Singapore Local News, 2012-10-24

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Candidates in Law Society's election call for unity The senior candidates standing in the annual election into the Law Society's Council have called for its members to be united, reflecting the widening divide within ranks. The senior category candidates (not less than 12 years'........     Widow allowed to proceed with appeal against late husband's conviction In the first case of its kind, the widow of a businessman, who died of a heart attack two weeks after he was fined S$21,000 for copyright offences, has been allowed by a High Court Judge to proceed with an appeal against the conviction...... Man charged with threatening woman, assaulting police officer A 40-year-old man has been charged with threatening a woman and hurting a police officer. Koh Choon Lian is accused of threatening to throw Ms Juliana off the corridor of an 11th-floor flat unit in Yishun Avenue 6. He........ "Over-the-top" to introduce PSLE leave: Josephine Teo Minister of State (Finance and Transport) Josephine Teo has questioned OCBC Bank's move to allow its staff to take leave to prepare their children for the Primary School Leaving Examination (PSLE). Without naming the bank, Mrs Teo........ Four men arrested in drug bust Four men were arrested yesterday in a drug bust against a syndicate suspected to be active in the Tampines area. About 800 grams of heroin, 45 grames of cannabis and a small amount of Ice, estimated to be worth more than S$85,000,........ Youths urged to consider career in energy sector with new degree The Energy Market Authority is introducing a dedicated power engineering course next year to train professional power engineers in Singapore. The two-year full-time course is a collaboration between the Singapore Institute of........ S'pore to build 4th storage tank at LNG terminal Singapore will be building a fourth storage tank at its Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) terminal on Jurong Island. Speaking at the Gas Asia Summit, Minister in the Prime Minister's Office and Second Minister for Trade & Industry S........ 'Terrorist attack' at Suntec City part of exercise More than 18,000 people took part in an anti-terror attack exercise today. Exercise Heartbeat Alpha 2012 focuses on security threats at visitor hotspots such as the newly opened Marina Bay Cruise Centre Singapore, and Gardens by the........ S'pore business leaders need to strengthen workforce planning: Report HR experts said the top human capital challenges for business leaders in Singapore are attracting new talent (24 per cent), retaining top performers (17 per cent) and increasing workforce performance and productivity (14 per cent)......

Experts back Singapore's decision to strengthen nuclear technology know-how The Government may have recently declared current nuclear technologies not suitable for deployment here but, given it is keeping all energy options open, the international panel of energy experts advising the Ministry of Trade and Industry........     Two men plead guilty to attacking bus driver Two men have pleaded guilty to attacking a SBS Transit bus driver and smashing empty beer bottles at the bus windscreen...... Candidates in Law Society's election call for unity The senior candidates standing in the annual election into the Law Society's Council have called for its members to be united, reflecting the widening divide within ranks...... Amusement Rides Safety Act violated 5 times since implementation Five violations of the Amusement Rides Safety Act have been found since the law to safeguard public safety at Singapore's attractions came into force in July last year...... Telcos to offer new iPad mini & 4G iPad Singapore's three major telcos will be offering the new iPad mini and fourth-generation iPad that were unveiled in the United States on Tuesday...... CNB seize 800 grammes of heroin in Tampines The Central Narcotics Bureau (CNB) conducted an operation on October 23 against a drug syndicate that was suspected to be active in the Tampines area...... Man charged with threatening woman & assaulting police officer A 40-year-old man has been charged with threatening a woman and hurting a police officer...... Youths urged to consider career in energy sector with new degree The Energy Market Authority (EMA) is introducing a dedicated power engineering course next year to train professional power engineers in Singapore...... "Terrorist attack" at Suntec City part of exercise More than 18,000 people took part in an anti-terror attack exercise on Wednesday...... S'pore business leaders need to strengthen workforce planning: report HR experts said the top human capital challenges for business leaders in Singapore are attracting new talent (24 per cent), retaining top performers (17 per cent) and increasing workforce performance and productivity (14 per cent)...... Unemployment, social protection among issues to be discussed in Vietnam Senior Parliamentary Secretary for Education and Manpower Hawazi Daipi will be attending the 4th Asia-Europe Meeting Labour and Employment Ministers' Conference (ASEM LEMC)......