Singapore Local News, 2012-12-17

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Govt 'never attempted to prejudice' case involving SMRT bus drivers: MOM The "serious accusations" made today by civil society group Function 8 are "entirely baseless", said the Ministry of Manpower (MOM) today. Function 8 had issued a statement calling for the Government, SMRT and the press to stop........     PM Lee congratulates Japan's Shinzo Abe on election win Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong has congratulated the leader of the Liberal Democratic Party of Japan, Mr Shinzo Abe on the party's victory in the lower house elections. In a letter, Mr Lee said he looks forward to working closely........ Relief teacher charged with sexual offences with 13-year-old girl A relief teacher with a secondary school has been charged with five counts of sexual offences with a 13-year-old girl. It is not known if the girl is a student at the school as the court document and police did not indicate as........ Exmployees expect higher pay next year: Report A majority of employees, or 76 per cent, in Singapore expect their salaries to go up next year, according to a report released by Randstad, a global recruitment and HR services company. The figure is higher than this year's figure,........ 'N' Level results: 72.6% of NA students can move up to Sec 5 Almost three-quarters of Normal (Academic) students who sat the Singapore-Cambridge General Certificate of Education 'N' levels this year can move up to Secondary 5 N(A) next year, although some of them have new alternative pathways leading to........ Benchmarks set up for dormitory living conditions To improve the living conditions for foreign workers here, the new Dormitory Association of Singapore - working closely with the Migrant Workers Centre (MWC) and the authorities - has set up benchmarks for dormitories for these labourers...... GCE N-Level examination results to be released today The GCE Normal (Academic) and (Technical) Level Examination Results will be released today, according to a statement by the Ministry of Education last week. The statement is as follows: Release of GCE Normal (Academic)........

Give staff space to move on, urges PA chief Making his first comments about former People's Association (PA) employee Laura Ong, PA Chief Executive Director Yam Ah Mee urged the public to give PA staff the "space to move forward". Since it emerged that Ms Ong was the person........     Foreign workers' dormitories could be accredited Foreign workers' dormitories in Singapore could be accredited from next year, as the industry rolls out plans to raise dormitory standards and living conditions...... PM Lee congratulates Japan's Shinzo Abe on election win Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong has congratulated the leader of the Liberal Democratic Party of Japan, Mr Shinzo Abe, on the party's victory in the lower house elections...... Relief teacher charged with sexual offences with 13-year-old girl A relief teacher with a secondary school has been charged with five counts of sexual offences with a 13-year-old girl...... Royal Thai Air Force Air Chief Marshal Prajin Juntong visits S'pore Commander-in-Chief of the Royal Thai Air Force (RTAF) Air Chief Marshal (ACM) Prajin Juntong is in Singapore on a three-day introductory visit...... Buy locally farmed fish to reduce fish imports: Khaw Boon Wan National Development Minister Khaw Boon Wan has made a call for Singaporeans to support local fish farms by buying locally farmed fish...... Trade and Industry Minister to attend ASEAN-India Ministerial Meeting Trade and Industry Minister Lim Hng Kiang will attend the ASEAN-India Ministerial Meeting in New Delhi from 18 to 19 December...... 72.6% of NA students can move up to Secondary 5 Results of the 2012 Singapore-Cambridge General Certificate of Education (GCE) Normal Academic (NA) and Normal Technical (NT) Level Examinations are out...... 1 in 5 workers in S'pore feign illness to be on MC: survey Nearly one in five workers in Singapore admit that they have feigned an illness in order to go on medical leave, according to findings from an online survey by JobsCentral...... DOS to conduct Household Expenditure Survey for 2 more groups The year-long Household Expenditure Survey (HES) which began in October this year will survey two more groups of households, the 7th and 8th groups...... Higher pay is what most employees expect for 2013 A majority of employees, or 76 per cent, in Singapore expect their salaries to go up in 2013, according to a report released by Randstad, a global recruitment and HR services company......