Singapore Local News, 2012-09-09

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Key challenge of S'pore conversation is managing expectations: PM Lee Vladivostok - The key challenge for the national conversation on Singapore's future will be that of managing expectations, said Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong. The conversation, he added, is also different from the government's previous........     An idea to help women in developing countries One had read about the real-life accounts of women in rural areas who were unable to afford sanitary pads, while the other had read about unwanted water hyacinth causing environmental, economic and health problems in many rural areas...... Accident along Airport Boulevard leaves 5 injured Five people were injured in an accident this morning. The accident, which involved a taxi and a cargo van, happened at Airport Boulevard, near the Budget Terminal. The Singapore Civil Defence Force said they received a........

New fall prevention component in HPB's 3-in-1 community one-stop screening To reduce the number of falls and fall-related injuries among the elderly, the Health Promotion Board has added a falls prevention component to its existing 3-in-1 community one-stop screening and on-site follow-up programme. The........     70,000 participants in Army Half Marathon & SAFRA S'pore Bay Run Some 70,000 people took part in this year's Army Half Marathon and SAFRA Singapore Bay Run. Despite initial concerns over the haze, the event proceeded as planned. The first race, the 21-kilometre Army Half Marathon, was........ APEC reaffirms commitment to liberalising trade in Asia-Pacific: PM Lee Vladivostok, Russia: Singapore's Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong says APEC has made significant and useful steps forward even though there were no earth-shaking changes this time round...... S'pore conversation: key challenge is managing expectations Vladivostok, Russia: The key challenge for the national conversation on Singapore's future will be that of managing expectations, said Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong...... 70,000 participants in Army Half Marathon & SAFRA S'pore Bay Run Some 70,000 people took part in this year's Army Half Marathon and SAFRA Singapore Bay Run, despite initial concerns over the haze...... Accident along Airport Boulevard leaves 5 injured Five people were injured in an accident on Sunday morning......