Singapore Local News, 2012-12-16

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S'pore must keep up with rapidly-changing world: PM Lee Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong said the country needs to keep up with the rapidly-changing world, or it risks being left behind. He reiterated the point in a wide-ranging dialogue session at Ang Mo Kio, involving mostly elderly........     S'pore offers condolences to victims of US school shooting Foreign Affairs Minister K Shanmugam offered his condolences to the victims and families of the Connecticut shooting which left more than 20 dead, including young children. In his Facebook post, Mr Shanmugam said the news is........ Resolution of stalled upgrading works at Rivervale Plaza one key priority: DPM Teo Deputy Prime Minister Teo Chee Hean has said that one of the priorities he wants to tackle for Punggol East residents is the resolution of upgrading works at Rivervale Plaza. Works there have been delayed because the contractor had........ Man arrested for slashing wife and brother-in-law A man has been arrested for allegedly breaking into a house and slashing his wife and brother-in-law. The incident happened at about 6am yesterday. Police had received a call about a man breaking into an HDB flat in........ SlutWalk Singapore sees sharp drop in number of attendees Although SlutWalk Singapore's first event in December last year was met with some 600 people, this year's event saw a marked drop of attendees. Amidst booths by organizations such as AWARE (Association of Women for Action and........

Give PA staff space to move on, PA chief urges The People's Association (PA) chief executive director Yam Ah Mee in his first comments about his former staff Laura Ong, noted that she was a "good committed staff". Ms Ong who was believed to be in an intimate relationship with........     Dead body recovered from Singapore River A man was found dead in the Singapore River along Clarke Quay early this morning. The Singapore Civil Defence Force (SCDF) said it received a call at about 1.30am informing them that someone was spotted jumping into the river near........ S'pore offers condolences to victims of US school shooting Foreign Affairs Minister K Shanmugam offered his condolences to the victims and families of the Connecticut shooting which left more than 20 dead, including young children...... S'pore must keep up with rapidly-changing world: PM Lee Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong said the country needs to keep up with the rapidly-changing world, or it risks being left behind...... First all-male national conversation session held at coffee shop A national conversation session for men aged between 45 and 60 years was held on Sunday at a coffee shop in Tampines...... Resolution of stalled upgrading works at Rivervale Plaza one key priority: DPM Deputy Prime Minister Teo Chee Hean has said that one of the priorities he wants to tackle for Punggol East residents is the resolution of upgrading works at Rivervale Plaza...... Man arrested for slashing wife and brother-in-law A man has been arrested for allegedly breaking into a house and slashing his wife and brother-in-law...... Body found in Singapore River A man was found dead in the Singapore River along Clarke Quay early Sunday morning......