Singapore Local News, 2012-11-11

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Education GPC Chairman welcomes changes to SYF Chairman of the Government Parliamentary Committee for Education, Lim Biow Chuan has welcomed the move to make changes to the annual Singapore Youth Festival (SYF). From next year, schools taking part in the festival will no longer........     MNCs want more clarity on foreign manpower policies Multinational Corporations (MNCs) in Singapore have urged the government to provide more clarity on its foreign manpower policies. The Singapore International Chamber of Commerce (SICC), which represents more than 700 global........ Several DBS, POSB ATMs reportedly "out of service" Several DBS and POSB automated teller machines (ATM) were reported to be out of service on Sunday. The problem seemed to have started late Sunday morning with the affected ATMs being progressively restored. A Channel........ Keeping environment clean is a shared effort: Tin Pei Ling Residents and grassroots leaders from MacPherson took to the streets for a litter-picking exercise this morning as part of the national Clean and Green campaign. Also involved were kindergarten students, in a project called "Let's........ S'poreans need to improve cleanliness standards: PM Lee Clean and Green campaigns continue to be "a very important issue", said Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong this morning, as he noted that cleanliness standards in Singapore have gone down in recent years. Speaking to reporters at the........

Survey commissioned to understand effects of workplace policies on fathers The Fathers Action Network (FAN) under the Dads for Life movement, has commissioned a survey to better understand the effect of policies at workplaces on fathers. FAN Chairman, Mr Richard Seow, announced this and other upcoming........     Car powered by urine part of children's ideas to green the earth Children can take charge to green the earth, as proven by the exceptional team winners at this year's Panasonic-NEA Eco Ideas Challenge. With double the number of submissions this year compared to the last, ideas included a car........ Mass Bhangra session aims to promote racial harmony Some 400 people heated up the dance floor at Cheng San Community Club on Sunday by grooving to the beats of a mass interactive Bhangra session...... MNCs want more clarity on foreign manpower policies Multinational Corporations (MNCs) in Singapore have urged the government to provide more clarity on its foreign manpower policies...... Great Eastern Women's Run attracts about 15,000 participants Close to 15,000 women on Sunday participated in the Great Eastern Women's Run, Asia's largest women-only race...... Several DBS, POSB ATMs reportedly "out of service" Several DBS and POSB automated teller machines (ATM) were reported to be out of service on Sunday...... Education GPC Chairman welcomes changes to SYF Chairman of the Government Parliamentary Committee for Education, Lim Biow Chuan has welcomed the move to make changes to the annual Singapore Youth Festival (SYF)...... Keeping environment clean is a shared effort: Tin Pei Ling Residents and grassroots leaders from MacPherson took to the streets for a litter-picking exercise on Sunday morning as part of the national Clean and Green campaign...... Social pressure can help deal with littering habits: PM Lee Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong said putting social pressure on litterbugs is one way to deal with the problem......