Singapore Local News, 2012-12-01

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Strikers dealt with in fair, balanced, 'very deliberate' way The Government has been "very deliberate and very measured" in its handling of the SMRT bus drivers' illegal strike, said Acting Manpower Minister Tan Chuan-Jin, and it has sought to ensure it is dealt with "in a fair and balanced way, while........     Hougang by-election ballot papers destroyed The ballot papers and other documents used in the Hougang by-election have been destroyed. In accordance with the Parliamentary Elections Act, the ballot papers and other documents were retained, sealed and kept in safe custody for........ S'pore supports Palestinians' right to homeland: Masagos Zulkifli Singapore has consistently supported the right of the Palestinian people to a homeland, said Senior Minister of State for Foreign Affairs and Home Affairs Masagos Zulkifli. He made this point in an email reply to a member of the........ Expect slightly longer waits for SMRT buses With the repatriation of 29 SMRT bus drivers and five others charged, the Government is "expecting a slight degradation of (bus) services," Minister of State for Transport Josephine Teo said. SMRT's bus services are expected to run at about 95 per ce..... 5th bus driver to be charged, 29 repatriated A fifth SMRT bus driver will be charged in Court on Monday for his involvement in this week's illegal strike, while 29 others will have their work permits revoked and be repatriated. The rest involved will be issued warnings by the........ Woman trapped for a hour in Woodlands accident A woman driver was trapped in the wreck of her car for about an hour, as Singapore Civil Defence Officers worked to free her following an accident this morning. The SCDF received a call about the accident involving a car along........ Three Bangladeshis investigated for crying wolf Police are investigating three male Bangladeshi nationals, aged between 22 and 28, for making a false police report about being robbed. On Nov 28, at about 10.30pm, the trio called the police saying that they had been robbed at........

Man to hang for Yishun triple killing China national Wang Zhijian, who killed three women in a flat in Yishun four years ago, was yesterday sentenced to hang. High Court Judge Chan Seng Onn found Wang guilty of murdering Madam Yang Jie, 36, but accepted the accused's........     Accident between bus, motorcycle along Woodlands An accident between a bus and motorcycle occurred on Saturday along Woodlands Centre Road...... PAP's Central Executive Committee elections to take place on Sunday Party cadres from Singapore's ruling People's Action Party (PAP) will choose members for the party's highest policy-making body, the Central Executive Committee (CEC), when the party holds its biennial conference on Sunday...... Woman trapped in car wreck along Woodlands Ave 12 A driver was trapped in her seat after a traffic accident along Woodlands Ave 12 at around 9:00am on Saturday...... Hougang by-election ballot papers destroyed Ballot papers and other documents used in the Hougang by-election were destroyed on Saturday morning...... 29 SMRT bus drivers' work permits revoked, will be repatriated One more SMRT bus driver from China will be charged and another 29 sent back for their involvement in an illegal strike over their pay and living conditions earlier this week...... S'pore supports Palestinians' right to homeland: Masagos Zulkifli Singapore has consistently supported the right of the Palestinian people to a homeland, said Senior Minister of State for Foreign Affairs and Home Affairs Masagos Zulkifli...... Police round up more than 20 SMRT bus drivers More than 20 SMRT bus drivers have been taken from their dormitories on Saturday morning to a processing centre at Admiralty West Prison......