeting on Saturday
The People's Association Integration Council will gather for its first Work Plan Session on Saturday......

Thomson Line to open from 2019 with 22 stations
Singapore's sixth rail network -- the Thomson Line (TSL) -- will open from 2019, instead of the indicative timeline of 2018 announced in the Land Transport Master Plan......

NZ army chief on introductory visit to build closer defence ties
The Chief of Army of the New Zealand Defence Force (NZDF), Major-General (MG) Timothy Keating, called on Minister for Defence Dr Ng Eng Hen at the Ministry of Defence on Wednedsay......

French woman accused of stealing Ralph Lauren bag said to be kleptomanic
A French woman accused of stealing a Ralph Lauren bag worth S$32,800 is said to have suffered from kleptomania......

Education expert warns against "over-vocationalising" university education
Education expert Professor S. Gopinathan has cautioned against "over-vocationalising" university education in Singapore......

25-year-old charged with attempting to lure girl into committing indecent act
A 25-year-old man has been charged with attempting to lure a girl into committing an indecent act......

28 barred from registering as housing agents
As of August (2012), 28 people have been barred from registering as housing agents, says the Council for Estate Agencies (CEA)......

Section of TPE to be closed on Sep 1 for road works
A section of Tampines Expressway (TPE) between Jalan Kayu and Punggol Way will be closed to traffic on Saturday from 12.01am to 5am for road widening works......

Former ISD HQ, MHA premises at Phoenix Park marked as national historic site
The site which once housed offices of the Ministry of Home Affairs and was home to the headquarters of the Internal Security Department (ISD) was marked a national historic site on Wednesday......

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