Singapore Local News, 2012-10-12

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LTA working with Toyota on vehicle recall in S'pore The Land Transport Authority (LTA) is working with Toyota to confirm the vehicles affected by the manufacturer's latest global recall over a possible fire risk. The biggest Japanese carmaker had on Tuesday announced the recall of........     NTU embarks on campus transformation The Nanyang Technological University (NTU) held its groundbreaking ceremony today, as the university's biggest physical transformation since 1991 gets underway. First off is the building of a new Learning Hub, to be ready by early........ Woman suspected to have SARS-related bug tests negative Tests have confirmed that a woman suspected of being infected with a variant of the influenza bug that caused the SARS epidemic in 2002 does not have the infection. A false tweet was circulated online at about 4pm yesterday telling........ First Downtown Line train lands in Singapore The first of 11 trains for the Downtown Line Phase 1 arrived today at Jurong Port and commuters can expect to not only see the logo of the operator of the line, SBSTransit, but also the logo of the owner of the train, the Land Transport........ Increased withdrawal limits for MediShield from March From March next year, the MediShield maximum entry age of 75 will be removed, while Medisave withdrawal limits for MediShield and Integrated Shield Plans premiums will be increased from S$800 to S$1,000 for those aged between 76 and 80, and........ NUS to launch S$5m fund to spur innovation in learning The National University of Singapore (NUS) will be creating a new S$5-million fund to spur the redesign of study courses which currently have large class sizes, as well as to support NUS start-ups with innovative educational products that........ Singapore economy shrank 1.5% in Q3, but technical recession avoided The nation's economy contracted 1.5 per cent last quarter, but Singapore's central bank defied expectations by maintaining its policy stance that it says is appropriate to contain inflationary pressures and keep the city-state growing......

Two senior JI members detained Two senior members of the Jemaah Islamiyah (JI) terrorist organisation, who had scouted targets for a terrorist attack here, have been detained under the Internal Security Act. Their detention was announced by the........     Singapore economy shrinks but avoids recession SINGAPORE - Singapore's economy shrank by 1.5 percent in the third quarter but avoided a technical recession after growth in the previous three months was adjusted up, government figures showed Friday...... MediShield to be tweaked for better coverage MediShield, the insurance scheme which covers mainly large medical bills, will be tweaked from March next year to provide better coverage for the elderly...... DTL 1 on track to open by end-2013 as first train arrives The first phase of the Downtown Line (DTL) is on track to open by the end of next year, with the first train delivered to Singapore on Friday...... Woman tests negative for SARS-related bug A woman suspected of being infected with a variant of the influenza bug that caused the SARS epidemic in 2002 does not have the infection...... New principals for 59 schools Twenty-nine education officers will assume major responsibilities as principals of primary and secondary schools, while another 30 serving principals and officers will be rotated to lead other schools...... Teen charged with housebreaking & theft A 17-year-old girl has been charged with housebreaking and theft...... New unit to help drive automation for food companies SINGAPORE : A new food automation unit has been set up to help food manufacturing companies in Singapore boost productivity......